Soccer United Marketing (SUM), the commercial arm of MLS, is said to be close to a multi-year deal with Fox Soccer Channel (FSC) for a wide-ranging rights deal worth around $20 million through 2010.
And it is said to be close to a separate, multi-year deal with ABC/ESPN —worth around $7 million-$8 million annually—expected to be announced as soon as this week.
This would give SUM four national TV deals. The others are a previously announced deal with HDNet, said to be worth $2 million-$3 million annually, and another deal with Univision.
