Interesingly, live midweek Champions League games have far more of an impact on lower/non league attendances.
The 3pm U.K. Blackout
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That would suggest the impact is the fact it’s a week night.
There is also an argument that there's already far too much football on TV.
“Newcastle vs Chelsea, that sounds like a good game…”
of course it’s on at 3pm. Seriously wondering why I bother with sky and BT.
of course it’s on at 3pm. Seriously wondering why I bother with sky and BT.
Sky spunked showing Newcastle every other week against dross at 5:30.
Presumably because (for realistic reasons) there is no blackout for midweek CL games.
The 3pm games that clash with lower/non league attendances are never the biggest games.
I saw this thread bumped and thought oh, no, our next match is another 3pm one isn't? So was pleasantly surprised to find out that it's not.
It filled me with dread that I would have to click on a million links to find a working stream, then keep clicking to get rid of the ads and then have it fail 10 mins in and having to repeat the process all again, missing a goal in between.
Not having the blackout would be such an improvement to my quality of life. Usually greed wins out in this world and surely there's so much money to be made from this, why can't it this time?
Also, having to subscribe to different services (of which 99% of the content I don't care about) to watch all the televised matches because of monopoly rules, give me that fecking monopoly, I don't fecking care.
It filled me with dread that I would have to click on a million links to find a working stream, then keep clicking to get rid of the ads and then have it fail 10 mins in and having to repeat the process all again, missing a goal in between.
Not having the blackout would be such an improvement to my quality of life. Usually greed wins out in this world and surely there's so much money to be made from this, why can't it this time?
Also, having to subscribe to different services (of which 99% of the content I don't care about) to watch all the televised matches because of monopoly rules, give me that fecking monopoly, I don't fecking care.
Maybe just get an iptv sub. All the games you can watch for a fraction of the cost.
Do you have a recommendation? How reliable is it? Is there a chance of it being shutdown?
Women's football: Saturday '3pm blackout slot' backed as solution to help grow audience
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67484713
Women's football matches should be shown live during the Saturday afternoon blackout, the director of ITV Sport has said.
No matches are currently shown during the "3pm blackout" slot - 2.45pm-5:15pm - to encourage attendance at games.
But in July, football chiefs began exploring whether matches in the Women's Super League could be televised on Saturday afternoons...
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67484713
Women's football matches should be shown live during the Saturday afternoon blackout, the director of ITV Sport has said.
No matches are currently shown during the "3pm blackout" slot - 2.45pm-5:15pm - to encourage attendance at games.
But in July, football chiefs began exploring whether matches in the Women's Super League could be televised on Saturday afternoons...
Someone else on here suggested aurora fast, I don't use it. But it's apparently quite good.
There's always a chance it'll be shut down but there'll be a another one popping up, cost of 1 year is less than 1 month of everything else, so you could buy 3 or 4 a year and still be saving money.
Stalking horse to 3pm PL games?
It's coming, just a matter of when.
So if we get all the Newcastle and Chelsea players to wear wigs and mascara then I can watch the Saturday 3pm game on the television?
A couple of things here.
Keeping the 3pm slot TV free is valid. It means lower/Non League teams have an opportunity to showcase their unique matchday experience in person. Live PL games might persuade people to stay inside and those clubs might suffer.
I'd be more in favour of changing the rules regarding Sunday/midweek/rearranged matches. If a game gets moved to Sunday because teams are in Europe (and wasn't originally scheduled to be on TV), it should be broadcast. My biggest annoyance is when matches are played on a Sunday and aren't broadcast. Similar with midweek matches. If Sky/BT don't pick them up, all non Saturday 3pm matches that aren't screened by Sky/BT should be live elsewhere and probably free to air.
The ‘not wanting a monopoly’ thing is horse shit isn’t it. They take all the games, split them between 3 networks and give them the exclusive rights. Where’s the competition in that? It actually fecks the consumer rather than help them as you have to buy all 3 packages.
If they cared about monopoly or wanted to encourage competition/quality for the consumer, they’d allow each network to show the same games - then it’s down to them to win your custom via pricing and their coverage.
Thankfully not blocked in the US, so there will be a ton of streams available.
I'm intentionally not going to watch WSL on Saturday at 3pm as a protest to this feckwittery.
Pure and absolute gowlism. Just show the fecking football people want to watch you gonads
Pure and absolute gowlism. Just show the fecking football people want to watch you gonads
It's so easy to watch them anyway I can't believe the blackout will last many more years. Just encouraging piracy.
Nah, you have to watch it. It's only fair, women have had to suffer through and moan about men watching mens football on TV for centuries now. It's only fair that they can now also get the same level of joy and excitement out of the womens game.
As shit as soccer Saturday is these days, I'd still watch that over women's footy.
I tried one and it was only marginally more reliable than streams. Seems like it's the same game of whack-a-mole to find one that's dependable and stays that way
Some of them are terrible. Most of them are decent. I've been with my guy for more than 2 years and it's the best I've ever used. Let me know if you need any recommendations.
Nah, there's loads of good ones. The majority are just resellers for the same services through the same servers. Just do some googling and you'll find a good one.
If it's allowed, recs would be good, thanks.
Its a good move by uk govrnment because they care about the invaronment by implementing blackouts
How come there's a League 2 game being shown live at 3pm ? I get it's the final day but was under the impression there was no exceptions
I believe there are exclusion windows across the season and the last one has past.
Blackout windows;
August 5, 2023 - September 2, 2023
September 16, 2023 - October 7, 2023
October 21, 2023 - November 11, 2023
November 25, 2023 - December 23, 2023
January 12, 2024 - March 16, 2024
March 30, 2024 - April 20, 2024
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It needs to be scrapped now. It’s very outdated and it’s ridiculous how Premier League games can be watched in every country apart from the one in which they’re actually taking place.
Something about it can be scrapped if 50% of the top 2 flights don't kick off at 3pm.