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Looking likely Fox has managed to secure delayed coverage?

Oh well, Beggars can't be choosers eh.
 

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Jatz said:

12am it is then...
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Garby hoping to every deity that this announcement allows him to stay in England doing the greatest job in the world.
 
Optus DGAF...

Optus has brushed aside protests from English Premier League football fans unhappy at its plans for broadcasting the competition from next season, saying its proposed packages offer cost effective options to watch matches.

Read more: http://www.afr.com/technology/web/o...e-fans-protests-20160505-gon8ai#ixzz47muj5XrQ
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ACCC guidelines however suggest Optus is acting within the rules, having purchased exclusive rights for three years for $63 million a year.

The competition regulator is only likely to get involved if Optus seeks to misrepresent its price or service in advertising.

"As we understand this we do not see any breaches of competition laws or any other rules we administer," ACCC chairman Rod Sims told The Financial Review.
 
Fwoy said:
Optus DGAF...

Optus has brushed aside protests from English Premier League football fans unhappy at its plans for broadcasting the competition from next season, saying its proposed packages offer cost effective options to watch matches.

Read more: http://www.afr.com/technology/web/o...e-fans-protests-20160505-gon8ai#ixzz47muj5XrQ
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Really bad news for WorldCup2022OZ

ACCC guidelines however suggest Optus is acting within the rules, having purchased exclusive rights for three years for $63 million a year.

The competition regulator is only likely to get involved if Optus seeks to misrepresent its price or service in advertising.

"As we understand this we do not see any breaches of competition laws or any other rules we administer," ACCC chairman Rod Sims told The Financial Review.
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This ****ing pisses me off. Unless they plan on paying out the remainder of my contracts, they're full of shit.
 
I could live with that. Not great, but it'll do the job.
 

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Yeah I seem to remember experiencing them years ago when I was on ACTEW's paytv service in Canberra - they were thoroughly garbage. Even now I never watch the Barcelona TV stuff that's on Eurosport.

Meh... I guess at the end of the day I don't care. I've made my peace with losing EPL, and Optus' announcement this week really just solidified that because even if I was out of contract with internet or phone, I wouldn't pay more money for inferior service because a gun was held to my head on principle. The more I look ahead, the more I'm really excited at the offerings of BeIN sports, I can't wait til the Euros and next season.

I do understand how much it sucks for people that have strong ties or investments in an EPL team though.
 
all game will be on 12 hour delay

Foxtel has today confirmed the signing of broadcast partnership agreements with six major English football clubs in a new deal that will cause plenty of disruption to the plans of Optus.

From July 1, Foxtel will add three new High Definition channels featuring official club programming from Chelsea, Liverpool FC and Manchester United.

Chelsea TV, LFCTV and MUTV will be provided to all Foxtel Sports pack subscribers at no additional cost

Additionally, dedicated programming blocks from EPL clubs Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur will be added to existing Fox Sports HD channels each week.

The new deal secures delayed coverage of all home and away EPL matches from the six teams, and fans of other clubs will see their teams play 12 times per season.

Games broadcast via Foxtel will be delayed by approximately 12 hours, meaning a match played on Saturday night (3pm London) will become available to Foxtel viewers from 1pm AEST on Sundays.
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http://decidertv.com/page/2016/5/5/foxtel-spoils-optus-party-with-new-epl-deal#sthash.9iKE3PFU.dpuf

i'll still go down to the local creek for the earlier matches, but this lines up pretty much perfect for the real late games when the timezones suck.

still a real shit deal for fans of the other 14 clubs, but from a purely greedy perspective im reasonably content.
 
They're crap. Even as a United fan I would get sick of the biased commentary and United focused broadcasting. I enjoy hearing commentary from neutrals and getting a two-sided broadcast.

The other channels would be borderline impossible to handle and they're only for a select number of teams anyway.

I'm sure most Foxtel subscribers who watch the EPL like being able to view any game they can.
 

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As a Chelsea fan i'm happy enough with that. But it is a shame for the other clubs.

Will probably still go with live streaming for live matches as I can just connect it to my projector.
 
Funny how they spun it as a chance for fans of the other 14 teams to see their team play x amount of times per year, no way in hell would I ever want to watch a game with United commentary or Liverpool commentary.

I don't even really like the City commentator that much, if it's still the same dude from a while back then he always tries too hard to pronounce foreign names correctly aka "ah-whero"
 

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