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Soccer Plus rolls out as premium network
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(3 March 2010 8:30 pm)
MUMBAI: Fox Soccer Plus has rolled out as
a premium network on DirecTV, Dish Network,
Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS, while
its online version, Foxsoccer.tv, has expanded
the slate of content available through its
broadband player.
Announcing
the carriage deal for the channel, Fox Cable
Networks president of affiliate sales and
marketing Mike Hopkins stated, "Fox
Soccer Plus is a dynamic new network that
will provide our distribution partners with
the ability to profitably reach an extremely
passionate subscriber base. Soccer and international
sports fans will thoroughly enjoy the diverse
and compelling lineup of live events."
Meanwhile,
the online complement to Fox Soccer Channel
and Fox Soccer Plus, Foxsoccer.tv, will expand
its premium broadband video offering to feature
a variety of live and on demand soccer competitions
from the Barclays Premier League, Uefa Champions
League, Italy's Serie A, FA Cup, Carling Cup,
Coca-Cola Championship, the England Men's
National Team and the Argentine First Division.
It will also deliver rugby's Guinness Premiership,
Heineken Cup and Magners League.
