Time Warner Cable’s new long term deal with Disney/ABC and ESPN will bring two new sports networks to TMC’s HD channel lineup. ESPN 3D will be added to Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks’ hi-def lineup. And, Spanish language ESPN Deportes HD will also be added to TMC’s larger markets. Full Story
This Labor Day weekend DirecTV will broadcast select US Open tennis matches in 3D on n3D (channel 103) powered by Panasonic. The men’s and women’s third and fourth rounds will air daily in the afternoon from Sept. 4 through Sept. 6, and be available to customers who have a 3D TV system and have received the 3D software upgrade. Full Story
Not a DirecTV subscriber? No matter. This season you’ll be able to purchase the NFL Sunday Ticket purely for online viewing. But, according to USA Today, the service is geared towards would-be DirecTV customers who cannot get satellite service. The article goes on to say that potential customers will have to prove they are unable to get DirecTV in order to purchase the $350 NFL Sunday Ticket online package (for example if they don’t have a clear south-facing view to place the satellite.) Full Story
DirecTV recently launched Fox Soccer Channel HD and promises over 320 exclusive soccer matches this season — including 28 European matches a week starting this month. DirecTV also launched GolTV HD on Aug. 1, and added Fox Soccer Plus matches in high-definition. Full Story
On Aug. 25th, Cox Communications will add College Sports HD to its high-definition lineup in Hampton Roads, VA. The HD network will be found on Cox channel 816, and will also be available in standard-definition on channel 216. Full Story
Verizon has announced they will produce and broadcast the first NFL game in 3D for a limited audience who subscribe to FiOS TV. The pre-season game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots (who met up in Superbowl XLII) will broadcast in 3D for FiOS customers in parts of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Full Story
If you hesitated paying $50 last year for the season subscription to NFL’s Red Zone, you’ll be pleased to know this year the channel will be included with NFL SUNDAY TICKET. In addition, DirecTV has promised every game in HD, the Game Mix Channel, and Short Cuts to the season pass. Full Story
Manchester United, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Celtic FC are among elite soccer teams to play in U.S. Stadiums.
Fox Soccer Channel will broadcast several upcoming soccer matches which bring some of the best European teams to U.S. soil. The action (presented in HD) starts this Wednesday, July 21, when Scotland’s Celtic FC battles Sporting Lisbon of Portugal at Fenway Park, the famous home of the Boston Red Sox. Full Story
AT&T has re-filed it’s complaint against Madison Square Garden (MSG) and Cablevision over rights to high-definition (HD) feeds from the regional sports networks. AT&T contacted MSG about the feeds to MSG HD and MSG Plus HD after an FCC ruling said “denying access to terrestrial nets is presumptively unfair and deceptive, and treats HD nets as separate services from the standard-definion feed.” Full Story
Cox subscribers who own a 3D TV will get a chance to see the first baseball games broadcast in three-dimension on July 10 and 11. The New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners will play at Safeco Field in Seattle, where the Yanks will attempt to improve their 2 wins out of 7 record against the Mariners. (The Yankees just avoided a three-game sweep when they played on July 1 in New York.) Full Story
Fox Soccer Plus will broadcast the Tri-Nations rugby union tournament between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa on July 10 live and in high-definition (HD). In the first match of nine (to be held in Auckland, NZ) we’ll see top-ranked All-Blacks battle against defending Tri-Nations champion team Springboks. Fox Soccer Plus will carry all nine of the matches of the tournament which will come to an end in September. Full Story
While the US team lost to Ghana in the Round of 16 matches at the 2010 World Cup, all was not lost if you consider how much this team has done for soccer in the US. Viewership of the FIFA World Cup has grown 68% since the tournament last took place in Germany in 2006. And, US top rated players have received much more attention than they have in the past, most noted is team captain Landon Donovan who has made late night appearances and may be asked to play for the English Premier League team Manchester City. Full Story
When the US soccer team played in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, American viewership averaged 6.6 million viewers per match. In 2010, American viewership of the US team has grown to 11.1 million viewers — surging 68% higher than the ‘06 records. This info comes from Nielsen data via Multichannel who report the first US game (US vs. Germany) claimed a whopping 17.1 million viewers on ABC and Univision.
Other, weekday games averaged between 7.5 and 8.6 million viewers per match when they were broadcast on ESPN and Univision. Full Story
It didn’t take long for other carriers to get in on the NASCAR 3D action. Two days after NASCAR announced DIRECTV would carry the Coke Zero 400 race on July 3, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House have been added to the list of carriers. The coverage will be presented in TNT’s Wide Open widescreen letterbox format free of commercial breaks. The broadcast will feature two custom 3D feeds – one from various 3D cameras set up along the track and the other capturing pit crew action. Full Story
Turner Sports will be bringing NASCAR to your home theater in 3D, starting on July 3, 2010 with the Coke Zero 400 race. This will be NASCAR’s first 3D production and will be available to DirecTV customers (the only TV service mentioned so far) as well as online at NASCAR.COM through their RaceBuddy3D service. Full Story
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