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underpants

(182,836 posts) Sat Jun 16, 2018, 12:51 PM Jun 2018

I just want to hear something in English DAMMIT!!!

So we get home from a graduation party for. I wanted to see the highlights of the Portugal - Spain game which I hear was one of the greatest games ever. Turn on ESPN....nothing. They are completely blocked out of World Cup coverage. Fox TV has the rights to it and they are keeping access exclusive. ESPN had a small clip of kids in Uruguay watching their game but they had to pixilate the TV and commented "yes we have to treat it like porn".

Our Sling package doesn't have Fox Sports on it (I thought it did) so I try the Fox Sports Go app - please contact your cable provider (which I don't have). I'll keep working on that. So I go looking and find the app with ALL ACCESS- every game....Telemundo Deportes. All coverage in Spanish. Oh well maybe I'll pick up some Spanish over the next month.

Tonight, my family is going to see Shakespeare under the stars. Romeo and Juliet.
Like I've always said, Shakespeare would be great if I could see it performed in English.

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I just want to hear something in English DAMMIT!!! (Original Post) underpants Jun 2018 OP

I spent a lot of time overseas, largely in the Middle East. My Arabic was only slightly hlthe2b Jun 2018 #1

Oh ROMEO!!! elleng Jun 2018 #2

Well if you want to look at Romeo and Juliet in a positive light... underpants Jun 2018 #13

Of COURSE they do! elleng Jun 2018 #14

West Side Story left-of-center2012 Jun 2018 #18

The World Cup is playing on my local Fox channel tammywammy Jun 2018 #3

Golf. US Open underpants Jun 2018 #9

Oh that sucks. tammywammy Jun 2018 #11

I heard that H2O Man Jun 2018 #4

Too funny underpants Jun 2018 #8

You should be able to add Fox Sports to your Sling subscription for the duration of FIFA csziggy Jun 2018 #5

Yeah I just haven't gotten around to it. underpants Jun 2018 #7

It's easy to call Sling csziggy Jun 2018 #12

Yes it is a good company. underpants Jun 2018 #16

So long as you get the content you want! nt csziggy Jun 2018 #17

I used to watch soccer in the bad old days Codeine Jun 2018 #6

I think that you can use the SAP feature on your TV to convert the Spanish to English. nt Blue_true Jun 2018 #10

Fancy tech talk underpants Jun 2018 #15

I don't know about modern TVs. But I think they still convert languages for shows. Blue_true Jun 2018 #19

hlthe2b

(102,298 posts)

1. I spent a lot of time overseas, largely in the Middle East. My Arabic was only slightly

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:01 PM

Jun 2018

less absent than my French, though I tried hard in both...

I came to appreciate and was comforted by those BBC broadcasts like you have never imagined. To this day, if I fall asleep to my local NPR channel and find BBC World comes on after midnight until the very early morning, I feel at peace. So, a British accent is just fine with me (though "Old English" remains a challenge)

elleng

(130,977 posts)

2. Oh ROMEO!!!

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:02 PM

Jun 2018

underpants

(182,836 posts)

13. Well if you want to look at Romeo and Juliet in a positive light...

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 03:12 PM

Jun 2018

It's the story of a young couple who fall in love and spend the rest of their lives together

elleng

(130,977 posts)

14. Of COURSE they do!

Reply to underpants (Reply #13)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 03:19 PM

Jun 2018

Then there's West Side Story.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

18. West Side Story

Reply to elleng (Reply #14)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 05:38 PM

Jun 2018

Street gangs dancing and singing.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)

3. The World Cup is playing on my local Fox channel

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:14 PM

Jun 2018

Do you have an antenna to get local stations?

underpants

(182,836 posts)

9. Golf. US Open

Reply to tammywammy (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:38 PM

Jun 2018

11-7:30. I checked all 4 Fox affiliated channels on the antenna.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)

11. Oh that sucks.

Reply to underpants (Reply #9)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:51 PM

Jun 2018

H2O Man

(73,559 posts)

4. I heard that

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:17 PM

Jun 2018

Donald Trump won the Portugal v Spain competition. Fox & Fiends reported it was the greatest sporting event ever.

underpants

(182,836 posts)

8. Too funny

Reply to H2O Man (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:35 PM

Jun 2018

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

5. You should be able to add Fox Sports to your Sling subscription for the duration of FIFA

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:21 PM

Jun 2018

Call Sling and ask about it. You can add it now and drop it as soon as the World Cup is over.

The channels it is on are on Sling Blue: https://www.sling.com/soccer

underpants

(182,836 posts)

7. Yeah I just haven't gotten around to it.

Reply to csziggy (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:34 PM

Jun 2018

But thanks.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

12. It's easy to call Sling

Reply to underpants (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:51 PM

Jun 2018

And the customer service guy I talked to was great.

I was calling to add MSNBC (news package is $5 extra over Sling Blue cost) but he mentioned he gets lots of people who call in to add sports packages every weekend. Then the customers will call back to turn the package off on Monday, every week. They just prorate and go from there.

I ended up dropping Sling for now. CenturyLink made a deal for the basic cable package for the same price Sling charges but I also get local channels, too. When I tried a digital antenna I can pick up the local commercial channels but not the PBS ones so it was worth it to keep paying for PrismTV in a bundle with my broadband and telephone.

Even though I am not a Sling subscriber now, I consider them a good business.

underpants

(182,836 posts)

16. Yes it is a good company.

Reply to csziggy (Reply #12)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 03:23 PM

Jun 2018

I found the Fox Now app for free. Damn I'm cheap.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

17. So long as you get the content you want! nt

Reply to underpants (Reply #16)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 03:28 PM

Jun 2018

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

6. I used to watch soccer in the bad old days

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:24 PM

Jun 2018

before it was carried on non-Spanish-language television in the US. Luckily in California we had lots of Spanish channels so I could watch, and I learned quite a bit of the language that way.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

10. I think that you can use the SAP feature on your TV to convert the Spanish to English. nt

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 01:49 PM

Jun 2018

underpants

(182,836 posts)

15. Fancy tech talk

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 03:22 PM

Jun 2018

I tried that to no avail but I did find the Fox Now app and I can watch it on there including highlights.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

19. I don't know about modern TVs. But I think they still convert languages for shows.