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>Hi there,

>SoccerTV informs me that the Barcelona-Real Madrid match won't
>be shown live in the U.S. this time, because of the match time
>being moved to accomodate Spanish pay-per-view.

>It then tells me that:

>} Note that espn2 generally airs one of the two Spanish League telecasts
>} shown over the weekend on ESPN Latin America, under an agreement with
>} DirecTV/Galaxy Latin America which has overall control of the rights
>} in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

>Does anyone know what this means in a practical sense?  Does it mean that
>there's a chance that ESPN Latin America will show the match live?  If so,
>is that something that U.S. satellite receivers (e.g. in a bar) can be
>expected to be able to pick up?

>Confused and ignorant,

> >Hi there,

> >SoccerTV informs me that the Barcelona-Real Madrid match won't
> >be shown live in the U.S. this time, because of the match time
> >being moved to accomodate Spanish pay-per-view.

> >It then tells me that:

> >} Note that espn2 generally airs one of the two Spanish League telecasts
> >} shown over the weekend on ESPN Latin America, under an agreement with
> >} DirecTV/Galaxy Latin America which has overall control of the rights
> >} in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

> >Does anyone know what this means in a practical sense?  Does it mean that
> >there's a chance that ESPN Latin America will show the match live?  If so,
> >is that something that U.S. satellite receivers (e.g. in a bar) can be
> >expected to be able to pick up?

> >Confused and ignorant,

> The real question is whether the game will be picked as the "Game of the
> Week" from the Spanish Liga." Most past "big games" have been selected for
> Monday's replay so I'd think this match certainly would - two big name teams
> should draw a larger audience than normal. I would also advise to keep
> checking with soccertv and usually Oliver will post the match if he finds
> out early enough.
> O.C.