Setanta about to call in recievers?

FrankJH said:
No question that the coverage is awful but isnt it bad that Sky's only real competition for live footy is going to the wall?

Competition is a good thing - and I cant see ITV or BBC (or even Virgin directly) paying for live coverage
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yes and no, I don't half wonder if Sky monopolise exactly how much bandwidth they get(itv also) and make running a hd channel simply too expensive just to make them inferior.

Personally, I find the pre-match, post match stuff dire on all channels, Andy Gray constantly gets things wrong, as do they all, bias, irritating and just crap commentry by all. The only issue I have with Setanta is picture quality, but for those who watch streams, its plainly obvious to see in other markets Sky don't run Setanta have HD channels going.

I think Sky just make running a HD channel through them to prohibitavely expensive, and frankly, if Setanta are filming in HD then they can clearly sort out a high quality standard def signal, think of BBC's standard def, it looks amazing. But the higher quality uses more bandwidth, and again Sky get to dictate how much bandwidth people can use. Seems to me that sky are forcing competition out in an anti competitive way just so they have the monopoly. Which is bad for all of us at the end of the day :(

As others said, the boxing coverage, and getting decent matches without making it PPV is fantastic. Sky manage to put almost every big matchup on PPV and almost every last one has been an utter rip off and not remotely worth the money.

Considering Setanta can afford the HD costs involved in other markets, and the broadcasters there obviously still make money off their hd channels, theres something amiss with the situation here.
 
I hope not, i'm fed up with having to go to multiple companies to get full Premiership coverage.

Give it all back to Sky.
 
Metalface Mark said:
You can say what you want about the SPL, but it was a pretty fantastic season with ever club bar Motherwell and Hibs having something to play for right up up the last few games.

That said the quality of the football is poor in comparison to the Premiership, and Setanta paid too much for it and are paying the price of that.
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If you read the SPL thread you know I also thought it was a good end to the season for neutral fans, even if the standard of football was poor.

I'm laughing at the SPL at the way they ditched Sky for Setanta and now they're in a lot of trouble. Will Sky offer the whole SPL a deal if Setanta go or will they just offer a deal for the OF games?
 
Have to say that Premplus was always better for me than Setanta. Half the price and better quality coverage (Andy Gray aside). The LFC channel will have to find a new home though :(
 
FrankJH said:
No question that the coverage is awful but isnt it bad that Sky's only real competition for live footy is going to the wall?
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As said before, not when you're forced to shell out for two subscriptions which cost more than one from one company.

Good riddance to Setanta. I might cancel my subscription to help move things along (:D). Their coverage is awful and I'm yet to see a full flawless game on the channel.
 
afraser2k said:
If you read the SPL thread you know I also thought it was a good end to the season for neutral fans, even if the standard of football was poor.

I'm laughing at the SPL at the way they ditched Sky for Setanta and now they're in a lot of trouble. Will Sky offer the whole SPL a deal if Setanta go or will they just offer a deal for the OF games?
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They didnt ditch Sky for Setanta, Sky were hardballing the SPL and they thought they could do better, then they realised outside of sky, no one was willing to pay the money, so they ended up with an inferior deal from BBC, only to get some juicy money from Sultana the year after.

Lets be honest, the standard of football in the SPL is poor, equivelant to lower end championship right down to top of league 2 standard, outwith the bigot brothers it dosent offer much for the armchair fan, and Im saying that as a supporter of one of the clubs, i pay my money every week, if i wasnt a fan, i wouldnt pay to watch Kilmarnock vs St Mirren on a wet December night.
 
I canceled setanta last November, I don't know what they did but I've not been billed for it since and I've still been able to watch it. Their football commentary is awful, I can't stand Craig Burley.
 
Metalface Mark said:
Lets be honest, the standard of football in the SPL is poor, equivelant to lower end championship right down to top of league 2 standard, outwith the bigot brothers it dosent offer much for the armchair fan, and Im saying that as a supporter of one of the clubs, i pay my money every week, if i wasnt a fan, i wouldnt pay to watch Kilmarnock vs St Mirren on a wet December night.
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I agree the standard aint been great but there have been a fair few poor games from the bestest most entertaining highest standard league in the world aswell this season.

If setanta do do bust and there is no opposition I can see Sky cutting back what it pays EPL for games and as a result some clubs will go under with all the debt they have merely being serviced by sky payouts.
 
Can't understand why everybody hates Setanta, if you don't like it then just don't buy it :/ Where is the problem?
 
jakeke said:
Can't understand why everybody hates Setanta, if you don't like it then just don't buy it :/ Where is the problem?
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Because a couple of seasons ago we could watch almost all the PL games Setanta showed for only £50 a season extra, or simply buy each game we wanted.
 
jakeke said:
Can't understand why everybody hates Setanta, if you don't like it then just don't buy it :/ Where is the problem?
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Because if you want to watch every Premiership game you need to pay them their monthly charge, which, as Ripper said, is a lot more than a PremPlus season ticket.

It's their customer service that reeks though, they provide a service that you can't cancel without a fight and having to jump through hoops. Many people have had problems because Setanta won't stop charging their CCs for the amount, even when told there will be no more money taken.

I hope it serves as a lesson for companies with scummy Customer Service.
 
Tute said:
Because if you want to watch every Premiership game you need to pay them their monthly charge, which, as Ripper said, is a lot more than a PremPlus season ticket.

It's their customer service that reeks though, they provide a service that you can't cancel without a fight and having to jump through hoops. Many people have had problems because Setanta won't stop charging their CCs for the amount, even when told there will be no more money taken.

I hope it serves as a lesson for companies with scummy Customer Service.
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Meh, it's still a lot cheaper than going to the games. If you want to watch all the games for next to no money, just watch them on the internet. Works for me.
 
jakeke said:
Meh, it's still a lot cheaper than going to the games. If you want to watch all the games for next to no money, just watch them on the internet. Works for me.
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I know you can watch them on the internet for free, but that's not the point.

The point is, that a company with poor coverage, poor customer service, and which makes no attempt to improve is going to the wall.

Poetic justice at it's very best.
 
Thank god. Allow Setanta. They can **** off. rubbish channel. Best news iv heard all year.
 
Tute said:
I know you can watch them on the internet for free, but that's not the point.

The point is, that a company with poor coverage, poor customer service, and which makes no attempt to improve is going to the wall.

Poetic justice at it's very best.
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Aye, I understand the arguments, I just think they get a lot more criticism than they deserve. I watch quite a lot of stuff on there, especially Arsenal TV (I watch it ALL the time), I think it's a good channel and it's almost the only thing I watch on TV.
 
Hopefully ESPN will buy them up and then set up some proper HD channels, be nice to have Setanta and ESPN HD available :)
 
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