Charter Communications to Offer Free Three-Day Preview of Fox Soccer Channel Starting Friday, August 24.Weekend Preview will Feature Exclusive Match Coverage of the Barclays Premier League and Serie A LOS ANGELES -- Charter Communications will offer its subscribers a free preview of Fox Soccer Channel Fox Soccer Channel is a United States digital cable network, owned by News Corporation, that specializes in soccer. The channel took its current name on February 7, 2005; before then, the network was known as Fox Sports World, Launched Nov. 1, 1997. (Channel 207) from Friday, August 24 through Sunday, August 26. As part of the preview, soccer fans will gain free access to Fox Soccer Channel's signature live programming, including match coverage from Week Three of the 2007/08 Barclays Premier League season highlighted by defending champion Manchester United vs. Tottenham on Sunday, August 25 at 10:00 a.m. CT. This weekend also marks the debut of FSC's exclusive coverage of Italy's Serie A, with Juventus vs. Livorno opening the four-match slate on Saturday, August 25 at 1:30 p.m. CT. Viewers will also have the opportunity to enjoy FSC's two new live studio shows that preview and recap all the weekend's action - Fox Soccer Match Day on Saturday, August 25 at 8:30 a.m. CT and Super Sunday + on Sunday, August 26 at 12:00 p.m. CT. Meanwhile MLS Saturday on FSC FSC See: Foreign Sales Corporation - the first and only live, on-site three-hour block of Major League Soccer programming - will on August 25 feature first-year franchise Toronto FC hosting perennial power D.C. United at 6:00 p.m. CT. Soccer is the world's game, and the fastest growing sport in America. Fox Soccer Channel is the leading broadcaster of U.S. and international soccer, including England's Barclays Premier League, Italy's Serie A, Major League Soccer, Argentine soccer and Mexican soccer. The channel also features exclusive broadcasts of top global soccer tournaments, including the FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f Club World Cup, UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. Cup, English FA Cup, CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Champions' Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In addition, FSC airs original programming such as the nightly Fox Soccer Report and David Beckham's Soccer USA on Wednesday nights. To order Fox Soccer Channel or receive more information about the free preview, please visit www.charter.com or call 1-888-438-2427. [TABLE OMITTED] About Fox Soccer Channel Fox Soccer Channel offers the most comprehensive coverage of world-class soccer available in the United States, including Major League Soccer, England's Barclays Premier League, Argentine First Division and Italian Serie A; as well as global tournaments such as the UEFA Cup, UEFA Women's Championship The UEFA Women's Championship, held every fourth year, is the main competition in women's football (soccer) between national teams of the UEFA Confederation. The competition is the women's equivalent of the UEFA European Championship, and is sometimes called the Women's Euro , English FA Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, CONCACAF Champions' Cup, and FA Community Shield
abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college soccer matches. The channel reaches more than 30 million cable and satellite households in the U.S. and Caribbean. Fox Soccer Channel is one of 28 national and regional programming networks within Fox Networks Group, an operating unit of the News Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NWS). These broadcast, cable, satellite and telephony delivered networks reach more than half a billion U.S. television homes, and represent one of the media industry's most diverse collections of programming operations. Fox Networks Group consists of FOX Sports, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Cable Networks and Fox Networks Engineering & Operations. For more information, visit America's most visited online soccer destination at foxsoccer.com. |
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