MLS reups with Fox 4 years. Leaves ABC/ESPN

[LadyStanley]

MLS renews with Fox for 4 years, ends run with ESPN

Fox will keep on broadcasting Major League Soccer games in the U.S. as part of a four-year agreement, ending the run of ESPN and ABC, which had carried matches since the league launched in 1996. MLS also announced linear television agreements on Tuesday with TSN and RDS in Canada and...

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At least one non streaming possibility

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[Fenway]

Robert Kraft is not happy with how the MLS TV plans are evolving.

The Revs have had local TV deals in Boston since the league began.

Leaving ESPN is a mistake, just ask Gary Bettman.

 

[joelef]

Robert Kraft is not happy with how the MLS TV plans are evolving.

The Revs have had local TV deals in Boston since the league began.

Leaving ESPN is a mistake, just ask Gary Bettman.

Source?

 

[Fenway]

Source?

He made that clear in the final Revs local telecast on Channel 38 as he thanked the TV crew for their years of service.

 

[NextBigThing]

Robert Kraft is not happy with how the MLS TV plans are evolving.

The Revs have had local TV deals in Boston since the league began.

Leaving ESPN is a mistake, just ask Gary Bettman.

It’s not 2002 anymore. Leaving ESPN isn’t a big deal. Few people under the age of 30 watch cable. Hell, the NFL’s Amazon game draws similar viewers compared to MNF.

 

[jkrdevil]

It’s not 2002 anymore. Leaving ESPN isn’t a big deal. Few people under the age of 30 watch cable. Hell, the NFL’s Amazon game draws similar viewers compared to MNF.

The NFL is a demand driver in a way the other sports are not.

While cable is down, it’s distribution greatly outpaces streaming (for clarity I consider streaming services like sling, YouTube tv and Hulu live to be cable). It harder to find stuff streaming as you really have to seek it out. Especially on Apple TV that doesn’t have other sports outside a weekly baseball that no one is watching. Streaming isn’t there yet.

At least with ESPN+ (Or Paramount or Peacock) They would be with other sports and other soccer. Apple TV is off the grid from being off the grid.

 

[Fenway]

It’s not 2002 anymore. Leaving ESPN isn’t a big deal. Few people under the age of 30 watch cable. Hell, the NFL’s Amazon game draws similar viewers compared to MNF.

MLS is a different animal

A lot of those cord-cutters do subscribe to ESPN+

 

[IU Hawks fan]

Kraft has proven to be one of the worst owners in MLS, by refusing to build the Revs a home of their own near where fans actually live.

Who cares what he thinks?

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Kraft has proven to be one of the worst owners in MLS, by refusing to build the Revs a home of their own near where fans actually live.

Who cares what he thinks?

where do you propose they build a SSS in New England, then....... Jonathan is the one running the Revs

 

[BKIslandersFan]

where do you propose they build a SSS in New England, then....... Jonathan is the one running the Revs

I dunno but it can’t be 1 and a half hour drive away from Boston.

 

[Fenway]

where do you propose they build a SSS in New England, then....... Jonathan is the one running the Revs

The logical spot is the former Wonderland dog track in Revere - has parking and on a subway line.

 

[NextBigThing]

Let’s not forget the massage parlor incidents with Kraft. Absolute joke he’s still allowed to be an NFL owner. My blood boils when they show him on the broadcast of every Patriots telecast. The pervert should have been forced to step away from the spotlight and pass the team on to his son.

 

[Anisimovs AK]

It’s not 2002 anymore. Leaving ESPN isn’t a big deal. Few people under the age of 30 watch cable. Hell, the NFL’s Amazon game draws similar viewers compared to MNF.

Thats not true in the slightest. MNF averaged 13.4 million viewers per game this season, Thursday Night Football on Amazon averaged 9.58 million

NFL has slight dip in regular season, but CBS, FOX, NBC, hit highs

NFL viewership took a slight hit in the regular season, though its biggest broadcast partners CBS, FOX and NBC each hit highs.

www.sportsmediawatch.com

Lets stop fudging numbers and focus on reality please