Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) ---------------------------------- FOX Sports International has purchased US TV rights to the Spanish Primera Division (a.k.a. La Liga) via an agreement with Barcelona-based sports marketing company Media Pro. Coverage on FOX Sports World (US) will begin with Real Betis vs Real Madrid on Saturday September 14 at 6pm ET/3pm PT. Real Betis vs Real Madrid*** FOX Sports World (US) Sa Sep 14 6pm ET/3pm PT SDD For mor details see URL below. http://soccerTV.com/spain.cfm This game may not be aired due to Betis refusal to allow game to be televised because of non-payment for television rights for last years games. Saludos y Viva Er EuroBeti Manque Alfonso y Lopera! Pichi
thread already going dude. On this very forum: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=12985
Pichi, You may want to post the additional information in the thread about FSI buying Liga since I think a few people are already planning to watch the games this weekend. They might want to know ahead of time that there is a chance the games won't be on (or at least one of them).
What's wrong with FSW's coverage of la Liga? week 1 - Celta Vigo x Mallorca week 2 - Villareal x Alaves Can anyone tell what the problem is?
rangers00: this is what oliver said on why fsw isn't showing any saturday la liga matches: "No Saturday matches due to unspecified TV rights issues" i was all set to watch barca-espanyol tomorrow, but i guess we won't
This is what I suspect. ESPN International get the English rights for the games for many parts in the world. And ESPN Intl get to choose their favorite games. That's why all the Real Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo and Valencia games are on ESPN International. ESPN International probably prohibits La Liga to sell those games to another English right holders, even for a region that ESPNI has no interest in (i.e. USA and Canada). This week, games snatched up by ESPN International: Barcelona x Espanyol (sat.) on ESPN LA Real Madrid x Osasuna (sat) on ESPN DOS Malaga x Valencia (sun.) on ESPN LA I suspect Fox Sports International get the games that ESPN Intl. doesn't want, i.e. it's a secondary package. That's why so far we get the Mallorca, Celta Vigo, Villareal and Alaves. I mean, in 2 weeks of La Liga broadcast in FSW, we don't get to see any one of the Spanish teams that are in the Champions League. How is it possible? Of course, this is only a suspicion. We will know for sure if we have more samples, i.e. games on ESPN Intl and the games on FSW are exclusive. But that's still not bad, because if ESPN Intl chooses 3 of the 4 marquee teams, there is still may good teams left (Valencia, Deportivo or Betis). Dubai Sports showed Atletico Bilbao x Barcelona this past Wednesday.
La Liga BS 3rd week coverage of La Liga on FSW (this coming Sunday): Atletico Madrid x Recreativo So far it's Mallorca, Celta Vigo, Alaves, Villareal, Atl. Madrid, Recreativo. Draw your own conclusion.
Oh, this BLOWS. Why not just show Serie A rather than give us no-name La Liga teams? I'd much rather see AC MIlan, Juventus, et al than never getting to see Barcelona and Real Madrid. My enthusiasm for FSW has been tempered greatly if this is true.