FIFA has taken bids for the U.S. English TV broadcast rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups from ESPN and NBC Universal into consideration – and have chosen the group which no one seemed to think would be able to win, FOX Sports. Unofficial reports have FOX Sports’ audacious bid listed between $450 and [...]
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FOX, Telemundo Receive Rights to 2018, 2022 World Cups: Now What?
Posted in FIFA, News, Television Rights, World Cup 2018, World Cup 2022, tagged Fox Sports, Telemundo on October 21, 2011 | 7 Comments »
MLS Says Goodbye to FSC, Hello to NBC
Posted in MLS, Television Rights, tagged MLS, Televison Rights on August 10, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Last November, MLS commissioner Don Garber was asked by Sports Illustrated about the state of the relationship between MLS and television provider Fox Soccer. Garber, ever the diplomat, answered thusly: We continue to be engaged deeply in conversations with Fox on the renewal of our agreement. I know we’re hopeful we can renew it at [...]
Major League Soccer – Greed is Good?
Posted in General, MLS, News, Television Rights, tagged Bonehead Moves, ESPN, Fox Soccer Channel, TSN on February 17, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Last Thursday, Major League Soccer released the 2011 regular season schedule. The playoff schedule is still to be determined, and the TV schedule leaves MUCH to be desired.
Dundee, the SPL, the National Team, and of course, the County.
Posted in Commentary, Financials, General, Homerism, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Television Rights, The Scottish Cup, Transfer Rumors, Transfers on January 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The best way to start this most recent round-up of the goings-on with Ross County and beyond is to start with a few words about what is going on 150 miles down the A9 in Dundee. It was announced last Friday that the Scottish Football Association had rejected Dundee F.C.’s appeal of the 25 point [...]
ESPN Deportes: Where El Clasico Goes to Die
Posted in Television Rights, tagged ESPN Deportes, ESPN Sucks, ESPN3, GolTV on November 22, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I’m going to employ a tried and true journalism tactic here: I’m going to quote myself. Specifically, I’m going to quote something I wrote last June, in a piece presciently titled “ESPN and GolTV: Screwing Up La Liga Together”: So, in other words, ESPN is planning on completely cocking up the coverage of La Liga [...]
Fox Soccer Channel PLUS. March 1, 2010. Possibly available, maybe not.
Posted in Television Rights, tagged Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer Channel Plus on January 12, 2010 | 24 Comments »
PDF Press Announcement [HERE] Fox Soccer Channel made a long-awaited announcement today regarding it’s future plans. According to Tripp Mickle of Sports Business Journal, FSC has pulled it’s sub licensing of the EPL matches it owns that it had been giving to Setanta US, and will be using them plus their own rights to form [...]
Everyone who gets the Fox Soccer Channel, Step Forward. Not So Fast, Time Warner Subscribers
Posted in Television Rights, tagged Time Warner Cable is the Devil on December 21, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Time Warner Customers In Danger Of Losing Fox Soccer Channel
Is This the Future of Football? Part Two
Posted in Commentary, Financials, General, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Television Rights on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today we present the second in a multipart series of articles focused on some of the financial problems facing football leagues across the world- especially those in smaller countries. By the end of the series it will become clear that many of these financial problems are the result of a century and a half old [...]
Is This the Future of Football?
Posted in Commentary, Financials, General, News, Off the Pitch, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Television Rights on November 6, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Today we present the first in a multipart series of articles focused on some of the financial problems facing football leagues across the world- especially those in smaller countries. By the end of the series it will become clear that many of these financial problems are the result of a century and a half old [...]
Our First Reader/Commenters Survey
Posted in Commentary, English Premier League, Financials, First Timers, General, Guest Post, Homerism, Introductions, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Mailbag, MLS, News, Off the Pitch, Official Site Business, Power Poll, Ross County, Scottish Football League, Television Rights, USMNT, Whimsy on February 10, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Believe it or not, Avoiding the Drop is about two weeks away from beginning its third year on the internet. That might not seem like much, but consider this: the average life expectancy for a blog/website is about a year. So, doing a a little quick math, we’re about a 157 years old in “human [...]
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