Does anyone know where you can catch all the games in the World Cup? It's easy to find the schedule of each game, but very difficult to find out where you can watch the game.
Go England!!!
Go England!!!
World Cup - what channels will show the matches???
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Inspector Jihad
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I read 34 billion in a newspaper... compared to about 20 billion for the Olympics. Wonder what it was for the Superbowl?
and the more important question....where can we buy the online streaming? I haven't found any website provides it yet.
Originally posted by: hdeck
espn, espn2, abc
all at 2 in the morning
It's during the day this time, in the US anyway.
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ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC Sports, in conjunction with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), will present live coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Friday, June 9 through Sunday, July 9 from Germany.
ESPN2 and ESPN will combine to present 52 matches - 31 on ESPN2 and 21 on ESPN. ABC Sports will broadcast 12 matches including the title match Sunday, July 9 at 1:30 p.m. ET from Berlin's Olympiastadion (preceded by a 30-minute pre-game show at 1 p.m.).
ALL MATCHES IN HD
For the first time, all 64 FIFA World Cup matches will be available in high definition on ESPN HD, ABC HD and ESPN2 HD. The high definition telecasts will be offered as a simulcast of ESPN, ABC Sports and ESPN2's World Cup coverage.
In addition, the high definition services will feature the studio programs including the pre-match, halftime and post-match shows.
WORLD CUP LIVE
During the World Cup, ESPN and ESPN2 will present World Cup Live - the daily news, highlights and analysis studio show for the quadrennial event. Stand-alone editions of World Cup Live (32 episodes) will be aired on ESPN and ESPN2 generally between 12 midnight and 2 a.m. ET (9 - 11 p.m. PT) as part of ESPN's "Trifecta" block of programming. The late night shows - 29 on ESPN and three on ESPN2 - will include news updates as well as reviews and previews of World Cup action from Germany.
Additionally, ESPN2 will air 12 live editions of World Cup Live between matches on select days, June 9 through June19.
UNINTERRUPTED COVERAGE
To ensure uninterrupted coverage of the matches, the networks will not air commercials during the two 45-minute halves, similar to the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups and the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cups. Commercials will be aired during the pre-match, halftime and post-match segments. Additionally, the telecasts will feature the continuous score and clock ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC Sports first introduced on American television during the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
ESPN2 and ESPN will combine to present 52 matches - 31 on ESPN2 and 21 on ESPN. ABC Sports will broadcast 12 matches including the title match Sunday, July 9 at 1:30 p.m. ET from Berlin's Olympiastadion (preceded by a 30-minute pre-game show at 1 p.m.).
ALL MATCHES IN HD
For the first time, all 64 FIFA World Cup matches will be available in high definition on ESPN HD, ABC HD and ESPN2 HD. The high definition telecasts will be offered as a simulcast of ESPN, ABC Sports and ESPN2's World Cup coverage.
In addition, the high definition services will feature the studio programs including the pre-match, halftime and post-match shows.
WORLD CUP LIVE
During the World Cup, ESPN and ESPN2 will present World Cup Live - the daily news, highlights and analysis studio show for the quadrennial event. Stand-alone editions of World Cup Live (32 episodes) will be aired on ESPN and ESPN2 generally between 12 midnight and 2 a.m. ET (9 - 11 p.m. PT) as part of ESPN's "Trifecta" block of programming. The late night shows - 29 on ESPN and three on ESPN2 - will include news updates as well as reviews and previews of World Cup action from Germany.
Additionally, ESPN2 will air 12 live editions of World Cup Live between matches on select days, June 9 through June19.
UNINTERRUPTED COVERAGE
To ensure uninterrupted coverage of the matches, the networks will not air commercials during the two 45-minute halves, similar to the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups and the 1999 and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cups. Commercials will be aired during the pre-match, halftime and post-match segments. Additionally, the telecasts will feature the continuous score and clock ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC Sports first introduced on American television during the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Originally posted by: rtb21
That's pretty impressive considering it's about 4 times the population of the world.
:Q
I believe it's the sum of all the games....
SPTimes.com - article from the 2002 World Cup
One-third of the Earth follows soccer. An estimated 36-billion people will watch the World Cup's 64 games, or everyone in the world nearly six times over. The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, by comparison, drew 19.6-billion viewers.
Business Week - April 2006
The World Cup's global TV and Web audience is bigger than the Olympics' or the Super Bowl's -- 28 billion in-home viewers worldwide.
FifaWorldCup.com - article on IT solution
With three million spectators in the 12 stadiums, and more than 30 billion television viewers expected to follow the competition, FIFA has become one of the world's heaviest IT network users and is placing non-stop demands on critical systems, from accreditation and security to logistics and match results.
In any case, it was a response to one of the posts above asking who will actually watch this. Sigh... I've learned that it's pretty pointless trying to educate someone about soccer / football. You either love it, or you don't. And no one really cares if you don't. All this bickering about whether the most popular sport in the world is respectable or not is just ridiculous.... Only in America will a debate like this happen. Almost anywhere else in the world, this time every 4 years people get together to watch the greatest players in the world play for their country and try to win the World Cup. There is usually a great sense of unity and competition, instead of trying to make fun of those of love the sport. This probably doesn't make any sense to some of you.
Thanks for letting me know what channels I can catch the games on!! This really made my day. I thought I wouldn't be able to watch them without pay per view.
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Originally posted by: ETan
Originally posted by: rtb21
That's pretty impressive considering it's about 4 times the population of the world.
:Q
I believe it's the sum of all the games....
SPTimes.com - article from the 2002 World Cup
One-third of the Earth follows soccer. An estimated 36-billion people will watch the World Cup's 64 games, or everyone in the world nearly six times over. The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, by comparison, drew 19.6-billion viewers.
Business Week - April 2006
The World Cup's global TV and Web audience is bigger than the Olympics' or the Super Bowl's -- 28 billion in-home viewers worldwide.
FifaWorldCup.com - article on IT solution
With three million spectators in the 12 stadiums, and more than 30 billion television viewers expected to follow the competition, FIFA has become one of the world's heaviest IT network users and is placing non-stop demands on critical systems, from accreditation and security to logistics and match results.
In any case, it was a response to one of the posts above asking who will actually watch this. Sigh... I've learned that it's pretty pointless trying to educate someone about soccer / football. You either love it, or you don't. And no one really cares if you don't. All this bickering about whether the most popular sport in the world is respectable or not is just ridiculous.... Only in America will a debate like this happen. Almost anywhere else in the world, this time every 4 years people get together to watch the greatest players in the world play for their country and try to win the World Cup. There is usually a great sense of unity and competition, instead of trying to make fun of those of love the sport. This probably doesn't make any sense to some of you.
Thanks for letting me know what channels I can catch the games on!! This really made my day. I thought I wouldn't be able to watch them without pay per view.
There is only a little over 6 billion people on earth, so what other planets are watching?
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