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| MLS Soccer Sunday | |
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| Presented by | See below |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 2.0–2.5 hours per match |
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| Network | ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPN Radio, Fox, FS1, SiriusXM (English) ESPN Deportes and Fox Deportes (Spanish) |
| Release | March 8, 2015 |
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| Viernes de Fútbol | |
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MLS Soccer Sunday is a presentation of Major League Soccer produced independently by ESPN and Fox Sports. Sunday afternoons are primarily aired on ABC and Fox while Sunday evenings primarily on ESPN, ESPN2, and Fox Sports 1. Spanish-language simulcasts are broadcast on ESPN Deportes and Fox Deportes.
As part of the current broadcast agreement between Major League Soccer and its network partners,[1] ESPN Networks and Fox Sports each contracted to broadcast 34 weekly matches in an assigned broadcast window. In addition to the weekly broadcast window, each broadcast group gained the right to transmit their broadcasts on their respective digital broadcast service.[1]
Additionally, ESPN Networks was granted the right to develop an over-the-top content (OTT) service consisting of all out-of-market broadcasts of any MLS match not part of the MLS Soccer Sunday broadcasts nor those of Viernes de Fútbol, the Friday evening presentation of MLS on the networks of Univision.[1] Although the service was intended to begin with the 2015 MLS season in the first year of the new agreement, ESPN decided it could not logistically offer the service that year and MLS continued to offer its MLS Live digital service as it had previous seasons.[2]
- ^ a b c Ourand, John; Botta, Christopher (May 12, 2014). "MLS's big play". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ Frankel, Daniel (January 30, 2015). "Report: ESPN will not provide a la carte pro soccer this year". Fierce Cable. Retrieved April 27, 2015.