This Week's Ligue 1 TV Schedule

[Douai]

Ligue 1 TV Schedule on Fox Soccer Channel for this week:

7/17/06
FRENCH LG CLASSICS Lyon vs
Auxerre (1/22/06) R
5:00pm-6:30pm

7/18/06
FRENCH LG CLASSICS Monaco
vs Lyon (1/29/06) R
5:00pm-6:30pm

FRENCH LG CLASSICS Lyon vs
Bordeaux (2/5/06) R
11:00pm-12:30am

FRENCH LG CLASSICS Lille vs
PSG (2/12/06) R
4:00am-5:30am

7/19/06
FRENCH LG CLASSICS Lens vs
Ajaccio (2/26/06) R
5:00pm-6:30pm

7/22/06
FRENCH LG CLASSICS PSG
vs Marseille (3/5/06) R
2:00pm-3:30pm

7/23/06
Lyon vs Milan (MILAN CLASSICS)
10:00am-11:30pm
(3/29/06) R

FRENCH LG CLASSICS PSG
vs Auxerre (3/19/06) R
2:00pm-3:30pm

[Hexenmeister]

Finally, something other than boring Chelsea and Liverpool re-runs.

[SportBoy333]

Finally, something other than boring Chelsea and Liverpool re-runs.

AMEN !

[Douai]

Finally, something other than boring Chelsea and Liverpool re-runs.
Hopefully, FSC will continue to show classic matches since they lost the rights to cover Ligue 1.

[Hexenmeister]

Hopefully, FSC will continue to show classic matches since they lost the rights to cover Ligue 1.

What? That sucks. Where did you hear this?

[Lensois]

What? That sucks. Where did you hear this?

Try the TV & Radion section of the Business forum on BS. Ligue 1 moves to Setanta this year.

[Hexenmeister]

Try the TV & Radion section of the Business forum on BS. Ligue 1 moves to Setanta this year.

I saw that they're also getting rid of Bundesliga coverage. I guess they truly are becoming an EPL-only channel. That, and their high-profile coverage of Treviso and Cagliari games from Serie A.

I guess I'm going to have to become an Arsenal fan. They're the closest thing to a French team that I can watch on TV now. :rolleyes:

[Shah]

4 of these games are scoreless draws. I get the feeling FSC picked some random matches and dubbed them classics. However the Monaco win over Lyon will be fun to watch as will PSG's thrashing of Auxerre. But for the Monaco-Lyon game, that match had a waterlogged pitch and had to be replayed in April. Did FSC get that game? Who knows.

[Lensois]

I saw that they're also getting rid of Bundesliga coverage. I guess they truly are becoming an EPL-only channel. That, and their high-profile coverage of Treviso and Cagliari games from Serie A.

I guess I'm going to have to become an Arsenal fan. They're the closest thing to a French team that I can watch on TV now. :rolleyes:


Actually the Bundesliga is currently pricing itself out of the market. The price their asking for the US rights is far in excess of what anyone wants to pay so there's a very good chance that the only outlet for that will be ProSieben Welt for the first half of the season. Supposedly there's a chance the price will be lowered considerable either right after the season starts or after their winter break and it'll end up on either Setanta or FSC.

There are stirrings that Setanta is quickly supplanting FSC as the leading player in the market. I'm inclined to agree. Once they get a contract for Dish Network I think FSC will be in huge trouble.

[Hexenmeister]

4 of these games are scoreless draws. I get the feeling FSC picked some random matches and dubbed them classics.

That's what they do with all their so-called "classic matches" regardless of the league.

FSC really puts a half-assed effort into their broadcasting schedule, especially during the summer. From 8-10 in the morning it's all infomercials, yet from 3-5 in the morning they broadcast games.

[Douai]

4 of these games are scoreless draws. I get the feeling FSC picked some random matches and dubbed them classics.
That sucks.After losing the rights to cover Ligue 1 the least they could do is show us good classic matches.Like Hexenmeister said earlier, it really does seem like FSC is turning into an EPL-only channel.It's a shame since Setanta is hard to get in the U.S. if you have Dish Network or cable.My digital sports package with Comcast cable has FSC and GOLTV.GOLTV only likes to show South American leagues (even the bad ones), La Liga, and Serie A.

[Allez Lyonnais]

That sucks.After losing the rights to cover Ligue 1 the least they could do is show us good classic matches.Like Hexenmeister said earlier, it really does seem like FSC is turning into an EPL-only channel.It's a shame since Setanta is hard to get in the U.S. if you have Dish Network or cable.My digital sports package with Comcast cable has FSC and GOLTV.GOLTV only likes to show South American leagues (even the bad ones), La Liga, and Serie A.

Only EPL sells here in America. No other does. Personally I think FSC is being irresponsible in a sort of way by dropping out those filler leagues but can't complain about that, really. You know what they say, a man's gotta make a living.

[Hexenmeister]

Only EPL sells here in America. No other does. Personally I think FSC is being irresponsible in a sort of way by dropping out those filler leagues but can't complain about that, really. You know what they say, a man's gotta make a living.

My only question is, what are they going to show in its place? More infomercials? :rolleyes:

You know, it's really ironic that since Fox Sports World went to the "all soccer" format as Fox Soccer Channel, they seem to be showing less of the sport than ever.

[BenP]

What about TV5 Monde? I thought they show Ligue 1 games.

[Douai]

What about TV5 Monde? I thought they show Ligue 1 games.
I am not sure TV5MONDE USA's Ligue 1 schedule for this week.I did not see it on their website.

[Shah]

I was right about FSC not having that waterlogged pitch Monaco-Lyon reschedule. They are showing Metz-Marseille now. This is a game that is a classic as Metz actually won it, a rare feat for them the last campaign.

[Douai]

I was right about FSC not having that waterlogged pitch Monaco-Lyon reschedule. They are showing Metz-Marseille now. This is a game that is a classic as Metz actually won it, a rare feat for them the last campaign.
Yeah, I was expecting to see Lyon and Monaco, but they showed Metz vs Marseille.I remembered what you said when the game was about to start.You were right.Does anyone know if Canal+ shows Ligue 1 matches online?I want to be able to see this season's matches.

[Warren Van Orden]

I am not sure TV5MONDE USA's Ligue 1 schedule for this week.I did not see it on their website.
We're just talking about summer filler replays. TV5 will pick up again when the league picks up again.

[Douai]

Is anyone else bothered by the lack of coverage and respect that Ligue 1 gets when it is among the best leagues in UEFA?Many people say it is the fourth best league in the world.These are the rankings of the top 31 leagues in the world rated by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics based in Germany:
Place Top Division of Points
1. Italia 662,0
2. España 622,0
3. England 550,0
4. France 524,0
5. Argentina 520,0
6. Brasil 446,0
7. Deutschland 425,0
8. México 393,5
9. Portugal 327,5
10. Colombia 316,5
11. Nederland 308,0
12. Türkiye 303,0
13. Chile 288,0
14. Perú 280,5
15. Paraguay 276,0
16. Greece 271,5
17. România 259,0
18. Scotland 252,5
19. Uruguay 232,5
20. Egypt 230,0
21. Schweiz 228,5
22. Belgique 219,0
23. Algérie 215,0
24. Ecuador 215,0
25. Malaysia 213,0
26. Kuwait 212,5
27. Česká Republika 210,5
28. Bulgaria 209,0
29. Russia 208,5
30. Tunisie 204,0
31. Maroc 201,0

http://www.iffhs.de/?17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e28fa3002f71504e52d

[Centennial]

Finally, something other than boring Chelsea and Liverpool re-runs.

Right on!!!