The European Championship - UEFA Euro 2012 is arguably one of the biggest and toughest national team soccer tournaments in the world. The event occurs every four years alternating on even numbered years with the FIFA World Cup. This year, the massive event will take place in Poland and Ukraine who will co-host the event. Euro 2012 kicks off on June 8th and runs until July 1st.
In the United States the Television rights have been awarded to ESPN. ESPN will show every match LIVE in both English and Spanish on their family of television sports channels. Specifically, the Spanish Language broadcasts will air on ESPN Deportes. The english language broadcasts will air on ESPN AND ESPN2.
In all, ESPN family of channels will combine to televise over 200 hours of live exclusive coverage of the UEFA EURO 2012. All the 31 matches will be available live and in high definition on US television. In addition, ESPN will offer additional coverage US viewers and listeners on the other ESPN multip-platform channels: ESPN3, WatchESPN, ESPN Deportes Radio and ESPN Mobile TV.
Euro 2012 online in the USA
ESPN will offer all 31 matches live on it's broaband channel ESPN3 in both English and Spanish. Subscribers will be able to view all matches on-demand and in replay. ESPN will offer soccer subscribers of Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS TV access to all matches on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3 via WatchESPN. Access will be available on tablets via the WatchESPN app.
Euro 2012 in Spanish in the USA
ESPN will offer live coverage of all 31 EURO 2012 matches on its all Spanish sports channel ESPN Deportes. In addition to live matches, ESPN will offer extensive analysis and summary programming such as a 30-minute pregame show, half-time program; a 30-minute program aired in-between matches; as well as a one-hour postgame. ESPN Deportes SportsCenter will report on the days action at 6 p.m., as well as other soccer programs like Juego Cruzado at 7 p.m. and Cronometro at 7:30 p.m.
ESPN's new channel ESPN Deportes On Demand will provide a highlight of every match, as well as full matches from Portugal and Spain.
For a listing the EURO 2012 TV schedules on US Television channels please see below.
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