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reply to rej4sl

Re: beIN Sport USA

From Comcast,
Tentative Launch Schedule

The Spanish SD Version of beIN Sports will be added to MultiLatino and Sports Entertainment Package (SEP) channel lineups on the following dates:

September 5 - Heartland [Region] begins rollout (due to a system upgrade, parts of Indiana will not launch until September 12) and New England

September 6 - Beltway [Region], Freedom [Region], Atlanta, Charleston, Chicago, Nashville, Savanna, South Florida, Southwest Florida, California, Denver, Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Tucson, Twin Cities

September 12 - Indiana areas: Columbus, Connersville, Crawfordsville, Indianapolis, Lawrenceburg, Muncie, Rushville, Seymour and Shelbyville

So only Spanish and SD version for now. Thats comcast for you!

reply to usry723
Where's the BeIN Sports 2 channel list?

Olathe/MO are missing from that list so is Orlando when other parts of Florida are on it. Orlando and Olathe/MO need their own Regions and Headends.

reply to telcodad
My God - that is ridiculous. The Spanish channel isn't carrying the USMNT.
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"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"

Well - it's official.

I am baffled by this decision.

Let's make a big PR splash that you're carrying the network, then, rush to add the channel - but then only the SD version - AND most importantly of all - add the Spanish version of the station that won't even be showing the USMNT qualifying match live, but we'll throw out there that we're rushing to add it before the qualifiers.

(smacks head)

Here is the latest update from Comcast that was just posted to the "PLEASE ADD BEIN SPORT USA" thread in the Comcast Help and Support Forum (»forums.comcast.com/t5/Channels-a···5#M25286 ):

edited 09-04-2012 03:09 PM

Thanks for your continued patience.

As stated earlier:

Comcast has signed a deal with beIN SPORT and we will soon be able to offer more European soccer to XFINITY customers. We will be launching the Spanish feed to both MultiLatino and Sports Entertainment packages in the majority of our areas coming early in September. The English-language version will be added to select lineups at a later date.

We regularly examine our channel lineups and talk with a wide range of programmers to ensure that we are bringing the content and programming that our customers want the most.

Just as a general update:

The Spanish standard definition version of beIN Sports is expected to be added to MultiLatino and Sports Entertainment Package channel lineups on the following dates and in the following general locations:

Starting September 5: New England area, Kentucky, Michigan

Starting September 6: Philadelphia area, NJ, DE, MD, Washington, DC area, Atlanta, Charleston, Chicago, Nashville, Savannah, South Florida, Southwest Florida, California, Denver, Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Tucson, Twin Cities (MN)

Starting September 7: West, NE and Central PA, western WV, OH

Starting September 12: Indiana (Columbus, Connersville, Crawfordsville, Indianapolis, Lawrenceburg, Muncie, Rushville, Seymour and Shelbyville)

The above schedule is tentative and is subject to change. Additional locations may be announced at a later date. Some channel numbers below:

California, channel 651
Oregon, channel 643
Twin Cities, channel 604
Washington, channel 785

Coverage of the USA/Jamaica World Cup Qualifier game on Friday is not scheduled to be available live on the Spanish-language version of beIN that Comcast is scheduled to launch starting this week.

Below is the World Cup Qualifying lineup for Friday, September 7 into Saturday, September 8 that is scheduled on beIN Sport en Espanol. (Times listed are ET)

4:30pm LIVE Columbia vs. Uruguay
7:00pm LIVE Argentina vs. Paraguay
9:15pm LIVE Peru vs. Venezuela

11:30pm Delay: Jamaica vs. USA
1:30am Delay: Ecuador vs. Bolivia
3:30am Delay: Cuba vs. Honduras

I don't for the life of me understand why they are launching the Spanish version first.
The USMNT games are on BeIN 1 USA not BeIN Spanish. It does not make sense.
I have asked them many times and just get the reply that BeIN Spanish is launching now and English later.

There does not seem to be any sane reason.

reply to usry723
So Orlando and Olathe/MO at a later date or will be added without telling us.

Latest explanation for why Spanish - with Comcast feedback:

»www.philly.com/philly/blogs/theg···tter.com
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"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"

reply to usry723
It's a wait and see for all Comcast.

Channel 583 in DE

reply to usry723

Re: beIN Sport USA

My TIVO just added BEIN2 to channel 583 on the Garden State, NJ system. Not activated by comcast yet.

Live in DE on 583 (217 MHz)

PQ isn't terrible for SD, however I can't understand a word they were saying.

reply to usry723
Channel is live in Philly Area 4 on channel 583 (141Mhz for those keeping track).

reply to JeepMatt
Not on here in Augusta. Which isn't surprising. They don't consider us a big market apparently. We have have 2 horse racing channels and 2 hunting/fishing channels but not the channel that shows USA World Cup qualifiers.

reply to JeepMatt

BIG NEWS

reply to usry723

Re: beIN Sport USA

When will theyy add usa?

While we won't be able to see the USMNT match live tomorrow night - the fact that you can actually listen to this version in English pretty much satisfies me for the time being.....
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"ONE team - ONE city - ONE dream!!"

reply to usry723
The thing being is BeIN 1 and BeIN2 have different schedules. Although the ability to listen to this channel in English does alleviate things a lot. As long as BeIN 1 comes soon I will cope. It just depends if BeIN win the EPL contract if they do I will be yelling for BeIN 1 in English and HD ....