Hot off the presses (so to speak), the Dynamo have announced a 16-game local Spanish language television broadcast deal with MultiMedios. MultiMedios had local Dynamo coverage from 2006-2009 and returns for the 2012 season to broadcast 16 games, all available in high definition.

Here's the press release on the deal:
HOUSTON, TX (Wednesday, February 8, 2012) -- The Houston Dynamo and Spanish-language television partner MultiMedios Houston have reached a broadcast agreement for the 2012 season, it was announced today.

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By FRANCO PANIZO

Tim Ream was married all of 24 hours and on the brink of going on his honeymoon before he got a phone call that would alter his plans.

Getting ready to head to Tahiti with his wife, Ream received a call on Jan.

Google and Apple may not exactly be the first names that spring to mind when looking for alternatives to challenge Sky's dominance of sports broadcasting in Britain, but it should be no surprise that two of the giants of the tech and online world are eyeing up sport as a way to lure consumers into their new offerings.

New SPL TV deal Good or bad for Scottish football? is a post from: Just Football

by William Heaney

Not surprisingly, the news that Sky and ESPN have extended their deal to provide coverage of the SPL has been well received within the Scottish football community.

The two companies have been the league's main broadcasting partners since 2009, when they came to the rescue after Setanta's collapse.

Premier League Tips: Manchester United and Liverpool to win in a Sunday TV treble

With three live games being broadcast on Sunday afternoon, Jim Knight picks a selection from each to provide a 4/1 treble

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80 million quid.
Not be sniffed at. Five years of stability at a time of economic uncertainty.
So well done to the SPL on the signing of their new TV deal?
Not exactly.
£16 million a season (that's the figure being widely reported) for 60 live games. 30 games a season on ESPN and 30 more, Old Firm jamborees included, on Sky.

Hat tip to Dave Laidig for sending a couple of interesting business stories this way. We'll start with an extremely comprehensive look at Premier League viewing by SportingIntelligence.com. This site typically focuses on American soccer stories, but this analysis is so detailed, that as fans of the business side of the game, we think this breakdown is definitely worth the read.

Football's television money will forever turn heads.
The Guardian reports that:
"The deal that shares television's billions equally between Premier League clubs is facing its biggest threat to date after Liverpool announced they would lead a challenge for overseas TV rights to be sold on a club-by-club basis.

Two live games this week

The first team might have no football because of the international break but this week we turn our attentions to the stars of the future with two live games on LFC TV and LFC TV Online.

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Sky kick off with Chelsea-United double header

39 live games announced

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Premier League live games

Find out when your team is on as Sky Sports announces the first batch of live Premier League fixtures for the 2011/12 season.

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6 live games: 4 great prizes

Live first-team football AND the chance to win four fantastic prizes are on offer to subscribers to the club's premium content service, LFC TV Online, during July as the countdown to the start of the new Barclays Premier League season draws closer.

Bob Bradley announced his 23-man roster for the CONCACAF Gold Cup starting next month.
Ridge Mahoney writes of the return of Freddy Adu to the US team.
The recall of Freddy Adu and fresh starts for Robbie Rogers and Sacha Kljestan provided the major surprises of Coach Bob Bradley's 23-man Gold Cup roster.

Being as I barely update this site anymore, here are some more active/useful ones for you to visit. You all know the newspaper sites, Football365, ESPN, etc for news and match reports and stuff, but these you may not have heard of.

Goals/Highlights and Games

101GreatGoals - Updated incessantly with goals from all around the world.

The year 2011 is set up to be a big one in women's football. The UEFA Women's Champions League Final will be held at Craven Cottage on May 26. The FIFA Women's World Cup will be held in Germany and begins on June 26. Last, but not least, the new FA Women's Super League is being launched today and our very own Arsenal Ladies team will be involved in the opening game.

I would like to introduce to you an amazing website called Chelsea 2D.
"Inspired by the Nintendo World Cup game, I'm going to be creating an old school interpretation of the modern day events at Chelsea Football Club. I won't be offering our highlights in 3D, I won't be screening live games, but Chelsea2D.

Altitude announced Tuesday that it will broadcast a total of 27 Colorado Rapids regular season games during the 2011 season.

Game coverage on Altitude will begin on Saturday, March 26, as the Rapids take on their conference rivals, Chivas USA live on Altitude 2. Altitude will be broadcasting 25 live games including 13 roads matches, as well as an additional two telecasts on instant replay via an agreement with ESPN, all in high definition.

- Jason Davis
Australia's FA has volunteered the A-League to be goal line technology guinea pigs, if FIFA finally decides to begin testing a system in live games at any point in the future. Reports on initial testing on the setups FIFA is exploring are due to the International Football Association Board (IFAB, the rules committee) next month.

FoxSoccer.tv is offering a free 7-day trial of their service this week, just in time for the Round of 16 games in the Champions League as well as several important Premier League and FA Cup matches.

FoxSoccer.tv is Fox's broadband subscription site that allows you to watch live games on your computer.