ESPN Wants Premier League TV Rights

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 ESPN Wants Premier League TV Rights
ESPN is interested in bidding for the TV rights to the Premier League according to a senior executive interviewed by The Financial Times. The rights in question are the much coveted UK TV rights only. The American broadcaster is considering bidding for the rights in 2009, which will likely mean that the TV rights fees will spiral yet again due to increased competition allowing the Premier ... [link]

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Recommended Reading Dec 11th '07
Published 12/11/2007 by Daryl at SquadBlog
Recommended Reading Dec 11th '07 Seven footy links from the four corners of the internet all gathered together on one page. Becks coaching Snoop Dogg's kids, fo' shizzle ( World Cup Blog ) Why transfer gossip is the soul of football ( Pitch Invasion ) The contest to describe Peter Crouch has a winner ( Run of Play ) There's skill in that there Coca-Cola Championship ( All the World is Football Shaped ) ESPN will soon be challenging Sky and Setanta ( EPL Talk ) Denilson's career gets even more depressing ( WVhooligan ) Why the Club World Cup is ...

Daily Dose 12.11.07
Published 12/11/2007 by Daryl at World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010
... worth a visit. Will we be seeing Raul at Euro 2008? (Reuters Blog) The mini-ownage of Brazil continues (USA Blog) Those Armani’s look a bit tight on Beckham if you ask me (Kickette) All the latest from our 2010 World Cup hosts (South Africa Blog) £80 million worth of bench at the Santiago Bernabéu (The Offside) Run for the hills! ESPN wants Premier League rights in the UK (EPL Talk) Do you have dreams about your team? (The Offside) ...

A Prayer To The Soccer Gods: The EPL On ESPN
Published 6/29/2008 by Eric at Off Wing Opinion
... showing MLS in high def for a while now, and that ESPN 2's Thursday night coverage of MLS is always in high def as well. It's just that seeing the games from Switzerland and Austria in HD day after day for the better part of two weeks has brought home in a profound way just what we're missing -- especially when you are forced to downshift into the standard def coverage on both Fox Soccer Channel and GolTV . We've been hearing for a while now how ESPN is interested in airing the EPL on Saturdays, and as far as I'm concerned it's ...

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