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Possibly a gamble that: 1. FOX's increased production expenditure across FSC/+ would get more hard core fans who watched ESPN and/or regional...

Doubt they'd play the two league games consecutively. Most likely the first would be penciled in for the 5th or quarterfinal round replay dates,...

It's fairly close to a mirror of FSC and ESPN's channel assignments/priority for games. The ratings seem to bare it out, given what ESPN and FSC...

Also it would be largely inconsistent with ESPN's usual practice, which is to have minimal game rebroadcasts or same day delays. ESPNU reairs the...

Still is. Many Globe and New York Times articles include disclaimers that NYTCO owns slightly under 1/5th of New England Sports Ventures.

The rights fee will still be healthy. I do think there is at least a slight chance that ESPN or Comcast may be able to convince FIFA to make the...

My guess: The "A" crew will be on-site, everyone else and the studio works off TV in Bristol and/or London. A- Ian Darke OR JP Dellacamera,...

Not too surprised about Stevenage-Newcastle United getting picked, that scenario (League 1/2 or lower at home to an EPL team) is fairly common for...

EPL games can be re-aired on team channels usually beginning two days afterward for weekend games, possibly less for midweek games. I think...

It's for the viewers/broadcasters in other countries where TV coverage is different (including the dedicated long-form SDD broadcasts on Sky's...

Unless FSC dumps the rights to any of their properties after next season (Serie A and FA Cup are both signed for at least one season beyond...

No, the game was moved to 10:00 Sunday because Liverpool is playing in the Europa League on the preceding Thursday. Had Sky not chosen Manchester...

No, it's just the situation and time of year. It's probably a good thing we didn't play during the September period and November will just be a...

Not quite sure how ESPN and NewsCorp would end up with online rights to the same games (ESPN's deals with SportFive, Kentaro, etc. clearly gives...

I believe the "calling EPL games in a vacuum except for Round 38" has indeed been done to accommodate international broadcasters who traditionally...

Because it would inevitably lead to a price hike for the ESPN suite. And even more so now that ESPNU actually does exist as a channel.

Maybe because it coincides with the end of baseball season, which is usually the most valuable content an RSN has- or at least it offers the most...

The Monday games will probably return during the winter/spring (January-May), although since teams still involved in Europe will rarely appear,...

That's a pretty accurate description of things. Then they will come back with some more La Liga games in May and April (whichever day Real...

Agreed. In ESPN's case, it just so happened that for the 2006-2009 contract cycle, the sublicense deal with Setanta (whether this was John...

Correct. I think John Skipper hinted off-the-cuff last year that it was somewhere between 0.1-0.2. Otherwise, they've never announced anything...

NASCAR is in a bit of a different boat from the NFL because the season is nearly 10 months long, many race time-slots compete with March Madness...

I suppose we could not entirely rule out a DirecTV/GolTV joint bid either, as with the Europa League. A NewsCorp withdrawal would like make the...

Lalas wouldn't come over during the MLS off-season; he didn't last year. Beyond that, I saw NOTHING that couldn't be done in Bristol aside from...

And likewise for Serie A coverage on RAI International. Don't know if GolTV has renewed Coppa Italia or the German Cup, if so, both would...