Tag Archives: Fox Soccer Channel

Fox Gets Chelsea and Man Utd Season Finales

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Fox has just revealed the Premier League season finale matches it’ll be showing on its soccer networks Sunday. They’ll be showing the two most important games. Chelsea against Wigan Athletic (11am ET) will air on Fox Soccer Channel, while Fox … Continue reading

Fox Acquires Bruce Arena and Curt Menefee For Champions League Final

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So for the entire 2009-10 season of the Champions League coverage on Fox Soccer Channel, soccer analysts Bobby McMahon and Warren Barton have worked incredibly hard to hone their skills, study the teams and deliver some of the best homegrown … Continue reading

DirecTV Adding GolTV HD, But No Fox Soccer Channel HD or FS+ HD In Sight

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DirecTV announced today that approximately 30 new HD channels will be added beginning in May. The good news is that GolTV HD will be available. However, Fox Soccer Channel in HD and Fox Soccer Plus in HD were not included … Continue reading

Fox Soccer Channel v ESPN – Which is Better?

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To say Americans rely on quality television stations and reliable broadcasts for our fix of the Premier League and other avenues of the beautiful game is a vast understatement. No, “rely” is simply too small a word to describe the … Continue reading

Warren Barton, Bobby McMahon Interview: EPL Talk Podcast

Posted on by Richard Farley

Fox Soccer Channel broadcasts Champions League in the United States. Their presentation’s main studio analysts, Warren Barton and Bobby McMahon, joined me on Tuesday to discuss their show; specifically, their preparation, the show’s level of analysis, the choices made in … Continue reading

FoxSoccer.tv Subscribers Miss First Half Of Barca v Arsenal

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Since it’s relaunch on March 1, the track record for FoxSoccer.tv — Fox’s broadband product that features live and recorded games — has been frustratingly poor. First there were the problems that plagued the Manchester United against Liverpool match shown … Continue reading

Man United v Chelsea TV Audience Breaks EPL Record In US

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Last weekend’s Manchester United against Chelsea match televised live on ESPN2 scored the largest viewing audience number ever for a Premier League game on US television. By U.S. standards, an incredible 526,000 viewers in 420,000 households watched the broadcast which … Continue reading

Why We're No Longer Watching the Same EPL Matches

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For the past several years in the United States, the majority of soccer fans who were watching Premier League matches saw — for the most part — the same games. The vast majority of us watched the Saturday 10am ET … Continue reading

Why the USA Needs Match Of The Day

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Fans of English soccer in the United States have everything they could possibly wish for: All Premier League games shown live through television and the Internet. A daily UK sports news program from Sky Sports. Matches shown in HD, when … Continue reading

Fox Soccer Plus and FSCHD: Latest Developments

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It’s been three weeks since the launch of the new Fox Soccer Plus channel, and almost three months since the launch of Fox Soccer Channel in HD. But what progress has there been thus far and what do we still … Continue reading

FoxSoccer.tv Drops the Ball with Man United v Liverpool Coverage

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Anyone watching the Manchester United against Liverpool match live on FoxSoccer.tv Sunday would have been terribly disappointed with the poor quality of the service. You would think that for the biggest game of the Premier League season that Fox would … Continue reading

Bobby McMahon Interview: EPL Talk Podcast

Posted on by Richard Farley

On this episode of the EPL Talk podcast, Fox Soccer Channel’s Bobby McMahon joined me to discuss Tuesday’s visit by José Mourinho and Internazionale to Stamford Bridge, taking on Chelsea in the second leg of the clubs’ UEFA Champions League … Continue reading

What Can North American Soccer Do To Beat Euro-Centric US TV?

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Before ESPN or Fox Soccer Channel begins the live broadcast of a Major League Soccer game on a Saturday evening, many soccer fans are burned out. They’re burned out from watching a smorgasbord of European soccer that has been on … Continue reading