mun2 speaks

July 28th, 2009 | by: Brooks Peck |

While NBC Universal is keeping the USA vs. Mexico World Cup Qualifier on the obscure mun2, they have apparently taken notice to the outcry by offering a free preview of the channel on the day of the match.

They’ve been fervently contacting all the sites that took part in the effort to get the game on a more readily available channel, even going so far as to email me at the Dirty Tackle address with a message that began:

“We read your post “the hell is a mun2?” and thank you, in advance, for the opportunity to respond to your concerns…”

Made me laugh.

Anyway, NBC Universal says they have “extensive carriage agreements” for mun2 with Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Cablevision, Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH, AT&T and Verizon, so assuming that means all those carriers will offer the free preview, the game should be readily available for most US viewers.

Tags: 2010 World Cup Qualifying, broadcasting nonsense, Mexico, mun2, World Cup Qualifier

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Comments

By elle | July 28th, 2009 at 10:13 pm

I love how they read your post and then quoted the title…hahah

By soccer goals | July 31st, 2009 at 2:53 pm

MUn2 is a good station but not really available for most viewers.

Posted from United States

By Dan | August 4th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

I contacted Comcast today. They have not heard of this free day and thus at this point have no plans to offer it for free.

Posted from United States

By Jim | August 11th, 2009 at 6:24 pm

Sadly, it looks like I’ll be missing the game as well. I’ve got TimeWarner here in North San Diego County, and I just talked with a cust svc rep who had no idea about any possible free preview. I’ll keep my fingers crossed, since I see on the web that other SoCal TW franchises are carrying it…

Go USA.

Posted from United States

By jen | August 12th, 2009 at 5:25 am

anyone know if any euro stations will be picking this up? I can’t seem to find anyone over here sadly

Posted from Denmark