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WHATS ON The Channel focuses on Soccer throughout the world. Among the matches it televises are. England
Argentina One match every week from the Primera División , plus a weekly highlights show. The match is usually aired on a same-day tape delay; however, some matches are broadcast live, notably the country's biggest rivalry game, the '' Superclásico '' between Boca Juniors and River Plate . France At least one live Ligue 1 match weekly, plus a weekly highlights show. Germany At least one delayed Bundesliga match weekly, plus a weekly highlights show. Italy One live Serie A match weekly, plus ''Milan Magazine'', a weekly newsmagazine featuring AC Milan . Japan A weekly highlights package from the J. League . Australia A weekly highlights package from the A-League . United States
In April 2006 , FSC quietly inserted a statement to their programming page that they had no plans to air MLS matches in 2006. Other Events
SKY SPORTS NEWS 1 HOUR FSC picks up the feed from its corporate cousin, Sky Sports News in the United Kingdom , Delayed frm the 11pm GMT one hour nightly, and reruns the feed twice during the following 23 hours. This arrangement dates back to its days as Fox Sports World. FOX SPORTS WORLD REPORT FSC will also continue to air the ''Fox Sports World Report'', a nightly international sports recap produced by Fox Sports World Canada , a Canadian international sports network in which News Corporation holds a minority interest along with Canwest Global Systems (parent of Global Television Network). NEED TO KNOW Most of FSC's coverage that originates outside the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America, Caribbean) consists of picking up international broadcast feeds to which FSC has U.S. broadcast rights. All of FSC's South American coverage, including the Argentine highlights show, is overdubbed in English by FSC announcers, as is most game coverage from Continental Europe. The English coverage, and other highlight shows, generally come to FSC in English, although some shows from non-English-speaking countries (notably the French highlights show) are overdubbed by the shows' producers and not by FSC. A notable exception is ''Milan Magazine'', which employs a combination of dubbing and subtitles. The network's soccer coverage is not limited to game play; FSC airs '' Dream Team '', a British Soap Opera that airs in the UK on FSC's corporate cousin Sky One and focuses on a fictional Premiership team (although several seasons behind Sky One). The channel also televises a live soccer talk show, Fox Football Friday , featuring viewer calls and predictions for that weekend's Premier League matches. In 2006, Fox Soccer Channel announced that they had dropped coverage of other sports other then soccer. Amongst the leagues dropped, was the Super 14 Rugby Union , the Australian Football League , (the Aussie Rules football league), and the Australian National Rugby League . The Super 14 and the Australian Football League games now reside on fellow niche-sport network, Setanta Sports . Fox Sports World filled out its schedule with an eclectic mix of programming; among the sports featured (either in anthology form or actual events) were Motorsports , Cricket , Pool , Darts , and Extreme Sports . FSC still airs an occasional sports anthology program. However, FSC has not yet filled out its day with sports programming; the morning hours are usually the province of Infomercial s as well as the random half hour in between games on some days. Since it's relaunch as FSC, the channel has had various well-known people in and out of the soccer world do promos. The first of these aired on the Fox network pregame show for , Jon Stewart , Simon LeBon and Andy Taylor of Duran Duran , several members of the U.S. national team, Andrew Fletcher and Martin Gore of Depeche Mode , and even Paris Hilton . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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