All USA Road Qualifiers to be Broadcast on beINsport

Since it just recently appeared on my DishNetwork I think this is a great development

 

If my cable company doesn't get it by then, there's a Buffalo Wild Wings about a ten minute walk away and they have DirecTV and turn to soccer all the time for me. They were quite confused when I asked them to turn a TV to Fox Soccer once. I got a look like, "Wait, that actually exists?" I'm sure it will be right by FSC in the guide so it should be no problem.

Either I'll stay home, drink some beers and watch a qualie or I'll stumble out, drink some beers and watch a qualie. I see no problem with either option.

 

Wait, although I do not speak Arabic, isn't there a huge difference between Standard Arabic that is taught versus say Qatari Arabic vs Egyptian Arabic or UAE Arabic? Is it like different dialects, say Mandarin vs Cantonese (China)?

 

Hope Comcast happens.


Anybody else think it would be a blast to have Ray do the Nats?

 

Time Warner cant even get their act together when it comes to the NFL Network.

I wont be holding my breath anytime soon for this new channel.

 

As long as most of us have this channel by the time the Hex starts. Ideally I would like it by next month

 

Huge? There are different dialects, but they aren't so different that you couldn't understand each other. I learned mostly Egyptian Arabic and a guy at work who knows the more standard Arabic had no problem understanding my feeble attempts at the language.

 

Did you read that great article from Auclair in Issue 5 of The Blizzard? Tons of additional context to the rapid ascent of Beinsport.

Though the increased production values over GolTV would be a positive (provided the channel makes it to Comcast), I can't help but be annoyed that once again, it's not convenient being a US fan.

 

They need to stop this non sense and put it on basic cable. The more people than can watch the better for the growth. This is in essence pay to play all over again.

 

It will be a temporary inconvinience. These guys will be in 60 million homes by this time next year. Their goal is basic cable, and they have the money to make it happen.

 

I hope your right

 

Well, this is nice but changes nothing for me. thefirstrow.eu to the rescue!

 

its going to be better than pay per view. hands down.

 

I think even if you don't have TV and need to watch the games either at a bar somewhere, at a friends house or perhaps online through less reputable means, this is still much better than pay per view as far more other people will have access to the game making a shared experience easier to come by.

 

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Time Warner is HORRIBLE.

i heard something that GOOGLE is trying to get into the cable TV market

 

just researched it, GOOGLE, IS, getting into the cable tv business
but
only in Kansas City right now
u can tell google u want this in your city
and the next city with the most interest will b next to get this Google Fiber

best info i could find, but not official
Google Fiber— What You Get For:

$120/month (with 2-year contract)

• 1 gigabit-per-second downloads and uploads
• Cable-like “full channel TV lineup” (major networks plus standard basic cable offerings—Animal Planet to the Weather Channel)
• Nexus 7 tablet
• Set-top box, Ethernet/Wi-Fi router, 2TB DVR
• 1TB Google Drive cloud storage

$70/month (with 1-year contract)

• 1 gigabit-per-second downloads and uploads
• Ethernet/Wi-Fi router
• 1TB Google Drive cloud storage

$300 one-time startup fee (can be divided into 12 monthly payments)

• 5 megabyte-per-second downloads, 1 megabyte-per-second uploads
• Ethernet/Wi-Fi router
• Free service guaranteed for 7 years

 

My humble viewpoint is that Beinsport will within the next decade rival ESPN as the major sports network in the US. They are like the Man City of cable networks. Their goal is prestige, not the bottom line. This is just the start. I have a feeling they will be on every major cable network within the next few years if not months.

 

I tend to agree. These guys are going to buy their way to the top. They'll have two channels on basic cable packages within 5 years.

 

they are planning on having 1 broadcast in english and one in spanish
they want to b the main providers of soccer in North and South (central) Americas

 

For those of us with little money to buy another package on TV, I just hope it is on the package I already have which includes ESPN and ESPN2. If not, then I am not too happy about this development. I doubt very much it will be on basic TV.

 

The alternative was $30 for two hours of one game.

 

They are (very likely) not going to get on basic being an "international sport(s)" channel.

They'll be fine as part of the "sports/higher/latino" tiers depending on your specific provider.

They can be the top "international sport" (to include soccer) channel eventually (or even relatively soon), but they're not going to be able to accurately rival all of what ESPN offers to the US sports viewer.

 

We will see what happens when they try to buy into the NFL or NCAA, we will see how the American people will react.