Baseball Fans on Virgin Media

[Goofyish]

Just been annouces that the new ESPN channel will be free to Virgin Media XL TV customer and it will be in HD as well!

That means I will get to see free baseball again

Will also get Premier League football in HD too as well as other American sports.

 

[gemmybear83]

Thanks for that - brilliant news. Held off cancelling our XL package as DF hoped Setanta would be replaced by ESPN

 

[tennisfan]

I get free ESPN at the moment with Sky but they will be switching back to a paying channel when they launch the channel for football

I'm gutted that Channel 5 dropped all US sports

 

[BoingBoingBaggie]

Great news as far as I am concerned. I am going to enjoy watching the odd baseball game again (although I doubt that DW will enjoy it as much).

I was hoping that Setanta Sports would be replaced by this for Virgin customers. I would have had to hate going back to Sky again - actually I would just have gone without.

GO CUBS!!!

 

[BoingBoingBaggie]

Just been browsing the ESPN uk site and found this list of sports that they will be showing.

Live Barclays Premier League Watch 46 live and exclusive Barclays Premier League matches throughout the season. Follow your favourite team as we bring you coverage of every club and some of the biggest games. All Barclays Premier League coverage is also available in High Definition*.
*HD content available to Sky+ HD & V+HD (Virgin) subscribers only.
Live Scottish Premier League Follow the action and drama from the Clydesdale Premier League with live and exclusive coverage of 30 games a season on ESPN. All 12 clubs will be featured. Can anyone crack the Old Firm? All Scottish Premier League coverage is also available in High Definition*.
*HD content available to Sky+ HD & V+HD (Virgin) subscribers only.
Live German Bundesliga Enjoy live coverage from the German Bundesliga, with up to five live matches per week. Plus keep up-to-date with the latest from around the league with weekly preview and highlight programmes.
You will be able to see some of the world’s most exciting players in action including Italian World Cup medal winner Luca Toni, French star Franck Ribery, Brazilian midfielder Ze Roberto, as well as world renowned German talent such as Bastian Schweinsteiger, Philipp Lahm and Lukas Podolski.
Last season saw Wolfsburg win their first ever title after a thrilling chase but there’ll be plenty of challengers to their crown, not least Bayern Munich, who have retained the services of France star Franck Ribery as they seek to reclaim top spot they believe is rightfully theirs.
A selection of the German Bundesliga matches will be available in High Definition*.
*HD content available to Sky+ HD & V+HD (Virgin) subscribers only.
Live Dutch Eredivisie Follow live coverage from the Dutch Eredivisie featuring up to two live matches per week.
Dutch football’s Eredivisie enters a watershed season as AZ Alkmaar attempt to defend the league title they won in 2008-9. Traditional giants Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord have much to prove after a season in which Steve McClaren led FC Twente to second spot. Expect the empires to strike back.
*HD content available to Sky+ HD & V+HD (Virgin) subscribers only.
Live Portuguese Liga A hot-bed of talent, the Portuguese Liga has provided the rest of Europe with many a star name down the years. FC Porto are seeking their fifth title in a row but will face strong challenges from both Sporting Lisbon and Benfica. See if you can spot the stars of tomorrow.
*HD content available to Sky+ HD & V+HD (Virgin) subscribers only.
Live Russian Premier League Follow live coverage from the Russian Premier League featuring with up to two live matches per week.
Russian football is on the rise. Zenit St Petersburg were UEFA Cup winners in 2008 and followed CSKA’s winning of the same trophy in 2005. However, neither are current champions and nor were any of the Moscow clubs. Unheralded Rubin Kazan were surprise winners in 2008. Can they defend their title? With the Russian national team also asserting itself, here is your chance to catch one of Europe’s rising forces.
*HD content available to Sky+ HD & V+HD (Virgin) subscribers only.
Live Major League Soccer (MLS) Watch the remainder of the current MLS season, which will include regular season matches featuring ten LA Galaxy games as well as at least five playoffs and the MLS Cup championship game.
*HD content available to Sky+ HD & V+HD (Virgin) subscribers only.
Ultimate Fighting Championship Watch live and exclusive UFC action from around the World featuring the most anticipated dates in any fight fans’ diary – the UFC Events. Plus watch a whole host of programming including UFC Countdown, UFC Fight Nights, The Ultimate Fighter Series, UFC All Access and UFC Unleashed.
UFC features the world’s elite fighters and is the fastest growing sports organisation in the world. UFC athletes compete in the world-famous Octagon across five weight divisions and use a mixture of martial arts including boxing, kickboxing, Olympic wrestling, karate, Brazilian jiu-jitsu among many others.
Live Top 14 Orange (French Rugby Championship) Watch live matches every week including highlights from the French Rugby Top 14, one of the best leagues in the world featuring some of the top European rugby union clubs.
The French league has always attracted the finest players from around the globe and this season is no exception with England’s World Cup winning hero, Jonny Wilkinson, making his debut for Toulon.
Live DTM – Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (German Touring Cars) Enjoy live and exclusive high-octane DTM action of every race weekend from the German Touring Car Masters series, including the remaining five races of the 2009 season.
DTM is seen as the premier touring car racing series in Europe and features former formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher as well as British drivers Paul Di Resta, Jamie Green, Susie Stoddart, Oliver Jarvis, Katherine Legge and 2005 DTM drivers’ champion Gary Paffett.
Live Australian Football League (AFL) Live and exclusive coverage of up to 3 matches a week plus highlights from the AFL including the 4-week finals series culminating with the Grand Final.
Plus we’ll bring you the remainder of the 2009 season.
The AFL is one of Australia’s most popular sports and its competition is the second most attended sporting competition in the world.
Live EuroBasket 2009 (European Basketball Championships) Watch Eurobasket 2009, featuring 16 of the best teams in Europe including Great Britain and takes place in Poland from 7th – 20th September and we’ll bring you all the action from this year’s championship.
Great Britain enters the championship for the first time since 1981 and features NBA stars Luol Deng and Ben Gordon.
Live US Sports American sports fans can watch unrivalled live and exclusive coverage of the best sporting action from North America. Enjoy authentic season-long coverage from the best leagues including Major League Baseball (MLB), National Hockey League (NHL) and NCAA College Football and NCAA College Basketball.


I have got to say that I am most excited about the MLB, NHL, UFC and DTM along with the English Premiership. Hopefully their football coverage will be better than Setanta's coverage.

Looking forward to August 3rd.

 

[natalielongstaff]

ive been hiding this thread from dh since Tim sarted it, ive just confessed though !

 

[Hathaway Browne]

ESPN America is staying (just moving channels now)

We are pleased to announce that ESPN America will continue to broadcast in the UK. Therefore, you can continue to watch and enjoy the unrivalled live coverage and sports action from North America 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on ESPN America.

ESPN America will be available in the UK via both Sky and Virgin Media along with our other sports channels – ESPN (from 3rd August) and ESPN Classic.

http://www.espnamerica.com/portal/systemcontent/howtoget::uk