Viewing the Premier League (live) 16/17...

Ok- so this is significant.

https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS_NZ/status/765324140...

Premier League games will be replayed on beIN SPORTS 1. There are no immediate plans for on-demand services.

That really limits the value of Bein Sport's service.

well that's shark. 

So Sky lied. Who knew that was possible?

Innit. The reality is this such a complete regression from the quality of PLP's offering. I will probably buy for the live streams that i can use, but fall back to nefarious ways to get on-demand content! Silly.

So as it stands, I'm paying basically $120 per year for a tv channel, and that's it. No web access at all, no on-demand, just an archaic channel set-up which I can record (which I could do since the 80s with a VCR anyway). 

And on top of that I have to pay at least $600 per year for the decoder/service that allows me to buy this channel in the first place, otherwise I couldn't have got it. 

This is worse value than PLP (and Sky's old offering from 3 yrs ago) by absolutely miles. 

And yet here we are, and the majority seem to be saying it's bloody great... 

Sky should give their PR team a pat on the back, that's for sure. 

I am willing to pay for what I value, so i will subscribe, much like i persist in doing for a-league, but the reality is for on-demand viewing, you're better off with gettyfooty or fullmatchesandshow and the like. 

Well, I won't be getting this then.

So ridiculous how far behind the times so much sports coverage is. It's like the DVD zone system. The internet has levelled regional differences in access to media and geographically confined media rights should go the way of the dinosaurs, especially web rights. Broadcast rights might still be geographically restricted but streaming should be unbundled and sold directly to the consumer from the initial rights holder. Middle men are unnecessary and obstructive.

Do you think it is more likely sky lied, or that Bein decided it wasn't viable/wasn't worth the effort and pulled the pin.  

Carra would be better if he had subtitles. When we went to the 5TimesCo gig at the Embassy with Carra talking, I was sitting with two scouse blokes and even they said they struggled to understand him at times. When I do understand him though, he has good insight and that's not just my rose tinted glasses. 

On the few times I've watched his analysis I haven't been impressed at all, thought he was a bit dim to be honest. Didn't have any issues understanding him. 

But I have only seen him a few times so your opinion is probably better qualified than mine - I might've caught him on a bad day!

out of curiosity, why do you pay for it if you think it's so shark?

Although to be fair, I was definitely taking the online offering into account when I decided to purchase last week, so I need to re-visit that thinking now. I don't like to illegally stream as a general rule but I feel I'm being backed into a corner. 

This is all a touch confusing so to clear things up...

1. You purchase from Sky and get access to the 4 channels (2 constantly active and 2 pop-ups for when there are multiple games going)
2. None of these channels are available on SkyGo
3. When it is finally set-up, you can also watch online via laptop,tablet, smart TV or mobile via BeIN Sport
4. None of the products above offer on-demand so if you want to watch a game that you can't watch from KO you have to wait for a replay OR record it and watch only from the Sky box.

Does that about sum it up?

That's how i read it, assuming the viewer has/even wants Sky.

bein have replied to me on Twitter saying sky go only pop up channels will be made available from time to time to show simultaneous games live

Wow. That. Sounds. Completely. Bull. Shark.

I think that's correct, but I'm not entirely sure about no.3 given Bein's comment about no on-demand.

Does that mean no Bein Connect at all, or just no On-Demand on the Connect platform?

Well this just got a whole lot worse. So they won't even be on sky for people to record? This is complete shark.

It's all a bit archaic but at the moment, I'm relieved I can watch football and I'm glad we won our first game!

Lucky for you... 

*puts pin in leighbo shaped voodoo doll*

I was (and am) waiting for the streaming service which I kind of naievely assumed would be like PLP....not got it on sky

Non-intentiaol dig but I'll take it...

I can't access Twitter at work so can't see what that Tweet says, but are we saying that:-

- The Non-SKY Online only option ($18ish a month) will just screen whatever is on BeIn Sports 1;

And as a result of that:-

- There is no On-Demand options to watch the game you want.

Is that correct?

1 - It hasn't been confirmed but I believe beIN online will show all the EPL games live.

2 - No on demand. Only replays on SKY beIN 1.

I wasn't quite clear, by the sounds of it there will be the 3 pop-ups on sky (1 more to come after the Olympics) then in addition to this there will be sky go only pop-ups.

At the moment there are 2 pop-ups on sky go (pop up 3 & 4)

Dazn.com is 10 euros a month. I am taking a long hard look at it.

EDIT:  

Content has:

• Premier League und Sky Bet Championship (England)
• Superligaen (Dänemark)
• Serie A (Italien)
• Ligue 1 und Ligue 2 (Frankreich)
• La Liga (Spanien)
• K League Classic (Südkorea)
• Premiere League (Ukraine)
• Superliga Srbije (Serbien)
• Scottish Premiership (Schottland)
• Jupiler Pro League (Belgien)
• Prva Hrvatska Nogometna (Kroatien)
• NFL (50 regular season games, 10 playoff games, Super Bowl, NFL Red Zone)
• 250 selected NBA regular season games
• Tennis
• Motorsport (u. a. ADAC GT Mastesr, Formel 4)
• Bowling
• Rugby

German commentary.

Not all premier league games are live. :/

You seem to need a german IBAN account or a Credit Card.

This will sound great..."Liverpool gewinnt die Liga. Jürgen Klopp ist ein Gott in Merseyside"

Hah, I'd love to have more soundtrack options. I couldn't care less about pre or post game shows. Would just like a raw stadium sound feed.

That way we could have heard the travelling Man U fans chanting about London born Jordan Ibe beign a Scouser...forgetting of course about their captain who is an actual Scouser. 

That's a good shout. I see they also support Switzerland and thankfully my VPN has a server there. Fudge the Premier League - the Championship is where it's at.

If you press mute you'll get a live feed from the Emirates.

that's a bit rough. I heard the boos loud and clear the other morning

I think this has already been mentioned or hinted at earlier in this thread, but comments from beIN on their Facebook page is saying:

"beIN SPORTS CONNECT will not be available within the next few weeks. We are working hard to make the service available as soon as possible. Please stay tuned for future updates regarding release date, features, content and pricing."

Looks like it might be a while before we get the legit online service.

Apparently Bein deleted the tweet saying there would be no on-demand...... wanting to get excited but not sure... plot thickens

But seriously WTF is going on. No closer to knowing what's happening internet-wise with the season a week in. This can't have been part of the plan. 

#shambles

It's a lot like supporting Arsenal isn't it? A week into the season and we're still not sure whether we're going to get what we need. 

Not sure if it'll be the same for the PL this season, but ss1 and ss2 are showing BeIN feeds of the Champions League qualifiers, along with the 2nd BeIN channel (3 games in total). Hopefully and indication on what they're going to do when there's 5/6 PL games on to avoid having to delay games

From what I have heard that won't be happening.  Once the 3rd pop up is available after RIO then that's 4 games live simultaneously, which covers most weekends from the quick research I have done.

It will cover most weekends but from memory, last round of the season has all 10 games starting at the same time.