ESPN not showing NFL?

Kai_Dante

I just checked the listings for tonight and neither ESPN or ESPN America are showing the NFL games tonight (even though it was advertised on ESPN America).

Anybody know what the story is for coverage from them this season?

Chardee MacDennis

ESPN dont have rights in the UK it seems

http://nfluk.com/tv-audio/schedule

poldebruin

BBC have MNF for this year and are showing both games tonight (tomorrow morning)

Unfortunately, I believe these are only accessable via the red button which is an issue for UPC customers (no red button option afaik) and Sky customers as we will not be able to record them for later viewing.

Kai_Dante

Just checked out the BBC after you posted that link and BBC are showing NFL on Mondays on the red button apparently. Lets hope it works in Ireland so.

PokeHerKing

This is bull, Not being able to record these games is a fuc*ing joke!!

800 years later and the brits are still pis*ing me off!

poldebruin

PokeHerKing wrote: »

This is bull, Not being able to record these games is a fuc*ing joke!!

800 years later and the brits are still pis*ing me off!

time to dust off the old VCR and scart lead. HD be gone!

McLoughlin

Kai_Dante wrote: »

I just checked the listings for tonight and neither ESPN or ESPN America are showing the NFL games tonight (even though it was advertised on ESPN America).

Anybody know what the story is for coverage from them this season?

It was the advertisment for the USA you saw there is no NFL for ESPN America this year (unless something changes) No Sunday NFL Countdown, No Monday Night Countdown, No Monday Night Football, No Sportscenter, No Sports Reporters, No Sportsnation and a heavily edited PTI and ATH.

Have a feeling allot of custom is going to be lost for ESPN America.

DB74

ESPN didn't even bid for the rights, for some reason

The general feeling on NFLUK forum is that the BBC was a last minute job and that if they hadn't taken it then it wouldn't be on the TV at all.

jack presley

The biggest loss of ESPN not being involved is the loss of clips on shows like ATH, PTI etc. and the fact that Sportscenter isn't shown any more.

D.R Adams

So will the "red button" option on BBC be available to Irish Sky/UPC/Satellite viewers??

jack presley

D.R Adams wrote: »

So will the "red button" option on BBC be available to Irish Sky/UPC/Satellite viewers??

No red button on UPC. Don't know about Sky or satellite

bmcc10

jack presley wrote: »

No red button on UPC. Don't know about Sky or satellite

Think it was mentioned in a different thread that the red button channel can be tuned in on sky dunno about upc, I,ve the red button but just checked listings on it and no mention of NFL..

Justin10

This makes no sense, it says that the game is available free to air basis.

Having the red button option, don't you have to pay for that?
Cant figure out why they cant just show it on BBC, not like much on that hour of the night.

Syferus

You'd imagine they could at least put it on BBC 3 or 4, but when has logic ever come into tv scheduling?

lertsnim

D.R Adams wrote: »

So will the "red button" option on BBC be available to Irish Sky/UPC/Satellite viewers??

Only on satellite.

Rochey18 wrote: »

This makes no sense, it says that the game is available free to air basis.

Having the red button option, don't you have to pay for that?

The BBC red button service is FTA via satellite.

Syferus wrote: »

You'd imagine they could at least put it on BBC 3 or 4, but when has logic ever come into tv scheduling?

You'd think so. BBC 2 for example is showing a simulcast of the BBC News channel and BBC HD is showing nothing.

ScrubsfanChris

I just added the red button stream my Humax Hdr so I can record the games.
I do the same for the F1 forum.