For me, the height of FoxSoccer.com was the summer of 2006 during the World Cup when there was a tremendous community built around the reporters who were in Germany including Jamie Trecker, Nick Webster and Oliver Hinz. But since then, what Fox Soccer Channel features do you use and is the website part of your […]

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Watching today’s Blackburn against Manchester United match on television, I couldn’t help but notice that Fox Soccer Channel ran a message across the bottom of the screen apologizing in advance for any satellite transmission difficulties due to solar outages.
Solar outages? “What the heck is that,” I thought.
My first thought that it was something to do […]

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According to a recent article in The Times newspaper, the Walt Disney Company has expressed an interest in bidding for the TV rights to the Premier League in the United Kingdom and United States. The next auction of broadcast rights is due to start next January for the 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 seasons.
If ESPN wins […]

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Fox Soccer Channel is paying approximately $7.5 million a year to be rated by Nielsen, a ratings system used to gauge television viewing habits in the United States.
Beginning October 1st, Fox Soccer Channel will be rated by Nielsen for the first time.
“This is a big step for our network,” said David Sternberg, executive vice president […]

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Fox Soccer Channel was featured in Adweek last week, the bible for the advertising industry in the United States. The article focused on Bass Ale’s sponsorship of the Super Sunday Plus show featuring Christian Miles, Gary Richards and Keith Costigan.
The main message in the article is how Fox Soccer Channel is producing branded entertainment for […]

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Taking my kids to a friend’s birthday party on Saturday morning, I had the sudden realization that perhaps the best place in the world to watch weekend soccer matches on TV is the United States. Well, at least the Eastern Time Zone in the U.S.
Why?

I was able to schedule my DVR to record the best […]

 

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The opening day of the new 2008/2009 Premier League season is over, and there was plenty of entertainment in store. We’ll share our opinions of what we saw on the pitch over the next few days. But first, for viewers in the United States, I want to share my thoughts on the coverage from Setanta […]

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Kartik Krishnaiyer over at Major League Soccer Talk takes on a controversial topic that very few journalists are brave enough to write about and that’s the cozy relationship between the Mexican Federation and Major League Soccer. Krishnaiyer also discusses U.S. […]

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