SKY El Clasico coverage

dd972

It said on the telly if I'm not mistaken that the kick off's at 17.00 and the coverage starts at 17.15, huh ?

Iang87

dd972 wrote: »

It said on the telly if I'm not mistaken that the kick off's at 17.00 and the coverage starts at 17.15, huh ?

British blackout laws dont allow live football between 14.45 to 17.15 on a saturday. My times may be wrong but something to that effect.

gimmick

Sure for the last Clasico of last season it was a 3pm KO. Sky couldn't show it live. I think they tried to pass it off a live at 7pm for people who didn't know!

rhonin

Iang87 wrote: »

British blackout laws dont allow live football between 14.45 to 17.15 on a saturday. My times may be wrong but something to that effect.

Your times are correct. Sky Sports La Liga twitter account tweeted about that yesterday.

Green Giant

gimmick wrote: »

Sure for the last Clasico of last season it was a 3pm KO. Sky couldn't show it live. I think they tried to pass it off a live at 7pm for people who didn't know!

Yeah and they still had one of the guys on Soccer Saturday (think it was Charlie) doing live updates on it!

JPA

Why is it on at that time?
Is 9pm not prime time?

citytillidie

Iang87 wrote: »

British blackout laws dont allow live football between 14.45 to 17.15 on a saturday. My times may be wrong but something to that effect.

English and Scottish FA signed up for it just Welsh FA did not and they are able to show games any time which is why you get Welsh games on SC4 on Saturdays at 3:15

Turtwig

Will they be showing the game live from 5:15 or will they delay it by 15 mins and start at kick off?

citytillidie

Jernal wrote: »

Will they be showing the game live from 5:15 or will they delay it by 15 mins and start at kick off?

Should delay it to cut out half time and show 2nd half live

dfx-

JPA wrote: »

Why is it on at that time?
Is 9pm not prime time?

9pm Saturday should be its time alright.

The only thing guaranteeable about the La Liga schedules is that this fixture won't be on at noon on Sunday. Yet.

MRPRO03

Why are we in Ireland affected by this, we do pay for Sky Sports, so we in Ireland should be allowed to see the start of the match at least.

gimmick

Jernal wrote: »

Will they be showing the game live from 5:15 or will they delay it by 15 mins and start at kick off?

They just wont show the opening 15 Id say. Thats generally what happens.

Cookiemunster

MRPRO03 wrote: »

Why are we in Ireland affected by this, we do pay for Sky Sports, so we in Ireland should be allowed to see the start of the match at least.

Basically because we're a tiny part of their market and they're not going to change schedules for us.

sgarvan

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Basically because we're a tiny part of their market and they're not going to change schedules for us.

But they can target their ads at us.

citytillidie

from adverts on sky it looks like they will be joining the 1st half live so we will miss some of the games because of the English & Scottish FA

Kirby

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Basically because we're a tiny part of their market and they're not going to change schedules for us.

Ireland are actually a fairly decent part of their market.....surprisingly so given our population and size. Sky have a crazy attachment rate over here. Walk down any estate throughout the country and you will see their little dishes on the side of nearly every house.

citytillidie

JPA wrote: »

Why is it on at that time?
Is 9pm not prime time?

Some are saying its on at 5 so its prime time in the middle east. sure same thing happened to the game last season when Barcelona where at home but sky did not show it live they held off and showed the full game at 8pm

Dempsey

citytillidie wrote: »

from adverts on sky it looks like they will be joining the 1st half live so we will miss some of the games because of the English & Scottish FA

Damn those FA's for trying to protect their clubs!

It wont stop alot from watching the start of the game!

Cookiemunster

Dempsey wrote: »

Damn those FA's for trying to protect their clubs!

It wont stop alot from watching the start of the game!

I can't understand it though. In Germany Sky Deutschland broadcast three live Bundesliga matches at 3:30 on a Saturday and they have the highest attendances in Europe.
And as you said anyone who wants to watch a game will get to see it.

Amirani

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I can't understand it though. In Germany Sky Deutschland broadcast three live Bundesliga matches at 3:30 on a Saturday and they have the highest attendances in Europe.
And as you said anyone who wants to watch a game will get to see it.

It's to protect lower leagues attendances, not Premier League.

citytillidie

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I can't understand it though. In Germany Sky Deutschland broadcast three live Bundesliga matches at 3:30 on a Saturday and they have the highest attendances in Europe.
And as you said anyone who wants to watch a game will get to see it.

Thing is is Germany trying to keep 92 pro clubs going

citytillidie

Dempsey wrote: »

Damn those FA's for trying to protect their clubs!

It wont stop alot from watching the start of the game!

Nothing wrong with what the FA's are doing just a bad situation for the broadcaster where they broadcast games into 5 different places but follow the rules of 1

Dempsey

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I can't understand it though. In Germany Sky Deutschland broadcast three live Bundesliga matches at 3:30 on a Saturday and they have the highest attendances in Europe.
And as you said anyone who wants to watch a game will get to see it.

The German Model is just much better. When I say better, I mean its better for the fans. I suspect those stadiums are full and thus live matches dont have any impact on attendances? Cant you pay to watch any live match in Germany too?

The British Model is flawed, it protects high ticket prices and means that its a real challenge to fill stadiums and therefore clubs are unwilling to allow 3 o clock matches to be shown on TV.

Adamcp898

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I can't understand it though. In Germany Sky Deutschland broadcast three live Bundesliga matches at 3:30 on a Saturday and they have the highest attendances in Europe.
And as you said anyone who wants to watch a game will get to see it.

The Bundesliga also has the cheapest match tickets and season tickets of all the big leagues in Europe, it's possible to buy a tickert for Bayern for £12.

Turtwig

The British model is severely flawed. Legislation or blackouts is really going to help solve anything either.

Oat23

Cookiemunster wrote: »

I can't understand it though. In Germany Sky Deutschland broadcast three live Bundesliga matches at 3:30 on a Saturday and they have the highest attendances in Europe.
And as you said anyone who wants to watch a game will get to see it.

Five matches on Saturday afternoons actually. They can broadcast them because most people have no reason to stay away from the stadium, since it will cost you just as much to watch at a bar. 2/3 hours at a bar will cost you more than a match ticket in most cases.

The PL shouldn't be on the same time as the lower leagues either IMO. I know it's tradition, but f*ck it.