Fox Soccer Channel to Become Nielsen Rated

NEW YORK Fox Soccer Channel will become a rated network on Oct. 1., greatly enhancing its ability to seek advertiser support.

The network, which originally launched as Fox Soccer World in 1997, now reaches over 33 million cable and satellite subscribers in the U.S. and the Caribbean. FSC also has distribution agreements with multiple system operators and DirecTV, Dish Network, AT&T, U-Verse and Verizon FiOS.

“Entering the Nielsen family enables us to validate our viewership reach, demonstrating to advertisers our ability to deliver the extremely strong and dedicated audience of men 18-34 that they want to reach as well as the broad-based audience attracted to soccer programming,” said David Sternberg, evp and general manager of FSC.

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