- Six pre-season games to be shown, including showpiece match
versus FC Barcelona
TORONTO, July 17, 2012 /CNW/ - Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR)
today announces it will be broadcasting six live games from English
Premier League side Manchester United's pre-season tour of
South Africa, Asia and Scandinavia, culminating in a
showpiece match against Spanish giants FC Barcelona.
The games, which are part of United's pre-season Tour 2012, will
be shown across Canada on theScore
Television Network. Live rights were secured through Score Media's
partnership with FOX International Sports Channels.
"Manchester United is one of the biggest sports brands in the
world," said Greg Sansone, Vice
President Operations, Broadcasting with Score Media. "We know many
of those fans are based right here in Canada, so we're thrilled theScore is able to
offer live coverage of Tour 2012 - particularly the game against FC
Barcelona."
The games will provide United's boss, Sir Alex Ferguson, with a chance to review his squad
ahead of the new season, with the likes of new signing Shinji Kagawa expected to make his debut. Each
game will be shown live and later replayed. The full schedule is as
follows (all times ET):
AmaZulu vs. Manchester United
Wednesday, July 18th
2012
Live: 2:00-4:00pm
Replay: 9:00-11:00pm
Ajax Cape Town vs. Manchester United
Saturday, July 21st
2012
Live: 9:00-11:00am
Replay: 2:00-4:00pm
Shanghai Shenhua vs. Manchester United
Wednesday, July 25th
2012
Live: 8:00-10:00am
Replay: 9:00-11:00pm
Opponent TBD vs. Manchester United
Saturday, July 28th
2012
Live: 8:00-10:00am
Replay: 4:00-6:00pm
Valerenga vs. Manchester United
Sunday, August 5th
2012
Live: 10:00am-12:00pm
Replay: 2:00-4:00pm
FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United
Wednesday, August 8th
2012
Live: 2:00-4:00pm
Replay: 9:00-11:00pm
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and authentic sports entertainment. Score Media's primary
asset, theScore Television Network ("theScore"), is a national
specialty television service providing sports news, information,
highlights and live event programming in more than 6.8 million
homes across Canada. The
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industry leading mobile sports applications ScoreMobile,
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users per month. Growing from a team of 60 in 1997 to over
290 employees in 2012, Score Media is a revolutionizing interactive
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