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What would you do if you were in charge of Fox Soccer Channel’s TV coverage? The dilemma is that you’re trying to establish your own brand and to build an audience with your own personnel, but soccer fans — as you’ll probably agree — are difficult people to please. We always want perfection.
A perfect example [...]

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GolTV Brings The Art of Football To U.S. TV

by The Gaffer on October 9, 2008 · 3 comments

The import business is not what it used to be. Over the years, I can’t even begin to imagine how much money I’ve spent on import records, CDs, magazines, newspapers, books and crisps from my mother country, the United Kingdom.
These days, the import business has lost its flavor. Most things Anglophile are available pretty readily [...]

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Ray Hudson Interview

by The Gaffer on September 9, 2008 · 0 comments

Former Newcastle United player Ray Hudson, one of the most colorful English language commentators around, is the guest on the latest episode of the Major League Soccer Talk Podcast.
Interviewed by Kartik Krishnaiyer, Hudson discusses what he thinks of the England team and the Premier League, which league he finds most entertaining to watch, as well [...]

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GolTV Tells Dish Network Customers To Switch

by The Gaffer on August 30, 2008 · 13 comments

DISH customers can practically kiss their chances goodbye of seeing GolTV back on their satellite provider.
The 24/7 soccer network says that it doesn’t see any compromise with DISH being reached in the near future and is recommending that DISH customers select an alternate source such as DirecTV.
On August 1st, DISH Network dumped GolTV from its [...]

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Taking my kids to a friend’s birthday party on Saturday morning, I had the sudden realization that perhaps the best place in the world to watch weekend soccer matches on TV is the United States. Well, at least the Eastern Time Zone in the U.S.
Why?

I was able to schedule my DVR to record the best [...]

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Latest Premier League News From Around The World

by The Gaffer on August 15, 2008 · 2 comments

It’s Friday, so if you’re in the mood for I’d-rather-be-reading-than-working, here are several very revealing Premier League-related articles from around the world. Enjoy.

“Credit Crunch Makes Premier League Clubs Feel The Squeeze” (The Telegraph). Read how the Credit Crunch, which started in the U.S., is having a major impact on Premier League clubs this summer.
The Premier [...]

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GolTV Removed From DISH Network

by The Gaffer on August 2, 2008 · 95 comments

As of August 1, GolTV – the 24/7 soccer network – has been removed from DISH Network due to a contract dispute.
According to GolTV, “this occurs despite efforts to continue GolTV’s availability to Dish customers.” DISH Network, in retort, inserted this message when you hit the INFO button where GolTV’s channel used to be: “GolTV [...]

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