New International Sports Channels?

[BigBrownBoy]

Two channels I've been itching for are showing up on Yahoo's DirecTV program guide. 426 is ESPN Deportes and and 614 is GolTV (both heavy on soccer programming).

These channels aren't live yet....rumors around bigsoccer.com say that GolTV's exclusive deal with Dish ends in February so somewhere around March sounds fair for this to be added.

Is this usual for channels to show up in the TV listings so early?

 

[ComcastOgre]

It's normal, but that doesn't mean that they will be added either. ESPN Deportes has been on several online guides for DirecTV for a long time, and they are no closer to being added than they were a year ago.