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• ESPN"s Cup Will Run Over.(Entertainment and Sports Programming Network)(broadcasting rights)(Brief article)

  - 2006-07-17

  By Mike Reynolds Strong Showing for Tourney Will Yield MLS Rights Deal While French soccer icon Zinedine Zidane's head-butt of Italian defender Marco Materazzi in overtime during the final will be the enduringly sad tableau for...

  Tags: broadcasting, Disney Corp., entertainment, ESPN, FIFA, network, women, World Cup

• This Just In.(DIRECTV Inc.)(Fuse)(Home Box Office Inc.)

  - 2006-06-05

  By Staff Fuse to Give Warped Tour Multimedia Play Staff New YorkNew York -- Video music service Fuse will place the annual summer alternative music Warped Tour on center stage for...

  Tags: DirecTV, ESPN, FIFA, network, Soccer, World Cup

• ESPN to Stream World Cup.(2006 FIFA World Cup)(Entertainment and Sports Programming Network)

  - 2006-04-10

  By Matt Stump The worldwide leader in sports believes its coverage of the planet's largest sporting event will provide a carriage assist for its broadband service. All 52 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup matches...

  Tags: broadband, entertainment, ESPN, FIFA, network, World Cup

• Ops, ESPN give World Cup local touch. (cable system operators; Entertainment and Sports Programming Network)

  - 1994-06-06

  ESPN and its affiliates want to ensure their viewers get a kick out of World Cup soccer. The network is working with cable systems to promote the soccer championship locally, said Joan Wilson, director of marketing for affiliate sales and marketi ESPN...

  Tags: cable, cable system, entertainment, ESPN, network, World Cup

• ESPN & ABC score on World Cup soccer rights: advertiser partners ease financial risk for nets. (networks and advertiser cooperate to lessen financial risk)

  - 1992-06-08

  NEW YORK - ESPN, ABC Sports and several high-profile advertisers have forged an unusual alliance gambling that the American public is ready to embrace the game of soccer. The deal differs from traditional sports contracts in that advertisers wi NEW...

  Tags: ABC Inc., advertiser, ESPN, financial, game, network, Soccer, World Cup