[TELEVISION WATCH] Saturday’s European Champions League final on Fox could reach double the U.S. households that tuned in for last year’s final on ESPN,according to Fox Sports chairman David Hill. The Inter Milan-Bayern Munich game airs at 2:30 pm ET. Last year’s Barcelona win over Manchester United aired on a Wednesdayafternoon. Hill expects more than […]
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Klinsmann hired by ESPN to work World Cup
[TELEVISION WATCH] Former German star Juergen Klinsmann won’t be coaching the USA at the 2010 World Cup, as was oncehoped, but he will be commenting on it for ESPN and ABC as a studio analyst during the finals. Klinsmann, who coached Germany to third place in 2006, will appear on prematch, halftime andpostgame shows from […]
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ESPN to pull out all stops at World Cup
The World Cup on English-language television has come a long way over the last quarter century As recently as the 1986 World Cup, less than half the games were available on English-languagetelevision. When the 2010 World Cup kicks off on June 11, ESPN2 will go all-soccer for 24 hours leading up to the South Africa-Mexico […]
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The Dempsey story, from East Texas to EPL
[TELEVISION GUIDE] How does a kid from East Texas make it to the Premiership? Jeremy Schaap travels to the backyardwhere Clint Dempsey grew up in his report on “E:60,” ESPN’s first prime-time newsmagazine show, Tuesday at 7 pm ET. Dempsey’s U.S. teammates talkabout what makes the Fulham star special. (Click here for preview.)
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Real Madrid-Barcelona telecast tops ratings
[TELEVISION WATCH] Saturday’s broadcast of El Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona on ESPN Deportes was the highest rated and most watched telecast onSpanish-language cable this year. The afternoon telecast was seen by an average of 466,000 Hispanic homes and 783,000 Hispanic viewers ( P2+), based on a 9.0 rating. VisitingBarcelona won the top-of-the-standings clash, […]
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D-2 Pro League matches available free
[ONLINE WATCH] U.S. Soccer will make all 180 D-2 Pro League matches available for fans to watch via streaming video free of charge on club websites. U.S. Soccer has partnered Ooyala, a leading provider of end-to-end video platform applications and services. For For more information, including local television coverage, fans shouldvisit team web sites for […]
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MLS this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Eight MLS games will be played in Week 3, all on Saturday. It will mark the first time as many as eight games have been played the same day. Forthis week’s schedule and more on MLS … WEEK 3 SCHEDULE: Saturday, April 10 New York Red Bulls atChivas USA 4 p.m. TeleFutura D.C. United […]
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ESPN Blunders Badly with a Booth Full of Brits
By Paul Gardner Message from ESPN: Americans still don’t know anything about soccer, so they’ll have to be taken by the hand and have it explained to them … by, whoelse, the Brits. There is no other way to read the utterly insensitive announcement from ESPN that the four main play-by-play announcers for its World […]
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MLS this week
[TV SCHEDULE] Major League Soccer opens its 15th season with all 16 teams in action this week. It all begins Thursday when Seattle hosts expansion Philadelphiabefore a sell-out crowd at Qwest Field. For all this week’s action and viewing information … Thursday, March 25 Philadelphia Union at Seattle Sounders FC, 9:30 p.m. ESPN2/Deportes, ESPN360.com Friday, […]
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Promising start lost on the screen
[TELEVISION WATCH] On a day that offered so much promise about soccer’s future — the announcement of a new five-year collective bargaining agreement and theopening of Red Bull Arena — viewers tuning into the Red Bulls’ game against Santos on Fox Soccer Channel were reminded of soccer’s sorrowful past with some horrendous production work. On […]