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July 29th, 2009, 09:02 PM
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LONDON (AP) - ESPN has continued building up its live football content in Britain and Ireland, buying the rights to broadcast Major League Soccer and some top European leagues.
The first live MLS match will be on Aug. 8 when England midfielder David Beckham's Los Angeles plays New England. In the deal for the rest of the current season, at least five playoffs and the MLS final will be broadcast.
In a multiyear deal with the Bundesliga, up to five live matches will be shown each week - starting with Wolfsburg-Stuttgart on Aug. 7.
The traditional curtainraiser to the Italian season, the Italian Super Cup, will be shown live on Aug. 8. Serie A champion Inter Milan and Coppa Italia winner Lazio are playing at The Bird's Nest in Beijing.
ESPN has also struck deals with the Portuguese Liga, the Dutch Eredivisie and the Russian Premier League.
ESPN has been picking up rights previously held by Setanta after the network collapsed in Britain due to financial problems.
Next season, ESPN will show 46 live topflight English matches in Britain and 30 Scottish fixtures
LONDON (AP) - ESPN has continued building up its live football content in Britain and Ireland, buying the rights to broadcast Major League Soccer and some top European leagues.
The first live MLS match will be on Aug. 8 when England midfielder David Beckham's Los Angeles plays New England. In the deal for the rest of the current season, at least five playoffs and the MLS final will be broadcast.
In a multiyear deal with the Bundesliga, up to five live matches will be shown each week - starting with Wolfsburg-Stuttgart on Aug. 7.
The traditional curtainraiser to the Italian season, the Italian Super Cup, will be shown live on Aug. 8. Serie A champion Inter Milan and Coppa Italia winner Lazio are playing at The Bird's Nest in Beijing.
ESPN has also struck deals with the Portuguese Liga, the Dutch Eredivisie and the Russian Premier League.
ESPN has been picking up rights previously held by Setanta after the network collapsed in Britain due to financial problems.
Next season, ESPN will show 46 live topflight English matches in Britain and 30 Scottish fixtures