Timbers Team Up With 95.5 The Game, Kxl In 2010
by (Press Release | Portland Timbers - February 19)
The Portland Timbers announced today that they will partner with Sportsradio 95.5 The Game and News Radio 750 KXL to broadcast all 30 of the team’s regular-season matches and potential playoff games live during the upcoming season. more details | go to article
La Liga On ESPN
by (Article | New York Times - June 22)
ESPN, perhaps stung by the loss of the rights to carry games from the UEFA Champions League, on Monday announced that it has purchased the rights to a significant number of matches from Spain’s La Liga from GolTV. more details | go to article
ESPN Wins English Football Tv Rights
by (Article | New York Times - June 22)
Walt Disney Co-owned sports network ESPN has won British rights to show 46 live English Premier League soccer matches for the 2009/10 season and 23 matches for the following three years for an undisclosed fee. more details | go to article
2010 Media Income Highest To Date
by (Article | Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa) - June 2)
LOCAL 2010 World Cup organising committee chief executive officer Danny Jordaan said revenue from commercial and broadcasting deals for next year’s World Cup Soccer had debunked any notion that Africa’s first hosting of the event would be a financial failure. more details | go to article
Fox Wins US TV Rights To Champions League
by (Article | Yahoo - March 30)
Fox Soccer Channel beat out ESPN for right to the European Champions League starting next season, adding the top club event to a lineup that already includes the English Premier League and Italy’s Serie A. more details | go to article
UEFA Drops ESPN For Fox For C League In L America
by (Article | Yahoo - March 10)
Fox will replace ESPN as the European Champions League pay broadcaster in Central and South America next season under a three-season agreement. more details | go to article
Sounders FC Announce Spanish Language Broadcast Partner
by (Press Release | Major League Soccer - March 6)
The Seattle Sounders FC and Bustos Media announced today that KeBuena 1210 AM (KTBK) will be the exclusive Spanish language radio broadcast partner of the team. more details | go to article
Red Bulls, Msg Agree To Multi-Year Extension
by (Press Release | Red Bull New York - February 12)
MSG and Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls have agreed to a new, multi-year agreement ensuring that MSG will continue as the local television home of the Red Bulls. more details | go to article
U.S. Soccer Conference Call Regarding 2010 Division 2 Soccer League
by (Profile/Interview | USSF - January 7)
U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati, CEO/Secretary General Dan Flynn, USL CEO Alec Papadakis and NASL Acting Commissioner Jeff Cooper spoke to media today to announce the creation of a combined USL/NASL Division 2 professional soccer league in 2010 more details | go to article