Yea the hardcore still suffer but optus will take a hit with subscriptions because of it, hopefully it's enough to change their stance on it. I doubt it but some can hope.
TV Rights
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Any way to have them block Chelsea TV and Man U TV from my service? 
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This. The temptation will be too real.
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Hmmm if the demographic of this board is anything to go by a very good proportion come from those 6 clubs combined.
Some will be hell bent on viewing live, some like me would rather sleep at 3-4am (for relevant games). So given a good proportion of us will be able to watch and record our side play, on delay, on Foxtel you'd think this severely weakens the marketing position of Optus in trying to lure customers to Fetch TV in order to recoup their investment and eat into Foxtel's market share.
Live streaming (at varying picture qualities throughout Aus) in exchange for $$, when you can illegal stream for free...
Or
Wait 12 hours and get it in secured HD with no buffering, whilst able to watch your AFL side play as well.... And a whole raft of TV shows and movies.
Combine that with Fox securing of Bein Sports and all the European football that accompanies that and I'd say it's at least
Foxtel 2 Optus 0
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You could just go into settings and block the channel with a passcode if it is that disturbing.Any way to have them block Chelsea TV and Man U TV from my service?
Dirty Bird
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You mean you dont want to watch potential Mourinho meltdowns?Any way to have them block Chelsea TV and Man U TV from my service?
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Hmmm my mobile contract does end in September though.
FFS I hate having choices like this
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Optus are well and truly DOOMED!!
Have to say Well played Foxtel on this one didn't' think I'll be saying that when I learnt they lost the rights! But with Beinsports coming and now the three EPL club channels I'm more the satisfied! especially now that I'll be getting Live Serie A in HD and English commentary!
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Dirty Bird
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This does nothing for me.
I cant do delayed telecast unless it's a late epic comeback (ie. Crystal Palace 3, Liverpool 3 a few years back or Manchester City 3, QPR 2 even before that)
Will just watch more Bein sports and other leagues.
And Im not forking out money for the Optus stuff (although, I already am an Optus mobile phone customer)
If I'm really desperate for an EPL fix. I'd just go to a local pub/casino, but it'll mostly be Bundesliga I watch (assuming it's part of Bein which ill look into come the offseason)
I cant do delayed telecast unless it's a late epic comeback (ie. Crystal Palace 3, Liverpool 3 a few years back or Manchester City 3, QPR 2 even before that)
Will just watch more Bein sports and other leagues.
And Im not forking out money for the Optus stuff (although, I already am an Optus mobile phone customer)
If I'm really desperate for an EPL fix. I'd just go to a local pub/casino, but it'll mostly be Bundesliga I watch (assuming it's part of Bein which ill look into come the offseason)
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Interesting to see what our channel is like. We dont currently have one in the UK. If it's a few hours of the stuff on youtube that'll be pretty good we've got a pretty funny bunch
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Pretty happy with Chelsea TV coming to Fox.
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Gee this EPL Deal has turned out to be a bloody mess.How about Foxtel and Optus get together and sort this s**t out.Foxtel knows now that EPL is big and means a lot to us.I will have to Live Stream Everton Games and I'm happy with La Liga Barcelona and Ligue 1 Paris St Germain.
Watch La Liga get a massive boost and we will have to wait 3 years and I'm sure Foxtel will pay a lot more for the rights and this time keep the bloody things.
Watch La Liga get a massive boost and we will have to wait 3 years and I'm sure Foxtel will pay a lot more for the rights and this time keep the bloody things.
******* lol at this. It's hilarious that they're serious too.
A spokesperson for Optus has confirmed to DeciderTV that Optus Home Broadband customers should be able to view the games on TV in HD using a Fetch set-top box, however Optus is unable to guarantee HD quality due to Internet bandwidth limitations in some areas.
The spokesperson indicated Optus customers unhappy with the picture quality delivered over Optus Internet may be able to upgrade to a HD satellite option for an additional $20 per month.
******* lol. Just ******* lol.
A spokesperson for Optus has confirmed to DeciderTV that Optus Home Broadband customers should be able to view the games on TV in HD using a Fetch set-top box, however Optus is unable to guarantee HD quality due to Internet bandwidth limitations in some areas.
The spokesperson indicated Optus customers unhappy with the picture quality delivered over Optus Internet may be able to upgrade to a HD satellite option for an additional $20 per month.
******* lol. Just ******* lol.
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What!!!!!! But wc2022 said...? Maybe he should have googled ACCC regulations and saved us half this thread.
Optus thinks it's still the 1950s and they're Mr Burns
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Who would have thought 6 months ago that Foxtel would come out better looking out of this lol
stuff it. dont give optus your money. go on telstra month to month and get free AFL
Hmmm my mobile contract does end in September though.
FFS I hate having choices like this
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I don't know what's more incredible - Optus paying that much for what is essentially a niche sport in this country seeing as matches are mostly on between midnight and 5am, or that they think this strategy is the best way to recoup the costs.
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Optus boardroom this morning...
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Optus are royally ****ed. Always funny to watch people like that shove their heads in the sand though.
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