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NBC acquired rights to the Premier League in 2013, replacing Fox Sports and ESPN. [2] NBC's studio programming for the league includes the pre-match show Premier League Live, and the highlights shows Premier League Goal Zone and Match of the Day (modeled upon the similar BBC series). [3]
ESPN2 launched on October 1, 1993, at 7:30 p.m. ET.Its inaugural program was the premiere of SportsNight, a sports news program originally hosted by Keith Olbermann and Suzy Kolber; Olbermann opened the show and the channel by jokingly welcoming viewers to "the end of our careers."
Fox Soccer aired the English Premier League from 1998 to 2013. At the start of the season, Fox Sports Net or Fox Sports World broadcast weekly highlights from Premier League matches, with Lionel Bienvenu hosting the show. Meanwhile, the live match broadcast is broadcast on a pay-per-view basis through several providers.
ESPN broadcast nine games, six on ESPN2 and three on ESPN3, in 2014. Games acquired for ESPNEWS in 2017 and expanded to ESPN2 in 2019. Broadcast rights re-acquired for ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN+ in 2024. [42] [43] [44] Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) Eredivisie: ESPN+ 2018–present [45] Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Copa ...
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The Premier League is particularly popular in Asia, where it is the most widely distributed sports programme. [38] In India, the matches are broadcast live on Star Sports. Premier League broadcasts began in India in August 1996. Liverpool's 2–0 victory over Arsenal was the first Monday night game broadcast. [39]
The Premier League (EPL) is the most-watched sports league in the world, with TV audiences of approximately 3.2 billion people across 188 countries. [citation needed] Since its creation in 1992, the Premier League has sold its international broadcasting rights centrally, [citation needed] and this global dominance is also reflected economically.
The broadcaster won a three-year deal for short-form mobile highlights from all 380 Premier League games. It is thought that ESPN paid under £10m for the rights in a blind auction. [9] The application, titled ESPN Goals, features a basic service offering news and live scores, which is free-to-download. [10]