0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/1/2010
The Group Stage portion of the UEFA Champions League continues and so does Fox Soccer Channel’s coverage for Tuesday and Wednesday. Some good matchups are coming up. Let’s take a look at what is on tap this week. INTRIGUING REMATCHES HIGHLIGHT NOVEMBER 2-3 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCHDAY 4 TELECASTS ON FOX FAMILY OF NETWORKS For […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/28/2010
Just what exactly is the NRTC? That stands for the National Rural Television Cooperative which provides cable, internet and telephone services to rural areas in the contiguous 48 states. It’s a group of some 1,500 utilities that is represented under one roof. So today, we find that the NRTC has made agreements with four sports […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/18/2010
Coming tomorrow, Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Soccer Plus and Fox Sports Net resume their UEFA Champions League coverage with Group Stage games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Among the teams that will be seen are Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid, Ajax and Milan. Those are some heavy hitters in European soccer and they’ll all […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 9/11/2010
Soccer leagues around the world (except for MLS) took a break last week and so did the UEFA Champions League. But if you’re a soccer fan, you know that action is back and so will the CL next week. Fox Soccer Channel will be on top of it with games on Tuesday and Wednesday and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 8/10/2010
With the World Cup a distant memory now, soccer fans get ready for the start of the new English Premier League season which starts this Saturday. I know I can’t wait and I hope my Chelsea team wins another Premiership. I look forward to the season and once again, Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Soccer […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Soccer fans especially English Premier League fans will like this press release. DirecTV has announced its picking the HD feed of Fox Soccer Channel. In addition, the satellite provider will go into its second year of showing as many as eight UEFA Champions League and Europa League games at once. Here’s the rare press release […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 3/29/2010
As the UEFA Champions League heads towards the Quarterfinals and eventually, the final in May, Fox Sports’ networks will bring you the next stage of the knockouts come in. Some good games too. Some will be on Fox Sports Net, others will air on Fox Soccer Channel with a few going to Fox Soccer Plus. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/28/2010
Ok, I have some time to do some linkage on this Sunday as we get ready to watch USA-Canada men’s hockey for the gold medal. TVbytheNumbers says the Olympics took the Saturday primetime ratings rather easily. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News says Olympics ratings for Friday on NBC were very high. Mike writes that the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/27/2010
The new Fox Soccer Plus which launches Monday and will take the place of Setanta Sports, is going to be seen on four cable and satellite providers when it takes the air. Like Setanta, it will have English Premier League games, UEFA Champions League along with some rugby. It will be a premium channel so […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 2/18/2010
Received this press release this morning from Fox Soccer Channel about the programming that the new Fox Soccer Plus will air when it launches on March 1. This will take the place of Setanta Sports which has had financial troubles and will sign off for good on February 28. Some of the programming you’ll see […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 1/12/2010
Late last night, reports surfaced that Fox was going to launch a new premium channel after obtaining the rights to English Premier League and other soccer matches from Setanta Sports. This will either be a pay channel or be placed on sports tiers. It will supplement the programming on Fox Soccer Channel by airing English […]
