More English channels, such as the BBC and CNN, soon followed.
The website is streaming 780 hours of live action across five channels with English and Spanish commentary throughout the Games.
Al-Jazeera International and Russia Today are among the English-language global news channels also set to launch in 2006.
The channel, whose first program will be a news bulletin, will compete directly against Time Warner 's (nyse: TWX - news - people ) CNN International and BBC World, the two main global English-language satellite news channels.
Star TV operates several satellite TV channels in India, in English and Hindi.
In addition to Netflix, TV and movie fans can access Amazon Instant video (including free programs on Amazon prime), Vudu, Hulu Plus, HBO Go (you need a cable or satellite subscription to sign in) and even news and information channels ranging from Al Jazeera English live programming to Fox News, HuffPost Live and plenty more.
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Some 44m homes will soon have access to their cable operator's choice from 32 news channels, about ten of them in English.
Telecom regulator Ofcom announced Wednesday that British Sky Broadcasting, the country's biggest satellite broadcaster and main broadcast partner for the English Premier League, must offer its main sports channels, Sky Sports 1 and 2, to other cable, Internet and terrestrial channels at cheaper wholesale prices.
Al-Jazeera International Managing Editor Nigel Parsons says the new channel will be "totally independent", although plans announced earlier this year to put the manager of the Arabic channel in charge of both channels reportedly caused disquiet among journalists at the English-language channel.
Right now the majority of the channels are German, followed by Spanish, French, English and Polish.
Under the deal, BT will get ESPN and ESPN America channels, plus ESPN's live sports rights portfolio, which includes the English Football Association Challenge Cup, better known locally as the FA Cup, the Scottish football Premier League, and Germany's top football league, known as the Bundesliga.
The Chinese Super League games dominate CCTV-5 (Sports Channel) and Chinese TV channels also show an extensive selection of top foreign soccer matches, including the UEFA Championship League, English Premier League, Italian Serie A and German Bundesliga.
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