They just tweeted me the same thing. I replied saying that their live chat etc told me they'd be available for a week, and the 250 available for the season.
Not as happy anymore. Still an improvement on sky, but nowhere near as good as I'd been led to believe.
and now they're giving me attitude on twitter.
What the fuck.
PLP must be wondering what they have bought. When the top 6 teams are available via regular medium, who wants to fork out extra for it?
I hear the toilet flushing
Tim Martin addressed this in his speech at the launch party last week. He is actually thankful that Sky have done this, as he was worried that the Premier League would disappear from peoples minds completely as it is no longer on Sky. This way, the delayed coverage will remind people that the Premier League is happening, and that there is only one place to watch live Premier League coverage (legally).
Were you there?
no, were you? I wish you would you clear this up as I am not sure and it is infuriating not knowing.
The "yeah, ok" gif was more for the "they are really happy that all these games are also being shown on Sky and other formats" comment, than debating if they said it or not.
Edit - I see Dougie Rydal has already covered the point about Patrick being at the launch.
It's not quite the same saying big team games are available essentially 'on demand' through Sky. When I watch delayed it's in the morning when I get up. If I want to stick to that routine I've got no choice but to get PLP. Games won't be on Sky until the arvo, and could be late in the day or even the following day if there's a lot of live sport on, and they've got 4 games to show.
Re: Dougie's comment "if they can't pick up the rabid ManU arsenal fan etc, then they'll battle"
I completely agree - but I don't think that's happening. I'm a 'rabid' arsenal fan and I've bought it.
The Sky announcements would definitely have put a dent in PLP subscriptions though - it's not the rabid fan they'll lose, it's the slightly less than rabid fan. I guess they have to weigh up if it's been worth the financial gain from sky over subscription losses.
Very concerned about the on-demand misinformation. 24 hours is not a long time if that's true.
I have no problem with the concept at all as others have said, I just think its too early in our environment here in NZ which is where my problem is. In 5 years time, yeah maybe but the time is not now. The US have embraced it but they have a fibre backbone and more than 1 pay tv provider. Also they have a mass population we do not. 5 years ago, we did not have smart phones and tablets. What will we have in 5 years time?
Again, there is an Ethernet port in the back of the sky decoder and if Sky were smart, they would seriously think about enabling this and get moving with it.
Were you there?
no, were you? I wish you would you clear this up as I am not sure and it is infuriating not knowing.
The "yeah, ok" gif was more for the "they are really happy that all these games are also being shown on Sky and other formats" comment, than debating if they said it or not.
Edit - I see Dougie Rydal has already covered the point about Patrick being at the launch.
essentially if like most kiwis, you support a top 6 team ie chelsea, arsenal, man u or man c, you'll get to see every game they play. Sure it'll be delayed but then most of these type of viewers probably used mysky to view the games anyway. For me no great loss, and certainly no compulsion to even consider the online option.
and now they're giving me attitude on twitter.
What the fuck.
To be fair they did clarify it twice for you. No issue with watching the games only once if you get the highlights platinum package. I'll probably watch the highlights show instead of full games other than Newcastle
Since the start they've said 250 on demand. Should always trust what it says on the site, not a support crew in another country
PLP's big selling points now are really just:
- you can watch all the games live (nobody else can offer this, except for dodgy streams)
- you can watch replays of most of the games whenever you like (although anyone with MySky or a T-Box will be able to do this for a lot of games now)
Is that enough?
When you say people with MySky/T-Boxes will be able to watch some replays, presumably you just mean from Sky's coverage?
Personally in our flat we have:
PLP Platinum
Sky Sports in HD + My Sky
Sommett Sports
Loving the football season already!
Telecom users check your emails. the free pass winners have apparently just been emailed...
Were you there?
no, were you? I wish you would you clear this up as I am not sure and it is infuriating not knowing.
The "yeah, ok" gif was more for the "they are really happy that all these games are also being shown on Sky and other formats" comment, than debating if they said it or not.
Edit - I see Dougie Rydal has already covered the point about Patrick being at the launch.
I am very sorry for quoting the sources of information.
"Quote from Patrick" The support people are not the people who built the system. The support has been outsourced to another company, Smith, Wilso and myself met one of the manager guys (James) last week when we were in Auckland for the PLP launch and ate burrito's with him."/quote from Patrick"
and thanks for quoting what you ate when you met the sources of the information
Were you there?
no, were you? I wish you would you clear this up as I am not sure and it is infuriating not knowing.
The "yeah, ok" gif was more for the "they are really happy that all these games are also being shown on Sky and other formats" comment, than debating if they said it or not.
Edit - I see Dougie Rydal has already covered the point about Patrick being at the launch.
I am very sorry for quoting the sources of information.
The support people are not the people who built the system. The support has been outsourced to another company, Smith, Wilso and myself met one of the manager guys (James) last week when we were in Auckland for the PLP launch and ate burrito's with him."
and thanks for quoting what you ate when you met the sources of the information
Fair point. It was really really good Mexican food.
Fucking quotes on this place. Let's clear this up:
* CSM are really happy that Sky and Sommet are still showing the games from the big 6 clubs.
* Patrick has only mentioned when he went to the launch for CSM when he has needed to provide a source for his information.
Telecom users check your emails. the free pass winners have apparently just been emailed...
Telecom users check your emails. the free pass winners have apparently just been emailed...
Oh the irony, I've just got a free pass from Telecom....
Telecom users check your emails. the free pass winners have apparently just been emailed...
Oh the irony, I've just got a free pass from Telecom....
some guys over at geekzone are like "I won one too!!! I guess I'll have to stop complaining!"
haha
Sky have detailed the first three weeks http://www.skysport.co.nz/article/football/headlines/sky-sport-announces-club-channel-coverage-65145/ No HD for MUTV til early next year at the earliest.
BROADCAST DETAILS – Club channels, first three weeks.
Week 1
Swansea City v Manchester United (MUTV) - Sunday 18 August - 1pm - SKY Sport 3
Replay 8pm on SKY Sport 3
Arsenal v Aston Villa (Arsenal TV) - Sunday 18 August - 1pm - SKY Sport 4
Replay 8pm on SKY Sport 2
Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs TV) - Tuesday 20 August - 11am - SKY Sport 3
Replay 4pm on SKY Sport 2 and 9pm on SKY Sport 4
Manchester City v Newcastle United (City TV) - Wednesday 21 August - 11am - SKY Sport 3
Replay 4pm SKY Sport 1 and 9pm SKY Sport 1
Week 2
Fulham v Arsenal (Arsenal TV) - Sunday 25 August - 1pm - SKY Sport 3
Replay 8.30pm on SKY Sport 2
Cardiff City v Manchester City (City TV) - Monday 26 August - 11am - SKY Sport 3
Replay 4pm on SKY Sport 2 and 8.30pm on SKY Sport 4
Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City (Spurs TV) - Tuesday 27 August - 11am - SKY Sport 2
Replay 4pm and 9.30pm on SKY Sport 3
Manchester United v Chelsea (MUTV) - Wednesday 28 August - 11am - SKY Sport 2
Replay 4pm and 9.30pm on SKY Sport 3
Week 3
Manchester City v Hull City (City TV) - Sunday 1 September - 1pm - SKY Sport 4
Replay 8.30pm on SKY Sport 3
Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (Arsenal TV) - Monday 2 September - 11am - SKY Sport 1
Replay 9pm on SKY Sport 4
Liverpool v Manchester United (MUTV) - Monday 2 September - 11am - SKY Sport 2
Replay 4pm on SKY Sport 1 and 9pm on SKY Sport 3
interesting that spurs games on sundays aren't on til tuesday morning, but all others are on Monday mornings.
Can I just say for those of you who haven't watched club TV channels its pretty much amateur hour, especially the commentary. Very one sided as you'd expect and the whole presentation graphics etc is not great. I'm a Liverpool fan and I find liverpooltv which is free here to be a tough watch.
Telecom users check your emails. the free pass winners have apparently just been emailed...
Oh the irony, I've just got a free pass from Telecom....
Actually, looking at Sky's scheduling for the first couple of weeks
really highlights how badly having the delayed coverage affects them. They have signed up 4 clubs but in Week 1 they only have two games on Sunday and in Weeks 2 and 3 they have only one game on Sunday. Interesting.
Actually, looking at Sky's scheduling for the first couple of weeks
really highlights how badly having the delayed coverage affects them. They have signed up 4 clubs but in Week 1 they only have two games on Sunday and in Weeks 2 and 3 they have only one game on Sunday. Interesting.
Actually, looking at Sky's scheduling for the first couple of weeks
really highlights how badly having the delayed coverage affects them. They have signed up 4 clubs but in Week 1 they only have two games on Sunday and in Weeks 2 and 3 they have only one game on Sunday. Interesting.
then the next matchday which is after the international break sees them all playing on the saturday so they'll have 4 games to show on that sunday the 15th
WHERE IS THE iPAD APP! JUST BROUGHT AN APPLE TV FOR THIS!
Coliseum have the rights for 3 seasons.
Sky's coverage has been terrible and limited for years, not just by the large number of games either being delayed, or not aired at all.
The apps need sorting yes, I can't wait for HD but we have all benefited from the competition that sky has finally had from collisieum and sommet. Why is there all this pretence sky is somehow the champion of the football viewer and that them requiring the rights is in the football fans interests...
The iPhone/iPad app is with apple getting approval
WHERE IS THE iPAD APP! JUST BROUGHT AN APPLE TV FOR THIS!
For those worried about your internet cutting out etc while watching one of the 130 games.
@gus122 you'll be able to jump in and out of the match any time during the 24 hour window.
— PremierLeaguePass (@p_l_pass) August 15, 2013
Anybody want to either sell me one of their free passes that they don't need, or send me an unused discount code?
For those worried about your internet cutting out etc while watching one of the 130 games.
@gus122 you'll be able to jump in and out of the match any time during the 24 hour window.
— PremierLeaguePass (@p_l_pass) August 15, 2013
For those worried about your internet cutting out etc while watching one of the 130 games.
@gus122 you'll be able to jump in and out of the match any time during the 24 hour window.
— PremierLeaguePass (@p_l_pass) August 15, 2013
I wonder if that means you can watch it more than once during the 24 hour window, or if it means if you leave the match it'll only start from where you left it.
Yeah that's what I thought, but they told me one viewing. Inconsistent again.
Yeah I'm kind of in a state of "see what happens" rather than trusting anything they say right now.
