midweek matches streamed live from next season (3 Viewers)

[skybluesam66]

new tv deal means all midweek matches can be streamed live from next season

Sky to stream midweek English Football League games after new £600m TV deal

 

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[Nick]

Decent news for people who can't make the games, bad news as people who can make the games might choose this instead.

 

[chiefdave]

That article is all over the place. Headline says Football league then the article says Championship.

It also goes from talking about midweek matches to all matches not between 14:45 and 17:15 on a Saturday.

Talks about Sky streaming games but then says the streams will be on club websites if they aren't broadcast on Sky.

 

[Nick]

Yeah I got confused, i assume they will just open up more to ifollow.

 

[ajsccfc]

In an astounding turn of events, the Cov Telegraph have clarified what the BBC have fudged

EFL will be offering its clubs the opportunity to live-stream in the UK and Ireland any league match via their respective iFollow (or equivalent)service that takes place outside the blocked hours of 2.245pm and 5.15pm on Saturday afternoons and that is not broadcast live on Sky Sports.

Basically iFollow can show live games any time that isn't either a Saturday 3pm game or when we're on Sky so it's Sunday games too theoretically which may apply around Christmas.

 

[chiefdave]

That was always the plan wasn't it? Sure they said that when iFollow first came in for those overseas.

 

[Nick]

Yeah it was said a few months ago.

 

[ajsccfc]

I don't remember seeing that, I thought it was VPN forever for anyone willing to gamble.

Looking at our fixture list this season I make it 12 league games that would be viewable under this. Does iFollow have a day pass kind of thing or is it subscriptions only?

 

[Nick]

I don't remember seeing that, I thought it was VPN forever for anyone willing to gamble.

Looking at our fixture list this season I make it 12 league games that would be viewable under this. Does iFollow have a day pass kind of thing or is it subscriptions only?

You can buy it for about £6 (I think).

 

[covcity4life]

this confirmed for league 2 and 1? i heard on radio only championship

 

[covcity4life]

oh ok good news.

 

[skybluebeduff]

Any bit of money helps

 

[Suffolk sky blues]

They need to get with the times get ticket prices down every game should be on tv.

 

[covcity4life]

bit harsh though if championship fans get this coverage included in sky package

yet l1 and l2 fans that pay for sky still have to pay extra for ifollow

 

[fernandopartridge]

Sky's pursuit of making football spectating for domestic fans being through a television only.

You'll have empty lower league grounds with fans of lower league clubs encouraged to pay inflated Sky subscriptions to watch their team, all so that Sky can throw even more on top of the billions already at 20 Premier League teams, further widening the gap between the haves and have nots.

 

[skyblueelephant76]

new tv deal means all midweek matches can be streamed live from next season

Sky to stream midweek English Football League games after new £600m TV deal

It's from 2019, not next season.

 

[ccfcway]

Sky's pursuit of making football spectating for domestic fans being through a television only.

You'll have empty lower league grounds with fans of lower league clubs encouraged to pay inflated Sky subscriptions to watch their team, all so that Sky can throw even more on top of the billions already at 20 Premier League teams, further widening the gap between the haves and have nots.

Our owners have taken us from 19k to 7k. Sky's the least of our problems

 

[chiefdave]

Sky's pursuit of making football spectating for domestic fans being through a television only.

And then when people lost interest and stop watching they'll wonder what happened.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Our owners have taken us from 19k to 7k. Sky's the least of our problems

Sky are the reason we have got the owners we have.

 

[pusbccfc]

This is terrible really. Imagine if tonight's game was streamed, the crowd would have been 1000 down.

 

[chiefdave]

This is terrible really. Imagine if tonight's game was streamed, the crowd would have been 1000 down.

It was, every game is streamed live. Only restriction is not to UK users but that's easy to get round.

 

[pusbccfc]

It was, every game is streamed live. Only restriction is not to UK users but that's easy to get round.

Yeah, but it's not accessed by the common fan.