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ESPN Gets La Liga TV Rights In U.S.
ESPN Gets La Liga TV Rights In U.S.
ESPN has made a significant move today by announcing that GolTV has sublicensed some of its U.S. TV rights of La Liga coverage to ESPN. In March of this year, GolTV announced that it had renewed its rights to La Liga TV coverage in the United States for another three seasons. Now, GolTV ...
ESPN to share La Liga's US TV rights with GolTV  [UPDATED]
ESPN to share La Liga's US TV rights with GolTV [UPDATED]
google.com — June 22 --- AP: Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka will get a wider distribution platform in the United... States next season. --- ESPN said on Monday that it will start sharing U.S. television rights to Spain's La Liga with GolTV, which has broadcast the league for the past six seasons... (more) ESPN to share La Liga's US TV rights with GolTV [UPDATED]
ESPN snaps up Premier League TV packages - England - ESPN Soccernet
ESPN snaps up Premier League TV packages - England - ESPN Soccernet
soccernet.espn.go.com — ESPN has won the rights to broadcast 46 live Premier League matches in the United Kingdom for... the 2009-10 season, and has also been awarded a contract for the 2010-13 seasons. The sports broadcaster, parent company of Soccernet , picked up both ... (more) ESPN snaps up Premier League TV packages - England - ...
La Liga on ESPN
goal.blogs.nytimes.com — ESPN, perhaps stung by the loss of the rights to carry games from the UEFA Champions League,... on Monday announced that it had purchased the rights to a significant number of matches from Spain's La Liga from GolTV. (more) La Liga on ESPN
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The ESPN Empire Strikes Back
Major League Soccer Talk — ... On English language websites yesterday the big news surrounding ESPN is about the network acquiring Setanta’s package to air Premier League matches in the UK. But perhaps bigger news was made stateside as ESPN returned to showing regular European league football for the first time since losing La Liga rights in the early part of this decade. ESPN has acquired 20 La Liga matches to be aired on ESPN 2 next season from GOL TV in addition to many matches for Deportes. While some of these matches will be aired on tape but will still be aired on a mainstream English language ...

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