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TelevisaUnivision

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/ 16 days ago

‘A different way of doing things’: Olek Loewenstein, President of Global Sports at TelevisaUnivision, on a transformative partnership with DAZN

TelevisaUnivision's Olek Loewenstein explains the coverage revolution of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 in partnership with DAZN.
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/ 91 days ago

Fubo retains exclusive Premier League rights in Canada through new multi-year deal

Fubo has renewed its exclusive Premier League rights in Canada, securing all 380 matches per season starting with the 2025/26 campaign. The deal solidifies its role as a top soccer platform.

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/ 138 days ago

Why Zane Lowe’s Apple interview with Messi is a sham

Lionel Messi's interview with Zane Lowe, which appears on Apple Music and MLS Season Pass, is a sham. Apple promoted the highly anticipated interview as a look back at his past, present, and future like you've never seen before. From the first minute, it looks promising. It's a sit-down interview in a unique location that […]

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/ 147 days ago

Apple’s Onside Major League Soccer delivers best-ever MLS film

Apple's big-budget docuseries about MLS from the producers of Formula 1: Drive To Survive premieres Friday, February 21 on Apple TV+. Titled Onside: Major League Soccer, the series features eight episodes that cover the 2024 season. Before its release, I had the privilege to watch the entire series. Is it as good or better than […]
MANUEL VELASQUEZ

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/ 154 days ago

FIFA targets Hispanics with Univision’s Club World Cup deal

DAZN has announced a major deal with TelevisaUnivision to sublicense many of the games from the FIFA Club World Cup this summer. TelevisaUnivision will broadcast Univision's Club World Cup games across Univision, TUDN, and UniMas. In total, 18 of the 61 games will be shown by TelevisaUnivision. That's less than 11% of the FIFA Club […]

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/ 155 days ago

Apple TV arrives on Android: A perfect match for MLS fans

Better late than never, Apple has added the Apple TV app to the Google Play Store to make it available to millions of Android users in the United States. As a consequence, that means that soccer fans can finally watch MLS Season Pass via an app on their Android mobile phones starting with the 2025 […]

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/ 157 days ago

Inside CBS Sports’ Champions League evolution with Pete Radovich

From the frustration of dealing with both FOX and Turner's disappointing coverage of the UEFA Champions League in the past, watching CBS Sports continues to be a breath of fresh air. Not only for soccer diehards like myself but for a new generation of futbolistas who devour the broadcasts of UCL Today and The Golazo […]
Abbie Parr

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/ 161 days ago

FOX throws streaming hat in ring ahead of World Cup 2026

On its earnings call this week, FOX Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch revealed that the media giant is working on a direct-to-consumer streaming service that will launch before FIFA World Cup 2026. While details are sparse, much of the programming from the FOX network will likely find its way onto the paid streaming service. That will […]
Frederick M. Brown

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/ 168 days ago

Free MLS Season Pass: Will It Pay Off for the League?

T-Mobile is bringing back its offer to allow customers to get a free MLS Season Pass subscription. After offering it for free to T-Mobile subscribers in 2023, MLS decided to skip the offer in 2024. Thankfully for T-Mobile customers, MLS Season Pass will be free beginning February 18, 2025, with offer details available through the […]
Harry How

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/ 171 days ago

MLS Season Pass moves studios in new, big partnership deal

Major League Soccer is making a jump from the top rope this season as it officially moves its MLS Season Pass studio from Manhattan to the Studios at WWE in Stamford, Connecticut. Yes, that WWE, the World Wrestling Entertainment whose broadcast center is on the campus of WWE's global headquarters. The move is being made […]

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/ 192 days ago

Fubo scores after Disney merger: What it means for soccer fans

When Fubo first launched in 2015, it was a soccer streaming service. In ten short years since its debut, Fubo has quickly built itself into one of the biggest streaming services in the United States. With today’s news that Fubo has agreed to sell a 70% majority stake in its business to The Walt Disney […]

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/ 203 days ago

Liga MX pulls strong viewership but falls behind Premier League

Liga MX’s Apertura playoff final between Club America and Monterrey saw Club America seal the first-ever consecutive treble in Apertura/Clausura history. The first leg played on Thursday, December 12, averaged 1.63 million viewers across Univision and TUDN. The second Liga MX leg did even better, averaging 2.02 million viewers on Sunday, December 15. While impressive, […]

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/ 209 days ago

How Netflix's Women's World Cup deal is groundbreaking

Netflix's deal to acquire the U.S. media rights to the 2027 and 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup is a groundbreaking deal for the sport of soccer in the United States. For women's soccer, it secures top billing on a streaming service with 66 million subscribers in the United States. In doing so, it'll help increase subscriptions […]

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/ 211 days ago

Why Rebecca Lowe could leave NBC Sports, per report

NBC Sports lead presenter Rebecca Lowe could be enticed by an opportunity to leave the US broadcaster after a new opportunity has opened up. That's according to a report by The Sun tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom. The pending departure of host Gary Lineker from BBC's Match of the Day has caused a domino […]

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/ 216 days ago

Apple TV's MLS gamble backfires: Record-low final viewership

Reporter John Ourand, a two-decade veteran of Sports Business Journal and the leading sports TV industry insider in the United States, suggests that Apple TV's MLS viewership for the 2024 final was as low as 65,000 viewers on MLS Season Pass. Ourand, who now writes for the sports industry newsletter Puck, added that the game […]