Originally Posted by gother:
“I was surprised Foxsports didn't go for the pl matches too, from what i've seen so far of their nascar coverage their stream is very good.”
In the US? They did go for them. They tried to retain them with an ESPN joint bid but the Premier League went with NBCUniversal for the 3 years because their overall proposal was far better than what Fox/ESPN tabled.
The coverage from Fox for the previous 3 year deal was pretty basic compared with what NBC have done. Not only do they have their own version of MOTD but they also went on a massive PR campaign by transforming subway trains into team specific ones... The PL lap all that up because it's great brand awareness in a key market.