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Coincidentally, almost an hour or so ago, I was actually still watching the match on TV. :P
There are times other matches are being shown on SuperSports (channel 22) and occasionally SuperSports Plus (channel 21). The Football Channel do show international matches as well, like the World Cup qualifiers, international friendlies. Just take the upcoming Germany-England friendly for example. It will be on the Football Channel. Usually ESPN or StarSports will show England matches but now it's not all the time this time round. I think it has to do with the TV rights, I don't know.
I am not sure how many matches for each matchday StarHub got for La Liga but for the Bundesliga, they always have the Friday action live (though bearing in mind of the time difference, it's Saturday morning when it's being shown), delayed telecast for Saturday's action (it's always two for Saturday action) and at times live or delayed telecast of the Sunday's action being shown live (one Sunday match each time). There's also the Bundesliga preview show (shown on Thursdays) call 'GOAL!' and a weekly highlights programme of the matches being played. The weekly highlights programme are shown at various times throughout the week, so it's up to you on when it's the best time for you to catch up on all the Bundesliga action. Given we get four matches for each Bundesliga matchday each time. Oh yeah, there's also repeat telecasts of the matches being shown on the Football Channel. It's the same with the other leagues being shown on the Football Channel.
Recently, SingTel announced they got the rights to Italy's Serie A on their mioTV. You have to pay a different price to subscribe to the mioTV service. SingTel also won the rights to broadcast Champions League matches starting the following season on mioTV. The price to subscribe is getting expensive, unless you don't want to watch Champions League matches. This season will be the last time the ESPN and StarSports networks will be showing on their channels. Until the next bidding round comes around (in a few years' time, I think), then we will wait and see.
See that you are Leverkusen fan from your blog. For me, it's Stuttgart. ;) Anyhow, nice to know a Singaporean abroad is following the Bundesliga too. I thought I am one of the rare lot! :P
So when I was reading the August issue of Telescope (StarHub digital cable's monthly magazine) back in late July and when I was reading the highlights in its sports section, it talked about the Bundesliga and the number of matches to be shown (four for each matchday). I became like a fangirl at once. Screaming, yelling, shrieking (for five minutes, and thank goodness the neighbours never knocked the door and asked what was going on!) that it's finally happening.
Even all the more the opening day of the new season is on August 15. That is actually also the day of my birthday. Quite a birthday 'present', I can say.
But then come to think of it, there are times when I looked back, it's the World Cup two years ago which made me started to follow the Bundesliga. I think it must be back then when I became fascinated with the German national team and how they play at that time. I don't know, given I read of the old German football stereotypes. LOL!
I've heard about the CL rights being sold to mioTV. Needless to say I'm not pleased. Seeing that I bother watching only United's CL matches and I'm not the biggest fan of Serie A, I think I'll skip for the moment. I'm sure I can get the matches I want on a stream. Fans will benefit from competition, my a**** =_=
I've been randomly following the Bundesliga since I got into Leverkusen but the lack of info in English was an impediment. For me, it was Ollie Kahn and WC 2002. It's better now (granted, I'm putting in more effort too) since WC2006 definitely my interest definitely increased. And yes, Stuttgart had an excellent season after the WC.
I think the Bundesliga suffers from a lack of good PR. It's an entertaining league but people tend to cling to their old images of the efficient German national team so it's a bit of a hard sell. But at least now they're showing the matches so hopefully things will change.
We are currently in the UEFA Cup this season given we qualified via the Intertoto Cup. This is the last time the Intertoto Cup will be in existence. If we even want to contest for European spots the next time round, unless we do well in the UEFA's Fair Play rankings (which is how Hertha Berlin managed to enter the UEFA Cup this season) or if we win the DFB-Pokal (that means have to beat Bayern Munich given we are drawn against them), there is not much chance. Unless the club start to stop the rot.
'I think the Bundesliga suffers from a lack of good PR.'
I thought so too. Sure it's nice now there's Bundesliga on our TV here, but I noticed so far that when it comes to Bundesliga coverage in the papers, it's very little.
Sometimes I don't even want to read The Straits Times's sports section. I read the TODAY paper more often. At least when it comes to international matches, they do have reports apart from what is happening with the England squad. Sometimes I wonder if the papers here have always want to give us the impression the EPL is tops (not that I am arguing given I grew up with the EPL) and all the other major leagues in Italy, Spain, Germany come after that.
But then maybe like what you say could be true. People clinging on to the old stereotypes.