View Full Version : Sky/Setanta announce live PL games
I don't think I can post them, but the times have them here (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2045485.ece)
Absolutely no offence to the supporters of the clubs involved, but I wouldn't say that any of Setanta's matches look worth paying the fee for.
E.g. they've got two of our games... Ars vs Sun and Read vs Ars. Could cope with not seeing them live.
There's 2 Utd games I'd have liked to see on Sentanta. Utd v Sunderland to see Keane back at OT and Villa v Utd as my Grandad was a Villa fan and it was a match we always looked forward to. I won't be paying for Sentanta, I'll just find a pub showing them. What does irritate me is that it means even less 3pm Sat KO's for Utd.
With a fixture list like that, Setanta are really going to struggle without putting on a killer deal. Their games are mostly at 5.15pm on a Saturday. Now, generally at that time a big proportion of fans in the Premiership are on their way home from a home match.
The only games I'll be sad to miss are the Monday evening games and the occasional Saturday game when Palace are playing away. At the moment I think I'll take the money I would have spent on Prem Plus and put it towards a couple of Palace away games!
MrSpoons
09-07-2007, 07:19
thats saved me a few quid - was going to get Sky sports renewed once the season starts but seeing as theres only 2 matches on featuring Middlesbrough I won't bother. Setanta looks worse with only the game against the barcodes on and I'll be at the game anyway.
robzinski
09-07-2007, 07:32
We're down as being on against 'Boro on Sunday September 30th, but we play Newcastle that weekend?
Well Newcastle are on 8 times in just over 3 months over Sky and Setanta....thats pretty good. I was going to get Setanta and now I definately will.
hmmmm, Liverpool on Setanta three time. I wish those ******* rip off merchants would allow me to PPV games instead of insisting of tieing me into a contract I don't want :(
Will see whether the Setanta games appear on Footie First on Sky. If they do, then Setanta can forget it. If they don't, then I still wont bother and I will hate Setanta even more for taking the ******* football away from me.
AdamBrunt
09-07-2007, 09:40
hmmmm, Liverpool on Setanta three time. I wish those ******* rip off merchants would allow me to PPV games instead of insisting of tieing me into a contract I don't want :(
Setanta is only £9.99 a month (with no 12 month contract) so it will only cost, at most, £30 to see all the LFC games (possibly £20 if you're allowed to cancel for September and then re-join for November).
Burned_Alive
09-07-2007, 10:03
Might as well go to the pub
whodoyoudo
09-07-2007, 10:07
Excellent, Setanta won't get anything from me, there's only a handful of their games I'd want to see, they're all Sat 5.15pm kick offs so I'll just start my nights out on the beer a bit earlier :thumbs:
boonspoon
09-07-2007, 10:12
Setanta is only £9.99 a month (with no 12 month contract) so it will only cost, at most, £30 to see all the LFC games (possibly £20 if you're allowed to cancel for September and then re-join for November).
When you subscribe for you pay a £10 connection fee. If you want to cancel you must give them 30 days notice. But if you want to subscribe again say 4 months later, you will have to pay the £10 connection fee again.
Basically to stop people doing what you're describing I think.
Connection fee?
Cheeky *******.
Just discovered they have the Liverpool friendlies as well, which have usually been free to watch on Channel 5 before. I HATE this company with a passion you wouldn't believe for ripping off the fans like this, but it looks like I am going to have to bite the bullet! :(
campdave
09-07-2007, 10:20
hmmmm, Liverpool on Setanta three time. I wish those ******* rip off merchants would allow me to PPV games instead of insisting of tieing me into a contract I don't want :(
No more of a rip-off merchant than Sky who force you to take at least two of their mixes before you can subscribe to their sports channels, and also tie you into a 12-month when you sign up.
Sign up via the website, and there's no connection fee (there wasn't when I subscribed).
The anamosity shown to this company is surprising, given that Sky have had a monopoly, controlled how many package you have to subscribe to to get sports and continually increase the cost for is
AdamBrunt
09-07-2007, 10:24
The anamosity shown to this company is surprising, given that Sky have had a monopoly, controlled how many package you have to subscribe to to get sports and continually increase the cost for is
I would suggest that the anomosity from the footie fans is due to the 'fact' that in being moved to Setanta, Prem+ (which is effectively what Setanta's Premiership coverage is) has doubled in price since last season.
whodoyoudo
09-07-2007, 10:24
No more of a rip-off merchant than Sky who force you to take at least two of their mixes before you can subscribe to their sports channels, and also tie you into a 12-month when you sign up.
Sign up via the website, and there's no connection fee (there wasn't when I subscribed).
The anamosity shown to this company is surprising, given that Sky have had a monopoly, controlled how many package you have to subscribe to to get sports and continually increase the cost for is
Nah, SKY may charge what people consider to be alot of money but they've changed televised football for the better IMO and I don't begrudge them a penny.
Think of all those champions league matches, on some nights you can choose to watch any of the 8 games that are on, it's just fantastic what they've done for the 'armchair viewer'.
AdamBrunt
09-07-2007, 10:25
When you subscribe for you pay a £10 connection fee. If you want to cancel you must give them 30 days notice. But if you want to subscribe again say 4 months later, you will have to pay the £10 connection fee again.
Basically to stop people doing what you're describing I think.
Ah Ok.
In that case it would be worthwhile keeping the sub through September even though they might not be showing any games I want to see.
pompeyfan
09-07-2007, 10:34
Pompey on Sky 4 times and 1 on Setanta so the choice is easy for me, even though the Setanta match v West Ham is probaby the most appealing of the 5 to me but I'll listen to it on the radio.
No more of a rip-off merchant than Sky who force you to take at least two of their mixes before you can subscribe to their sports channels, and also tie you into a 12-month when you sign up.
Sign up via the website, and there's no connection fee (there wasn't when I subscribed).
The anamosity shown to this company is surprising, given that Sky have had a monopoly, controlled how many package you have to subscribe to to get sports and continually increase the cost for is
My animosity towards the company, to be fair (in a moment of rationalisation) is more towards the stupid ruling that took the games from Sky. However, Setanta took the games that MIGHT have been bid for by a terrestial channel if Setanta weren't around.
I don't like the business model of forcing you to pay for a whole month at a time, but to be fair - if it is £9.99 a month (I'd have to check) it's not too bad. However, if you compare that to £50 for a season ticket on Sky (and the opportunity to buy in later in the season for less), then I do not see how a tenner a month for a year represents value for money?
Yes, Setanta will be available on terrestrial - which is a good thing, but when sky wanted some freeview bandwidth for paid coverage people were up in arms.
Personally, I don't see how people can think Sky is bad value. It provides excellent coverage for the price.
And the only coverage I have seen of Setanta so far (admittedly not via the accepted means) it has been appalling.
Still, I have pretty much accepted I will have to get it now :(
campdave
09-07-2007, 11:01
My animosity towards the company, to be fair (in a moment of rationalisation) is more towards the stupid ruling that took the games from Sky. However, Setanta took the games that MIGHT have been bid for by a terrestial channel if Setanta weren't around.
I've read somewhere that the Premier League didn't want their rights to fall to a FTA/FTV channel as it would 'damage the brand' - they probably would have set up their own TV channel had Setanta not existed.
I don't like the business model of forcing you to pay for a whole month at a time, but to be fair - if it is £9.99 a month (I'd have to check) it's not too bad. However, if you compare that to £50 for a season ticket on Sky (and the opportunity to buy in later in the season for less), then I do not see how a tenner a month for a year represents value for money?
Sky surely also could have been criticised for choosing to put a certain proportion of their matches on PPV though, and forcing the consumer to pay extra for matches if they already subscribed to Sky Sports. As for the 'whole month at a time' argument, you can only sign up to Sky Sports for a minimum of a month. I am also fairly certain that once you cancel, you can't turn it back on for 30 days - to stop people switching on and off constantly for matches/events they want to watch.
My animosity towards the company, to be fair (in a moment of rationalisation) is more towards the stupid ruling that took the games from Sky. However, Setanta took the games that MIGHT have been bid for by a terrestial channel if Setanta weren't around.
I don't like the business model of forcing you to pay for a whole month at a time, but to be fair - if it is £9.99 a month (I'd have to check) it's not too bad. However, if you compare that to £50 for a season ticket on Sky (and the opportunity to buy in later in the season for less), then I do not see how a tenner a month for a year represents value for money?
Yes, Setanta will be available on terrestrial - which is a good thing, but when sky wanted some freeview bandwidth for paid coverage people were up in arms.
Personally, I don't see how people can think Sky is bad value. It provides excellent coverage for the price.
And the only coverage I have seen of Setanta so far (admittedly not via the accepted means) it has been appalling.
Still, I have pretty much accepted I will have to get it now :(
You do understand that for that £9.99per month you can actually watch more sports than just football, like Aussie Rules! :D
soberion
09-07-2007, 11:18
You do understand that for that £9.99per month you can actually watch more sports than just football, like Aussie Rules! :D
But I don't *want* to watch other sport. I'd only want it for the Prem stuff. So £10 a month is £10 I won't be paying and will revert to the internet for that coverage.
But I don't *want* to watch other sport. I'd only want it for the Prem stuff. So £10 a month is £10 I won't be paying and will revert to the internet for that coverage.
Well if that's the case then it isn't particularly good value for money but then you don't have to buy it do you?
AdamBrunt
09-07-2007, 11:33
We're down as being on against 'Boro on Sunday September 30th, but we play Newcastle that weekend?
Robzinski, check your fixture list. There has been a lot of re-arrangements recently involving Man City, Everton, Boro and Newcastle.
Basically, because they are hosting the UEFA Cup final in May - UEFA have 'banned' Man City from playing at home the last two (I think) games of the season ... something about no one using a Final pitch for two weeks prior to the Final.
pompeyfan
09-07-2007, 11:51
Personally, I don't see how people can think Sky is bad value. It provides excellent coverage for the price.
While I agree their coverage/presentation is excellent - whether it's good value or not really depends on who you support and who you want to watch the most - for a supporter of the big 4 it's excellent value as lots of live coverage from all competitions, but it's not so great value for supporters of other clubs if they only want to watch their team in action (although Pompey seem to be a bit better catered foe so far this season).
TBH if Pompey had been on Setanta more often I'd have choosen them over Sky as they have the Bundesliga which I'm interested in, whereas Sky have La Liga which I'm not - but with only 1 Pompey game (even if it is the most attractive one) I shan't bother with them.
I am a fan of Sky and Sky's footy coverage generally. Not even entertaining the prospect of Setanta at all - no matter how many Spurs games they're showing. We're on twice in October on Setanta but I'll just have to miss them or check whether my local is showing them (probably).
I've unsubscribed to Sky Sports over the summer but will be re-subscribing come August. Looking forward to the new season in HD! :D
It's a good idea to split the coverage of live games up (IMO) but not by giving a second package to another subscription channel - free-to-air channel, yes.
AFAIK, PPV footy wasn't exclusive to Sky - that's why it was on a 'Prem Plus' channel, not Sky Sports 1, etc - and was available to cable, etc.
But I don't *want* to watch other sport. I'd only want it for the Prem stuff. So £10 a month is £10 I won't be paying and will revert to the internet for that coverage.
And I don't *want* to watch Rugby League, or County Cricket, or WWE, or the countless hours of other tosh that Sky Sports put on to fill their schedules, but I accept that I pay a subscription to a sports channel, and some of the money I pay is going towards putting on programming that I don't want to watch. I can't say that the rest of the Setanta line-up is that appealing to me, but they are a sports channel, and do put on other stuff than just premiership football, some of which will no doubt appeal to some people
My animosity towards the company, to be fair (in a moment of rationalisation) is more towards the stupid ruling that took the games from Sky. However, Setanta took the games that MIGHT have been bid for by a terrestial channel if Setanta weren't around.
Nothing to stop them from attempting to show friendlies. How many of Liverpool's friendlies were on terrestrial tv last summer? How many were on pay TV last summer?
The problem is, being a Liverpool fan, you don't know how good you've got it. I've only ever seen 4 Spurs Pre-season friendlies on TV and that was on Eurosport 2 years ago. This summer I've got an opportunity to watch 4 games that almost certainly wouldn't have been on any channel so I'm very happy.
I can't see why you single Setanta out either, aren't they just doing what Sky would do? IMHO anything that breaks the monopoly of Sky is pretty much a good thing. I do think £10/month is pretty steep but I can't see why they should be attacked for not doing PPV when sky only did it on selected games.
Stevie G
09-07-2007, 15:16
When you subscribe for you pay a £10 connection fee. If you want to cancel you must give them 30 days notice. But if you want to subscribe again say 4 months later, you will have to pay the £10 connection fee again.
Basically to stop people doing what you're describing I think.
When I looked on the Setanta site for Freeview customers realier today it indicates you do have to sign up to a 12 months contract, and I tried it with satellite (to see if it was the same) and the T&C's were the same on that.
Pretty crap for £10, but not being able to have Sky I may end up paying. Rather pay a fiver for the few Liverpool games that are on. :oh-hum:
mnementh
09-07-2007, 15:43
Only 1 Reading game on Setanta and thats a home game against Arsenal, so I'll be there anyway.
dnaddison
09-07-2007, 15:44
My biggest problem with Setanta is the lack of multiroom. Ideally I'd like to watch the football downstairs with friends/family and the american sports upstairs when in bed (with the wife).
Fat Bloke
09-07-2007, 16:00
When I looked on the Setanta site for Freeview customers realier today it indicates you do have to sign up to a 12 months contract, and I tried it with satellite (to see if it was the same) and the T&C's were the same on that.
Pretty crap for £10, but not being able to have Sky I may end up paying. Rather pay a fiver for the few Liverpool games that are on. :oh-hum:
It was a month to month contract when I signed up for Setanta on freeview.
pompeyfan
09-07-2007, 16:13
My biggest problem with Setanta is the lack of multiroom. Ideally I'd like to watch the football downstairs with friends/family and the american sports upstairs when in bed (with the wife).
They do have multiroom - it's a fiver extra.
AdamBrunt
09-07-2007, 16:28
When I looked on the Setanta site for Freeview customers realier today it indicates you do have to sign up to a 12 months contract, and I tried it with satellite (to see if it was the same) and the T&C's were the same on that.
It clearly states "No 12 month contract" here (http://gb.setanta.tv/gbpack.htm)
robzinski
09-07-2007, 17:44
Robzinski, check your fixture list. There has been a lot of re-arrangements recently involving Man City, Everton, Boro and Newcastle.
Basically, because they are hosting the UEFA Cup final in May - UEFA have 'banned' Man City from playing at home the last two (I think) games of the season ... something about no one using a Final pitch for two weeks prior to the Final.
Cheers Adam. Was still showing as initially announced first thing this morning.
Nothing to stop them from attempting to show friendlies. How many of Liverpool's friendlies were on terrestrial tv last summer? How many were on pay TV last summer?
The problem is, being a Liverpool fan, you don't know how good you've got it. I've only ever seen 4 Spurs Pre-season friendlies on TV and that was on Eurosport 2 years ago. This summer I've got an opportunity to watch 4 games that almost certainly wouldn't have been on any channel so I'm very happy.
I can't see why you single Setanta out either, aren't they just doing what Sky would do? IMHO anything that breaks the monopoly of Sky is pretty much a good thing. I do think £10/month is pretty steep but I can't see why they should be attacked for not doing PPV when sky only did it on selected games.
I get your point with the Spurs thing. However, I think for the last two seasons MOST of Liverpool's friendlies were on Channel 5. None were on any pay channel that I can remember (watch someone come along and prove me wrong now!)
Jedibitch
09-07-2007, 20:54
anyone who has watched football on sentanta will tell you it makes five coverage with colin murray and john barnes look like broadcasting perfection.
It really is appalling, from commentry, picture quality and camera work.
god knows who they have lined up for the prem games?
Fat Bloke
09-07-2007, 21:31
anyone who has watched football on sentanta will tell you it makes five coverage with colin murray and john barnes look like broadcasting perfection.
It really is appalling, from commentry, picture quality and camera work.
god knows who they have lined up for the prem games?
Maybe something was wrong with your TV? I've got it and haven't noticed any difference in quality with bbc, itv and sky.
As someone who hates all commentators, they are bad but so are all of them.
Stevie G
09-07-2007, 22:36
It clearly states "No 12 month contract" here (http://gb.setanta.tv/gbpack.htm)
Yes, you are right. They must have updated the pages today. When I wen to the Setanta site at lunchtime today it took me to different links, and when you clicked on the T&C's box it said you were signing up to a 12 months contract. Perhaps they've changed their T&C's to encourage more people to pay for it. Looks like they've made the signing up pages a little easier too!
Actually, it still does. If you click on http://gb.setanta.tv/gb_index.htm, then click on the T&C's it says "Minimum Term: any Pre-Paid Period, and the minimum term during which you are obligated to first subscribe to the Service under this Contract which minimum term shall be twelve (12) months from the date on which you first subscribe to the Service unless otherwise agreed in the Option chosen by you." A bit ambiguous. Don't know where you can specify not contract period as I've not subscribed!
Reading thread in other forums it seems Setanta dropped the 12 month contract stipulation and reduced the price from 14.99 to 9.99. I guess they didn't update there website fully!
Personally going to give it a wide birth. As a fan of a lower league club I didn't bother with Prem+ and won't bother with Setanta either. Biggest problem will be if the local pubs don't subscribe - are Setanta as expensive for pubs as Sky is?
campdave
10-07-2007, 07:04
Maybe something was wrong with your TV? I've got it and haven't noticed any difference in quality with bbc, itv and sky.
As someone who hates all commentators, they are bad but so are all of them.
Starting this season just finished, I only watch the match itself, no pre-match build-up or half-time analysis, and I find myself enjoying watching the game a lot more rather than getting frustrated by the medicority of most of the punitry/incessant hype.
Personally I quite like whoever it is does Setanta's SPL commetary, I'd be very happy for them to do it (doubt they will), or for them to use TWI's commentary assuming that they will just take their feed (also doubtful as they will no doubt want to plug other events during a match).
Sheepking
10-07-2007, 07:11
Personally I quite like whoever it is does Setanta's SPL commetary, I'd be very happy for them to do it (doubt they will)
Ian crocker does the SPL commentary on setanta and used to do it for sky when Sky held the contract.
dnaddison
10-07-2007, 08:19
They do have multiroom - it's a fiver extra.
Do you have to call up for that as i can't see it when i order?
Cheers
Connection fee?
Cheeky *******.
Just discovered they have the Liverpool friendlies as well, which have usually been free to watch on Channel 5 before. I HATE this company with a passion you wouldn't believe for ripping off the fans like this, but it looks like I am going to have to bite the bullet! :(
Your constant bitching is getting very tired.
Use your brain for a minute, and think how Liverpool are able to get players like Alonso'?
Then apologise to Setanta.
LFC TV channel to be carried exclusively on Setanta. That's it - subscription sold (if I hadn't had my wallet and debit card stolen last night :cry:)
DarthPearce
11-07-2007, 10:23
If you have to prove yourself a Yorkshire Bank customer to get the £1 per month for the first 3 months offer then I found this page on their website which shows that Sky customers can get the first 3 months for just £5.
http://gb.setanta.com/portal/systemcontent/getsetantasports
LFC TV channel to be carried exclusively on Setanta. That's it - subscription sold (if I hadn't had my wallet and debit card stolen last night :cry:)
Thats it i'm cancelling RIGHT NOW ....i can put up with gaelic football...but when they start showing this crap...its time to go .....:razz: ;)
christoph
15-07-2007, 10:37
I tried to subscribe over the phone with the 0500 code for sky customers as posted earlier but it was a no go. I was told it was an old code and no longer valid.
So for the 10 month season it was going to cost £110 (they wanted to charge me a £10 connection fee). I said "no", they offered to waive the connection fee and I said "no".
Prem plus was £50, I might watch a bit of extra European football on Setanta, I deliberated over it when I thought I could get it for £85 and decided to go for it, but I'm not paying £100 for the season.
Oh well, it took me ages to get through due to their "extremenly high demand for subscriptions" so people out there must be subscribing.
Thats it i'm cancelling RIGHT NOW ....i can put up with gaelic football...but when they start showing this crap...its time to go .....:razz: ;)
:lol:
I've given up trying to get through to them on the phone. They never answer.
Time to try the web.
Fever Dawg
15-07-2007, 11:34
What happens if you don't have Sky and don't have a Freeview box with a slot?
I have a TV that has integrated Freeview.
Anybody know? I can't find out anything on the website.
I think you're stuck mate, sorry. For some reason - no card no setanta. AFAIK.
Fat Bloke
15-07-2007, 13:03
What happens if you don't have Sky and don't have a Freeview box with a slot?
I have a TV that has integrated Freeview.
Anybody know? I can't find out anything on the website.
Are you 100% confident you don't have a card slot, or a cam slot on your TV? Which model is it?
LiviLion
15-07-2007, 13:25
Ian crocker does the SPL commentary on setanta and used to do it for sky when Sky held the contract.
Ian Crocker is a really good commentator. It was a pity when Sky didn't get to renew the SPL rights due to the SPL thinking they could do SPL TV and then proceeded to take something like 10 million quid less than sky was offering from the BBC as sky told them to clear off.
I am a bit surprised with the people on here knocking sky's coverage of footie. Remember Sky have gave us Widescreen, exceptional commentators, excellent picture quality (SD), outstanding picture quality (HD), huge number of games.
Setanta only started WS broadcasts last year. Quality still looks dreadful to me though.
How many people watched the CL final on Sky instead of ITV?
How many people watch the Cup finals which are on both Sky and council telly.
I'm not too bothered about the Monday night games as I am in hotels most weeknights so will watch them in the hotel bar.
Burned_Alive
15-07-2007, 14:17
If you have to prove yourself a Yorkshire Bank customer to get the £1 per month for the first 3 months offer then I found this page on their website which shows that Sky customers can get the first 3 months for just £5.
http://gb.setanta.com/portal/systemcontent/getsetantasports
Following that link its £5 a mont for the first 3 months and £10.99 a month thereafter with a £10 registration fee. = £123.91 a year
If you just go to the normal site and pay £9.99 a month it works out at £119.88 for the year, no registration fee according to the site.
Not much of a special offer.
I've signed for the no contract £9.99 a month offer. If it's crap I can then cancel.
Burned_Alive
15-07-2007, 14:37
Think im going to go for it, but not sure whether to get it on Sky or on Freeview
I thought some channels weren't available through freeview. I got the impression that if you had the opportunity, then Sky was better?
Burned_Alive
15-07-2007, 15:02
I thought some channels weren't available through freeview. I got the impression that if you had the opportunity, then Sky was better?
That was what i was wondering, not sure.
Fat Bloke
15-07-2007, 15:06
If you've already got Sky then get it on that. I can't have a dish so have it through freeview.
But with Sky you get all their channels, rather than the one on freeview.
Will watch their coverage of the Everton friendly tonight, just to see what it is like.
Well, theres a good start for Setanta. Could my inkling that they are a clueless mickey mouse outfit be correct?
Tuned into their EPG - they're showing the Everton v. N. Ireland friendly at 6pm tonight.
I tune in, and its nowhere to be seen - replaced by gaelic football.
Nice start Setanta - worth the subscription so far! Lets hope you actually do decide to show the Liverpool games, and don't change your mind at the last minute :mad:
I prefer the Dublin - Laois game :clap:
If you are on Freeview, Setanta have already advertised the fact the the NI v Everton game is not available on Freeview hence the reason you cannot see the game!
unrealnils
15-07-2007, 18:07
So what live arsenal games do Sentanta have coverage of then ?
I prefer the Dublin - Laois game :clap:
If you are on Freeview, Setanta have already advertised the fact the the NI v Everton game is not available on Freeview hence the reason you cannot see the game!
I'm on sky and its nowhere to be seen.
AdamBrunt
15-07-2007, 18:24
I'm on sky and its nowhere to be seen.
Erm ... NI v Everton was live on Setanta Sports 2 yesterday.
Admittedly, it's not a good sign if their EPG was showing it as today.
Advertised in the paper for the 14th July!
Erm ... NI v Everton was live on Setanta Sports 2 yesterday.
Admittedly, it's not a good sign if their EPG was showing it as today.
Oh, was it?
Well I went on their channel at 17:15 and it was on the EPG for today which was why I posted at 17:30.
saltysam
15-07-2007, 20:48
Everton played at Bury yesterday,won 1-0 edit and they had another side playing NI.
saltysam
15-07-2007, 20:49
i signed up and it's come on,never got an email confirmation though.
Neither did I but it came on very quick.
You might want to keep your eye on their website
http://gb.setanta.tv/gb_index.htm
Fat Bloke
15-07-2007, 22:22
Erm ... NI v Everton was live on Setanta Sports 2 yesterday.
Admittedly, it's not a good sign if their EPG was showing it as today.
It was listed as a re-run, which is something to do often during the day usually.
6:00pm Pre-Season Friendly: Northern Ireland v Everton
Another chance to see the action as David Moyes brings his Everton side to face a Northern Ireland selection at the Coleraine Showground in a friendly that takes place as part of the celebrations for the Milk Cup's 25th anniversary. (Sat 14/07 KO: 16:00).
Tomorrow it's Reading vs Lyon at 12, then a repeat at 5.30.
But it wasn't on. They were showing gaelic football instead. And it had disappeared from their EPG.
Fat Bloke
15-07-2007, 23:25
I know it wasn't on. Freeview was showing Celtic v Rangers. I was just saying to Adam that it wasn't listed as being Live.
pompeyfan
15-07-2007, 23:39
Any pompey friendlies listed on setanta? or the bundesliga fixtures announced - particularly Hamburg SV as I'm still undecided whether to subscribe or not (just the one pompey epl match so not worth it just for that).
Burned_Alive
17-07-2007, 16:45
Anyone know if i sign up using direct debit do they activate it straight away or do i have to wait?
No idea mate - I used a credit card to be sure.
Reading some horrendous experiences of people over on AV Fourns who have signed up and say the quality is absolutely gash. I guess I'll find out in an hours time.
Burned_Alive
17-07-2007, 17:07
I rang up and made a deliberate balls of the voice recognition thing, managed to get through to a rep, said it would be just as quick as a credit card sub, but could take up to 24 hours, however the web form afterwards said 15minutes to an hour.
Can anyone find any bloody tv schedules for these jokers? Their website hasn't worked for three days now :mad:
AdamBrunt
17-07-2007, 17:14
No idea mate - I used a credit card to be sure.
Reading some horrendous experiences of people over on AV Fourns who have signed up and say the quality is absolutely gash. I guess I'll find out in an hours time.
******* they must be very picky .... the picture quality on both the Boro and Everton games on Saturday was no worse than Sky Sports [ other than Boro being 4:3 ]
Burned_Alive
17-07-2007, 17:15
Here's the first chunk of Setanta's premiership coverage, if thats any use:
Removed
Sorry but you can not post football fixtures like that on the forums because of copyright reasons. If you can find a link to them feel free to post that instead.
Edit - Those fixtures are on this page, but what an awful site !
http://gb.setanta.tv/gb_index.htm
Burned_Alive
17-07-2007, 17:22
Sorry but you can not post football fixtures like that on the forums because of copyright reasons. If you can find a link to them feel free to post that instead.
Edit - Those fixtures are on this page, but what an awful site !
http://gb.setanta.tv/gb_index.htm
Sorry, didnt realise! Thought because they were freely available it'd be ok! How strange.
More specifically, they're on this page: http://gb.setanta.com/portal/content/premgb/
We have to have a licence to display football fixtures from all divisions and not just the Premier League. Daft but then that is the nature of greed in the sport.
Yeah, those are the links I have tried - but they dont work for me in firefox.
AdamBrunt
17-07-2007, 17:54
Yeah, those are the links I have tried - but they dont work for me in firefox.
http://gb.setanta.tv/gb_index.htm works fine for me in Firefox :shrug:
Anyone know if i sign up using direct debit do they activate it straight away or do i have to wait?
Signed up Sunday night with a debit card. was on within an hour. I cracked after seeing the prem & scottish schedule as well as the friendlies. I can think of worse things to spend a tenner a month on. I had problems cancelling my NASN account a year of so ago but that was around the same time that Setanta took over which confused me & them.
Got my regular US sports fix back too. MLB.tv is not enought these days :nuts:
Burned_Alive
17-07-2007, 18:03
Doesnt look like mine is going to activate in time for the game :(
AdamBrunt
17-07-2007, 18:11
I signed up on Saturday afternoon via the website and using direct debit. The site it could take between 15 minutes and 1 hour. It took about 30 mins in the end.
http://gb.setanta.tv/gb_index.htm works fine for me in Firefox :shrug:
They work for me as well, try installing an add-on called 'IE Tab', it will open a new tab but as an Internet Explorer page instead.
Cheers Alan - will do after the game.
Setanta commentators excelling themselves so far. They have spent more time advertising their channel than they have talking about the game, and at one point one of them had to ask the other what Voronin's name was :nuts:
Oh, and its 4:3
AdamBrunt
17-07-2007, 19:17
Oh, and its 4:3
It's 4:3 because of where game is being played (where the feed is coming from).
90+% of the CL games on Sky are broadcast in 4:3 for the same reason
Burned_Alive
17-07-2007, 19:26
Missed the first half, but its on for the second :)
Great stuff Alive! :)
Got to see a good goal there then! :)
Fat Bloke
17-07-2007, 21:27
http://gb.setanta.tv/gb_index.htm works fine for me in Firefox :shrug:
Work here as well in Firefox.
campdave
18-07-2007, 07:54
90+% of the CL games on Sky are broadcast in 4:3 for the same reason
Sky are worse for chopping the top and bottom of some of their CL coverage to pretend that it's widescreen.
LiviLion
18-07-2007, 13:52
Sky are worse for chopping the top and bottom of some of their CL coverage to pretend that it's widescreen.
I've never seen sky do that. Care to elaborate when you have seen them do that?
AdamBrunt
18-07-2007, 14:10
I've never seen sky do that. Care to elaborate when you have seen them do that?
I've never seen them do it either. They've always been quite happy to keep it 4:3 IIRC.
sharp_circle
18-07-2007, 14:14
Not a single Bolton match :clap:
stupidboyjj
20-07-2007, 13:51
I've never seen sky do that. Care to elaborate when you have seen them do that?
One of the broadcasters, whether it was Sky or ITV2/4 I can't remember, chopped the top and bottom off a 4x3 picture to make it not quite 16x9 but somewhere in between, for some CL games.
Andrew70
20-07-2007, 14:04
Setanta Sports 1, Setanta Sports 2, Setanta Golf, Racing UK, Celtic TV and Rangers TV will be added at no charge to Virgin XL tv package subscribers from 26th July.
(As reported on DigitalSpy)
Setanta Sports 1, Setanta Sports 2, Setanta Golf, Racing UK, Celtic TV and Rangers TV will be added at no charge to Virgin XL tv package subscribers from 26th July.
(As reported on DigitalSpy)
More info here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/20/bcnvirg120.xml
Well done VM :thumbs:
campdave
20-07-2007, 20:49
I've never seen them do it either. They've always been quite happy to keep it 4:3 IIRC.
They were doing it last season on the matches featuring English clubs away at European Teams - only one I can remember was Chelsea at Shaktar Donetsk, but they did it for others to - when the score came up at the bottom every ten minutes, part of it was chopped off.
I have a motorised satellite, so was able to check the feed on another broadcaster to make sure.
Er...
Quick question...
Should my Setanta 1 channel be on if I haven't bought it?
Just switched it on to see how to purchase it and it's showing NRL: Warriors v Titans.
Is some of it freeview?
saltysam
11-08-2007, 14:48
it'll go off before LFC kick off i would have thought.
it'll go off before LFC kick off i would have thought.
So how am I supposed to order it if I already have it?
Setanta 2 is on as well showing Live GAA...
Near sure it should be encrypted all the time, not just for PL football.
Before it became free with Virgin it was always blocked out to me.
Just rang my mate and his is on as well...
Here's hoping.
Funnily enough I was just coming on here to ask exactly the same because my mate has just phoned, and his is on without him paying for it too.
Not very impressed that I'm paying £9.99 a month for something he can watch for free. And don't give me that crap about "it will go off before the Liverpool game". If it's a premium channel then it should be encrypted all the time.
:lol:
Cancel then and get your mits onto the free to watch sections
Nah mine's just gone off...
I've just quickly signed up...
Last minute or what...?
Did you honestly think that Setanta would show their first EPL game un-encrypted?
Sweet and now it's on...
5 mins from them suckering me in.
fothy123
11-08-2007, 16:00
They normally do this I think just to tease you. I remember watching the first 10 mins of an OF game then it switched off.
degeneration
11-08-2007, 19:03
I subscribed today due in part to LFC TV being part of the package as from September.
If I've read it right every Liverpool match will be shown (But delayed for the most part).
You will indeed get every single Liverpool match in its entirety, but delayed.
Coverage was EXCELLENT today. Was very impressed. Might keep my subscription - depending on how good LFCTV is.
ralph wiggum
11-08-2007, 19:53
A quick question regarding the aspect ratio of Setanta.
I've always recorded the odd game in 4:3 from Sky for my dad to watch (he has a 4:3 telly) & they've always come out fine, but with Setanta, it comes out in widescreen (the players are all tall & thin :lol:). I've tried messing with the settings of the satellite box (4:3, 4:3L, 16:9) & with the recorder, but it always comes out ****. Any idea why Sky is fine but setanta isn't?
cheers.
degeneration
11-08-2007, 23:17
You will indeed get every single Liverpool match in its entirety, but delayed.
Coverage was EXCELLENT today. Was very impressed. Might keep my subscription - depending on how good LFCTV is.
How much of a delay? I couldn't find much on the lfc site.
campdave
12-08-2007, 10:22
How much of a delay? I couldn't find much on the lfc site.
AFAIK, the day after the match on weekends, and after midnight for mid-week matches, assuming it's the same rights as MUTV
So, what's the verdict on Setanta so far?
Still can't decide whether to go for it. With the games being mostly at 5.15 on a Saturday, for the first 20 minutes of which I'm often still returning from a home game, and clashing with a Championship game, which is the league my team is in, it would appear to be poor value. But I'd probably still prefer to watch the Premiership game and there is a lot of other football on the channel which I might watch too. And I was previously paying effectively £6 per month for just Prem Plus, so is £1 more a week really worth worrying about? But again, do I really want to watch so much football - maybe what's on Sky and the terrestrial channels is enough.
I thought the presentation was pretty good - much better than I expected it to be.
Don't think I will bother subscribing though as the selection of games is uninspiring (unless you are a villa fan :lol:) and the timings of the games aren't good either.
campdave
12-08-2007, 11:18
I thought the Friday football build-up show was excellent - no doubt in small part due to James Richardson - but I'm finding Setanta's coverage to be more thoughtful and less brash and full of soundbites than Sky. Plus Setanta don't have Andy Gray, which makes their commentating team 10x better in my opinion.
I didn't think the commentary was as good as Sky but the picture was excellent. Didn't see the Friday night build up show but as a Liverpool fan I think the subscription will have to stay. I have already knocked a few mixes off my sky package to compensate.
If you weren't a Liverpool fan, however, it might be less compelling.
So is the Arsenal match on Setanta or Sky or niether or what? I am having trouble finding it on Sky (I have setanta too)
welshmatt
12-08-2007, 12:40
I dont think its on TV, I read its only being played today due to work on the underground.
campdave
12-08-2007, 13:37
So is the Arsenal match on Setanta or Sky or niether or what? I am having trouble finding it on Sky (I have setanta too)
You won't find it on either, it was moved because of work on the underground, not because of TV
So is the Arsenal match on Setanta or Sky or niether or what? I am having trouble finding it on Sky (I have setanta too)
They are working on the underground that is why it is being played todya. It is not on TV :nuts:
Right good, it's not just me being stupid then :nuts:
AdamBrunt
12-08-2007, 15:15
I thought Setanta's video quality was the equal of Sky's SD coverage.
Their EPG info was a bit weird though ... it came up as 3 15 minute shows before the kick off. And since all the pre-match build up seemed to just be a results service and very little on the two teams about to play (since it was meant to be 45 minutes of build up) was quite naff. Just recording the game from now on I think.
anybody else having trouble trying to cancel their subscription?
the phone lines are busy and it keeps cutting me off.....strangely though the sales offices connects after 2 rings....................:oh-hum::oh-hum::|
only signed up for the hatton offer, my sub needs cancelling today otherwise its another £15
There is nothing on the web site about cancelling :suspect:
tell me about it. been in a queue now for 15 minutes.
'we aim to answer your call in under 5 minutes' well you failed miserably
AdamBrunt
13-08-2007, 21:18
There is nothing on the web site about cancelling :suspect:
You mean apart from Section 8 of their Terms & Conditions (http://www.setanta.com/utilities/TermsAndConditions.aspx)
Probably hundreds of people are probably doing the same as you guys ie phoning up to cancel therefore the phones are jumping. This is the reason I took my special deal sub out on the 15th rather than the 13th. The phones will probably still be busy on Wednesday though.
just got through to be told the cancelation dept shuts at 9pm. someone better be prepared for an ear bashing :mad: bunch of ******* cowboys. how am i supposed to cancel when i can't contact anybody until 10.30pm at night ???!!!
AdamBrunt
13-08-2007, 21:29
I'm going to stick with them for now ....
Live coverage of Liverpool's game on Wednesday was a bonus and I'll probably stick with them to the end of the month before cancelling (which will let me see their other live LFC league game and the first month of LFC TV).
unrealnils
13-08-2007, 21:58
just got through to be told the cancelation dept shuts at 9pm. someone better be prepared for an ear bashing :mad: bunch of ******* cowboys. how am i supposed to cancel when i can't contact anybody until 10.30pm at night ???!!!
when did you start calling ?
You mean apart from Section 8 of their Terms & Conditions (http://www.setanta.com/utilities/TermsAndConditions.aspx)
What I meant is you can sign up online, but you can't cancel online.
I'm sticking with them for now anyway.
:nuts:http://james.geemail.googlepages.com/15082007051.jpg:nuts:
:lol:
Where are those people telling us how professional Setanta is now?
AdamBrunt
15-08-2007, 18:48
Just discovered the EPG setup is pants (basically they split the build up and actual game into separate shows). I set Sky+ to record the first thing I saw saying "Toulose v Liverpool" and got home and could only watch the build up.
That's a bit pants really. I should have remembered .... their Aston Villa v Liverpool coverage was split over (at least) 4 EPG entries :brickwall
campdave
15-08-2007, 19:03
Just discovered the EPG setup is pants (basically they split the build up and actual game into separate shows). I set Sky+ to record the first thing I saw saying "Toulose v Liverpool" and got home and could only watch the build up.
That's a bit pants really. I should have remembered .... their Aston Villa v Liverpool coverage was split over (at least) 4 EPG entries :brickwall
I think it's a good idea personally, I don't want to watch the build-up, and by only recording the match itself, I don't waste space on my sky+
campdave
15-08-2007, 19:04
:lol:
Where are those people telling us how professional Setanta is now?
Mighty Sky often mispell my team Morecambe as either Morecombe or Morcambe
unrealnils
16-08-2007, 07:19
Im loving this sentanta/sky stuff, theres now like 4 live prem games a weekend and in a month i'll get italian /german/spanish football..........
I dnt know how much more it costs but im aint complaining :notworthy
pompeyfan
16-08-2007, 11:58
Any lists yet of live German football?
campdave
17-08-2007, 11:42
Any lists yet of live German football?
Only live matches they seem to be carrying are the Friday evening matches, with delayed coverage of one of the Sunday afernoon ones.
If you're very keen on German football, for not a lot more than the cost of a years setanta subscription, you could buy a card for a European satellite company, with live English/Italian/spanish/German/French/Portuguese football.
You'd need to get a new satellite dish/decoder as well though, but it might be worth the investment.
simonmac
18-08-2007, 07:36
Whats the Sultana/Santana/Banana commentary like?
It's not great - but not a complete disaster either. Better than the pre season friendlies when at one stage one of the comentators said and Gerrard passes it to........errrr........I've forgotten his name.
:lol:
Where are those people telling us how professional Setanta is now?
Don't know about professional but for me they are certainly free. :D
Fever Dawg
18-08-2007, 08:36
Whats the Sultana/Santana/Banana commentary like?
Not bad actually. The Villa-Liverpool commentator was Peter Drury who I think they've poached off MotD.
Not bad actually. The Villa-Liverpool commentator was Peter Drury who I think they've poached off MotD.
Wasn't that Jon Champion, previously of 5 live?
Fever Dawg
18-08-2007, 08:48
Yep. Sorry it was Jon Champion. Always get those two mixed up for some reason. :nuts:
He did used to commentate on MotD though.
Don't know about professional but for me they are certainly free. :D
:razz:
:)
still average joe
20-08-2007, 11:08
Do you need to pay the setanta connection fee every time you subscribe?
For instance, There are matches in September that i want to see then none till January. Do i need to pay the connection for september and then again in Jan?
AdamBrunt
20-08-2007, 11:14
Do you need to pay the setanta connection fee every time you subscribe?
I, along with loads of others, didn't pay a connection fee ?? If you do it online (I think) then you don't get charged the connection fee.
Or it could be "online + Sky customer" means no connection fee.
AdamBrunt
20-08-2007, 11:21
Did anyone else get "no satellite signal being received" for whole of the Newcastle v Villa game on Saturday with Sky ??
Did anyone else get "no satellite signal being received" for whole of the Newcastle v Villa game on Saturday with Sky ??
Nope no prob here , i have heard that Setanta transmit from a different satellite and that if your dish is slighlty misaligned, it could cause you probs, best thing to do is get someone out to check your dish ...:shrug:
AdamBrunt
20-08-2007, 12:41
Nope no prob here , i have heard that Setanta transmit from a different satellite and that if your dish is slighlty misaligned, it could cause you probs, best thing to do is get someone out to check your dish ...:shrug:
Ah, no - this was the first time I got it with them. All the LFC games have come through fine.
It could easily have been the weather though.
Ah, no - this was the first time I got it with them. All the LFC games have come through fine.
It could easily have been the weather though.
Just read this over at Digitalspy forum .....could be worth a try
You might want to try this frequency just in case. It has worked for some. The information was given to me by Insat.
Press Services on the remote and then 4.
Enter 0, 1, Select on the remote for the Installer Menu.
Now choose Manual Tuning (5) and enter the following:
Frequency 11426
Polarity H
Symbol Rate 27.5
FEC 2/3
Move yellow cursor to Find Channels and press Enter. You will see the Signal Test screen and if the signal is locked you are in luck. Press Select again. You will get a list of downloaded channels.
Choose Setanta Sports from the list and press the Yellow button to mark it and then Select to store it.
To watch the channel Press Services on the remote and choose Other Channels and then select the Setanta Sports.
Good luck.
AdamBrunt
20-08-2007, 12:55
Just read this over at Digitalspy forum .....could be worth a try
You might want to try this frequency just in case. It has worked for some. The information was given to me by Insat.
Press Services on the remote and then 4.
Enter 0, 1, Select on the remote for the Installer Menu.
Now choose Manual Tuning (5) and enter the following:
Frequency 11426
Polarity H
Symbol Rate 27.5
FEC 2/3
Move yellow cursor to Find Channels and press Enter. You will see the Signal Test screen and if the signal is locked you are in luck. Press Select again. You will get a list of downloaded channels.
Choose Setanta Sports from the list and press the Yellow button to mark it and then Select to store it.
To watch the channel Press Services on the remote and choose Other Channels and then select the Setanta Sports.
Good luck.
Thanks will give it a try.
Not sure how "manual channels" work in relation to Sky+ though as in whether you can record them in advance or not.
Fever Dawg
16-09-2007, 12:28
The Setanta execs must be getting a little uneasy with the quality of the games they're showing.
Just bad luck I guess but I think almost every game I've watched on Saturday evening has been a 0-0/1-1/1-0 snore-athon.
unrealnils
16-09-2007, 12:42
whats the next few games ? anything intresting ?
The Setanta execs must be getting a little uneasy with the quality of the games they're showing.
Just bad luck I guess but I think almost every game I've watched on Saturday evening has been a 0-0/1-1/1-0 snore-athon.
That is more a reflection on how poor some of the EPL is tbh
Fat Bloke
16-09-2007, 13:00
That is more a reflection on how poor some of the EPL is tbh
I'd actually go along with that.
Chelsea v Blackburn - Chelsea failed to break down a strong defence.
Man U v Sunderland - Man U you would expect more than 1 goal against such a poor side.
Certainly 2 games that I'd expect far more from than they delivered. But you can't blame that on Setanta.
For myself it actually makes me glad that I subscribe to Setanta and not Sky. If I had Sky than there would be more dull games that I'd fell I'd have to watch to get my money's worth. As it is, £10 a month and I watch fair more than just the prem games, Setanta still seems good to me, despite my 4 day outage this week caused by Setanta themselves.
Fever Dawg
16-09-2007, 13:08
whats the next few games ? anything intresting ?
Rest of the schedule is:
http://www.setanta.com/WhySetantaSports/premiership_fixtures.aspx
That really is quite a poor selection. I have been paying so far - but if the Liverpool FC channel aint up to scratch I will be cancelling pronto.
christoph
16-09-2007, 14:45
I subscribed to Setanta about a week before the Premiership kicked off, I have yet to be billed anything though, how soon after subscription do is the first Direct Debit usually taken?
campdave
16-09-2007, 16:37
The hearts vs rangers match was a corker yesterday, but for most people it would seem, football doesn't exist outside the EPL
Not the greatest line up is it? :lol:
Still, I've been starved of live footy for so long with not being able to get Sky that I would watch Accrington Stanley vs Yeovil right now.
Plus, the live UFC event the other weekend was worth the fee alone for this month for me.
Fat Bloke
16-09-2007, 16:48
Still, I've been starved of live footy for so long with not being able to get Sky that I would watch Accrington Stanley vs Yeovil right now.
Is that the extent of your football knowledge?
unrealnils
16-09-2007, 16:53
why would those 2 make for an exciting game ? :D
and Sky haven't exactly had a feast of entertainment in the match they picked today
unrealnils
16-09-2007, 17:07
best game of the weekend wasn't on uk tv Arse/Spurs
but Sky do have UTD/CHELSEA next week :D
pompeyfan
16-09-2007, 19:00
best game of the weekend wasn't on uk tv Arse/Spurs
but Sky do have UTD/CHELSEA next week :D
Another drab tie then - got 1-0 or 1-1 written all over it. When was the last time we actually had a decent exiciting end-to-end high scoring game between these two sides?
When was the last time was had a decent exciting end to end game involving any teams from the Premiership ?
pompeyfan
16-09-2007, 19:07
When was the last time was had a decent exciting end to end game involving any teams from the Premiership ?
Fulham-Spurs the other week?
Pity the EPL isn't as exciting as the Championship really - especially as the EPL clubs try and justify the massive costs to watch them by claiming they're in the entertainment business - well it's about time they started entertaining then imo.
Fulham-Spurs the other week?
Sorry, I meant a live TV game.
Pity the EPL isn't as exciting as the Championship really - especially as the EPL clubs try and justify the massive costs to watch them by claiming they're in the entertainment business - well it's about time they started entertaining then imo.
Agreed, I have seem some classic Championship games and find that the games from this league and the lower leagues usually provide a much better spectacle and entertainment.
I subscribed to Setanta about a week before the Premiership kicked off, I have yet to be billed anything though, how soon after subscription do is the first Direct Debit usually taken?
Same here, I think they should have taken 2 direct debits by now. I would have thought they would have caught up by now.
Fever Dawg
17-09-2007, 05:22
Same here, I think they should have taken 2 direct debits by now. I would have thought they would have caught up by now.
When I first subscribed they charged me £29.98. Which broke down as £10 connection fee (Freeview) plus 2 months subscription.
Therefore I'm not due to have a direct debit taken out until October. I'm guessing that you and christoph must be in the same situation?
Fever Dawg
17-09-2007, 05:27
Another drab tie then - got 1-0 or 1-1 written all over it. When was the last time we actually had a decent exiciting end-to-end high scoring game between these two sides?
Had a couple of cracking 3-3's in the 90's against them at OT.
That was in the pre-Mourinho days though.
Anyway, I'm hoping that I've tempted fate here and all this moaning results in a wonderful 4-3 game at Pride Park tonight! :nuts:
When I first subscribed they charged me £29.98. Which broke down as £10 connection fee (Freeview) plus 2 months subscription.
Therefore I'm not due to have a direct debit taken out until October. I'm guessing that you and christoph must be in the same situation?
Nope, they haven't taken anything, they haven't even set up the direct debit on my bank account yet.
I subscribed using the automatic phone system.
christoph
17-09-2007, 08:52
Here's to hoping am adminstrative error has occured and we're watching for free :)
AdamBrunt
17-09-2007, 09:58
Here's to hoping am adminstrative error has occured and we're watching for free :)
But they'll soon find out and since you signed a contract agreeing to pay £10 a month they'll soon take the money off you ;)
Didn't sign a thing tbh! All automated over the phone.
Setanta miss Derby's goal
:)
very funny
campdave
17-09-2007, 19:49
Setanta miss Derby's goal
:)
very funny
nothing to do with Setanta, Transword International film all Premier League games for Sky and Setanta.
You know that mate.
How many people across the country will think it's Sultana's fault like me? :)
campdave
17-09-2007, 21:43
Sultana
Oh goody, just like the digitalspy forums. Tell me, do you call Sky $ky or Sly?
It's from their own advert, relax a bit.
Oh goody, just like the digitalspy forums. Tell me, do you call Sky $ky or Sly?
Sorry :( didn't realise you was easily offended.
nothing to do with Setanta, Transword International film all Premier League games for Sky and Setanta.
Is that true?
I know Transword International 'film/shoot' the games but dont Sky & Setanta have there own directors telling them what to show & film?
welshmatt
19-09-2007, 09:13
Dont forget the BBC also transmit games even though they dont show them live.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sporteditors/2007/08/how_tv_covers_the_premier_leag_1.html
When was the last time was had a decent exciting end to end game involving any teams from the Premiership ?
At last - Setanta get a good one! No complaints about tonights Fulham v Man City game. Maybe they need to get Fulham on every week.
unrealnils
22-09-2007, 18:53
now that ws a a cracker :notworthy
they have utd vs birmingham next week to so things are looking up
they have utd vs birmingham next week to so things are looking up
I can't see that turning out to be a similar result as tonight's game was.
Fever Dawg
23-09-2007, 09:35
After their cracker against Spurs it seems like Fulham are the team to watch if you want to see goals.
Fever Dawg
01-10-2007, 21:00
The Setanta execs must be getting a little uneasy with the quality of the games they're showing.
Just bad luck I guess but I think almost every game I've watched on Saturday evening has been a 0-0/1-1/1-0 snore-athon.
I think Setanta owe me some cash.
Since I posted that they've had a 3-3 and a 4-4! :eek: :nuts:
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