News: NBC releases schedule for Premier League through 11/30

Jason Sudekis Returns As Coach Ted Lasso -
8 Days Until New Premier League Season Kicks Off On The Networks Of NBC Universal.
http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2...on-kicks-off-on-the-networks-of-nbcuniversal/

Stamford, CT - NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2014-15 Premier League season kicks-off eight days from today - on Saturday, August 16. Coverage begins - 7:00 am ET with Premier League LIVE followed by Manchester United vs Swansea City - kick-off at 7:45 am ET - both on NBCSN.

NBC Sports Group today announced the debut of a new film, starring actor and former Saturday Night LIVE cast member Jason Sudeikis as “football” coach Ted Lasso, leading up to the launch of NBC Sports Group’s Premier League coverage.

The full-length digital short is a look at Ted Lasso following his stint as manager of Tottenham Hotspur. The film also features Premier League play-by-play announcer Arlo White/Premier League LIVE host Rebecca Lowe and United States Mens National Team/Everton Goalie Tim Howard.

Beginning today, the film will be shown on more than 19,000 movie screens in National CineMedia’s FirstLook pre-show program in AMC, Cinemark, and Regal Entertainment Group and other top theaters nationwide as well as NBC Sports Facebook page and YouTube. Next week, 30-second TV spots will be rolled out across the networks of NBCUniversal.

To watch the full digital short on Ted Lasso’s return -


For part one of Ted Lasso’s story, released prior to last year’s Premier League season -

 

The map of theatres appears to be Chicago (3), Washington DC (2), Baltimore (2), Philadelphia (2), New York (1).

 

Soccer on NBCSN - English Premier League/Major League Soccer -
Friday, August 8 - Sunday, August 10.

Friday, August 8 -
9:30 pm ET - 10:30 pm ET - Premiere - Premier League Countdown - 2014-2015 Season Preview -
Host - Rebecca Lowe - Analysts - Robbie Mustoe/Robbie Earle.
10:30 pm ET - 1:00 am ET - Premiere - MLS Soccer - LIVE - "California Clasico" -
Los Angeles Galaxy vs San Jose Earthquakes - StubHub Center - Carson, California.
Play By Play - John Strong - Analyst - Stuart Holden - Host - Russ Thaler.

Saturday, August 8 -
1:00 am - 2:00 am ET - Replay - Premier League Countdown - 2014-2015 Season Preview -
Host - Rebecca Lowe - Analysts - Robbie Mustoe/Robbie Earle.
2:00 am ET - 3:00 am ET - Replay - Premier League Countdown -
Goals Of The Season - 2013-2014 Premier League Season.

6:00 am ET - 8:00 am ET - Replay - English Premier League Soccer - Manchester United vs Manchester City.
8:00 am ET - 10:00 am ET - Replay - English Premier League Soccer - Teams TBA.
10:00 am ET - 11:00 am ET - Replay - Premier League Countdown - 2014-2015 Season Preview -
Host - Rebecca Lowe - Analysts - Robbie Mustoe/Robbie Earle.
11:00 am ET - 1:00 pm ET - Replay - English Premier League Soccer - Teams TBA.
1:00 pm ET - 2:00 pm ET - Premier League Countdown - 2014-2015 Season Preview -
Host - Rebecca Lowe - Analysts - Robbie Mustoe/Robbie Earle.

Sunday, August 10 -
6:00 am ET - 7:00 am ET - Premier League Countdown - 2014-2015 Season Preview -
Host - Rebecca Lowe - Analysts - Robbie Mustoe/Robbie Earle.
7:00 am ET - 9:30 am ET - Premiere - LIVE - International Club Friendly -
Liverpool FC vs Borussia Dortmund - Anfield Stadium - Liverpool, England - Play By Play - ??? - Analyst - ???
9:30 am ET - 10:30 am ET - Premier League Countdown - 2014-2015 Season Preview -
Host - Rebecca Lowe - Analysts - Robbie Mustoe/Robbie Earle.
10:30 am ET - 12:30 pm ET - Replay - English Premier League Soccer - Teams TBA.
12:30 pm ET - 1:30 pm ET - Replay - Premier League Countdown - 2014-2015 Season Preview -
Host - Rebecca Lowe - Analysts - Robbie Mustoe/Robbie Earle.

 

Why is the NBC studio camera located somewhere on Mars in terms of proximity to the hosts?

 

NBC Sports Group announces the full schedule for the first week of the Premier League season. Leicester City will host Everton and Tim Howard in the first 10:00 am ET match of the season on Saturday, August 16.

All matches not shown on NBCSN in the Saturday 10:00 am ET window will be available on Premier League Extra Time, a bonus television package available for no extra cost for customers who receive NBCSN.

NBC Sports Group’s Premier League Schedule - Week #1 - Saturday, August 16 -Monday, August 18.

7:45 am ET - Manchester United - Swansea City - NBCSN.
10:00 am ET - Leicester City - Everton - NBCSN.
10:00 am ET - West Ham United - Tottenham - Extra Time.
10:00 am ET - Stoke City - Aston Villa - Extra Time.
10:00 am ET - Queens Park Rangers - Hull City - Extra Time.
10:00 am ET - West Bromwich - Sunderland - Extra Time.
12:30 pm ET - Arsenal - Crystal Palace - NBC.

8:30 am ET - Liverpool - Southampton - NBCSN.
11:00 am ET - Newcastle United - Manchester City NBCSN.

3:00 pm ET - Burnley - Chelsea - NBCSN.

 

4 DAYS UNTIL NEW PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON KICKS OFF - NETWORKS OF NBC UNIVERSAL.

NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the 2014-15 Premier League season kicks off FOUR days from today. Coverage begins on Saturday, August 16 at 7:00 am ET with Premier League LIVE on NBCSN followed by the Manchester United vs Swansea City match at 7:45 am ET and continues throughout the season on the networks of NBC Universal, on the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and streamed LIVE on NBC Sports Live Extra.

NBC Sports Group will once again make all 380 games from the Premier League available in the United States. All matches will be preceded and followed by Premier League LIVE pre match and post-match shows from the NBC Sports Group International Broadcast Center in Stamford, CT.

PREMIER LEAGUE NUMBER OF THE DAY - FOUR.

The Premier League trophy has been passed across the city of Manchester for FOUR straight seasons.
Manchester United - Champions in 2010-11/2012-13 - Manchester City - Champions in 2011-12/2013-14.

Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium sits just FOUR miles from Old Trafford, where Manchester United have played home matches for over a century.

 

Premier League Conference Call Transcript - Tuesday, August 12.

Dan Masonson - Good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to our Premier League conference call. As many of you know, our season kicks off this Saturday, August 16 at 7:00 am ET on NBCSN with two matches followed by a match at 12:30 pm ET on NBC.

We’re glad to be joined today by Arlo White, our lead play by play announcer for the Premier League - our studio host Rebecca Lowe - the two newest members of our team - "Men in Blazers" - Michael Davies and Roger Bennett - as well as our coordinating producer Pierre Moossa.

http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2014/08/12/premier-league-conference-call-transcript/

 

I love NBCSN showing a bunch of 2013-14 games as a buildup to the new season, but why in the world do they never have the specific game information in the listings? Even the crap networks are able to provide that stuff.

 

Time Warner Cable And Bright House Add NBC Sports Live Extra.

Time Warner Cable/Bright House Networks now offer access to NBC Sports LIVE Extra to its customers. With the availability of the service, soccer fans in the US who have TV subscriptions to either Time Warner or Bright House can now access Premier League matches via LIVE legal streams from the entire season.

Time Warner and Bright House join a long list of TV providers that offer NBC Sports LIVE Extra at no extra charge along with a current TV subscription. The other TV providers offering NBC Sports LIVE Extra includes DISH, DirecTV, Comcast, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, COX, Charter, Mediacom and RCN.

In addition to access Premier League games online via the NBC Sports LIVE Extra website, Time Warner and Bright House customers will be able to watch games via the tablet and smartphone apps, too.

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2014/08/...nbc-sports-live-extra-in-time-for-epl-season/

 

Watching Man Utd-Swansea, it seems like the audio is a split second ahead of the video, as the announcers are describing things literally as they are happening.

 

At least the Android App is working properly this season though. Last year there was a green line on the bottom of the screen that was really annoying.

 

NBC Sports Groups - Premier League - 2014-2015 Season Kickoff Notes & Quotes - Saturday, August 16.

Rebecca Lowe - Opening Day - “Today is the day where each and every football fan is filled with that yearly sense of hope.”

Robbie Earle - New Manchester United Manager Louis van Gaal - “He’s going to be a story for the whole season.”

(mod note) Edit: Third Quote Spoiler: Man Utd vs Swansea -- Foz

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Robbie Mustoe -

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Manchester United - “It looks like their players are so thoughtful, so concentrated on their positions in this new system. They have almost forgotten to go out there and play.”

http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2...r-league-2014-15-season-kickoff-notes-quotes/

 

I've watched the matches so it's not a big deal for me today, but these notes and quotes are spoilers and have nothing to do with actual TV coverage.

 

Opps! Sorry about posting a spoiler which the third quote refers to one - the other two quotes don't. Also I should have posted a warning before posting the link to the press release - which has alot of other quotes that are spoilers. Will try to not have this happen again.

Usually I'm pretty good at not spoiling, waiting at least two days before posting spoiler info. And if I must post the info the next day, I don't include the spoiler info from the "preview" thats posted here. I also give a warning that the link I post contains spoiler info. Sometimes I don't even post the link because it has a spoiler in it and thus I just tell you the rest of the article is located on the website.

If a mod could edit the post by deleting the quotes - at least the third one - and just include the heading/link and a warning that the link includes spoilers - I would be grateful.

Have nothing to do with actual TV coverage? Well the quotes were said during NBCSNs coverage of opening day and this looks to be the EPL on NBCSN coverage thread for this season so thats why I posted it here.

 

Was the case in other weekend games as well. Every network seems to have issues with audio syncing from overseas at some point. I'm surprised that the process hasn't been perfected yet. Happens with Arlo games and IMG ones as well.

NBC seems to get a hold of it as the half goes on as far as commentators, but then the action sounds are sometimes still out of whack. Does my head in.

 

The audio was quite fine during the Arsenal match.
There was some funny moment when a Fan close by had some salty language and then must have realized he was too close to the broadcast booth when he swore. Went on to say something like "Ah they are Americans they have heard worse" or something to that effect.

 

The audio/video sync on Burnley-Chelsea today is the worst of the weekend, the audio is about a full second behind the video (better than the other way around at least).

 

NBC Sports PR @NBCSportsPR · Aug 17
Yesterday’s 3 Premier League matches on NBCSN & NBC averaged .47 overnight rating -
matching ’13 record for opening Saturday.

NBC Sports PR @NBCSportsPR · Aug 17
More than 6.2M minutes of Premier League matches LIVE streamed on NBC Sports Live Extra -
Best BPL Saturday ever & up 47% from ‘13 opening Saturday.

NBC Sports PR @NBCSportsPR · Aug 17
Top markets for Saturday Premier League (3-match avg NBC/NBCSN) - 1. Washington, DC. 2. West Palm Beach, FL. 3. Boston, MA. 4. Las Vegas, NV. 5. Sacramento, CA.

NBC Sports PR @NBCSportsPR · Aug 17
Top markets for Saturday Premier League continued - 6. Buffalo, NY. Tied-7 - Chicago, IL - New Orleans, LA - Seattle, WA. 10. Dallas, TX.

 

A few days off and we're right back at it! Here is the full schedule for this upcoming weekend! #PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/PcQkazvJNN

— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) August 18, 2014

 

Watching Palace - West Ham live in a movie theater. Our access to English football continues to amaze me.

 

US Record 3.3 Million Tune In - Opening Weekend Of Premier League Coverage.

NBC Broadcast of Arsenal-Crystal Palace - Most-Watched Opening Weekend Match in US History.
NBCSN Telecast of Newcastle-Manchester City - Most-Watched Opening Weekend Match on Cable in US History.
Average Viewership for NBCSN Matches Tops Last Year’s Opening Weekend Cable Matches by 30%.
Fans streamed more than 8.9 million minutes via NBC Sports Live Extra - Best-Ever for a Premier League Weekend.

http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2...s-opening-weekend-of-premier-league-coverage/

 

How was that experience? I am thinking about doing the movie theater thing in the future.

 

For those of us with Dish...

... Dish OnDemand has Ted Lasso Features, Premier League World, Premier League Goal Zones, Premier League Match days, along with Man U - Swansea & New Castle-Citeh (full matches) available to download.
All available HD in and SD which is an upgrade over last season.

Still would have liked to have seen more matches though since Dish still does not have Extra Time but maybe in the future that will change.

 

Haven't done the theater showing yet. I'll let you know if I catch one.

 

The sync was bad for every game that I watched this weekend but the Burnley game was clearly the worst.