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Gravitas Ventures said Friday that Nolan Gallagher, who founded the indie distributor in Los Angeles in 2006, will be stepping down as CEO and leaving March 31 to focus on soccer team ownership in Cleveland. The news was revealed by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, which acquired Gravitas Ventures in…

Apple has unveiled more plans for its launch of Major League Soccer (MLS). The streamer has revealed the pricing and launch details of its new MLS Season Pass after it landed the rights to the league earlier this summer. It marks one of the biggest sports streaming deals at a reported cost of…

Apple CEO Tim Cook called the recent price increase at Apple TV+ a kind of obvious move give how much the service has expanded since it launched three years ago. "If you look at when we first priced it, we only had a very few shows. We were at the beginning. We were very focused on originals only…

Eddy Cue, who leads Apple’s services business and has spearheaded the company’s push into subscription streaming and live sports, called a recently minted deal with Major League Soccer “a huge global opportunity” for the tech giant. The remarks came during a rare speaking engagement for Cue at the…

Apple is kicking off a major push into soccer. The streamer has landed a ten-year deal that will see fans of the top American soccer division able to watch every single game in the season as well as League Cup games. The deal will begin with the 2023 season. It marks one of the biggest sports streaming deals and comes…

EXCLUSIVE: Major League Soccer (MLS) is one of the fastest growing sports leagues in the U.S. and it's now getting its own reality TV treatment. Mark Burnett and MGM Television have teamed up with the booming soccer league and its newest expansion team Charlotte FC for reality competition series Welcome To The Team…

Major League Soccer joined its pro sports counterparts the NBA, WNBA and several Major League Baseball teams in postponing its slate of games in the wake of player-led protests spurred by the police shooting of Jacob Blake this past weekend in Kenosha, WI. The soccer league said Wednesday evening that it was…

Major League Soccer has announced it will resume its season on July 8 with a World Cup-style tournament involving all 26 of its teams. The league suspended its season in March due to the threat of COVID-19, becoming one of many sports leagues abruptly unplugged during the pandemic. As with the NBA, whose season is…

The LA County Economic Resiliency Task Force on Friday submitted a report proposing a four-phase plan to reopen venues for sports and live entertainment in the region. The report’s timeline suggests that Major League Baseball could begin its shortened season in July, and Major League Soccer in August. If implemented…

UPDATED with more soccer news: Major League Soccer, the U.S. pro soccer league that has just kicked off its 25th season, said Thursday it is postponing its season for 30 days effective immediately, the latest move in the sports world attempting to confront the coronavirus pandemic. Also today, the CONCACAF Champions…

Fox’s broadcast of the 2018 MLS Cup final between Atlanta United and the Portland Timbers drew 1.56 million total viewers in primetime Saturday night, making it the most-watched MLS title game since 1997, the U.S. pro soccer league’s second year of existence. Viewership for the game — a 2-0 victory for the hometown…

YouTube TV has secured exclusive rights to games from the new Major League Soccer team in Los Angeles, marking the first time a professional sports team elected to forego a television deal for a streaming service. The online video giant will carry 18 games on the Los Angeles Football Club’s YouTube TV channel, with…