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human 19 · 28-07-2012, 19:09

Copy of an email senttoday to gamepass.support@nfl.com
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Hello,
If my Gamepass subscription auto-renewal is still swithched on, please cancel it , because of this:

For Users accessing in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
A: Weekly blackout restrictions apply to all subscriptions (Season Plus, Season, Monthly, Weekly, and Follow Your Team) for locally televised games during both the 1pm ET and 4pm ET game windows on Sunday. These live game broadcasts will be blacked out in your area while the game is in progress. You will be able to watch them in the NFL Game Pass archives six (6) days after their conclusion

The NFL Playoffs are not available for live streaming within NFL Game Pass in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Thank you.

infacteh · 29-07-2012, 02:47

I took the plunge and signed up. It works out at less than a tenner a week.....

Have Sky Sports too, but if Aston Villa had a package like this, I'd cancel the Sky Sports

kevinb99101 · 29-07-2012, 20:59

I just mailed NFL GamePass support to let them know that I was unhappy with the new restrictions that they are imposing and that they should revert to the feature set that was available last year. They sent back a canned response about 15 min later saying that there was nothing they could so and that the restrictions would stay in place this year.

so looks like I'll be stuck trying to find on-line streams when the bears games are shown on sky sports - pain in the a$$..

Do sky sports have the red-zone channel? that was one of my fav features of the GamePass package.....

infacteh · 29-07-2012, 21:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevinb99101

Do sky sports have the red-zone channel? that was one of my fav features of the GamePass package.....

Sky Sports from Sky has Red Zone. UPC Sky Sports doesn't have it.

themont85 · 30-07-2012, 01:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syferus

Why would you stay signed up for twelve months when the season is only five?

Sky is pretty mediocre for the NFL and no way would I have it if it was just for that. It's one of those things that if you're into one or a few of the Premier League, Heineken Cup, Cricket and everything else they have then it's worth it.

If your priority is NFL only it's a complete waste.

matthew8 · 30-07-2012, 01:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by themont85

Sky is pretty mediocre for the NFL and no way would I have it if it was just for that. It's one of those things that if you're into one or a few of the Premier League, Heineken Cup, Cricket and everything else they have then it's worth it.

If your priority is NFL only it's a complete waste.

Not if you like redzone.

themont85 · 30-07-2012, 01:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by matthew8

Not if you like redzone.

If Redzone is blocked on Gamepass that is...

Even still, not worth it if your priority is the NFL.

Bateman · 30-07-2012, 12:33

TBH I don't think using last season's live games per team is much of an indicator of what they'll show this season. Having said that, I obviously don't know what their criteria are.

In fairness though, I remember looking at each weekend's fixtures and each weekend I was thinking there were at least one or two games I'd prefer to watch to the live one they were showing at 6 (I guess they don't have a choice for the 9pm slot as there is/are only one/two game[s] per week scheduled at this time). So for people who are interested in the sport but don't claim to be a "fan" of a team based five thousand miles away, the clincher won't necessarily be whether or not you can watch the Sky games. Although taking this place as a snapshot of NFL's Irish following, I see most people obviously have their favourite teams. I'd say the Colts are my favourite team but when something like Giants v Packers rolls around live on Sky I can't see myself watching Indianapolis @ Jacksonville at the same time…

Vikings · 01-08-2012, 15:57

Has anyone found out/confirmed if you buy your gamepass subscription in Ireland with an Irish credit card but log in using a VPN to say you are in another region will redzone be available and black outs lifted?

Or if I use a VPN to pretend I am in another region to sign up but log in without a VPN will it revert me to the blackouts etc?

Anyone looked into that?

**adrian522** · 01-08-2012, 16:03

That's been the case in the past.

On the NFLUK forum there was a veiled threat that any attempt to get around the restrictions would result in your account being suspended without refund.

I'd imagine it will be fine to do that though.

**jack presley** · 01-08-2012, 16:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vikings

Has anyone found out/confirmed if you buy your gamepass subscription in Ireland with an Irish credit card but log in using a VPN to say you are in another region will redzone be available and black outs lifted?

Or if I use a VPN to pretend I am in another region to sign up but log in without a VPN will it revert me to the blackouts etc?

Anyone looked into that?

Where you sign up has no bearing on whether you get blacked out or not (and that is determined by your credit card address not your IP address).

It is where you are accessing the service that determines access. So if you are an Irish subscriber but in Sweden for example on your holidays, you won't be blacked out while you are there.

So unless you have a foreign cc, you'll have to sign up as being from Ireland but hopefully the use of a VPN will get us access to blacked out games.

VPNs are fairly secure (well ones bought from reputable suppliers) so there's no way they'll be able to monitor where people are viewing from so I wouldn't worry about threats of getting cut off

WilcoOut · 01-08-2012, 22:16

what is the deal with a 'blackout?

why do they exist, what do they achieve?

and why do we paddys get blacked out!?

i was going to sign up for the pass but having no RedZone is a massive loss

**jack presley** · 01-08-2012, 22:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by WilcoOut

what is the deal with a 'blackout?

why do they exist, what do they achieve?

and why do we paddys get blacked out!?

i was going to sign up for the pass but having no RedZone is a massive loss

Sky (probably) pay a lot of money for the rights to the NFL games and to make that money back they need to sell subscriptions and advertising. If everyone is watching on Gamepass, their numbers will be down so revenue will be down as well so they make a deal with the NFL to have blackouts so people will still subscribe and watch so advertisers will pay to advertise during the games.

As for Ireland being included, Sky (or it could be ESPN, whoever) have the right s for both the UK and Ireland so that's why we're getting stung with the blackouts too. I'd say it was just an oversight that we got away with it last year.

Paully D · 02-08-2012, 16:50

Lads, not to get anyone's hopes up and I'd urge people who are thinking of signing up if there's no restrictions not to sign up until they have official confirmation, but has anyone seen the new 2012 FAQ on the Gamepass website?

http://gamepassuk.support.nfl.com/Vi...CLID=205459254

Are there any blackouts with NFL Game Pass?

No, all games in NFL Game Pass are available live and without blackout restrictions.

JaMarcus Hustle · 02-08-2012, 17:00

Tough shít Paully, my hopes are now up. This is all on you if it goes tits up!!

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Yes, had gamepass before and will buy it this season regardless	15	31.91%
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28-07-2012, 19:09	#136
human 19 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Longford Posts: 373 Adverts \| Friends	Copy of an email senttoday to gamepass.support@nfl.com ----------------- Hello, If my Gamepass subscription auto-renewal is still swithched on, please cancel it , because of this: For Users accessing in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland A: Weekly blackout restrictions apply to all subscriptions (Season Plus, Season, Monthly, Weekly, and Follow Your Team) for locally televised games during both the 1pm ET and 4pm ET game windows on Sunday. These live game broadcasts will be blacked out in your area while the game is in progress. You will be able to watch them in the NFL Game Pass archives six (6) days after their conclusion The NFL Playoffs are not available for live streaming within NFL Game Pass in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Thank you.

29-07-2012, 02:47	#137
infacteh Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Leixlip Posts: 301 Adverts \| Friends	I took the plunge and signed up. It works out at less than a tenner a week..... Have Sky Sports too, but if Aston Villa had a package like this, I'd cancel the Sky Sports

29-07-2012, 20:59	#138
kevinb99101 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 3 Adverts \| Friends	I just mailed NFL GamePass support to let them know that I was unhappy with the new restrictions that they are imposing and that they should revert to the feature set that was available last year. They sent back a canned response about 15 min later saying that there was nothing they could so and that the restrictions would stay in place this year. so looks like I'll be stuck trying to find on-line streams when the bears games are shown on sky sports - pain in the a$$.. Do sky sports have the red-zone channel? that was one of my fav features of the GamePass package.....

30-07-2012, 12:33	#143
Bateman Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: �th Cliath Posts: 3,224 Adverts \| Friends	TBH I don't think using last season's live games per team is much of an indicator of what they'll show this season. Having said that, I obviously don't know what their criteria are. In fairness though, I remember looking at each weekend's fixtures and each weekend I was thinking there were at least one or two games I'd prefer to watch to the live one they were showing at 6 (I guess they don't have a choice for the 9pm slot as there is/are only one/two game[s] per week scheduled at this time). So for people who are interested in the sport but don't claim to be a "fan" of a team based five thousand miles away, the clincher won't necessarily be whether or not you can watch the Sky games. Although taking this place as a snapshot of NFL's Irish following, I see most people obviously have their favourite teams. I'd say the Colts are my favourite team but when something like Giants v Packers rolls around live on Sky I can't see myself watching Indianapolis @ Jacksonville at the same time…

01-08-2012, 15:57	#144
Vikings Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rhinos.ie Posts: 2,315 Adverts \| Friends	Has anyone found out/confirmed if you buy your gamepass subscription in Ireland with an Irish credit card but log in using a VPN to say you are in another region will redzone be available and black outs lifted? Or if I use a VPN to pretend I am in another region to sign up but log in without a VPN will it revert me to the blackouts etc? Anyone looked into that?

01-08-2012, 16:03	#145
adrian522 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4,103 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Madden NFL	That's been the case in the past. On the NFLUK forum there was a veiled threat that any attempt to get around the restrictions would result in your account being suspended without refund. I'd imagine it will be fine to do that though.

01-08-2012, 22:16	#147
WilcoOut Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,144 Adverts \| Friends	what is the deal with a 'blackout? why do they exist, what do they achieve? and why do we paddys get blacked out!? i was going to sign up for the pass but having no RedZone is a massive loss

02-08-2012, 16:50	#149
Paully D Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 10,424 Adverts \| Friends	Lads, not to get anyone's hopes up and I'd urge people who are thinking of signing up if there's no restrictions not to sign up until they have official confirmation, but has anyone seen the new 2012 FAQ on the Gamepass website? http://gamepassuk.support.nfl.com/Vi...CLID=205459254 Are there any blackouts with NFL Game Pass? No, all games in NFL Game Pass are available live and without blackout restrictions.

02-08-2012, 17:00	#150
JaMarcus Hustle Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Number One Pick Posts: 2,434 Adverts \| Friends	Tough shít Paully, my hopes are now up. This is all on you if it goes tits up!!