ESPN Secure Live Italian Seria A Football TV Rights

ESPN yesterday secured live rights to show live Italian Serie A Football in the UK. ESPN will begin their Live Serie A coverage on Saturday August 22nd with Siena taking on AC Milan, followed by Inter Milan V Bari on Sunday 23rd August. ESPN’s Serie A coverage will be shown live on the new ESPN and ESPN HD channels.

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Sky Acquire Live FA Community Shield and Women’s FA Cup Final Rights

Sky have acquired live television rights to the FA Community Shield and Women’s FA Cup Final. Sky Sports have agreed a 3 year deal with the FA starting from the beginning of the new season. The FA Community Shield on Sunday 9th August will be broadcast live on Sky Sports 2 and HD2.

For Complete Listings of Live Football On Sky Sports, Please Visit Live-FootballOnTV.Com

ESPN and SKY Acquire SPL TV Rights

ESPN and Sky Sports have acquired the Scottish Premier League TV rights for £65 million over five years. Live coverage will commence at the start of the 2009 / 2010 season, with each broadcaster showing 30 live games a season each.

For Complete Listings of Live Scottish Football On TV, Please Visit Live-FootballOnTV.Com

Live Football On ESPN

Added today on Live-FootballOnTV.Com is a new page – Live Football On ESPN. Live Football on ESPN contains full listings of live matches on ESPN including their recently acquired Live Premier League coverage.

For Complete Listings of Live Football On TV in the UK, Please Visit Live-FootballOnTV.Com

First Live Premier League Games On TV Announced

The first Live Premier League Games on TV for the 2009/2010 were announced today. Chelsea will kick-off the season at home to Hull City on Saturday 15th August at 12:45 on Sky Sports 1 / HD1.

ESPN’s first live game after acquiring Setanta’s rights will be Arsenal V Everton also on Saturday 15th August at 17:15 on ESPN and ESPN HD.

For the complete list of Live Premier League Football On TV, please visit Live-FootballOnTV.Com

Live Championship Football On BBC TV

Last week BBC announced their first few matches from their new contract to show 10 live matches a season from the Coca Cola Championship.

BBC’s first live Championship games are as follows

Sat 8th Aug – WBA V Newcastle United – 17:30 BBC1

Sat 26th Sep – Ipswich Town V Newcastle United – 17:30 – BBC TBC

Sat 24th Oct – Derby County V QPR – BBC2 – 17:30

Sun 1st Nov – Cardiff City V Nottingham Forest – BBC 1 – 14:00

For Complete Listings of Live Football On BBC and Live Football On TV in the UK, Please Visit http://www.live-footballontv.com

ESPN wins Setanta’s Premier League TV Rights

The American organisations ESPN has won Setanta’s rights to show 46 live games from the Premier League next season. ESPN has successfully bid for Saturday Tea Time and Monday Evening matches that were due to be screened by Setanta Sports.

ESPN is likely to launch a new channel on the Sky platform to show these games, however it plans to make its coverage available via other mediums.

ESPN has also won Setanta’s rights to the remaining 23 live Premier League games to be shown from the 2010/2011 season onwards.

ESPN also plans to show all of their Premier League games live in HD.

For Complete Listings of Live Football On TV in the UK, Please Visit Live-FootballOnTV.com

Carling Cup 1st Round TV Games Announced

The 2009 Carling Cup gets underway on the 10th of August 2009. Sky has exclusive live coverage of the 1st round with the BBC showing a Semi Final and shared live coverage of the Carling Cup Final.

The matches that will be screened from the 1st Round are;

Mon 10th Aug – Darlington V Leeds United – Carling Cup 1st Round – 20:00 – Sky Sports 1 / HD1

Tue 11th Aug – Bury V West Browich Albion – Carling Cup 1st Round – 20:00 – Sky Sports 1 / HD1

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Live UEFA U21 Championship Football On TV

The 2009 UEFA U21 Championship gets underway on Monday with England look to improve on their performance in 2007 where they narrowly missed out on reaching the final when losing to Holland on penalties.

Every match of this years tournament will be shown exclusively live by Sky Sports.

For a Complete Live Schedule of the Tournament, Please Visit – Live Football On Sky Sports

Live Confederations Cup Football On TV

The 2009 Confederations Cup gets underway in South Africa tomorrow as a warm up event for next years World Cup. South Africa are present as hosts and Italy as holders of the World Cup and Winners of regional tournaments such as Spain (Euro 2008); USA (2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup); Brazil (Copa America 2007); Iraq (2007 AFC Asian Cup); Egypt (2008 African Cup of Nations) and New Zealand (2008 OFC Nations Cup) will also be vying for the title.

The BBC is presenting live coverage of the tournament on BBC3, BBC Interactive and the BBC Sport Website.

For a complete schedule of Live Conferederations Cup Football On TV please visit – Live Football On BBC

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