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Viewing the EFL live 2017/18

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about 9 years ago

New streaming platform : http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/efl-live-stre...

Tickets? Tickets? We talkin’ about tickets?

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about 9 years ago

Sounds great, but a potential catch:

More than 1,500 matches will be available in HD quality, with iFollow showing every EFL league match live unless that match has been selected by the EFL’s overseas broadcast partners.

Not of interest to myself, but it's a great step - may it continue for other leagues!

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about 9 years ago

zonknz wrote:

Sounds great, but a potential catch:

More than 1,500 matches will be available in HD quality, with iFollow showing every EFL league match live unless that match has been selected by the EFL’s overseas broadcast partners.

Not of interest to myself, but it's a great step - may it continue for other leagues!

I rate that caveat - much better than saying that the platform won't work at all for any games just because there is a broadcast partner.

Puts the impetus back on the broadcaster to actually show matches, rather than just squatting on the rights like some (including Sky) do.

Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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about 9 years ago

so we have better access to EFL matches than we do EPL. That seems backwards.

Allegedly

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about 9 years ago

Tegal wrote:

so we have better access to EFL matches than we do EPL. That seems backwards.

We also have better access to EPL matches than those in the UK do... that also seems backwards.

Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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about 9 years ago

I wonder if it will have an on demand option though. No mention of it in that release.

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about 9 years ago

good point, that is not clarified. Is with neulion, so technically capable of on demand.

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about 9 years ago

patrick478 wrote:

zonknz wrote:

Sounds great, but a potential catch:

More than 1,500 matches will be available in HD quality, with iFollow showing every EFL league match live unless that match has been selected by the EFL’s overseas broadcast partners.

Not of interest to myself, but it's a great step - may it continue for other leagues!

I rate that caveat - much better than saying that the platform won't work at all for any games just because there is a broadcast partner.

Puts the impetus back on the broadcaster to actually show matches, rather than just squatting on the rights like some (including Sky) do.

What rights are SKY squatting on?

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about 9 years ago

chopah wrote:

patrick478 wrote:

zonknz wrote:

Sounds great, but a potential catch:

More than 1,500 matches will be available in HD quality, with iFollow showing every EFL league match live unless that match has been selected by the EFL’s overseas broadcast partners.

Not of interest to myself, but it's a great step - may it continue for other leagues!

I rate that caveat - much better than saying that the platform won't work at all for any games just because there is a broadcast partner.

Puts the impetus back on the broadcaster to actually show matches, rather than just squatting on the rights like some (including Sky) do.

What rights are SKY squatting on?

SS Prem rights. Sky only broadcast one game a week, but flex their muscles to make sure that games they aren't broadcasting aren't live streamed. That's squatting. Use the "exclusive broadcast rights" that you are paying nothing for, or let others stream games in your absence.

Yellow Fever - Misery loves company

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