TORONTO, Ont. TSN has acquired the broadcast rights for Major League Soccer previously held by CBC and Rogers Sportsnet, sources say. The public broadcaster and Sportsnet have been carrying Toronto FC games and league championship matches since the team was formed in 2007, but the national package has now been purchased by CTV/ TSN.

Earlier this week I received my review copy of Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN, so the first thing I did was jump to the index to find any sections that deal with soccer. Based on the directions that the index sent me in, and I should note the index seems a bit poor, the book only focuses on soccer in the context of the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, which isn't a bad thing, but it seems to leave out the World Wide Leader's dabbling with the Beautiful Game during the bulk of its 31 years.

High fives, high pressure: Abby Wambach, right, high-fives teammate Christie Rampone during a U.S. training session Friday ahead of Sunday's World Cup final (AP Photo).

There were virtually no American reporters outside of those working for ESPN - which holds the broadcast rights to the tournament - planning to follow the U.

BY SHAMSHUL FITRI

PETALING JAYA: The glory days of the Malaysian football league may perhaps be on the way back after pay-TV operators Astro have agreed to pump in RM120mil to the FA of Malaysia (FAM).

The sponsorship, which will run from this year until 2014, will see Astro injecting RM30mil annually to the league in return for broadcasting rights to all matches in the Super League, Premier League and the FAM League.

FIFA is pleased to announce the extension of its broadcast rights agreement with Al Jazeera Sport for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ and the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™.

Major League Soccer and FOX Soccer announced that they have extended the network's national broadcast rights agreement for one year. FOX Soccer has been a League partner since 2003.

FOX Soccer will broadcast up to 31 MLS regular-season games including seven Colorado Rapids matches plus three exclusive MLS Cup Playoff matches including a Conference Final, all in high definition.

By ADAM SERRANO

The Los Angeles Galaxy are turning their success on the playing field to success in the board room with a new local television deal.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the Galaxy signed a television deal with Time Warner Cable valued at 55 million over 10 years.

Grounds for change: why Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs are on the move | Matt Scott

Lucrative naming rights deals and attractive interest rates are persuading clubs this is the right time to build a new stadium "What's in a name," Juliet asked herself in literature's most famous rom-com.

"Your call is important to us... please hold."At the end of day there was no Arab Sultanate, no oil-rich Russian oligarch or even any American financiers. No, like a giant, wireless Voltron-like creature - Canada's two largest media giants, and bitter rivals, Rogers and Bell joined forces today to purchase 75% of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.

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NEW YORK. NY — ESPN has acquired U.S. broadcast rights to soccer's European Championship in 2012 and 2016 and will televise every game of both tournaments. The Union of European Football Associations planned to make the announcement Tuesday. ESPN purchased U.S. broadcast and Internet rights in all languages.

Real Madrid retained its title as the biggest club financially in the world as a new Deloitte report showed that the combined revenues of Europe's top 20 clubs exceeded 4bn euros (£3.8bn) for the first time.

All the 20 clubs represented are from the "big five" European leagues, with Germany contributing four clubs, Italy four, Spain three and France two.

Real Madrid retained its title as the biggest club financially in the world as a new Deloitte report showed that the combined revenues of Europe's top 20 clubs exceeded 4bn euros (£3.8bn) for the first time.

All the 20 clubs represented are from the "big five" European leagues, with Germany contributing four clubs, Italy four, Spain three and France two.

By JOHN BOSCHINI

A mere five days after sacking Roberto Di Matteo, West Bromwich Albion hired former Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson as manager of the relegation-threatened club.

Hodgson, 63, takes over a West Brom club that has plummeted in the Premier League table after a promising start and now sits 17th, kept out of the relegation zone by goal difference alone.

Introducing a new Hot Time In Old Town daily segment - Chicago Soccer Smolderings. We revisit some of the hottest stories of the last 24-48 hours and link to some other interesting items you may have missed. If you only have a few minutes to stay up-to-date on the Chicago soccer, check Chicago Soccer Smolderings: Dave Wilson's Daily Links after the break.

New York Red Bulls fans, have no fear. Your team has a regional television deal.

The Red Bulls and MSG Networks agreed to a multi-year deal that will ensure that all non-nationally televised matches will be telecast on local stations and in high definition, the club announced on Thursday.

The Vancouver Whitecaps have officially partnered with TEAM 1410, and the radio station will have the exclusive radio broadcast rights to the Whitecaps's matches for the next couple of years. It's good to know we can listen to the Whitecaps matches along with pre-game and post-game analysis.
Here's what the Vancouver Whitecaps FC website says about the partnership:

Vancouver's TEAM 1410 is now the official voice of Vancouver Whitecaps FC, with exclusive radio broadcast rights to the club's matches for the next two years.

*As regular readers of this blog learned here exclusively on Tuesday, Riverside Poly High product Sammy Ochoa has signed with MLS and Chivas USA is in pole position to sign him.

*Galaxy midfielder Chris Birchall has been called up to the Trinidad & Tobago National Team for its upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Barbados and Bermuda.

Officials don't know how the new domestic football league will be run, when it will kick off or even which teams will be in it. But one thing is certain — for the first time in history, Indonesian league matches will be broadcast overseas.
Liga Prima Indonesia, the country's professional league administrator, signed a broadcast deal on Thursday with television content provider Broadway Media of Malaysia, which will air Indonesian football games in Malaysia on the Bintang and Pelangi channels on Astro All Asia Networks's digital satellite network.

There is no doubt that the Premier League is the most popular league in the world as the latest research estimates that the Premier League matches attracted a staggering 4.7BILLION TV viewers last season.

Figures released by the Sport+Markt group in Germany show the tremendous appeal of the Premier League around the world.

There is no doubt that the Premier League is the most popular league in the world as the latest research estimates that the Premier League matches attracted a staggering 4.7BILLION TV viewers last season.

Figures released by the Sport+Markt group in Germany show the tremendous appeal of the Premier League around the world.

Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre believes the option for Premier League clubs to sell their overseas television rights on an individual basis would be a 'game-changer'.
The league's broadcast rights outside of the United Kingdom are presently sold in a joint package, which is worth £3.2billion for 2010-13 to be shared equally among the 20 clubs.

When the 2018 and 2022 World Cups kick off in Russia and Qatar, there is a very good chance that you'll be watching those tournaments on a FOX network.

FOX beat out both ESPN and NBC for the U.S. broadcast rights to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, multiple reports revealed on Friday morning.

Spanish media production company Mediapro has extended for another year its broadcast rights deal with current La Liga and European champions FC Barcelona.

This week Zach is joined by Dave Clark (Sounder at Heart) to discuss our trepidation about FOX winning the American broadcast rights for the next two World Cup cycles, beginning with the 2015 Women's World Cup. We also react to David Downs' comments about the WPS and women's soccer along with discussing MLS' congested playoff schedule , something Dave is fine with and Ginge isn't thrilled about.

Maybe it's just happening when I'm watching, but based on my (unscientific observations) it seems that NBC has made an attempt to devote a little more time to coverage of the 2011 MLS Cup, which takes place at 8:00 pm central time on Sunday. In light of the news that NBC Universal has obtained a broadcast rights package for MLS matches starting with the 2012 season, it isn't surprising that NBC stations and programs have given airtime to the 2011 MLS Cup.

Need further proof that soccer is here to stay in America? Time Warner Cable is going to pay the LA Galaxy a whooping $55 million over the next 10 years for their broadcast rights. Yeah, that's a whole lotta lettuce. Sure no other MLS team can command that kind of deal but you gotta believe that this kind of thing will only continue to get better for other teams in their markets.

By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Dec 20, 2011) US Soccer Players -- In Tuesday's questions, Tony starts in the boardroom, and then travels to Canada, Italy, and England. Which organization offered MLS the most money during recent broadcast rights negotiations? Fox Soccer, according to this article in the New York Times.