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Q: Spanish soccer in Vancouver, BC, Canada ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   2 Comments )
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Subject: Spanish soccer in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Category: Sports and Recreation > Team Sports
Asked by: senden-ga
List Price: $50.00
Posted: 06 Nov 2005 20:31 PST
Expires: 06 Dec 2005 20:31 PST
Question ID: 589958
How or where can i watch "Live" (or repeat broadcasts if live not
possible) LPF (La Liga) Spanish league soccer games from Downtown,
Vancouver, BC Canada? If no bars show the games is it possible to buy
a satellite dish that will enable me to watch from home? Is there a
package available to watch all the games? Specifically for the
Barcelona games.
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Subject: Re: Spanish soccer in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Answered By: politicalguru-ga on 12 Nov 2005 02:00 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Dear Senden, 

The bad news are, that I haven't found any pub or sports bar that
shows the Spanish league regularly and live. The good news are, that
it is available on cable TV.

Live broadcast of the Spanish La Lega is available - since November
1st - on Gol TV Canada. This channel is available on Rogers Digital
Cable, channel 428.

Gol TV Canada 
http://www.goltvcanada.com/

Rogers Digital Cable
<http://www.shoprogers.com/store/cable/ptv/default_main.asp?shopperID=JEH80N29HCHA8M6W5XWBWHK96RAL9HFD&badge=true>

More details about Gol-TV
<http://www.lyngsat-address.com/gk/Gol-TV-CA.html> 

The site Soccer TV provides you with the available matches in Canada and the US. 

Soccer TV - Spain
<http://www.soccertv.com/spain.cfm> 

As you can see there, Gol TV provides live La Liga matches, while FOX
Sports World Canada, TSN, RDS show mostly UEFA cup matches.

Barcelona FC has what they call "Premium Zone", where you can get
content. However, unfortunately, this doesn't include live broadcast
of matches, and quite honestly, I don't think it is worth the fee
they're asking for it.
FCB Premium
<http://fcbpremium.terra.es/noreg/> 

In addition, games that will be available on Eurosport, are also
available in Canada. You can see a list of pubs broadcasting Eurosport
(one of them a Latino pub, which means it is more likely to show the
Spanish league) here:
EuroSport - Eurosport Authorised Locations in British Columbia 
<http://www.euro-sport.ca/location.php?province=British+Columbia> 

Additional sources: 

Live Soccer TV
<http://www.livesoccertv.com/soccer-channels.php> - lists other
channels that broadcast soccer, with the chance that they have
something.

L.J.'s Live Football on TV - Spanish league
<http://knplogic.com/sport/FT_ES.html> - a listing of matches
available on satellite. Unfortunately, most channels are not available
in Canada, but it is worth a shot.

You can see a discussion on the subject of Gol TV availability on
other satellite/cable providers here:
Canadian Soccer - Rogers to carry Gol TV Canada 
<http://www.canadian-soccer.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8127> 

I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any
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Subject: Re: Spanish soccer in Vancouver, BC, Canada
From: bret76-ga on 05 Dec 2005 19:12 PST
 
Hope is not too late for a Barça fan... :-D

As far as I know you cannot have the Rogers digital cable in B.C. 

However the good news are that there is a bar at 1321 Commercial Dr.
(Abruzzo capuccino bar) where you can watch almost all the games. They
have goltv (www.goltv.tv), therefore you only have to check whether
goltv broadcasts the game and then... go there and enjoy the game!!!!
Subject: Re: Spanish soccer in Vancouver, BC, Canada
From: politicalguru-ga on 20 Dec 2005 04:23 PST
 
Dear Senden, 

Thank you for the rating!

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