GOL TV

GOL TV
Launched	February, 2003
Owned by	Florida C Corp. Independently owned.
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Slogan	Tu fútbol, tu canal (Spanish for "Your football, your channel") America's first soccer channel (English)
Language	English and Spanish
Website	goltv.tv
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV	456 (SD only)
Cable
Available on select US cable systems	Check local listings for channels

This article is about the American sports network. For the similarly named and themed network in Spain, see Gol Televisión.

GOL TV is an American TV sports channel dedicated to soccer owned by GOLTV Inc., based in North Bay Village, Florida. The network broadcasts selected soccer matches of the German Bundesliga and the Argentine and Brazilian leagues. GOL TV is totally bilingual: all programs are broadcast in both English and Spanish. In some areas subscribers receive both audio feeds and can choose which one to hear using the Secondary audio program (SAP) feature on their television receivers.

Ownership

Gol TV is a C Corporation of Florida, USA. As of 2012 Enzo Francescoli was its CEO and managing director.

GOL TV logo from 2003

Programming

UEFA

• German Bundesliga - Contract runs through 2014-2015 season. GOL TV will air all 5 matches each weekend that are fully produced in English by DFL Sports Enterprises for international distribution.

CONMEBOL

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and São Paulo Championship - Contract with Globo TV Sports will run through December 2015. GOLTV will broadcast up to 2 matches from each round.

• Primera División Argentina - the clásico del domingo each Sunday usually involving either Boca Juniors or River Plate will air on GOLTV through June 2014. (Other league matches will remain on TyC Sports USA.) Contract does NOT cover Copa Argentina or Torneos de Verano. A separate agreement covers Argentine national team friendly matches through 2014.

• Primera División Uruguaya - Limited coverage of matches involving Nacional and Penarol

CONCACAF

• Copa Centroamericana - qualifying tournament in Central America - via an agreement with Traffic Sports USA
• Ascenso MX - two top matches per week (more than sixty per season) from Mexico's 2nd division in a deal through 2014
• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup - rights to final through 2014

Other programs

• Hallo! Bundesliga - A weekly series that provides a recap and highlights of all the games from the Bundesliga in Germany. The program airs on Mondays at 7pm and 11pm US Eastern Time.
• GOAL! Bundesliga magazine - A weekly series that focuses on the lifestyles of the stars of the German Bundesliga, which airs on Thursdays at 7pm and 10:30pm US Eastern Time.
• Tu Fútbol - A weekly series that provides a recap and highlights of league matches from Argentina. The program airs on Tuesdays at 7pm and 10pm US Eastern Time.
• Foot Brazil - A weekly series that provides a recap and highlights of all the games from the São Paulo State Championship and the Brasileirão Serie A, as well as interviews with the biggest stars of Brazilian soccer. It airs on Wednesdays at 7pm and 10pm US Eastern Time.

GOL TV HD

GOL TV HD is a 1080i high definition simulcast of GOL TV that launched on August 1, 2010. Time Warner Cable in New York City added it on August 27, 2010.

Competitors

Channels with similar content include:

• Fox Soccer and Fox Soccer Plus air mostly soccer but are only available in English.
• Fox Deportes
• ESPN Deportes
• Univision Deportes Network and Univision Deportes Dos
• TyC Sports USA
• beIN Sport

See also

• GolTV Canada

External links

• Gol TV Celebrates First Anniversary

External links

• Official Site
• Gol TV Canada
• Gol TV Latinoamérica