The Fox Soccer Era

Discussion in 'TV, Satellite & Radio' started by tsun23, Jul 27, 2014.

  1. Redbullsnation2012

    May 26, 2010
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Yes. A few games are on FS+ while FOX Deportes has them all in Spanish starting tomorrow
     
  2. InterFan76

    InterFan76 Member

    Mar 20, 2012
    Hamburg,NJ
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Awesome thank you!
     
  3. InterFan76

    InterFan76 Member

    Mar 20, 2012
    Hamburg,NJ
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
  4. Dante

    Dante Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 19, 1998
    Upstate NY
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  5. InterFan76

    InterFan76 Member

    Mar 20, 2012
    Hamburg,NJ
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
  6. Dante

    Dante Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 19, 1998
    Upstate NY
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  7. InterFan76

    InterFan76 Member

    Mar 20, 2012
    Hamburg,NJ
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    I don’t see anything for this weekend yet.
     
  8. InterFan76

    InterFan76 Member

    Mar 20, 2012
    Hamburg,NJ
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
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  9. Redbullsnation2012

    May 26, 2010
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Most likely the case. That channel has virtually nothing but replays, rugby, AFL, some Liga MX/CPL and shoulder programming from Onesoccer. They need some programming
     
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  10. HDSports

    HDSports Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Appears so. The 3 weekday matches (Mon - Wed) on my FIOS listings are all on FoxSoccerPlus, as are next weekend's 3 matches (Sat-Sun).
     
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  11. TheAnswer1313

    TheAnswer1313 Member+

    Dec 12, 2007
    Charleston, WV
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Wish it was more than just 3 but that'll do I suppose.
     
  12. UEFAJason

    UEFAJason Member

    Jun 15, 2012
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
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  13. drt2k3

    drt2k3 Member

    Jul 1, 2005
    Wilmington, NC
    Club:
    Wilmington H.
  14. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Fancy Title Here

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    At least they were smart enough to pull Gus Johnson off the primary call.

    Is ESPN International still a thing? I feel like most of what I've seen on there lately is Stu Holden and Taylor Twellman. Derek Rae and Jon Champion are quality and Rece Davis is a good studio host.

    It seems like the Euros were a LOT longer ago than just a few months.
    https://the18.com/soccer-news/worst-espn-euro-2020-announcers-steve-cangialosi-audio
     
  15. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Fancy Title Here

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #1165 Kryptonite, Oct 23, 2021
    Last edited: Oct 24, 2021
    What would you rather have?

    Fox Sports World in SD with announcers we'd never see, dial tones while coming back from breaks and shoestring budgets (they didn't even use their own cameras for some MLS games.)

    I remember joking once with Max Bretos that they'd do the early EPL games in their PJs. For them, it'd be a 4:30am start time.

    "And it looks like we're all ready for kickoff. Let's send it out to your match announcers, NameOne and NameTwo."

    ...as soon as the whistle blew, the audio would revert to LA, just in time for that damn dial tone.

    OR:

    Broadcast Fox in 720p with big-boy budgets, but loud, bombastic announcers.

    It's a damn shame that FSW didn't make it. But it's also good that finding international games isn't the hunt it once was. It's fun to see EPL on NBC and Bundesliga on Fox at the same time.
     
  16. MLSinCleveland

    MLSinCleveland Member+

    Oct 12, 2006
    Cleveland, Ohio
    Club:
    Cleveland C. S.
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I honestly enjoy Gus Johnson calling anything.
     
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  17. NorthBank

    NorthBank Member+

    Arsenal; NYRB
    United States
    Mar 29, 2006
    Connecticut
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bring back neg rep! :p
     
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  18. bwiorly

    bwiorly Member

    May 3, 2004
    Louisville, KY
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Terrible news if confirmed. The downgrade in coverage quality will be substantial, but (possibly) worse: how is Fox going to make all the games being played simultaneously on qualifying days? ESPN+ has been fantastic in that regard. What can we expect from Fox?

    Also, not clear what the terminology "European Qualifiers" refers to: just Euro or also World Cup? Does anyone know?
     
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  19. bselig

    bselig Member

    Nov 5, 2005
    Fox intends to answer your question by partnering with Fubo. Fox Sports will keep the best matches for itself and offload the rest to their streaming partner.
     
  20. bwiorly

    bwiorly Member

    May 3, 2004
    Louisville, KY
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Fox, Fubo and Tubi, $33 a month minimum??!!! This is a nightmare. I know it's different, but all I can think of right now is the dark days of the Setanta crooks. Please ESPN, don't let it happen!
     
  21. HomietheClown

    HomietheClown Member+

    Dusselheim FC 1971
    Sep 4, 2010
    Club:
    --other--
    It is a smart move along with some other earlier smart moves.

    They can constantly remind European fans that they have the Biggest World Cup ever at home 2026. They can try out some new commentator pairings and European based correspondents that they will sorely need for that World Cup too.

    They earlier got rights to South American World Cup Qualifiers and the Copa America. So they will be able to inundate those fans with all their propaganda and World Cup promos too. Hopefully try out some Latin American commentators and correspondents.

    2024 Euros in the morning and Copa America at night on FS1, FS2 will be interesting and basically a training ground for what they want to do two years later with all the matches they have to cover.
     
  22. bwiorly

    bwiorly Member

    May 3, 2004
    Louisville, KY
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    From Fox's perspective, no doubt. That's another story for fans/viewers. IMO, over the years, ESPN has done a far better job than Fox in terms of soccer coverage.
     
  23. HomietheClown

    HomietheClown Member+

    Dusselheim FC 1971
    Sep 4, 2010
    Club:
    --other--
    Meh.

    I did not mind the World Cup coverage of FOX. I would not say ESPN has done a far better job. Maybe a slightly better job in some ways but not as good in other ways for my personal taste.
     
  24. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    But the main issue isn't even FOX v ESPN, its that now we need yet another streaming service. And the price of these streaming services never goes down.

    ESPN+ price has been creeping up as they obtain more and more content, so if they lose all of this content to FOX will ESPN+'s price go down? haha... fat chance.

    That's the part I miss most about old-fashioned cable or satellite. Stuff moves from one cable channel to another, no big deal - Just a different number on our dial. But if something moves from one streaming service to another, that's another $6.99/month or (much) worse, not to mention another clunky user-interface to deal with.
     
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  25. NorthBank

    NorthBank Member+

    Arsenal; NYRB
    United States
    Mar 29, 2006
    Connecticut
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yup, I've been moaning about all of this for years. The shameless greed and fleecing the customer is probably a near inevitability. But the splintered and dysfunctional myriad of GUI's is not... that's fixable, if collectively they decided it was something there were interested in doing... making it quicker, easier, more universal and full-featured for the user.
     

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