FOX Sports World Launches in Los Angeles on Charter Communications; International Sports Network Presents Championship Soccer, Rugby & More.Sports/Entertainment Editors & TV/Soccer Writers LOS ANGELES--(BW SportsWire)--Feb. 22, 2000 FOX Sports World, the only 24-hour, English-language international sports network in the United States, will bring its distinct programming line-up to approximately 90,000 Charter Communications subscribers in selected areas of Los Angeles on March 1. The launch marks the network's first basic cable analog distribution of the year in the Los Angeles DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub. (2) (Document Management Alliance) A specification that provides a common interface for accessing and searching document databases. . FOX Sports World will be available on channel 56 in the Glendale/Burbank area and on channel 48 in Whittier. "Charter Communications is pleased to provide this most requested service for our customers," said Tom Belcher, General Manager of Charter Communications in Glendale. "We believe it will soon become one of our most viewed channels." "Charter Communications' subscribers can now experience the excitement of the best high-profile soccer tournaments and league play-offs, in addition to popular championship rugby all year long," said Dan Casey, Vice President and General Manager of FOX Sports World. "Our network appeals to the growing, multinational communities in the Los Angeles DMA, and we are confident many sports fans will be thrilled to hear about this announcement." FOX Sports World offers live year-round coverage of the top championship leagues including the English Premier League, the Italian Serie A, the German Bundesliga, plus tournament action from the English and Scottish FA Cups, the UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. Cup, pre-Olympic and World Cup 2002 qualifiers. In addition, the network telecasts Europe's highly acclaimed Sky Sports News Sky Sports News (SSN) is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3, and Xtra, as well as Sky Sports HD1 and HD2. and coverage of Formula One auto racing. FOX Sports World recently expanded its soccer programming line-up to include the Brazilian and Colombian leagues, plus will offer all the Asian Football Confederation tournaments such as the Asian Cup Winners Cup The Asian Cup Winners Cup was a association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. , Asian Super Cup The Asian Super Cup was an annual competition between the winners of the Asian Champions Cup and the Asian Cup Winners Cup. The competition started in 1995, but came to an end in 2002 after both major AFC tournaments were merged into the Asian Champions League. , Asian Club Championship, the Afro-Asian Nations Cup and the Asian Women's Championship soccer events. The Asian Football Confederation covers both Asian and Arabic countries. FOX Sports World is affiliated with FOX Sports International Fox Sports International is an international sports programming and production entity housed within the Fox Networks Group, one of the major operating units within Fox Entertainment Group and News Corporation. , a venture between News Corporation Ltd., Liberty Media Corporation/Tele-Communications International, Inc. (TCI (Trustworthy Computing Initiative) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its efforts to improve security in Windows. TCI was announced in 2002 after viruses such as Code Red and Nimda had succeeded in attacking numerous Windows computers. (2)). Go online with FOX Sports World at www.foxsportsworld.com |
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