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Watching the PL Abroad

Hi Guys,

First article and today was also the first time iv watched the curtain opener oversea's.

All i have to say is we get fleeced for Sky Sports. I have FOXTEL down here and yesterday all the 3pm kick offs were live albeit at midnight with the time difference.

Why in the homeland of the PL do we normally get such awful service and yet here in Australia where the focus is on AFL and NRL do they get all the games live???

Really Odd!

posted on 19/8/12

Being in Scandinavia during an EPL season is great too.

There's a great bar in Bergen I usually go to if ever I'm there, where they show a bunch of live Premiership games in different areas for the bar, on a Saturday afternoon, so you take your pick.

posted on 19/8/12

Even in Jersey you can watch any game you like.
A few pubs I have been in over there have booths with its own TV where you choose what game you watch.

posted on 19/8/12

Yeah in Egypt they have all the 3pm KOs as well but the time diff isn't bad thre so they're 5pm. Cheap beer, pub atmosphere and basically every PL game aired, good stuff

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posted on 19/8/12

D'Jeezus are you from Jersey?

posted on 19/8/12

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posted on 19/8/12

You get the games all live at 3pm Uk time because people in Australia aren't going to not go to the game in England because they can watch it at home!! i.e. it wont affect attendances and income.

Plus most people in Australia aren't interested in the Prem the same way most guys in the UK are, so they could hardly charge the same money for it i.e. supply and demand.

Mystery solved.

posted on 19/8/12

D'Jeezus are you from Jersey?
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No sir, Dartford sir. I just go Jersey a lot.


Hippo, every game is shown live?

posted on 19/8/12

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posted on 19/8/12

same here in the Cayman Islands, I had 3 live matches yesterday on different channels, Lpool match, Arsenal match, Fulham match and then the Newcastle match. United are on live here every week.

posted on 19/8/12

if it ever happened that clubs negotiated their own TV money United would be out of site of everyone financially, over 50% of Premier League viewing figures world wide is for United games, United would be looking at 200 - 300 million annually for their TV rights.

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