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.”
