{"id":448942,"date":"2020-10-09T13:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T20:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=448942"},"modified":"2020-10-11T19:35:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T02:35:16","slug":"bbc-to-broadcast-london-roar-matches-in-upcoming-international-swimming-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bbc-to-broadcast-london-roar-matches-in-upcoming-international-swimming-league\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC To Broadcast London Roar Matches In Upcoming International Swimming League"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BBC will broadcast all London Roar’s matches in the upcoming season 2 of the International Swimming League, the team based in the British capital has announced.<\/p>\n

The British public broadcaster will show all Roar’s fixtures across their platforms including the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer and they will also cover the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

It follows Thursday’s announcement<\/a> that beIN SPORTS will broadcast in Turkey and France plus 24 countries in the Middle East and North Africa and 10 countries in Asia Pacific.<\/p>\n

The ISL has also agreed a multi-year media rights deal with with CBS Sports<\/a> to showcase the league\u2019s events across CBS Sports platforms to the American audience.<\/p>\n

The second season of the ISL is to be held in Budapest, Hungary, starting on 16 October and lasting five weeks, culminating in the semi-finals. The location and date for the final has yet to be announced although Tokyo has been mooted as a possible venue in late December.<\/p>\n

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Catch all London Roars matches at #iswimleague02<\/a> on @BBCSport<\/a> \ud83e\udd81#Budapest2020<\/a> #ISL2020<\/a> #Iswimleague<\/a> #roarforlondon<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/GIqtn2Xf73<\/a><\/p>\n

— London Roar (@ISL_LondonRoar) October 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n