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[Sebowski]

Details on NBC's EPL covergae

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130416/english-premier-league-nbc-tv-coverage/

Highlights:

The network said games not aired on a designated NBC Universal channel would be made available to distributors via Premier League Extra Time, a package of overflow TV channels available at no extra cost for customers who receives NBC Sports Network. As announced in October, NBC Universal will air 380 Premier League matches across all platforms and devices in the United States. A source with knowledge of the negotiations told SI.com that NBC Universal's winning bid was $250 million for a three-year agreement, a sum more than triple the $23 million per year that Fox currently pays for its deal
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the network officially announced that Arlo White will be the lead play-by-play voice....
Lee Dixon and Graeme Le Saux, both former England national team members and EPL veterans, will split time as White's game analysts. Both have worked for BBC as color commentators.

As first reported by SI.com last month, Rebecca Lowe has been named the network's lead studio host. After concluding her Premier League and FA Cup duties with ESPN UK in May, she will relocate to the U.S. this summer. She'll be joined in the studio by former Jamaican National Robbie Earle and former English footballer Robbie Mustoe. That group will broadcast from NBC Sports Group's new International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Ct. Well-known BBC presenter and former England national star Gary Lineker will serve as a special contributor for the coverage. He will occasionally host on-site studio coverage in the U.K while continuing to host Match of the Day on BBC.

• Game Cut-Downs -- NBC Sports Network will air a two-hour show Monday nights featuring cut-down versions of Manchester United and Manchester City matches. On Tuesdays the network will feature Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur matches.

An NBC Sports spokesperson said there will be some weeks where mid-week Premier League games could appear on CNBC and USA. The network said any game not designated for an NBCU channel will be available on Premier League Extra Time, which is similar to MLB's Extra Innings Package. (There is no charge to customers whose cable systems have NBC Sports Network.) All games will also be streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra, though most consumers will need to authenticate that service.

 

[TLEF316]

I don't follow the youth teams, but I tuned into the U17's expecting to see junior flores. What's the deal?

 

[Sebowski]

I don't follow the youth teams, but I tuned into the U17's expecting to see junior flores. What's the deal?

Rumor is he has gotten a big head and was a primadonna. Clashed with coach.

 

[Slapdash]

Any Barcelona fans that missed this weekends match should check out the highlights. Just some incredible play from the youngsters Thiago and Tello.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz0a44_barcelona-vs-zaragoza-full-time_sport

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Details on NBC's EPL covergae

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130416/english-premier-league-nbc-tv-coverage/

Highlights:

The network said games not aired on a designated NBC Universal channel would be made available to distributors via Premier League Extra Time, a package of overflow TV channels available at no extra cost for customers who receives NBC Sports Network.

As announced in October, NBC Universal will air 380 Premier League matches across all platforms and devices in the United States. A source with knowledge of the negotiations told SI.com that NBC Universal's winning bid was $250 million for a three-year agreement, a sum more than triple the $23 million per year that Fox currently pays for its deal

.....

the network officially announced that Arlo White will be the lead play-by-play voice....

Lee Dixon and Graeme Le Saux, both former England national team members and EPL veterans, will split time as White's game analysts. Both have worked for BBC as color commentators.

As first reported by SI.com last month, Rebecca Lowe has been named the network's lead studio host. After concluding her Premier League and FA Cup duties with ESPN UK in May, she will relocate to the U.S. this summer. She'll be joined in the studio by former Jamaican National Robbie Earle and former English footballer Robbie Mustoe. That group will broadcast from NBC Sports Group's new International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Ct. Well-known BBC presenter and former England national star Gary Lineker will serve as a special contributor for the coverage. He will occasionally host on-site studio coverage in the U.K while continuing to host Match of the Day on BBC.

Game Cut-Downs -- NBC Sports Network will air a two-hour show Monday nights featuring cut-down versions of Manchester United and Manchester City matches. On Tuesdays the network will feature Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur matches.

An NBC Sports spokesperson said there will be some weeks where mid-week Premier League games could appear on CNBC and USA. The network said any game not designated for an NBCU channel will be available on Premier League Extra Time, which is similar to MLB's Extra Innings Package. (There is no charge to customers whose cable systems have NBC Sports Network.) All games will also be streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra, though most consumers will need to authenticate that service.

:boner:

 

[GoFishTN]

CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY: The biggest day on the Premier League schedule is the last day of the season when all 20 teams play at the same time. NBCUniversal will present each match of Championship Sunday live across a host of NBCU channels, including NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, USA, MSNBC, E! and more.

Awesome.

 

[berndog]

Check out their programming each week. Can't wait for this swithc

Premier League Goal Zone -- A 30-minute program airing after Sunday matches with highlights of every goal scored on Saturday and Sunday.



• Match of the Day -- A two-hour Saturday show on NBC Sports Network modeled after the BBC show of the same name. Match of the Day will re-air Sunday mornings.



• Match of the Day 2 -- A 90-minute program featuring extended highlights with the natural calls of every game Sunday.



• Match of the Week --NBC Sports Network will re-air the best match of the weekend in its entirety Sunday night.



• Premier League 36 -- An original series that follows EPL players for 36 hours leading up to a game.



• Game Cut-Downs -- NBC Sports Network will air a two-hour show Monday nights featuring cut-down versions of Manchester United and Manchester City matches. On Tuesdays the network will feature Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur matches.



• Premier League Download -- A weekly show featuring high-profile celebrity supporters and journalists discussing the Premier League.



• Barclays Premier League World -- A weekly magazine show produced by the Premier League.



• Barclays Premier League Preview -- A weekly show (also produced by the league) previewing the upcoming week's matches.



• Barclays Premier League Review -- A weekly show produced by the league that recaps all the matches from the past week.



• Premier League Countdown -- A preview of the 2013-14 Premier League season.

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/news/20130416/english-premier-league-nbc-tv-coverage/#ixzz2Qf38ohgz

 

[GoFishTN]

Cardiff City won promotion, apparently. South Wales Derby in the Premier League.

 

[Mjolnirs]

Bayern secured their spot in the DFB Pokal finals with a 6-1 victory over Wolfsburg today.

Mario Gomez came on in the 77th minute with the score 3-1 and scored in the 80th, 83rd and 86th.

 

[Sebowski]

Bayern secured their spot in the DFB Pokal finals with a 6-1 victory over Wolfsburg today.Mario Gomez came on in the 77th minute with the score 3-1 and scored in the 80th, 83rd and 86th.

They have to be coming in to the tie against Barça very confident, as they should, and I can't wait.

 

[Spartans Rule]

Bayern secured their spot in the DFB Pokal finals with a 6-1 victory over Wolfsburg today.Mario Gomez came on in the 77th minute with the score 3-1 and scored in the 80th, 83rd and 86th.

They have to be coming in to the tie against Barça very confident, as they should, and I can't wait.

This is the matchup I've been wanting to see since I started watching soccer. Can't wait.

 

[Mjolnirs]

Bayern secured their spot in the DFB Pokal finals with a 6-1 victory over Wolfsburg today.Mario Gomez came on in the 77th minute with the score 3-1 and scored in the 80th, 83rd and 86th.

They have to be coming in to the tie against Barça very confident, as they should, and I can't wait.

Hopefully they keep that confidence in check. They were confident after going up over Arsenal and look how they played in the second leg. With that and the loss to Chelsea last year a constant reminder, I think Jupp has the motive to keep them grounded.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Lol David Luiz. Outrageous screamer of a goal from the Brazilian geezer.

 

[Sebowski]

Costa Rica officially announced Saprissa as the stadium for the US game.

 

[The Z Machine]

Costa Rica officially announced Saprissa as the stadium for the US game.

Was there any doubt?

 

[Sebowski]

Page 3? Hmmmmm..... Here is something:

Good News: Bradley went 90 for Roma completing 96.7% of his passes (58 of 60) beating Inter in the Copa Italia and putting Roma in the finals.

Bad News: Bradley will probably miss the first week of camp playing for Roma in the Copa Italia finals.

 

[PIK95]

Cardiff City won promotion, apparently. South Wales Derby in the Premier League.

How did Bellamy do this season? Love that guy.

 

[Slapdash]

Man, totally against the run of play for Gunners

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Man, totally against the run of play for Gunners

Shambolic marking by Ruiz

But that sure seemed like a harsh straight red

 

[Steve Tasker]

MERTESACKER!!!

 

[Steve Tasker]

Man, totally against the run of play for Gunners

Shambolic marking by Ruiz But that sure seemed like a harsh straight red

I don't know, he came in studs-up above the ankle. I don't think it was overly malicious, but it was a pretty bad challenge. I wouldn't have complained if it was just a yellow, but I don't mind the straight red (and I like to think I'd feel the same had the call been against Arsenal).

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Man, totally against the run of play for Gunners

Shambolic marking by Ruiz But that sure seemed like a harsh straight red

I don't know, he came in studs-up above the ankle. I don't think it was overly malicious, but it was a pretty bad challenge. I wouldn't have complained if it was just a yellow, but I don't mind the straight red (and I like to think I'd feel the same had the call been against Arsenal).

It just seemed like a bad tackle, not red-worthy, especially that early...It wasn't like he had 70 minutes of dodgy challenges

 

[Christo]

Man, totally against the run of play for Gunners

Shambolic marking by Ruiz But that sure seemed like a harsh straight red

I don't know, he came in studs-up above the ankle. I don't think it was overly malicious, but it was a pretty bad challenge. I wouldn't have complained if it was just a yellow, but I don't mind the straight red (and I like to think I'd feel the same had the call been against Arsenal).

It just seemed like a bad tackle, not red-worthy, especially that early...It wasn't like he had 70 minutes of dodgy challenges

I have no problem with that red. He jumped and came over the ball with studs up.

 

[Christo]

QPR had a serving of NACHOS!

I'm conflicted.

 

[Sebowski]

Man, totally against the run of play for Gunners

Shambolic marking by Ruiz But that sure seemed like a harsh straight red

I don't know, he came in studs-up above the ankle. I don't think it was overly malicious, but it was a pretty bad challenge. I wouldn't have complained if it was just a yellow, but I don't mind the straight red (and I like to think I'd feel the same had the call been against Arsenal).

..and then it was. Giroud out for 3 of the last 4 games. Will Walcott get his wish and play up top for those games? tinker with a 2-man top line?

 

[Steve Tasker]

Watchin the Revs game at the bar....my longtime youth teammate Bobby Shuttleworth in goal today. Andy - has he been playing a lot?

Make us proud, man....

 

[Christo]

Pretty good game between LA and KC at the half.

 

[Christo]

Pretty good game between LA and KC at the half.

LD with a goal and an assist. No longer

 

[Ignoramus]

Spurs have opened the floodgates against City.

 

[Bonzai]

Spurs have opened the floodgates against City.

 

[PIK95]

Huddleston's pass to Bale was ridiculou. Wow!

 

[Ursa M]

United win the league with four games to spare if they beat Villa Monday night.

 

[GoFishTN]

Spurs have opened the floodgates against City.

 

[Christo]

Spurs have opened the floodgates against City.

That was a dramatic 10 minute spell. And . . .

DEMPSEY!​

 

[The Gator]

STURRIDGE!!!!!!

 

[jonessed]

Suarez bites Ivanovic on the arm. That moron is going to get banned again

 

[The Gator]

That was a sneeze imo

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Pretty good game between LA and KC at the half.

LD with a goal and an assist. No longer

Looked fit as well - covered a lot of ground for 90 minutes. Aside from his assist and goal made some nice passes (a great one with the outside of the foot early on that gave Keane a nice chance really stood out). As a Galaxy and USMNT fan, it was good to see that performance.

 

[Bonzai]

That was a sneeze imo

 

[The Gator]

SUAREZ IN THE 97th!!!!!!

 

[Steve Tasker]

Insane.

 

[Christo]

Suarez bites Ivanovic on the arm. That moron is going to get banned again

And gets the equalizer in the 97th minute

What a ####.

 

[Steve Tasker]

The soccer equivalent of the Gordie Howe hat trick...goal, assist, concede a PK, and bite an opponent, aka "The Suarez"

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

You've heard of 'A Gordy Howe' -- a goal, an assist and a fight?

The Luis Suarez is a goal, an assist, and a bite.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Dammit.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Lol

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Waiting for the "biting someone's arm means something completely different in Uruguay" explanation.

 

[jonessed]

Man, he seriously took a chomp.

It's going to be interesting to see how Liverpool handles this. His value is still pretty high. I bet they sell.

 

[GoFishTN]

SUAREZ IN THE 97th!!!!!!

 

[The Gator]

I hope he's gone.

####....brilliant soccer player, but a what a mental case.

40M and he's gone