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Fifa loses free-to-air World Cup TV battle
- Thread starter Baron Pepperpot
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Colossal Squid
Returning video tapes
Good. There's precious little good sport left on free to air TV. Stealing the World Cup and European Championships from us would have been a pisstake
It is good it is remaining on free tv but to be fair sky do better coverage than bbc and itv.
It does tell you all you need to know that fifa have no interest on getting as many people as they can to see and enjoy the greatest game on earth, just how much money is in it for them.
It does tell you all you need to know that fifa have no interest on getting as many people as they can to see and enjoy the greatest game on earth, just how much money is in it for them.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Highly subjective.
Personally, I find Sky pretty insufferable, especially its blow-wave SSN Channel.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,015
and what exactly do they do with this money? it cant all go on junkets shirely? Its hardly going to imrpove football by ringfencing who can watch it. in fact it should have a stated aim to always make the tournements on free to air, to allow the great possible number of viewers.
Perfidious Albion
Well-known member
Good news .... It has ring fenced these events as available to plebs like us without Sky Sports....Fifa only want the max cash - obviously.
tinycowboy
Well-known member
I hate FIFA, but I'm aware that some of this hatred may come from the fact that our English media make it their business to bash them whenever possible. Anyway, needless to say, I LOVE this news - bad luck FIFA, looks like our quaint belief in preserving important sporting occasions for the enjoyment of all and not just those who want to/can afford to have Sky has legal status, unlike your tawdry money-grabbing, revenue-maximising attempts to shaft us. The Law has spoken and Justice has been done.
brakespear
Doctor Worm
That would be utterly fantastic if they came back to free-to-view, but I can't see it happening
Nothing I miss more on TV than live cricket.But sky wouldn't be doing the coverage just picking up a feed, like the BBC / ITV do.
Sheebo
Well-known member
- Jul 13, 2003
- 29,319
That would be utterly fantastic if they came back to free-to-view, but I can't see it happening
I googled it the other day as I remember them saying it was gonna happend. This was in 2009. Since then they've delayed the decision. We'll see....
GingerBeerMan
3-0
- Dec 29, 2011
- 8,204
I think Albionite meant Sky's pundits and commentators are better.
Ah, indeed it is better on Sky not to have to listen to David Pleat, Trevor Brooking, et al.
spring hall convert
Well-known member
I didn't know about this. It's amazing to think how far cricket coverage has moved on since it was last on the BEEB, first with C4 and then Sky. Any broadcaster taking this on would have huge shoes to fill.
I genuinely think they should make the domestic 20/20 free to air. I doubt it gets great viewing figures for Sky & it would be a good opportunity to get the kids into cricket, showing the most user friendly version of the game.
Colossal Squid
Returning video tapes
That would be utterly fantastic if they came back to free-to-view, but I can't see it happening
Spot on.
The trouble is that whilst I can easily go down the sports pub to catch the odd 90 minutes of a football match I want to see, it just isn't practical for test match cricket to turn up at the pub on day one and keep going until the game is over. I need to be able to watch it at home and at work, not just down the pub.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
I'm sure it was pre 2009, maybe Germany 2006 and thus mentioned in 2003, that a German PPV channel had purchased the world rights and to sell them on only Sky in the UK could afford them. All changed by the time it came about though.
Regarding the Ashes on terrestrial TV. Look at the Open on BBC right now. OK they are throwing everything at it with live coverage all day on BBC2 but my wife is moaning she has lost some of her progs. No other broadcaster can cover any all day sport without a dedicated channel. That said, why not put the golf on the red button? Doesn't everyone now have digital?
Yes, you have to have digital now. Just waiting for the BBC to catch up to this fact.
turienzo's lovechild
New member
- Oct 25, 2003
- 23,964
at times channel 4's cricket coverage could be infuriating. Apart from the ashes they didn't seem terribly fussed and would quite often interrupt coverage for horse racing/how clean is your garden in the attic/whatever. This was before everyone had digital and i remember them often farming out cricket coverage to one of their digital channels for an hour here and there.
Because of the length of cricket it's very difficult for a terrestrial channel to do it justice as they have to sacrifice their entire schedule for 5 days at a time (of course, we all know that daytime tv is shit anyway). Sky do a very good job of cricket imo
Because of the length of cricket it's very difficult for a terrestrial channel to do it justice as they have to sacrifice their entire schedule for 5 days at a time (of course, we all know that daytime tv is shit anyway). Sky do a very good job of cricket imo
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
If they took the Ashes away from SKY they wouldn't show anything and then see how cricket is then
melias shoes
Well-known member
- Oct 14, 2010
- 4,830
Disagree with you there. I hate Sky's coverage. I would never pay to watch it. It's great that it stays free to watch. Hard luck fifa 'you money grabbing,couldn't care if you can't afford to watch football even on your TVs pieces of shit'.
