Miami Beach, Florida (March 7, 2013) – Over 90 million homes in the United States will soon embrace the new and vibrant channel of the FOX Sports Media Group (FSMG), FOX Sports 1. FS1 will make history on the date of its launch – Saturday, August 17, 2013 – as one of the biggest sports network launch in history. With almost 5,000 hours of original programming, live events and news on an annual basis, soccer fans in USA can look forward to a great start of the 2013/14 season.
Confirming this huge piece of news for sports lovers in the United States, FSMG Co-President and COO Eric Shanks released this statement to the press on Wednesday:
“Our ‘secret,’ admittedly a very poorly kept one, is now revealed. Fans are ready for an alternative to the establishment, and our goal for FS1 is to provide the best in-game experience possible, complemented by informative news, entertaining studio shows and provocative original programming.”
FOX Sports 1 will deliver midweek action of world football’s greatest competitions – whether it is the English FA Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, the CONCACAF Champions League, the CONCACAF Gold Cup or the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers. In addition, mega network FOX Sports 1 will offer live coverage of the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup coverage.
There will be even more in future with FS1 promising to broadcast delayed matches of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup in prime time with weekly highlights and magazine shows.
If you are a mobile sports follower, count on new channel FOX Sports GO - set to launch this summer like FOX Sports 1 - for top notch coverage. Watch live soccer in USA directly on the web, iPhones, iPads and Android devices. Live matches will be available at no additional cost to subscribers of participating satellite cable, telco providers.
Stick with LiveSoccerTV.com (@LiveSoccerTV) to get regular updates of FOX Sports 1’s live soccer listings.
