Cabe and all other North American EPL supporters:
May. 26, 2004 12:19 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP)" Fox Sports World is expanding its coverage of English
soccer.
American soccer fans will be treated to England home games and
expanded EPL and FA Cup coverage in two separate agreements with the
English Football Association and the English Premier League announced
by Senior Vice President and General Manager David Sternberg in New
York on Wednesday
While the Premier League is expanding its television presence in the
United States, there are no plans to play regular-season games outside
England.
The Premier League and Fox Sports World announced a three-year
contract Wednesday that calls for more telecasts in North America. At
the same time, the network announced a four-year deal with the English
Football Association to broadcast games of England's national team and
the FA Cup.
English clubs have played exhibition games in the United States with
increasing frequency - Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are
coming this summer. At the same time, major league baseball, the NBA
and the NHL have expanded their international presence, moving
regular-season games to Japan, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said his league's
regular-season games would remain in England.
"It's about attending at the stadium, first and foremost," he said.
"The idea that those matches would take place elsewhere is pretty
unthinkable."
His deal with Fox, a division of News Corp., calls for the addition of
12:15 p.m. Saturday (5:15 p.m. in England) live telecasts, in addition
to the 7:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. in England) games under the previous
deal. There will be about 195 games televised a season, an increase of
about 15. Fox, which began broadcasting the league in 1998, also has
the Premier League rights for its Spanish-language network.
David Sternberg, Fox Cable Networks' senior vice president of emerging
networks, said it had not yet been determined how many games would be
shown on Fox Sports World, which is available in about 20 million
homes, and how many would be sold pay-per-view - last Saturday's FA
Cup final was available live in New York City households for $24.95.
Included in the deal with the FA are rights to England's home
qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup and the 2008 European Championship.
Nic Coward, the FA's director of corporate and legal affairs, said the
agreement was "an attempt to turn England into America's second team."
Fox's news conference was held in a Manhattan soccer bar (Nevada Smiths), and the English officials brought along the FA Cup, won Saturday by Manchester
United. The network holds U.S. rights to the top leagues in England,
Spain and France, and also has rights to the UEFA Cup, Europe's No. 2
club tournament. ESPN, a division of The Walt Disney Co., televises
the top tournament, the Champions League, which plays on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays.
Sternberg said the timing of Champions League games - midweek
afternoons in the United States - was a problem.
"From a commercial standpoint, it's a tough square to circle," he said.
EPL and FA deals with FSW
Highlights of the new rights deals between FSW and the EPL and FA:
* Broadcast rights to England national team home qualifying
matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the Euro 2008 championship.
* Exclusive North American rights for the next four seasons to the
English FA Cup and the FA Community Shield
* Exclusive North American television rights to all EPL matches
through the 2006/2007 season.
* Expanded EPL coverage with the addition of 12-18 live Saturday
late-afternoon matches during the 2004/2005 season.
* A total of 195 EPL matches will air during the 2004/2005 season.
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May. 26, 2004 12:19 p.m.
NEW YORK (AP)" Fox Sports World is expanding its coverage of English
soccer.
American soccer fans will be treated to England home games and
expanded EPL and FA Cup coverage in two separate agreements with the
English Football Association and the English Premier League announced
by Senior Vice President and General Manager David Sternberg in New
York on Wednesday
While the Premier League is expanding its television presence in the
United States, there are no plans to play regular-season games outside
England.
The Premier League and Fox Sports World announced a three-year
contract Wednesday that calls for more telecasts in North America. At
the same time, the network announced a four-year deal with the English
Football Association to broadcast games of England's national team and
the FA Cup.
English clubs have played exhibition games in the United States with
increasing frequency - Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are
coming this summer. At the same time, major league baseball, the NBA
and the NHL have expanded their international presence, moving
regular-season games to Japan, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said his league's
regular-season games would remain in England.
"It's about attending at the stadium, first and foremost," he said.
"The idea that those matches would take place elsewhere is pretty
unthinkable."
His deal with Fox, a division of News Corp., calls for the addition of
12:15 p.m. Saturday (5:15 p.m. in England) live telecasts, in addition
to the 7:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. in England) games under the previous
deal. There will be about 195 games televised a season, an increase of
about 15. Fox, which began broadcasting the league in 1998, also has
the Premier League rights for its Spanish-language network.
David Sternberg, Fox Cable Networks' senior vice president of emerging
networks, said it had not yet been determined how many games would be
shown on Fox Sports World, which is available in about 20 million
homes, and how many would be sold pay-per-view - last Saturday's FA
Cup final was available live in New York City households for $24.95.
Included in the deal with the FA are rights to England's home
qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup and the 2008 European Championship.
Nic Coward, the FA's director of corporate and legal affairs, said the
agreement was "an attempt to turn England into America's second team."
Fox's news conference was held in a Manhattan soccer bar (Nevada Smiths), and the English officials brought along the FA Cup, won Saturday by Manchester
United. The network holds U.S. rights to the top leagues in England,
Spain and France, and also has rights to the UEFA Cup, Europe's No. 2
club tournament. ESPN, a division of The Walt Disney Co., televises
the top tournament, the Champions League, which plays on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays.
Sternberg said the timing of Champions League games - midweek
afternoons in the United States - was a problem.
"From a commercial standpoint, it's a tough square to circle," he said.
EPL and FA deals with FSW
Highlights of the new rights deals between FSW and the EPL and FA:
* Broadcast rights to England national team home qualifying
matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the Euro 2008 championship.
* Exclusive North American rights for the next four seasons to the
English FA Cup and the FA Community Shield
* Exclusive North American television rights to all EPL matches
through the 2006/2007 season.
* Expanded EPL coverage with the addition of 12-18 live Saturday
late-afternoon matches during the 2004/2005 season.
* A total of 195 EPL matches will air during the 2004/2005 season.
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