Archives: FOX Soccer

Ever since the end of last season, Special 1 TV has been quietly pimping itself trying to find a new home. The hit soccer comedy show started life at Setanta Sports before moving to BBC. But during the summer, it … Continue reading →

Thanks to the eagle eyes of EPL Talk reader Dave Griffiths and his son, they snapped a photograph this week of a Comcast van on the streets of Atlanta, Georgia. The wraparound on the Comcast van, with a goalkeeper diving … Continue reading →

Earlier this year, I was very critical of FOX’s coverage of the Champions League Final where they seemingly ostracized soccer fans in favor of attracting a mainstream audience. During the broadcast, they dumbed down the coverage so much that neither … Continue reading →

Fox Soccer Channel’s broadcast of the English Premier League game between Manchester United and Manchester City on Saturday, February 12th garnered the highest household average coverage area rating for a 7:45am ET EPL game in the history of the league … Continue reading →

Now that I’m home recovering, I’m living in a bizarre world of not knowing what any of the scores were from this past weekend’s opening season. Reason being is that I don’t want to spoil the pleasure of knowing the … Continue reading →

Premiership Countdown: 10 Days to Go. We now know what mid-week matches will be shown by Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports during the first week of the Premiership season. With both Setanta and FSC, we now have the opportunity … Continue reading →

Premiership Countdown: 11 Days to Go. Now that Setanta Sports has sublicensed many of the rights to the Premiership matches from Fox Soccer Channel, what impact will this have on Fox Soccer Channel and what does it say about their … Continue reading →

Premiership Countdown: 16 Days to Go. We revealed Fox Soccer Channel’s schedule earlier this week for the Premiership. Although a decision hasn’t made yet on many of the TBD dates, we can reveal the breakdown of the 18 matches that … Continue reading →

Fox Soccer Channel’s announcement this week that they’ve entered into a five-year programming deal with Soccer United Marketing that includes live and exclusive rights to a selection of Major League Soccer matches through 2010 will not impact the network’s coverage … Continue reading →

The Fox Soccer Channel web site has revealed what matches the network will be showing in the first few weeks of the Premiership season: Saturday, August 19th, 10am ET: Newcastle United v Wigan Athletic Saturday, August 19th, Noon ET: Bolton … Continue reading →

If you’ve been reading the EPL Talk Blog the past week, you’ll notice that we’ve been talking a lot about Fox Soccer Channel’s impending coverage of the 2006/2007 Premiership season. We can now confirm that FSC has changed their schedule … Continue reading →

Next week, I’m interviewing Jeremy St. Louis for a future episode of the EPL Talk Podcast. The Canadian sports broadcaster appears nightly on Fox Sports World Report, which is shown on Fox Soccer Channel at 10pm ET. If you have … Continue reading →

While Fox Soccer Channel won’t be broadcasting any of the World Cup matches, the soccer network is busy providing coverage to you. On TV, the channel debuts a new program starting Thursday, June 8th at 8pm ET (and broadcasting each … Continue reading →

The stage is set for the final day of the Premiership season. Out of the 10 EPL matches that all kick off at 10am on Sunday, Fox Soccer Channel has announced that it’ll be televising three of the matches, all … Continue reading →

Is it me or is Fox Soccer Channel getting better and better? Their Super Saturday + round-up program seems more polished. During this past weekend’s episode, Webster and Bretos wore suits instead of their business casual attire. Their rapport together … Continue reading →

Episode 2 of the EPL Talk Podcast has been released, featuring an interview with Fox Soccer Channel’s Nick Webster. Listen to the podcast right now, or subscribe via iTunes. During the interview, Nick Webster reveals some of the celebrities that … Continue reading →

Spare a thought for our neighbors to the north in Canada. According to an interesting article in today’s Toronto Star newspaper, here are some interesting revelations: > Fox Sports World Canada are often airing one live English Premier League match … Continue reading →

EPL Talk broke the exclusive on March 8 that Fox Soccer Channel was producing a World Cup preview show, and now the word is official. Last night, Fox Soccer Channel debuted “Passport to Germany.” The show will be on every … Continue reading →