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October 9, 2008

Cox Cable Northern Virginia Adds Setanta Sports

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Good news for Cox Cable customers in Fairfax and Fredericksburg, Virginia. You now have access to Setanta Sports for a monthly fee of $12.99. For more information about the deals, please contact the Fairfax or Fredericksburg offices for Cox Cable. Bookmark to: Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Cox Cable, setanta sports

Setanta Sports Xtra Moving On DirecTV

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As of October 15, 2008, DirecTV customers who subscribe to Setanta Sports will find Setanta Xtra on channel 622. The main Setanta Sports channel will continue to remain on channel 621. The change was made by DirecTV to better organize its channels. Bookmark to: Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , DirecTV, setanta sports, setanta xtra

September 12, 2008

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August 17, 2008

A bit of perspective

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So we survived the first day of the EPL season, yes? For those of you who missed it, The Gaffer held a liveblog over at EPL Talk for the first day of the season. I was a part of it for a while, until my son fell and we spent a nice afternoon at the [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Gaffer, fsc, setanta sports

August 11, 2008

Let’s not get our hopes up

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An earlier post on this blog about FSC moving on DirecTV prompted a comment today: Tough1 // Aug 9, 2008 at 1:59 am Could this be a possible lead in for FSC HD? Channel 617 and 617 have been cleared. Maybe there is a football god. Well, don't go getting baptized yet. While HD is coming eventually, it's safe [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , DISH network, DirecTV, blog, fsc, hd

August 8, 2008

The game is onnnnyawnnn

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This is a quick post to follow up on the NBC soccer channel news. I spent the past 24 hours pretty much watching this channel. And I have three real thoughts:  I thought I had gotten Marcelo Balboa out of my life, but nooooo. He just had to be on the U.S.-Japan match, didn't he? [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Marcelo Balboa, Soccer, japan

August 6, 2008

FSC Scores With Spanish Supercopa

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The Spanish Supercopa, which matches the winner of La Liga against the winner of the Copa del Rey in a home and home series, is heading to FSC for the first time. The matchup pits Real Madrid against Valencia on Aug. 17 and 24 at 4 p.m. EDT. The first leg is at Valencia, with the [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Copa del Rey, DISH network, DirecTV, GOLTV, Real Madrid, pits

All Olympic Soccer, All The Time

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I got a nice little treat today while surfing the channels on Dish Network. Sure, I don't have GolTV anymore (although I do now have Fox Sports en Espanol, so it's not like I'm totally without soccer on channel 407), but now I have 24 hours a day of Olympic soccer. As part of the 10 [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , DISH network, DirecTV, GOLTV, Olympic Soccer, fox sports en espanol

August 2, 2008

GolTV No Longer Available On DISH Network

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As of August 1, GolTV - the 24/7 soccer network - has been removed from DISH Network due to a contract dispute. According to GolTV, "this occurs despite efforts to continue GolTV's availability to Dish customers." DISH Network, in retort, inserted this message when you hit the INFO button where GolTV's channel used to be: "GolTV [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Bundesliga, DISH network, DirecTV, GOLTV, emirates cup, la liga, setanta sports

June 25, 2008

The Curse Of ITVN Strikes Setanta Sports Again

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Setanta Sports North America sent an email to its email subscribers on June 24 regarding NexTV, the newest IPTV network that offers Setanta Sports. The message reads "Setanta Sports and NexTV would like to assure our customers that we are committed to providing an excellent product paired with excellent service. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , IPTV, North America, email, gek tv, itvn, nextv, setanta broadband, setanta sports

June 14, 2008

Fox Soccer Channel Moving On DirecTV

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Fox Soccer Channel (FSC) has announced that it'll be changing its DirecTV channel number. Instead of channel 613, it'll be moving to 619 as of June 18. Bookmark to: Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , DirecTV, fox soccer channel

May 16, 2008

One fewer HD option

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In case you didn't see the story here or elsewhere, Dish Network has dropped WorldSportHD along with the other Voom channels. This effectively eliminates the only all-HD soccer network until GolTV, FSC and Setanta start going HD some time by 2011. Remember, FSC showing things in HD doesn't have as much to do with FSC as [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , DISH network, fsc, hd

May 13, 2008

BBC’s Match Of The Day Increases Average Audience Size

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BBC's Director of Sport Roger Mosey wrote an eye-opening article on the BBC Sport blog this morning. In it, he describes how the ratings for BBC's Match of The Day (their highlights show, which features Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen and others) has risen this season and that the ratings for MOTD were much higher [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Alan Hansen, BBC, BBC Sport, Gary Lineker, match of the day