FSC Expands Partnership with Barclays Premier League

LOS ANGELES, June
11: Fox Soccer Channel has expanded its relationship with England’s
Barclays Premier League to cover the exclusive U.S. mobile and Internet
highlight rights for the league’s soccer games during the 2007-2008 through
2009-2010 seasons.

The new deal marks the first time that the league has made highlights
available to U.S. fans via mobile devices or the Internet. Fox Soccer Channel
will also begin offering BPL highlights, beginning with the new season in
August, on its website—foxsoccer.com—and through additional mobile
and Internet video syndication partnerships that are currently in negotiation.
The BPL mobile and Internet package includes highlights of all BPL matches,
along with a weekend “round-up” and special weekly highlights featuring the
league's best goals, saves, players, and teams. The mobile package also
features “in-match” highlights allowing users to get their BPL highlights in
near-real time. As part of the deal, Spanish-language Internet and mobile
rights will be shared by Fox Soccer Channel's sister networks Fox Sports en
Espanol in the U.S. and Fox Sports Latin America throughout the
Spanish-speaking Americas.

The new deal expands on the channel’s current partnership
with the BPL. Fox Soccer Channel recently reached a new three-year broadcast
rights agreement with the BPL, which included the rights to distribute full
matches via mobile devices and the Internet.

Fox Soccer Channel has showcased BPL programming in the U.S.
since 1998. With a combined worldwide television audience of more than 570
million, the Barclays Premier League is home to the international clubs
Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool.

"This landmark agreement will provide American soccer
fans access to the world's best league wherever and whenever they want it, on
the devices of their choice," said David Sternberg, the executive VP and
general manager of Fox Soccer Channel. "We are looking forward to
extending Fox Soccer Channel's exclusive coverage of the Premier League to a
multitude of new media platforms in the season ahead."