ESPN - now with Serie A

[Buc Nasty]

Edit.

[Lurch]

http://www.epltalk.com/espn-adds-premier-l...er-line-up/9899ESPN has acquired the TV rights to two of the weekly Premier League slots on US television for the 2009-2010 season. Beginning on August 15, 2009, each week ESPN will feature the 7:45am ET Saturday game and the 3pm ET Monday game.Those two weekly timeslots were previously held by Setanta Sports who in the past had sub-licensed those games from Fox Soccer Channel. Despite Setanta losing the two timeslots to ESPN, Setanta US will continue showing the two 10am ET Saturday slots (one game on Setanta US, and the other on Setanta Xtra), as well as the early Sunday morning ET kickoffs and the Tuesday and Wednesday midweek Premier League matches. The games shown by Setanta will also be available on its broadband package at http://www.setanta-i.comESPN’s acquisition of the early Saturday morning kickoff and Monday afternoon matches are a massive coup for the Disney-owned company who have significantly increased its soccer coverage recently. ESPN has yet to make a formal announcement regarding the acquisition of the Premier League TV rights (the two timeslots), but will presumably show the games on both ESPN2 and ESPN360.

More Premier league football by the looks of things.Downside is these matches might come with Yank commentary.The NLD is on thereESPN >>>>>> _______

But isn't that ESPN America only? Swear our rights our divided up differently something like Sky have 4 packages while ESPN have 2 out of the 6, that's what my understanding was.

[Buc Nasty]

http://www.epltalk.com/espn-adds-premier-l...er-line-up/9899ESPN has acquired the TV rights to two of the weekly Premier League slots on US television for the 2009-2010 season. Beginning on August 15, 2009, each week ESPN will feature the 7:45am ET Saturday game and the 3pm ET Monday game.Those two weekly timeslots were previously held by Setanta Sports who in the past had sub-licensed those games from Fox Soccer Channel. Despite Setanta losing the two timeslots to ESPN, Setanta US will continue showing the two 10am ET Saturday slots (one game on Setanta US, and the other on Setanta Xtra), as well as the early Sunday morning ET kickoffs and the Tuesday and Wednesday midweek Premier League matches. The games shown by Setanta will also be available on its broadband package at http://www.setanta-i.comESPN’s acquisition of the early Saturday morning kickoff and Monday afternoon matches are a massive coup for the Disney-owned company who have significantly increased its soccer coverage recently. ESPN has yet to make a formal announcement regarding the acquisition of the Premier League TV rights (the two timeslots), but will presumably show the games on both ESPN2 and ESPN360.

More Premier league football by the looks of things.Downside is these matches might come with Yank commentary.The NLD is on thereESPN >>>>>> _______

But isn't that ESPN America only? Swear our rights our divided up differently something like Sky have 4 packages while ESPN have 2 out of the 6, that's what my understanding was.

When I first read it and and thought naturally that seeing as we have ESPN America in the UK we might be getting these new packages too but then I remembered that Sky have the Monday night and Saturday lunch time games.Could still happen but I doubt it's likely.

[Mr. Air Max 90]

Who are the commentators going to be? Pleat's left ITV so...

[Guest TimeBomb]

real madrid pre-season starting at 12.30am.

[james00]

did any off you other guys (that have sky multi room), when you had setanta, you could only have it in 1 room?and when you get ESPN, will it be one room or multiple? i assume multiple if its a propa sky pakage

[Sleepz]

Who are the commentators going to be? Pleat's left ITV so...

Jon Champion will be oneDont know why people like him, Ill be putting my tv on mute tbh

[Zachary Foxx]

did any off you other guys (that have sky multi room), when you had setanta, you could only have it in 1 room?and when you get ESPN, will it be one room or multiple? i assume multiple if its a propa sky pakage

I only got setanta through one box.

[Younger]

Benfica Vs Ac Milian Today at 7.45. Should be a good game.

[TF S4DK]

I got some email about signing up. Went to the site, filled out the page, had my bank card ready, it didnt ask for it, and then just something about channel should update shortly... Hours later still nothing. Is that normal?

[mp*]

hmm, are you on sky? I ordered mine through sky and it said wait 4 hours but it came instantly

[TF S4DK]

Yeah Sky.But I did the online thing to get the £5 thing back.

[mp*]

Make sure your sky box is connected to the phone line, if it is id just ring them up

[Tirunih]

Once ESPN starts showing NBA games i will purchase.