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Eir Sports FA Cup coverage not blocked for NI viewers!

  • 05-01-2019 11:12pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,066 ✭✭✭


    Live FA Cup coverage on Eir Sport 1 for N. Ireland viewers including 3.00pm KO involving Chelsea. Is this a first i.e. having a 3.00pm match shown live in part of the UK when there's meant to be a black out? BTW all Eir Sports live FA Cup matches were shown today for NI subscribers 'in the clear' and not geo blocked.


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,959 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Not quite a first; not even this season. Eleven Sports deliberately broadcast a couple of 3pms from Spain/Italy before they were told to stop. In previous years S4C broadcast League of Wales games kicking off at 3pm on a Saturday; there is no blackout in Wales but S4C is on the Sky EPG throughout the U.K.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    There was no UK blackout yesterday so BT or the BBC could have shown a 3pm game if they wished.

    https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/news/newsid=19817.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,066 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    lertsnim wrote: »
    There was no UK blackout yesterday so BT or the BBC could have shown a 3pm game if they wished.

    https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/about-uefa/news/newsid=19817.html

    Thanks for clarifying this. However because BT/BBC had live UK broadcasting rights for FA Cup should Eir Sports coverage not have been geo blocked for NI viewers?


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,959 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    Thanks for clarifying this. However becuase BT/BBC had live UK broadcasting rights for FA Cup should Eir Sports coverage not have been geo blocked for NI viewers?

    In a word, yes, I’m surprised it wasn’t because it had been in the past.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    Why is their no 3 o'clock game on eir today?


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,959 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    I’m not sure why they haven’t scheduled an FA Cup 3pm game on eir Sport 1 and allowed Premier Sports coverage of Dragons v Munster to air on eir Sport 2. They didn’t air Arsenal v Man United last night either which previously they wouldn’t have passed up, in circumstances where there were 3 Pro14 games airing simultaneously on eir Sport 1, eir Sport 2 and FreeSports.

    Given the Munster game is also on TG4 you’d have to think the loss of any income they’d be getting on advertising could be weighed against the cost savings of not mounting a seperate studio production and commentary team for Eir Sport viewers. Maybe they’ve run the numbers and the rugby is more lucrative. Almost certainly the fixture would have been Man City v Burnley.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,986 ✭✭✭mikeym


    No wonder people turn to illegal online streams when there is no legal way to watch matches.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    mikeym wrote: »
    No wonder people turn to illegal online streams when there is no legal way to watch matches.

    Bit of a joke alright.

    I can understand why they didn't bother with United v Arsenal as it's was on bbc. But today was disappointing.

    Also don't these games have a "world feed"? It's not as if they have to sent commentators over.

    http://johnroder.com/blog/world-feed-football-commentary.-what-is-it

    Could they not put it up on their website or on Eirsport extra 1 or 2?


  • Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭Dindane


    Bit of a joke alright.

    I can understand why they didn't bother with United v Arsenal as it's was on bbc. But today was disappointing.

    Also don't these games have a "world feed"? It's not as if they have to sent commentators over.

    http://johnroder.com/blog/world-feed-football-commentary.-what-is-it

    Could they not put it up on their website or on Eirsport extra 1 or 2?

    Eir generally only take world feeds for the likes of the FA Cup or (when they were covering it) the Italian and French football, so it's a bit of an odd one.

    I don't really care about rugby so it's a bit of a loss.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,066 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    Eir Sports FA Cup 4th Rd coverage including delayed matches all geo blocked in NI.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭Dindane


    Eir Sports FA Cup 4th Rd coverage including delayed matches all geo blocked in NI.

    I wonder how they found out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,066 ✭✭✭Digifriendly


    Dindane wrote: »
    I wonder how they found out.

    Are you hinting it may be through this forum? Well I may have to hold my hand up on this one.


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