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Post by Tom Bowen on Jan 26, 2024 17:58:01 GMT
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Post by Admin on Jan 26, 2024 19:16:08 GMT
I'm not surprised. I wonder how many regional division teams would be prepared to fund coverage themselves if the League allowed it? I can think of a few.
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Post by hawleybootboy on Jan 26, 2024 21:22:18 GMT
The quality has been shockingly poor: you pay money for something that does not work meaning you at times missed half a game or sometimes almost all of a game. Just because you click on the link saying it is the game you want it also does not mean that the game will be there.
If they had served-up something that was worthwhile and functioned, then it may well have been a different story! An opportunity missed by the league like Folivi running through on goal with only the keeper to beat.
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Post by borobob on Jan 26, 2024 22:48:53 GMT
Hardly surprising, considering the quality of what has been served up so far. Just not value for money!, and very expensive for a Club to purchase a club license to be able to get fans into the clubhouses! £180 a time is a fortune to most clubs!
It would appear, to my mind, that very little research was done to establish, and confirm, that Clubs in NLS and NLN had good enough equipment suitable to be able to transmit games, and therefore it fell upon very willing amateurs to try their best, which I'm sure most did, to enable matches to be shown without break ups and freezing etc.
The lack of commentary was also annoying, even though crowd noise, and the occasional 'bleep bleep' from dugouts could clearly be heard, but that could be forgiven if the actual transmissions were stable.
Not the transmitting Club's fault, and I'm sure they all did their best.
Clubs such as Yeovil obviously have the required stuff, but not everyone has, and I don't think that was ever considered properly.
Having said that I do hear reports that even National League clubs have been reporting problems as well!!
So, good try NTV, lets hope the gremlins can be sorted out for future transmissions.
Worth noting that, of the dates mentioned when they will consider games, we are away for all but Chippenham at home on April 1st, but I can't see that being a contender for viewing, no offence to Chippenham!
Matches will almost certainly by then will cover play off or possible relegation matches.
No mention of the play off finals either!
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Post by Tom Bowen on Jan 26, 2024 22:58:27 GMT
Playoff finals are normally broadcast on BT Sport.
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Post by Admin on Jan 26, 2024 23:12:24 GMT
Playoff finals are normally broadcast on BT Sport. TNT Sport |
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Post by Admin on Jan 27, 2024 0:05:11 GMT
Returning to the main point. This is yet another example of people running a football competition thinking they understand stuff that's way, way beyond their capabilities.
I never believed there was a viable business model in live-streaming regional division matches. The cost and commitment involved would far outweigh a few tenners of income here and there (apart from the occasional top-up from the likes of Yeovil fans when their team is playing away). Also, the League hasn't explained how the revenue is allocated to member clubs - I suspect nearly all have been disappointed.
I'd imagine a large proportion of national division games have the same issue, which may be outweighed by the likes of Chesterfield and Southend playing away in midweek. Whichever, the whole enterprise is extremely marginal at best. How many would pay to watch AFC Fylde playing a midweek away game at Oxford City?
I'm just happy TNT continue to provide professional coverage of the National League's bigger games. TNT isn't a charity and they wouldn't bother unless viewing figures are sufficient to make their investment worthwhile (it seems many of their subscribers enjoy watching live football, but, for whatever reason, don't have Sky). From memory, BT used to claim their audiences for televised National League games were between 150 and 300 thousand, which seems to work for them.
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