Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders franchise has extended rights deals with two regional broadcasters ahead of the 2015 season of the North American tournament.
The Q13 Fox regional Fox network affiliate and JoeTV, the Seattle-based affiliate of the MyNetworkTV television broadcast syndication service, will continue to broadcast coverage of Sounders games in the Seattle region.
The deals will run for the duration of the 2015 campaign.
Live coverage of Sounders matches will be accompanied by 30-minute pre- and post-match shows.
The club has also struck a multi-year rights deal for Root Sports to become the live out-of-market home for the Sounders’ regional games.
Under this agreement, Sounders matches will be broadcast via Root Sports in households throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. Root Sports will also show repeats of Sounders games throughout Western Washington and will broadcast a Sounders magazine programme.