Last week we took a look at the status of expansion on the eve of the 2012 season. Today, with the start of the NBC/MLS relationship just days away, we thought it worth taking a quick snapshot of the American soccer broadcast relationships. In August MLS and NBC announced a three year television rights agreement [...]
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With the World Cup about to start and MLS about to embark on a 2 week hiatus, we thought we would take a quick look around the business of the league before all eyes turn to South Africa. A while back we reported that longtime FIFA sponsor Continental Tire has signed with MLS as a [...]
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In an article addressing ratings for the MLB network, the Sports Business Journal reports that FSC is the lowest rated of the Nielsen rated sports channel. From March 29 until April 25, FSC averaged less than 50k viewers in prime time. MLSB Network was the second lowest, with just under 100k viewers in prime time. [...]
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The Daily Journal of Commerce in Oregon is reporting that a final deal for the Timbers to move forward in the renovation of PGE Park could be in place by Thursday. Construction has already begun on the PGE renovation despite the absence of a development deal thanks to a 3-2 vote last week. That could [...]
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Before we get into it today, note that we will “business blog” the Final providing discussion of the broadcast, advertisements and other business aspects of the game on Monday morning. Please check back for that. Next week we will also have a chat with Soccernomics author Simon Kuper, but today we post a link to [...]
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As part of our ongoing series looking at media coverage of soccer in the United States, we have explored the various mediums covering the game. In Part I, we took a look at the mainstream media. To read that article, click here. Thereafter, we took a look at sports radio. Subsequently, we took a look [...]
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With a big soccer doubleheader on ESPN, we thought we would review the broadcast, commercials and marketing from the telecast. Before the game, the USA/Costa Rica match featured prominently across all ESPN platforms. There were lead ins on SportsCenter and a 30 minute pre-game featuring Stone and Musto from Bristol. The pre-game coverage included a [...]
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American soccer fans will be treated to a soccer doubleheader tonight as ESPN2 will televise both the USA/Costa Rica match and the RSL/Red Bulls MLS match. The lead in offers MLS a great chance for exposure to fans of the US Men who are reluctant to watch MLS matches. MLS can showcase its product in [...]
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It is time to turn the page on the calendar and the “summer of soccer” in the United States. WPS is done for the year, MLS is entering the playoff stretch drive and the USMNT is facing a double shot of immense matches in World Cup Qualifying. These are some big games, but actually finding [...]
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