Man United-Spurs FA Cup semifinal could be preempted by your FOX network (Due to Barbara Bush Funeral coverage) http://worldsoccertalk.com/2018/04/20/man-united-spurs-fa-cup-semifinal-preempted-fox-network/
[Insert sarcastic tone as you read the following]: Everyone can rest easy tonight in case of DVR failure when recording the Real-Bayern 1/2 final since Fox Deportes sees no need to show a top of the group matchup between Gremio and Cerro Porteno in an effort to repeat Real-Bayern two more times. Fox Deportes will show that CL match 3 times in about 9 hours just in case someone wants a triple header today.
According to my onscreen guide (DIRECTV), ESPN Deportes is showing a repeat of the first leg at the same time as Fox Deportes is showing a repeat of the second leg. These channels are one channel apart on DIRECTV (465 & 466). Should cause some confusion among channel-flipping, casual fans.
Does anybody know if FOX is letting stations move World Cup games to a subchannel or is it going to be the .1 channel (obviously, this doesn't apply to markets where the FOX affiliate is a subchannel) or total pre-emption? I ask because today's Bundesliga game was moved to the .2 channel by the Cleveland affiliate due to a car dealership infomercial, but I'm not sure if FOX would allow an event on the scale of the World Cup to be dropped to a .2 channel.
Good question. It is the World Cup so you would think all the affiliates would be on board with it being on the primary channel. But in smaller markets out in the boonies I could see some moron local affiliate program director saying "soccer? bleeeeh!" So you never know. I think most people have nothing to worry about though.
As stated in the World Cup thread Fox Sports Go now has a replay section of onDemand streams of sports.
I remember a few games of past WC being delayed to the point of absurdity because ABC was showing morning local programming, whether that be news, religious programming or infomercials. I remember Oliver once saying the national networks reserve time on the affiliates, but once a certain time approaches (six months?) anything left over is up to the local channels to fill with exceptions for national breaking news, presidential speeches, etc. However, since the 2002/2006 World Cups, there's been a Fox Sports app and the Spanish-language channels aren't the hidden secret they once were. So while it's *possible* a game could be preempted for something huge, it's probably relatively unlikely. I'd still recommend making sure your apps/connections and Spanish-language channels are good to go.
IMHO FOX botched their transition from WC to MLS today. The TFC-NYRB coverage was due to start at 4:30pm but the CRO-DEN match was just going to a shootout so obviously they'd stick with that. It ended shortly afterwards, but then aired ~30 mins of WC post-match coverage fluff, at which point Rob Stone showed a screen behind him that the MLS match had started and was 4' in, and "oh I guess NYRB just scored?". Then they showed 9 minutes of more fluff and advertising before they abruptly switched to TOR-NYRB in the 13' minute. OK I'll admit I'm a little biased, being a Red Bulls fan, and that on this day WC >> MLS. BUT we're talking about CRO-DEN here. And they seemed to go out of their way to avoid doing what FOX, NBC, ESPN et al have done time and again, which is to cut slightly short their previous post-match coverage, in order catch the next match's KO. Surely 30 mins was enough time to wrap-up that WC match. Honestly the only legit reason that I can imagine that they did what they did was some super strict contractual obligation to their advertisers. But are the WC advertising contracts so much stricter than for other competitions? Because surely we've all seen many better compromises made in the past in order to show the KO of the following match. Edit: the MLS match was more interesting than the WC match that they gave preference to. Certainly a ton more shots and a bunch of great saves by our fantastic keeper! Plus we won Then FOX ended the coverage 1 minute after the ref blew FT, with zero post-match coverage.
I had that game taped and as soon as I came home and heard the WC game went to PKs I knew I was gonna miss the start of that game. I was so annoyed they took so long after the PKs were over to switch to the game. Did they even bother to throw the first 10 mins on like FS1 or FS2? lol
C’mon. It’s an easy mistake to make. Confusing a Nordic country for an Asian country. Besides, those 2 flags are so similar, it’s hard to tell which one is which.
No, I checked FS1 & FS2 and they had golf and something else going on. Trying to stream it on my phone would've been smart, but alas I didn't have that thought. Too bad, coulda caught the one and only goal that way. They made zero effort for the MLS match. Actually negative effort if you consider that they very consciously chose to stick with WC post-game for 12 extra minutes, after the MLS kickoff. It was a very odd marketing decision. Obviously someone at FOX originally planned a big Soccer Sunday thing, which I was happily on board for. Only to see them substantially bail out of the 3rd match in that trilogy.
The kickoff for the July 1 Toronto MLS game was pushed to 5:05 PM and the beginning was aired on Fox Business Network. FS1 was booked with golf, and FS2 doesn't have the cable coverage of FBN. MLS coverage will now start on Fox Business Network and Fox Sports GO at 5pm with kick-off at 5:05pm. Upon conclusion of World Cup coverage, MLS will join in progress on FOX. https://t.co/v1EwScCBM0— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 1, 2018
I dunno. Don't MLS games typically not start at the exact time? Like if it's listed for a 7pm kickoff, it normally doesn't kick off till 7:10-7:15.
Fox Business Network... what they heck is that? I've never seen that on my channel line-up. And I have zero recollection of a game being offloaded to there before. And did Rob Stone say anything about this as all the MLS fans were wondering what was going on? And if Toronto pushed back their KO time because of the WC match, couldn't FOX reciprocate by doing their wrap-up a little more efficiently? Overall it was still an odd botch IMO.
It was after 7:00 P.M. when the next show was supposed to start. There's a difference between starting 10 to 15 minutes into the coverage and starting 35 minutes in like 5:05 when coverage was supposed to start at 4:30. It's rare for Fox Business Network to have sports, but on January 13 they had Villanova at St. John's. Don't you have Fios? It's channel 617.