serie a on tv

deiseman21

does any body know if serie a is availeable on tv next season ,or is it another season of internet football?

Mossy Monk

Internet football by the looks of it.

DB10

I was interested in the Serie A and Ligue 1. Has any channel picked these up yet?

Just seen ESPN are showing the Dutch,Portuguese and Russian leagues...:rolleyes:
What a joke who is going to watch them...

Mossy Monk

People from Russia, Holland, Portugal and those who will watch any game.

jmcbride

DB10 wrote: »

Just seen ESPN are showing the Dutch,Portuguese and Russian leagues...:rolleyes:
What a joke who is going to watch them...

I watched the Eredivisie on Setanta quite a lot - not every week, but I usually enjoyed it when I tuned it. I'll grant you that I found the few Portuguese matches that I tried to watch tedious, but I'll certainly give the Russian league a try.

As for the Italian league, personally I'm not that interested, but I'm amazed that no broadcaster seems willing to put it on air. Perhaps the Italian league has an exaggerated sense of the value of their matches, and ask too much for the rights?

DB10

Mossy Monk wrote: »

People from Russia, Holland, Portugal and those who will watch any game.

But the Italian and French leagues are far bigger and have massive followings compared to Portugal and Russian leagues.

Mossy Monk

DB10 wrote: »

But the Italian and French leagues are far bigger and have massive followings compared to Portugal and Russian leagues.

And probably cost too much or will clash with what they already have. Remember there will be one channel to show what they buy.

AugustusMaximus

As far as I know, Italian rights are 2nd only to Premiership in terms of cost.

Asking too much at the moment I'm afraid.

irishdeej

Also on ESPN,live coverage from the German Bundesliga, with up to five live matches per week. Not bad. I would like the French L.

Also, wait for it, remainder of the current MLS season.

denis1501

The most prestigious leagues in Europe are the English, Italian, Spanish and German ones and it will always be this way. Trying to make out that the Russian and Dutch leagues even come close is, quite frankly, total rubbish and ESPN won't be fooling anybody with that tactic. Maybe ESPN are just trying to get as much football on screen as quickly and cheaply as possible and are not too bothered about quality??
Personally I would much rather see Inter, Juventus, AC Milan etc. rather than 2 Russian teams that I've never heard of.

Mossy Monk

denis1501 wrote: »

The most prestigious leagues in Europe are the English, Italian, Spanish and German ones and it will always be this way. Trying to make out that the Russian and Dutch leagues even come close is, quite frankly, total rubbish and ESPN won't be fooling anybody with that tactic. Maybe ESPN are just trying to get as much football on screen as quickly and cheaply as possible and are not too bothered about quality??
Personally I would much rather see Inter, Juventus, AC Milan etc. rather than 2 Russian teams that I've never heard of.

The Russian league runs throughout the summer months as well so maybe that may be part of the reason why they bought the rights.

fulhamfanincork

Mossy Monk wrote: »

The Russian league runs throughout the summer months as well so maybe that may be part of the reason why they bought the rights.

The Irish leagues run through the summer...

Mossy Monk

fulhamfanincork wrote: »

The Irish leagues run through the summer...

Setanta, RTÉ and TG4 already have that.

Badabing

Espn got the rights this week for Serie A they will show up to 3 games a week.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a169521/espn-secures-serie-a-tv-rights.html

Mossy Monk

Badabing wrote: »

Espn got the rights this week for Serie A they will show up to 3 games a week.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a169521/espn-secures-serie-a-tv-rights.html

Yes. It was announced yesterday.

fulhamfanincork

They can show the games in the UK. Can we see them here?

Mossy Monk

Yes

deiseman21

wonder if they'll get james richardson and peter brackley back-best commentator ever!

Mossy Monk

They should. The voices of Serie A imo.

deiseman21

just looking at espn site and it appears they got mark chapman from bbc radio fivelive. anyone know if he is any good?http://www.espn.co.uk/more/presenters/

deiseman21

i know im going off topic by a language and a few hundred miles but has anybody heard anything on the la liga rights, i emailed sky but got no response as of yet,
as long as setanta dont get them what with yet another subscription?:eek:

byte

deiseman21 wrote: »

i know im going off topic by a language and a few hundred miles but has anybody heard anything on the la liga rights, i emailed sky but got no response as of yet,
as long as setanta dont get them what with yet another subscription?:eek:

La Liga is still with Sky AFAIK.

Mossy Monk

I have heard nobody has the rights to La Liga atm

fulhamfanincork

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I have heard nobody has the rights to La Liga atm

This is correct.

Apparently ESPN and SKY are going to share the rights.

i.e. Sky get Sundays, ESPN get Saturdays.

Mossy Monk

I would love to know how ESPN are going to show all of this football. Lots of As Live coverage by the looks of it :mad:

icdg

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I would love to know how ESPN are going to show all of this football. Lots of As Live coverage by the looks of it :mad:

If an ESPN 2 does ever appear (and it might sometime along the way), I would hope ESPN would have the good sense not to refer to it as "The Deuce". Unless they plan on it being a tennis channel...

deiseman21

looking over on digitalspy still seems up in the air but if any of the uk broadcasters dont pick it up i wonder would setanta try bid for ireland- would be agood aquisition but their subscription would still have to come down to under 10euro at least