It’s one of the questions I get asked quite often. When will Fox Soccer Channel be available in high definition TV (HDTV)? Until now, there wasn’t a succinct answer, but we finally have good news. Fox Soccer Channel will be in HD by the end of 2010.
Multichannel News, a cable newsletter, <a href="http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6620568.html?industryid=47194" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke the news</a> that Fox’s television network group has decided to distribute its broadcast network and all of its cable services in high-definition within two years from now. Fox also plans on upgrading its infrastructure to double its satellite capacity.
This is wonderful news for soccer fans in North America. We got spoiled during Euro 2008 when all of the games on ESPN were in high definition. Once the change happens at Fox Soccer Channel, the only issue will be that not all of the programming is available in high definition. Some Premier League games are, but not all of them.
For Fox, the upgrade to HD will come as a significant cost. For example, its studio in Los Angeles is not wired for high definition, so the upgrades alone at its head office will be substantial.
With Fox making the move within the next two years to switch to high definition broadcasts, the pressure is now on Setanta Sports and GolTV to follow suit.
What do you think of the news, and what programming will you be looking forward to watching in high definition on Fox Soccer Channel? Click the comments link below and let us know.

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There are some movers and shakers in the list of the top 10 most visited soccer websites by visitors from the United States, according to <a href="http://www.hitwise.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hitwise</a> for the week ending May 17th. Compared to the <a href="http://epltalk.com/top-10-most-visited-soccer-websites/1948">week ending April 26th</a>, ESPN Soccernet is still number one, but with slightly less overall market share.
Goal.com has jumped from number four to number two, leapfrogging Fox Sports Soccer and Soccer.com who both dropped back.
Dropping off the list is FIFA.com, which has been replaced by the more popular Arsenal.com.
Here’s the complete top 10 as of the week ending May 17, 2008:
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.soccernet.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ESPN Soccernet</a>, 14.46% market share</li>
<li><a href="http://www.goal.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Goal.com</a>, 8.51%</li>
<li><a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Foxsports Soccer</a>, 6.57%</li>
<li><a href="http://www.soccer.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Soccer.com</a>, 6.02%</li>
<li><a href="http://www.uefa.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">uefa.com</a>, 3.94%</li>
<li><a href="http://www.manutd.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchester United</a>, 3.63%</li>
<li><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/sow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yahoo! Sports World Soccer</a>, 3.29%</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mlsnet.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Major League Soccer</a>, 3.26%</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bigsoccer.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Big Soccer</a>, 2.39%</li>
<li><a href="http://www.arsenal.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arsenal.com</a>, 2.37%</li>
</ol>
Anticipating one question that readers may have based on the <a href="http://epltalk.com/top-10-most-visited-soccer-websites/1948#comments">comments from an earlier post</a>, The Offside isn’t listed in the top 10. In fact, it’s not listed in the top 150 (EPL Talk is number 142).

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