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Entries Tagged ‘tv’

Gives A New Meaning To ‘Soccer TV’

I stumbled across this in an ad on LDSM’s Blog. Gives a whole new meaning to Soccer TV. A 10″ LCD TV in the shape of a soccer ball. The speakers are hidden in two of the black patches. Now if only it was widescreen!

US Youth Soccer Show on FSC

Sorry for the lack of posts – been up to my eyeballs in practices, matches, league registration, etc. Things are calming down a bit so I hope to polish off a few posts I’ve been working on and get back into the swing of things. Until then, a public service announcement:

The US Youth Soccer Show [...]

USA v Ghana and Overall World Cup TV Ratings So Far

According to Nielsen, the USA v Ghana World Cup match pulled a 2.6 rating and 3.819 million viewers on ESPN, making it the #7 Cable TV program for the week of June 19th. Not too shabby considering it was on between 7AM and 10AM on a weekday across the country. Via MultiChannel News:

"ESPN officials said [...]

ESPN – PLEASE Show Dave O’Brien A Red Card!

The complaints started before the first match. Why did ESPN choose a baseball announcer who had no clue about soccer to call the premiere matches in the 2006 World Cup? US Soccer fans, overjoyed that all 64 matches would be broadcast live, were dismayed at the choice of Dave O’Brien. In early March an online [...]

Wonder If Best Buy Has These In Stock

How cool is that. Put the big screen in the middle of a river and fans can watch from both banks. This is in Frankfurt. Too bad the BBC had to pull the plug on their big screen efforts. Things got a bit too rowdy.
With all the writing going on in the Soccer Blogosphere, it’s [...]