Comments on: Fox Soccer Channel Unveils Champions League TV Schedule

By: Slaps

Slaps — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:23:40 +0000

I’ve been looking everywhere without luck,

but
will Champions League be on ESPN still?? It’s nice watching some games on ESPN360 when I’m in boring lectures..

By: Pitomate

Pitomate — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:05:31 +0000

I hope fsn shows 2 matches a week on group stage just like espn did before

By: John

John — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:34:23 +0000

About dish netwoork

By: olivert

olivert — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:20:57 +0000

For Wednesday, August 19, DirecTV is only scheduled to have 2 bonus matches:

462 and 462-1: Ventspils vs Zurich

463 and 463-1: Levski Sofia vs Debrecen

464: Lyon vs Anderlecht (Mirror of FOX Soccer Channel – sports pack required)

464-1, 465, 465-1, 466, and 466-1 are not scheduled to be turned on

425 and 624 (FOX Sports en Espanol): Panathinaikos vs Atletico de Madrid

Salzburg vs Maccabi Haifa is NOT scheduled to be available live except via pay-per-view at uefa.com. Delayed on FSC at 11pm PT (2am ET) and FSE at 9:30pm PT (12:30am ET)

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:35:56 +0000

Listening to John Hertz for 20 minutes was hell. The audio was so bad that all you could hear was him and not the action on pitch.

By: olivert

olivert — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:11:04 +0000

Setanta issued a press release on Monday. Setanta will NOT have live coverage of Sporting-Fiorentina on August 18. Setanta Sports USA will air the match at 4:45pm ET.

DirecTV’s mix channel (461 and 461-1) has only 4 matches listed:

462 and 462-1: Timisoara vs Stuttgart (DirecTV bonus match, same as match on FOX Sports en Espanol)
463 and 463-1: Copenhagen vs APOEL (DirecTV bonus match)
464: Sheriff vs Olympiacos (mirror of FOX Soccer Channel – requires sports pack)

464-1 is NOT turned on.

465 and 465-1 are NOT turned on.

A slate appears on 466: Celtic vs Arsenal is available only on “local cable sports network” (i.e. FOX Sports Net)

466-1 is NOT turned on.

So the mix channel on 461 and 461-1 only allows you to switch between the 2 DirecTV bonus matches on August 18. The mix channel is pretty lame.

Also, not every regional sports network is offering the HD feed. Comcast SportsNet Bay Area in particular is NOT offering the match in HD.

FSI was having trouble with the international audio (Bill Leslie) from the Celtic-Arsenal match. John Hertz was doing commentary from LA for the first 20 minutes.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:18:51 +0000

I’ve got to give it to Fox there going all out with their coverage. Its great so far.

By: stephen

stephen — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:51:33 +0000

Living in Newport News, Virginia the channel for Arsenal/Celtic is CSN MA (FSM partners). Fios channel 76. Other Champion’s League game is on FSC.

Yea Fox!

By: JR

JR — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:23:06 +0000

So will the arsenal v celtic game be live on one of those channels, or is that only available on delay?

By: olivert

olivert — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:38:02 +0000

> As I posted elsewhere, DirecTV channel 465 is showing the EPL Sunderland/Chelsea game live in HD. Yippie.

That is an error. 465 should mirror Setanta Sports USA Xtra instead of Setanta Sports USA on August 18. Sporting vs Fiorentina.