NBC Sports ( Versus) acquière les droits de la MLS

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NBC and NBC Sports Network to televise 49 games per season



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Colorado Rapids' Wells Thompson, right, and Philadelphia Union's Sheanon Williams chase down a loose ball in the first half of an MLS soccer game Friday, July 29, 2011, in Chester, Pa.
NBCSports.com
updated 12:33 p.m. ET Aug. 10, 2011
NEW YORK - Major League Soccer (MLS) and the NBC Sports Group today announced a three-year media rights agreement, which commences at the start of the 2012 MLS season. The partnership calls for 45 MLS games and four U.S. Men’s National Team contests to be televised live across both NBC and NBC Sports Network each season. This marks the first rights deal for the newly-named cable channel that will be re-branded from VERSUS on Jan. 2, 2012. The announcement was made today by MLS Commissioner and Soccer United Marketing CEO Don Garber and Mark Lazarus, Chairman, NBC Sports Group.

“Everyone at the NBC Sports Group is thrilled to begin this partnership with Major League Soccer,” said Lazarus. “MLS is a perfect fit for our new group, and we are uniquely positioned to help grow soccer in the United States with extensive coverage on NBC Sports Network, significant programming on the broadcast network and our growing digital platforms. Additionally, this agreement complements the partnerships that five of our regional sports networks have with their local MLS teams.”

Each season, NBC will broadcast two regular-season MLS games, two playoff games and two appearances by the U.S. Men’s National Team, marking the first time four MLS matches will be broadcast on English-language network television since 2002. The NBC Sports Network will televise 38 regular-season games, three playoff games and two U.S. Men’s National Team matches. All telecasts on NBC and NBC Sports Network will consist of pre-game and post-game coverage. According to the agreement, the NBC Sports Group obtains digital rights across all platforms and devices for the games it televises.

[FranckieStone]

Vesus est-il disponible sur Vidéotron?

[Bxl Boy]

Non, c'est seulement disponible aux États-Unis
Ils avaient les droits du Tour de France pendant quelques années et au Canada, c'était relayé par OLN (Outdoor Life Network)

[ATN_LR]

Au Canada, c'est TSN/RDS qui possède les droits nationaux.

[Stljmf]

L'important, c'est que les $$$ de télédiffusion sont en hausse majeure par rapport à ce que FSC payait avant. C'est pas encore la panacée comme la NFL, mais c'est déjà mieux.

[François]

et il semble que 42 millions de personnes de plus on accès à cette chaîne au USA...

[Sabre]

versus is bad

[Moutinho28]

versus is bad

Pour ne pas dire ''absolutely terrible''.

[Bouncenick]

L'important, c'est que les $$$ de télédiffusion sont en hausse majeure par rapport à ce que FSC payait avant. C'est pas encore la panacée comme la NFL, mais c'est déjà mieux.

Je suis pas sur que ça touche les droit de fsc!!! Je crois plus que ça touche les droits de espn et ABC...

[Stljmf]

FSC avant cette année: 3M$
FSC 2010: 6,5M$
Versus: 10M$ (pas encore confirmé)

Le deal d'ESPN est toujours là.