The Parleh’s James Sharman will host daily soccer series ‘Room 4-4-2’ on Anthem’s Game+ network
"There’s a huge appetite for soccer coverage in this country right now."
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TV and Streaming Viewing Picks for October 25, 2022: how to watch UEFA Champions League
UniMás/TUDN has a UEFA Champions League doubleheader today while CBS Sports Network presents whiparound coverage. All games are being streamed on Paramount+ and ViX+
Full Fox 2022 FIFA World Cup commentator roster revealed, with all commentary teams on site
John Strong and Stu Holden will again be Fox's lead match commentary team. Other pairings include JP Dellacamera and Cobi Jones, Derek Rae and Aly Wagner, Ian Darke and Landon Donovan, and Jacqui Oatley and Warren Barton.
Taylor Twellman talks concussion effects ahead of a match: “I shotgunned a beer to take the, literally, buzz out of what was going on.”
"The last game I played in 2008, dude, I took meds that I never was taking, and I shotgunned a beer to take the, literally, buzz out of what was going on."
Paramount beats out Amazon to retain UEFA Champions League for six years, more than doubling previous contract
Paramount Global will pay around $250 million a year for the U.S. English-language rights, up from the $100 million a year they were paying.
Prime Video will air three-part Skydance/Meadowlark/Ocellated Media “Good Neighbors” docuseries on USA-Mexico men’s soccer
"Good Neighbors is the first in an exciting new slate of Original sports programming Prime Video Sports will be rolling out over the next several years."
Jacqui Oatley joins the Fox Sports play-by-play roster for the 2022 World Cup
A solid move all around here.
Jenny Chiu talks sideline reporting for CBS’ Mexico-USA broadcast: “This game is going to be insane.”
"I don't know anything else that sets my soul on fire the same way. When I'm working matches, it's that same kind of passion I felt when I played. I couldn't get that excitement from anything else."
Canada’s Alphonso Davies was ruled out of a World Cup qualification match after COVID, so he discussed it on Twitch
Might we see more injured athletes or athletes held out for COVID discuss games they're missing live?
Euro 2020 final drew 3.6 million average viewers for Canada’s CTV/TSN, 2.9 million for Univision’s Spanish-language coverage
Both U.S. Spanish-language coverage and Canadian English-language coverage of the Euro 2020 final pulled in big numbers.
DAZN rejects Sky offer for continued Serie A rights-sharing in Italy, plans to keep those rights exclusive
Sky offered DAZN $609 million U.S. for some continued Serie A rights-sharing in Italy, but DAZN has turned them down, opting to focus on keeping those rights streaming-only.
ESPN signs eight-year deal with LaLiga for an estimated $1.4 billion, taking over from beIN Sports
LaLiga is just the latest soccer property added to ESPN+.
French Ligue 1 deal with MediaPro collapses, leaving clubs wondering if they’ll be able to recoup their spending
“Clubs are desperately in need of cash; that’s why the league has accepted this very bad offer from MediaPro.”
Soccer star Tim Howard’s story being developed into movie for Amazon
Producers have wanted to make a movie from Howard's story for 15 years.
Italian pundit Luciano Passirani says “the only way to outmuscle [Lukaku] is to give him 10 bananas to eat,” gets banned from station
Saying Lukaku could only be stopped by giving him bananas to eat was a terrible remark, and one that led to Passirani being banned from Milan station Telelombardi.
Russian reporter doesn’t let a sprinkler keep him from his soccer update
A hell of a commitment to the craft here from Russian broadcaster Evgeniy Evnevich.
Watch these Liverpool announcers capture the joy of sports during incredible comeback over Barcelona
There's nothing quite like the emotions on display here.
The Athletic hires five further full-time soccer writers, takes backlash from some subscribers for axing some local MLS writers
The Athletic has brought on five new full-time soccer writers, but taken criticism for parting ways with some beat-specific freelancers.
Some The Athletic MLS writers were told they’re no longer needed; the site says “a big announcement” is on the way
"We have heard the concerns that subscribers have about changes to our coverage. We have a big announcement on the way, one that the whole company is very excited about. We'll be sharing that update very soon."
ESPN hires veteran soccer voice Jon Champion as its main MLS announcer
Champion takes over for long-time voice Adrian Healey. Healey will remain with ESPN
AT&T’s DirecTV and U-Verse are the latest pay-TV providers to drop beIN Sports
This development comes after Comcast also dropped the channel.
fuboTV adds Turner Sports just in time for Champions League coverage
TNT, TBS, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, truTV, TCM and HLN have been added to fuboTV’s $45-a-month base package.
Serie A and FA Cup deals prove ESPN is still a player in the soccer business
In ESPN+’s short existence, soccer has become a bedrock of programming for the streaming service
Can ESPN’s Serie A coverage compete with the Premier League on NBCSN?
Will Ronaldo's starpower be able to make Juventus and the rest of the Serie A household names?
Amazon will stream a new documentary on France’s second World Cup championship
The documentary premieres this week in France, but the rest of the world will have to wait until this fall to watch it