ESPN2 to air only Tues UCL matches
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03 13th, 2010 in
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This is what I expect ESPN2 to show on Tuesdays then:
MD 1 Roma-Real Madrid(confirmed)
MD 2 Deportivo-Milan
MD 3 Bayern-Milan
MD 4 Lyon-Inter
MD 5 Deportivo-Bayern
MD 6 Ajax-Inter
I'd rather watch the home legs but it looks like good news for us, huh Spartak? :)
Setanta Sport did not show any Champions League games last year. However, I talked to someone at Setanta about a week ago, and they were going to try and make a deal with ESPN and TEAM to show some of the games this year. I'm sure the games will be listed at soccertv.com if Setanta are able to work out a deal. Thanks for posting this. I really hope that Setanta is able to show at least a few of the matches involving the EPL clubs. The English Pub that I went to was packed for some of the CL matches even though there was an admission charge.
As long as they show two matches toward the end of the competition as they did last year, it's ok by me.
When did they do this? I remember them showing both legs of each semifinal but that was it. Matchdays 7-12 they only showed one match per week and they only showed one quarterfinal leg a week.
ESPN2 indeed got the ESPN International feed, which is geared towards Spanish and Italian teams. You would be hard pressed to find a match NOT involving a Spanish or Italian team.
This is what I expect ESPN2 to show on Tuesdays then:
MD 1 Roma-Real Madrid(confirmed)
MD 2 Deportivo-Milan
MD 3 Bayern-Milan
MD 4 Lyon-Inter
MD 5 Deportivo-Bayern
MD 6 Ajax-Inter
You're now 2 for 2, as the ESPN schedule now has Deportivo/Milan for 24 September.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tvlistings/scheduleSport?date=20020924&network=18&sport=SO
To be honest, though, this is 8 more matches than I expected to see from the first round, given that they cut back from what they said they'd show in the course of the early rounds last season.
I wonder on what match day someone will post a thread saying "ESPN To Show Wednesday Match" because they don't hear the commentator say, "for our international viewers only."
I would expect for ESPN2 to show mostly Ajax matches because of American John O'Brien
Don't get your hopes up. ESPN2 just takes the ESPN Intl feed which caters to Spanish and Italian clubs.
I don't care if it is Oliver, I hope he is right that Setenta gets the rights. Unfortunately for me they will probably only show English teams if they do get the rights.
Ah, your loss would be my gain.
Not that the Spaniards are bad by any means, quite the contrary in fact, it's just that i would have more of a "my team" feeling about the EPL teams.
How many people in the US have ESPN LA and ESPN DOS?
Someone else would have to give an authorative answer to this question, but I was under the impression that ESPN made it impossible (or at least very difficult) to get these entities in the US, largely because of the rights issues concerning US leagues that they show on these networks. I believe that other US networks have the US rights to NBA and NFL games (and probably some MLB games as well) that ESPN shows abroad.
This is what they covered in the past:
Tuesday - 3 games on ESPN LA
Wednesday - 3 games on ESPN LA
Friday - 1 game on ESPN LA
Saturday - 1 game on ESPN LA
Sunday - 1 game on ESPN DOS
Monday - 1 game on ESPN DOS
So on each matchday in the 1st phase, they show 10 games, 2 live, 4 same-day delay, 4 others delayed for a few days.
This year, the coverage becomes
Tuesday - 3 games on ESPN LA, 1 game on ESPN DOS
Wednesday - games on ESPN LA, 1 game on ESPN DOS
Thursday - ESPN DOS game replayed on ESPN LA
Friday - ESPN DOS game replayed on ESPN LA
As it turns out, the coverage becomes 4 games live, 4 games same-day delay, a total of 8 games.
I think this year's coverage has 2 fewer games, but it's better. How many people would watch a CL game on 5/6-day delay on ESPN DOS when the scores are long known?
How many people in the US have ESPN LA and ESPN DOS?
I believe none, legally.
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