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The following is a list of current '''(entering the 2020 season)''' [[National Women's Soccer League]] broadcasters for each individual team.
==Regional broadcasters==
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! width=10% |Team
! width=25% |Summary
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|[[Chicago Red Stars]]
|On April 17, 2019, it was announced that [[NBC Sports Chicago]] would serve as the Red Stars' new regional broadcaster, televising all regular-season matches (beginning with their second match of the 2019 season). 7 matches in the 2019 season will be carried on its overflow channel NBC Sports Chicago Plus.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
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|[[Houston Dash]]
|As of the 2017 season, Dash games are streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> As part of a three-year agreement with [[A&E Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]] broadcasts one ''NWSL Game of the Week'' on Saturday afternoons.<ref></ref><ref></ref> For the 2017 season, the Dash will be featured in five nationally broadcast Lifetime ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on May 6, May 3, and September 23, 2017.<ref></ref> During the 2014 season, games were broadcast locally on CSN TV in Houston.<ref></ref>
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|[[North Carolina Courage]]
|In 2019, the NWSL broadcast partnership with A&E was terminated a year early, all games would be streamed on Yahoo! Sports in the United States and on the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> In 2018, Courage games continued to be streamed on [[Go90]], the NWSL website and select games were broadcast on Lifetime. After [[Go90]] was shut down by [[Verizon]] on July 30, all games were available for streaming on the NWSL website.<ref></ref> In 2017, Courage games were streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> As part of a three-year agreement with [[A&E Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]] broadcasts one ''NWSL Game of the Week'' on Saturday afternoons.<ref></ref><ref></ref> In 2017 season, the Courage were featured in national [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on June 3, July 1, August 19, and July 15, 2017.<ref></ref>
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|[[OL Reign]]
|From 2013 to 2016, Seattle Reign games were streamed live by Bootstrapper Studios via YouTube. The broadcasts were called by KOMO News Radio Sports Director, Tom Glasgow, with color commentary provided by [[Lesle Gallimore]], head coach of the [[Washington Huskies women's soccer|Washington Huskies]].<ref></ref> During the 2013 season, a select number of league games were broadcast on [[Fox Sports]].<ref></ref> During the [[2014 National Women's Soccer League season|2014 season]], several league games were broadcast by [[ESPN]].<ref></ref> In March 2015, the team became one of the first sports teams to use the newly released app [[Periscope (app)|Periscope]] to stream a preseason friendly against the [[Portland Pilots]].<ref></ref> In 2015, six select regular season games and the playoff matches were broadcast by [[Fox Soccer]].<ref></ref> The playoff final featuring Reign FC and FC Kansas City set what was then a league record, averaging 167,000 viewers on [[Fox Sports 1]] – an increase of 7 percent compared to the 2014 final broadcast on ESPN2.<ref></ref> That record stood until the 2016 NWSL finals between Western New York and Washington, which averaged more than 180,000 viewers.<ref></ref> As of 2017, Reign games are streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> As part of a three-year agreement with [[A&E Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]] broadcasts one ''NWSL Game of the Week'' on Saturday afternoons.<ref></ref><ref></ref> For the 2017 season, the Reign were featured in nationally televised [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on May 27, July 8, August 26, and September 9, 2017.<ref></ref> During the 2018 season, Lifetime match broadcasts featuring Seattle include May 5, July 21, and August 11, 2018.<ref> Lifetime|work=Lifetime|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref>
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|[[Orlando Pride]]
|In 2016, games were broadcast locally on the Bright House Sports Network.<ref></ref> In April of the same year, a [[Live streaming|livestream]] of a Pride match simulcast on the [[Facebook]] page of [[Alex Morgan]] had a live audience of 489,999 during the first half.<ref></ref> It was the first professional sports broadcast on the social networking website.<ref></ref> For the 2017 season, Orlando Pride games were streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> As part of a three-year agreement with [[A&E Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]] broadcasts one ''NWSL Game of the Week'' on Saturday afternoons.<ref></ref><ref></ref> The Pride were featured in the nationally televised Game of the Week on seven occasions.<ref></ref> The deal was mutually terminated a year early at the end of the 2018 season.<ref></ref> In 2019, NWSL regular season matches were streamed on [[Yahoo Sports|Yahoo! Sports]] for the domestic audience while international fans continued to have access to games for free via the NWSL app and at NWSLsoccer.com.<ref></ref> However, on July 4, 2019, NWSL announced it had signed a deal through the second half of the [[2019 National Women's Soccer League season|2019 season]] with [[ESPN]] on the back of the [[United States women's national soccer team|USWNT]]'s [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup victory]]. The new deal meant ESPN would televise 11 regular season matches including two Pride games (July 14 and September 11) as well as every playoff game.<ref></ref> The sudden switch and lack of information surrounding the international broadcasts led to widespread confusion as ESPN's subscription service ESPN Player took control in Europe, Africa and parts of Asia while Canada's rights were acquired by [[The Sports Network|TSN]].<ref></ref> For the 2020 season, the NWSL announced a three-year broadcast deal with [[CBS Sports]] and streaming service [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]]. In total, 87 NWSL matches will be shown across the main CBS network, CBS Sports Network, and CBS All Access live-streaming service with 14 of those games televised while Twitch will offer free coverage of 24 selected matches during the 2020 NWSL regular season. Twitch will also serve as the NWSL's exclusive international media rights partner outside the United States in 2020 with all 108 regular-season matches, the playoffs, and Championship available to global viewers.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
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|[[Portland Thorns FC]]
|As of April 2017, Thorns games are streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> For the 2017 season, the Thorns were featured in six nationally televised Lifetime ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on April 15, April 29, July 15, August 5, August 26, and September 30, 2017.<ref></ref> During the 2013 season, games were streamed online and broadcast on the radio on Freedom 970 AM.<ref></ref> Long-time Portland-area sports reporter and broadcaster [[Ann Schatz]] was announced as the play-by-play broadcaster, while [[Angela Harrison]], an All-American goalkeeper with the [[Portland Pilots]], was the color analyst.<ref></ref> In 2014, Schatz returned, with former Thorns defender [[Marian Dougherty]], who retired after the [[2013 Portland Thorns FC season|2013 season]], joining for color commentary.<ref></ref>
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|[[Sky Blue FC]]
|As of April 2017, Sky Blue FC games are streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> For the 2017 season, the team will be featured in the nationally televised [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on May 13, May 20, July 1, and August 12, 2017.<ref></ref> Previous seasons' matches were streamed live on [[YouTube]], available around the world. The announcers were Corey Cohen on play-by-play and Dan Lauletta on color commentary with Evan Davis hosting the halftime show and NJ Discover handling production.<ref></ref>
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|[[Utah Royals FC]]
|The Utah Royals announced that all matches in 2018, except for their six NWSL ''Game of the Week'' appearances on [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]], would be broadcast locally on [[KMYU]] ''My Utah TV'' and streamed on the [[KSL-TV|KSL]] app, as an extension of the broadcast rights agreements with [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] and KSL with Real Salt Lake.<ref></ref> [[KALL]] ''ESPN 700'' would carry the majority of Royals games on local radio – as it does for Real Salt Lake and Real Monarchs. On August 17, 2018, KSL announced that Utah Royals games would no longer be broadcast on television or radio, but they would continue to be streamed on the KSL website and app.<ref></ref>
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|[[Washington Spirit]]
|At the beginning of the 2019 season the Spirit announced a broadcast partnership with NBC Sports Washington and Monumental Sports Network.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> As of April 2017, Washington Spirit games are streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref name="sbn-streaming"></ref> For the 2017 season, the Spirit will be featured in three nationally-televised [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on April 22,<ref></ref> June 17, and August 19, 2017.<ref></ref> In 2016, the Spirit's [[NWSL Playoffs|NWSL Playoff]] game against the [[Chicago Red Stars]] was broadcast on [[Fox Sports 1]] and was available for streaming on the company's online streaming platform, [[Fox Sports Go]].<ref></ref>
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===Former teams===
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! width=10% |Team
! width=25% |Summary
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|[[Boston Breakers]]
|As of 2017, Boston Breakers games were streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> As part of a three-year agreement with [[A&E Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]] broadcasts one ''NWSL Game of the Week'' on Saturday afternoons.<ref name="deadline-nwslae"></ref><ref name="variety-nwsllifetime"></ref> The Breakers were featured in the nationally televised Game of the Week on September 2, 2017.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Previous seasons' games were broadcast on YouTube,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> MediaBoss Television,<ref></ref> [[ESPN]],<ref></ref> and [[Fox Sports]].<ref></ref>
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|[[FC Kansas City]]
|As of April 2017, FC Kansas City games were streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> For the 2017 season, the Blues will be featured in three nationally-televised Lifetime ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on June 3, August 16 and September 9.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Ahead of the 2013 season, it was announced that games would be broadcast on the team's website and YouTube.<ref></ref> Eight games were broadcast locally on Time Warner Cable’s Metro Sports.<ref></ref> During the 2014 season, nine games were broadcast on the same channel.<ref></ref>
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==See also==
*[[National Women's Soccer League on television]]
**[[National_Women%27s_Soccer_League#Broadcasting]]
**[[List of NWSL Championship broadcasters]]
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2t2BzWd National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL]
[[Category:National Women's Soccer League]]
[[Category:Lists of association football broadcasters|National Women's Soccer Leeague]]
==Regional broadcasters==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=10% |Team
! width=25% |Summary
|-
|[[Chicago Red Stars]]
|On April 17, 2019, it was announced that [[NBC Sports Chicago]] would serve as the Red Stars' new regional broadcaster, televising all regular-season matches (beginning with their second match of the 2019 season). 7 matches in the 2019 season will be carried on its overflow channel NBC Sports Chicago Plus.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
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|[[Houston Dash]]
|As of the 2017 season, Dash games are streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> As part of a three-year agreement with [[A&E Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]] broadcasts one ''NWSL Game of the Week'' on Saturday afternoons.<ref></ref><ref></ref> For the 2017 season, the Dash will be featured in five nationally broadcast Lifetime ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on May 6, May 3, and September 23, 2017.<ref></ref> During the 2014 season, games were broadcast locally on CSN TV in Houston.<ref></ref>
|-
|[[North Carolina Courage]]
|In 2019, the NWSL broadcast partnership with A&E was terminated a year early, all games would be streamed on Yahoo! Sports in the United States and on the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> In 2018, Courage games continued to be streamed on [[Go90]], the NWSL website and select games were broadcast on Lifetime. After [[Go90]] was shut down by [[Verizon]] on July 30, all games were available for streaming on the NWSL website.<ref></ref> In 2017, Courage games were streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> As part of a three-year agreement with [[A&E Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]] broadcasts one ''NWSL Game of the Week'' on Saturday afternoons.<ref></ref><ref></ref> In 2017 season, the Courage were featured in national [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on June 3, July 1, August 19, and July 15, 2017.<ref></ref>
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|[[OL Reign]]
|From 2013 to 2016, Seattle Reign games were streamed live by Bootstrapper Studios via YouTube. The broadcasts were called by KOMO News Radio Sports Director, Tom Glasgow, with color commentary provided by [[Lesle Gallimore]], head coach of the [[Washington Huskies women's soccer|Washington Huskies]].<ref></ref> During the 2013 season, a select number of league games were broadcast on [[Fox Sports]].<ref></ref> During the [[2014 National Women's Soccer League season|2014 season]], several league games were broadcast by [[ESPN]].<ref></ref> In March 2015, the team became one of the first sports teams to use the newly released app [[Periscope (app)|Periscope]] to stream a preseason friendly against the [[Portland Pilots]].<ref></ref> In 2015, six select regular season games and the playoff matches were broadcast by [[Fox Soccer]].<ref></ref> The playoff final featuring Reign FC and FC Kansas City set what was then a league record, averaging 167,000 viewers on [[Fox Sports 1]] – an increase of 7 percent compared to the 2014 final broadcast on ESPN2.<ref></ref> That record stood until the 2016 NWSL finals between Western New York and Washington, which averaged more than 180,000 viewers.<ref></ref> As of 2017, Reign games are streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> As part of a three-year agreement with [[A&E Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]] broadcasts one ''NWSL Game of the Week'' on Saturday afternoons.<ref></ref><ref></ref> For the 2017 season, the Reign were featured in nationally televised [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on May 27, July 8, August 26, and September 9, 2017.<ref></ref> During the 2018 season, Lifetime match broadcasts featuring Seattle include May 5, July 21, and August 11, 2018.<ref> Lifetime|work=Lifetime|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref>
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|[[Orlando Pride]]
|In 2016, games were broadcast locally on the Bright House Sports Network.<ref></ref> In April of the same year, a [[Live streaming|livestream]] of a Pride match simulcast on the [[Facebook]] page of [[Alex Morgan]] had a live audience of 489,999 during the first half.<ref></ref> It was the first professional sports broadcast on the social networking website.<ref></ref> For the 2017 season, Orlando Pride games were streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> As part of a three-year agreement with [[A&E Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]] broadcasts one ''NWSL Game of the Week'' on Saturday afternoons.<ref></ref><ref></ref> The Pride were featured in the nationally televised Game of the Week on seven occasions.<ref></ref> The deal was mutually terminated a year early at the end of the 2018 season.<ref></ref> In 2019, NWSL regular season matches were streamed on [[Yahoo Sports|Yahoo! Sports]] for the domestic audience while international fans continued to have access to games for free via the NWSL app and at NWSLsoccer.com.<ref></ref> However, on July 4, 2019, NWSL announced it had signed a deal through the second half of the [[2019 National Women's Soccer League season|2019 season]] with [[ESPN]] on the back of the [[United States women's national soccer team|USWNT]]'s [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup victory]]. The new deal meant ESPN would televise 11 regular season matches including two Pride games (July 14 and September 11) as well as every playoff game.<ref></ref> The sudden switch and lack of information surrounding the international broadcasts led to widespread confusion as ESPN's subscription service ESPN Player took control in Europe, Africa and parts of Asia while Canada's rights were acquired by [[The Sports Network|TSN]].<ref></ref> For the 2020 season, the NWSL announced a three-year broadcast deal with [[CBS Sports]] and streaming service [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]]. In total, 87 NWSL matches will be shown across the main CBS network, CBS Sports Network, and CBS All Access live-streaming service with 14 of those games televised while Twitch will offer free coverage of 24 selected matches during the 2020 NWSL regular season. Twitch will also serve as the NWSL's exclusive international media rights partner outside the United States in 2020 with all 108 regular-season matches, the playoffs, and Championship available to global viewers.<ref></ref><ref></ref>
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|[[Portland Thorns FC]]
|As of April 2017, Thorns games are streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> For the 2017 season, the Thorns were featured in six nationally televised Lifetime ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on April 15, April 29, July 15, August 5, August 26, and September 30, 2017.<ref></ref> During the 2013 season, games were streamed online and broadcast on the radio on Freedom 970 AM.<ref></ref> Long-time Portland-area sports reporter and broadcaster [[Ann Schatz]] was announced as the play-by-play broadcaster, while [[Angela Harrison]], an All-American goalkeeper with the [[Portland Pilots]], was the color analyst.<ref></ref> In 2014, Schatz returned, with former Thorns defender [[Marian Dougherty]], who retired after the [[2013 Portland Thorns FC season|2013 season]], joining for color commentary.<ref></ref>
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|[[Sky Blue FC]]
|As of April 2017, Sky Blue FC games are streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> For the 2017 season, the team will be featured in the nationally televised [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on May 13, May 20, July 1, and August 12, 2017.<ref></ref> Previous seasons' matches were streamed live on [[YouTube]], available around the world. The announcers were Corey Cohen on play-by-play and Dan Lauletta on color commentary with Evan Davis hosting the halftime show and NJ Discover handling production.<ref></ref>
|-
|[[Utah Royals FC]]
|The Utah Royals announced that all matches in 2018, except for their six NWSL ''Game of the Week'' appearances on [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]], would be broadcast locally on [[KMYU]] ''My Utah TV'' and streamed on the [[KSL-TV|KSL]] app, as an extension of the broadcast rights agreements with [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] and KSL with Real Salt Lake.<ref></ref> [[KALL]] ''ESPN 700'' would carry the majority of Royals games on local radio – as it does for Real Salt Lake and Real Monarchs. On August 17, 2018, KSL announced that Utah Royals games would no longer be broadcast on television or radio, but they would continue to be streamed on the KSL website and app.<ref></ref>
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|[[Washington Spirit]]
|At the beginning of the 2019 season the Spirit announced a broadcast partnership with NBC Sports Washington and Monumental Sports Network.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> As of April 2017, Washington Spirit games are streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref name="sbn-streaming"></ref> For the 2017 season, the Spirit will be featured in three nationally-televised [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on April 22,<ref></ref> June 17, and August 19, 2017.<ref></ref> In 2016, the Spirit's [[NWSL Playoffs|NWSL Playoff]] game against the [[Chicago Red Stars]] was broadcast on [[Fox Sports 1]] and was available for streaming on the company's online streaming platform, [[Fox Sports Go]].<ref></ref>
|}
===Former teams===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=10% |Team
! width=25% |Summary
|-
|[[Boston Breakers]]
|As of 2017, Boston Breakers games were streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> As part of a three-year agreement with [[A&E Networks]], [[Lifetime (TV channel)|Lifetime]] broadcasts one ''NWSL Game of the Week'' on Saturday afternoons.<ref name="deadline-nwslae"></ref><ref name="variety-nwsllifetime"></ref> The Breakers were featured in the nationally televised Game of the Week on September 2, 2017.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Previous seasons' games were broadcast on YouTube,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> MediaBoss Television,<ref></ref> [[ESPN]],<ref></ref> and [[Fox Sports]].<ref></ref>
|-
|[[FC Kansas City]]
|As of April 2017, FC Kansas City games were streamed exclusively by [[Go90]] for American audiences and via the NWSL website for international viewers.<ref></ref> For the 2017 season, the Blues will be featured in three nationally-televised Lifetime ''NWSL Game of the Week'' broadcasts on June 3, August 16 and September 9.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Ahead of the 2013 season, it was announced that games would be broadcast on the team's website and YouTube.<ref></ref> Eight games were broadcast locally on Time Warner Cable’s Metro Sports.<ref></ref> During the 2014 season, nine games were broadcast on the same channel.<ref></ref>
|}
==See also==
*[[National Women's Soccer League on television]]
**[[National_Women%27s_Soccer_League#Broadcasting]]
**[[List of NWSL Championship broadcasters]]
==References==
==External links==
*[https://ift.tt/2t2BzWd National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL]
[[Category:National Women's Soccer League]]
[[Category:Lists of association football broadcasters|National Women's Soccer Leeague]]
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