NBCSN NAMES ANNOUNCE TEAM FOR JULY 23 PRIMETIME LIVERPOOL V. AS ROMA "FOOTBALL AT FENWAY" FRIENDLY
Arlo White to Call Game with Kyle Martino "Between the Benches"
Rebecca Lowe, Robbie Earle & Robbie Mustoe Host Live On-site Pregame Show Beginning at 7 PM ET
NBC Sports Live Extra to Stream Match
STAMFORD, Conn. - July 14, 2014 - NBC Sports Group's lead Premier League play-by-play announcer Arlo White joins the full U.S.-based Premier League announce team - Rebecca Lowe, Robbie Earle, Kyle Martino and Robbie Mustoe - on NBCSN's primetime telecast of the Wednesday, July 23 "Football at Fenway" friendly between Liverpool and AS Roma.
NBCSN's coverage begins with a special pre-match show at 7 p.m. ET. Kickoff follows at 7:30 p.m. ET.
White will call the match and will be joined by Martino, who will offer analysis from "between the benches." Lowe, Earle and Mustoe will be live on the field at Fenway Park for pre-game, halftime and post-game shows.
On Premier League "Championship Sunday" on May 11, Liverpool secured a second-place finish in the Premier League and their first Champions League berth since 2009-10 with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Newcastle at Anfield. AS Roma clinched second place in Serie A this season, also securing a Champions League berth. The two clubs last squared off on July 25, 2012 - also at Fenway Park -- before a sold out crowd of more than 37,000 fans.
For Liverpool, the match marks the start of the team's four-match 2014 U.S. preseason tour.
With "Championship Sunday," NBC Sports Group concluded its unprecedented coverage of the thrilling 2013-14 Premier League season featuring all 380 matches televised live on the networks of NBCUniversal and the Premier League Extra Time bonus TV package, and every game streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra.
A record 31.5 million Americans tuned in to NBC Sports Group's television coverage of the 2013-14 Premier League season and 259.2 million minutes of Premier League action were streamed live on NBC Sports Live Extra.
The 2014-15 Premier League season kicks off on Saturday, August 16.
"FOOTBALL AT FENWAY" ON NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA: NBC Sports Live Extra - NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets - will provide live streaming coverage of the Liverpool-AS Roma match airing on NBCSN via "TV Everywhere," the media industry's effort to make quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of home and on multiple platforms.
For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra. The NBC Sports Live Extra app for mobile devices and tablets is available at the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and on select Android handset and tablet devices within Google Play.
Coverage will live stream to PCs, mobile devices and tablets through NBC Sports Live Extra, and to the digital platforms of participating cable, satellite, and telco services, via "TV Everywhere," which is available on an authenticated basis to subscribers of participating MVPDs.
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