(please sticky this and post corrections and additions to this thread. I will update this post accordingly) I am focusing on channels available all over US and Canada and in doing so, eliminating channels that are cable only. All of these channels should be available on both Satellite and Cable. Some of them are available in canada only. Satellites that have "Echostar" in the name are Dish Network. Nimiq satellites are Bell ExpressVu, available only (legitimately) in Canada. To those of you who say there is no soccer on TV here: Fox Sports World - Channel 149 on Echostar 6,8 (110 orbital slot) (also on DirecTV) English Premier League (3 to 4 games a week and a highlight show) German Bundesliga (1 game per week and a highlight show) French Ligue 1 (1 game per week and a highlight show) Futebol Brasiliero (1 game per week) Futbol Argentino (1 game per week and a highlight show) MLS - American 1st Division (1 Game per week and a hilight show) A-League - American 2nd Division (1 Game Per week) England National Team (all U21 games) Fox Sports World Report (a daily world sport news show with highlights - focuses on soccer) Ganbare - J-League (highlight show) USA National Team (the games not shown on ESPN2) GolTV - Channel 407 on Echostar 6,8 (110 orbital slot) (spanish primary language. SAP button gets you english) La Liga - Spanish Primera (2 or 3 games a week) Serie A - Italian First Division (2 or 3 games a week) Guatemalen 1st division (1 game per week) Uruguayan 1st Division (1 game per week) Peruvian 1st Division (1 game per week) Mexican 1st Division (1 game per week) Honduran 1st Division (1 game per week) UEFA Cup (lots of games) South American world cup qualifiers (most on 1-2 day delay) A Todo Gol (a highlight show to end all highlight shows. claims to have every goal scored around the world in all 1st division leagues for a given week) Fox Sports en Espanol - Channel ??? on Echostar 6,8 (110 orbital slot) (spanish language only) (also on DirecTV) Futbol Argentino (1 game per week) Futbal Mexicano (1 game per week) Copa Libertadores (lots of games) English Premier League (1 or 2 games per week) MLS - American First Division (1 game per week) ESPN 2 -Channel ??? on Echostar 7 (119 orbital slot) (also on DirecTV) UEFA Champion's League (1 game per matchday) USA National Team (most games) MLS - American 1st Division (1 game per week) PPV Sports - Channels 454-470 on Echostar 6,8 (110 orbital slot) and Echostar 7 (119 orbital slot) (also on DirecTV) English Premier League (2 games per week) MLS - American 1st Division (4 games per week) English National Team (all home games) south american world cup qualifiers (most games live) Globo - Channel ??? on Echostar 9 (121 orbital slot) and Echostar 3 (61.5 orbital slot) Futebol Brasiliero (1 game per week) The Isreili Channel - Channel ??? on Echostar 9 (121 orbital slot) and Echostar 3 (61.5 orbital slot) Isreili 1st Division (2 or 3 games per week) TV5 - Channel ??? on Echostar 9 (121 orbital slot) and Echostar 3 (61.5 orbital slot) and Nimiq 1 (91 orbital slot)(language primarily french) French Ligue 1 (1 game per week) French National Team games (most) Fox Sports World Canada - Channel ??? on Nimiq 1 (91 orbital slot) MLS - American 1st Division (2 games per week) Serie A - Italian 1st Division (1 game per week) English Premier League (1 game per week) German Bundesliga (1 game per week) French Ligue 1 (1 game per week) TSN/RDS - Channel ??? on Nimiq 1 (91 orbital slot) UEFA Champion's League (3 or 4 games per matchday) Rogers SportsNet - Channel ??? on Nimiq 1 (91 orbital slot) English Premier League (3 games per week) La Liga - Spanish Primera (1 game per week) Canadian National Team (all games) Telelatino - Channel ??? on Nimiq 1 (91 orbital slot) (primary language italian) Serie A - Italian 1st Division (2 games per week) UEFA Champions League (any games featuring italian teams) Vu1 PPV - Channel ??? on Nimiq 1 (91 orbital slot) English Premier League (1 or 2 games per week)
nevermind. apparently i can't go back and edit my own post after a certain amount of time. i forgot to add azteca for mexican soccer.
Thanks, Gutbomb. You made your point. Is it true that Fox Sports World Canada gets two MLS games a week whereas Fox Sports World US (where the league is located) only has one MLS game a week? Odd.
oh and i messed up how many german games they get up there in canada land. they get 2 german games per week on FSWC. we only get 1 down here
Maybe there is much soccer on Tv, but here in Canada Rogers Sportsnet are abysmal as they insert so many full-screen commercials during the match, ALL their televised EPL matches.
The majority of the people who say "there is no soccer on TV" most likley don't even get those channels, let alone know about them. It's good that you brought them up to speed!
RAI International (Channel 600 on EchoStar, 119 orbital slot) Serie A - 2 games per week Also Coppa Italia, all Italy home games (and some away), and some Serie B games.
i hate to say it, but i'd rather have soccer with commercials than no soccer at all. i get rogers sportsnet here and while the commercials are troublesome, they are only usually 1 or 2 short 30 second commercials every 20 minutes or so. and while they do interrupt the game, you don't miss any action. they pause the live feed and resume it after the commercial. also they don't do it at random, they do it at stoppages like throw-ins, free kicks and corner kicks. On the plus side, Rogers Sportsnet has excellent game coverage with halftime shows and their own analysts in between games. It all seems more 'legit' than the way Fox Sports World covers EPL by basically talking over the english analysts until kickoff, and cutting them off as soon as play stops.
Well I find it totally unacceptable, I hate those bastards at Rogers Sportsnet, always have resented Rogers for their damn monopoly here. We get 8 commercials per match, that's dividing the game into 10 segments. Because of these damn commercials, I find I only usually watch one match at the weekend now. I have written a personal letter to Sepp Blatter, probably a complete and utter waste of time, but what harm can it do. I wrote to so many newspapers worldwide, Football Associations etc, etc telling them that Canada Sucks at playing, promoting and presenting the World's No. sport. Canada--"The World's Soccer Wasteland". I realise I'm being so negative, but I am irate about this, I used to scream at the TV, when TSN used the reduced sreen technique, having a small ad and muting the match broadcast. Soccer is shown properly around the world, why does Canada have to screw it up?
Well, let me suggest. Come to the U.S., where the 07:00 a.m. PT game on SportsNet costs $19.99 on PPV in our country. By paying $19.99 per game, you don't have commercial stoppages. Deal? Or you can choose to live in England, where you don't even see the game.
elricko thats how most soccer games are presented in the world countries with a small add that mutes the sound
You need to get a PVR. Hit the 30sec skip button immediately and you are back to the game where you left it While I agree it is a pain at least they do it during a stoppage in play. I remember the 1990 World Cup when ESPN/ABC went too a 2 minute comercial several times during the game. We missed so many goal that year
My memory is poor but for some reason I remember games being on a station other than ESPN/ABC. For some reason I keep thinking TNT but I am not even sure they were around in 1990. Does anyone remember if there were games played on stations other than ESPN/ABC for the 1990 WC? Andy
With Direct TV, we have an option to get International channels in Spanish. Do you happen to know if TVE International from Spain, TV Chile, or Ecuavisa Ecuador have access to play European Soccer games?
The only games TVE Int. covers are Espana's home games and the Segunda Liga. TV Chile covers the Chilean national league, and sometimes Chile's games, like World Cup quals in delay. Don't know about Ecuavisa.
The smart soccer fans went to Univision to watch the 1990 World Cup with Andres Cantor and the late Norberto Longo commenting on ALL the matches.
So what do you guys recommend? I have Direct TV. Should I switch to Dish if I want to see La Liga and Serie A?
don't do anything yet. it;s rumored that GolTV will be on DirecTV in the next 2 months. stick around and see if it happens. keep an eye on channel 614 (if you have the sports pack which contains fox sports world. if you don't have that pack, get it!) source: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=155198