Fox Soccer Channel Makes a Move on DirecTV

FSC relocates to DirecTV Channel 619 starting June 18, 2008

Fox Soccer Channel will shift to Channel 619 for DirecTV subscribers starting Wednesday, June 18. Viewers will notice a crawl, which began June 11, that serves as a reminder of the channel’s switch-over from its current position on Channel 613.

Stay tuned to Fox Soccer Channel on DirecTV’s Channel 619 for your favorite match-ups, feature programs and soccer news from around the world.

Upcoming live match telecasts include:
Friday, June 13 @ 8:00 p.m. ET

USL Friday Night Football – Rochester Raging Rhinos vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

Saturday, June 14 @ 9:30 p.m. ET

MLS Saturday on FSC – San Jose Earthquakes vs. Los Angeles Galaxy

Friday, June 20 @ 8:00 p.m. ET

USL Friday Night Football – Charleston Battery vs. Minnesota Thunder

Saturday, June 21 @ 7:00 p.m. ET

MLS Saturday on FSC – New York Red Bulls vs. FC Dallas

Sunday, June 22 @ 3:00 p.m. ET – Argentine Soccer
Colon de Santa Fe vs. Racing

About Fox Soccer Channel

Fox Soccer Channel offers the most comprehensive coverage of world-class soccer available in the United States, including Major League Soccer, England’s Barclays Premier League, Italy’s Serie A and the Argentine First Division as well as global tournaments such as the UEFA Cup, UEFA Women’s Championship, English FA Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, CONCACAF Champions League™ and FA Community Shield. The Official Broadcast Partner of the United States Youth Soccer Association, Fox Soccer Channel also televises the United Soccer Leagues, Major Indoor Soccer League and NCAA Division I college soccer matches. The channel reaches more than 32 million cable and satellite households in the U.S. and Caribbean.

Fox Soccer Channel is one of 28 national and regional programming networks within Fox Networks Group, an operating unit of the News Corporation (NYSE:NWS). These broadcast, cable, satellite and telephony delivered networks reach more than half a billion U.S. television homes, and represent one of the media industry’s most diverse collections of programming operations. Fox Networks Group consists of FOX Sports, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Cable Networks and Fox Networks Engineering & Operations. For more information, visit America’s most visited online soccer destination at foxsoccer.com.

Contacts

mPRm Public Relations
Chelsea Hettrick, 323-933-3399 x4261
chettrick {at} mPRm(.)com
or
Fox Soccer Channel
Ben Alkaly, 310-444-8642
ben.alkaly {at} fox(.)com