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citymancs => citymancs => Topic started by: Rowley Birkin QC on May 04, 2016, 05:50:17

Title: Best of luck if you want to watch EPL on a big screen in Aus next season!
Post by: Rowley Birkin QC on May 04, 2016, 05:50:17
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-04/optus-releases-premier-league-pricing-fans-react/7383046 (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-04/optus-releases-premier-league-pricing-fans-react/7383046)

You'd better have deep pockets my fellow Australians if you want to sign up for Optus's Fetch TV service

Title: Re: Best of luck if you want to watch EPL on a big screen in Aus next season!
Post by: Lekos on May 04, 2016, 08:03:59
It's all a bloody rip off, but the equivalent of 40 odd quid for every premier league match is still cheaper than the UK at around 50 quid plus line rental (another 17 quid or so), and we don't get to watch all the games.

BT Sport are the best value in my eyes. It's just an extra fiver if you've got the interweb with them for all the Champs + Europa league games and loads of Serie A and Bundesliga (only one Premier League game a week though).
Title: Re: Best of luck if you want to watch EPL on a big screen in Aus next season!
Post by: Rowley Birkin QC on May 04, 2016, 08:14:35
Captive market here though. At least in the UK I could say "f***k off" and put the money towards a season ticket. 
Title: Re: Best of luck if you want to watch EPL on a big screen in Aus next season!
Post by: Lekos on May 04, 2016, 08:47:43
Aye, fair enough. You should probably just hook your PC up to your TV and get some decent streams to watch for free.
Title: Re: Best of luck if you want to watch EPL on a big screen in Aus next season!
Post by: Rowley Birkin QC on May 04, 2016, 09:51:43
Yeah - that's the plan. I'm already an Optus cable broadband subscriber - so I'm hoping i'll get the computer stream version which I can then watch on the TV via the network. Won't be very good resolution, but better than nothing. Not happy though.
Title: Re: Best of luck if you want to watch EPL on a big screen in Aus next season!
Post by: zacc on May 04, 2016, 12:12:18
do you get access to 3 o'clock games with Optus when in Malaysia we did with Astro plus repeats of all PL games  through the week.
Here 3 o'clocks are not shown
Title: Re: Best of luck if you want to watch EPL on a big screen in Aus next season!
Post by: Rowley Birkin QC on May 04, 2016, 12:27:36
I'm not sure how the new Optus coverage will work Zacc, but at the moment FoxTel gives us every EPL game live - no matter what time.
Title: Re: Best of luck if you want to watch EPL on a big screen in Aus next season!
Post by: shandon on May 04, 2016, 16:09:57
Well we will at least get one SBS game a week now  :-[
I think I will watch the Euros then look at what's best for next season.
Title: Re: Best of luck if you want to watch EPL on a big screen in Aus next season!
Post by: Rowley Birkin QC on May 06, 2016, 02:02:39
Well then - today it sees Foxtel/FoxSports is pushing back -

http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/foxtel-signs-deal-with-six-epl-giants-including-three-new-24-hour-channels/news-story/61fbf9852a969d63e60a5ed9a8f138bc (http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/foxtel-signs-deal-with-six-epl-giants-including-three-new-24-hour-channels/news-story/61fbf9852a969d63e60a5ed9a8f138bc)

I can keep Fox and still watch all City's games - but on delay...
Title: Re: Best of luck if you want to watch EPL on a big screen in Aus next season!
Post by: shandon on May 06, 2016, 06:43:18
Optus or delayed EPL games - a difficult choice  :-\
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