Even though I have access to Sky I will always choose Charlton TV and pay the £10. I enjoy Tel, Greg and Brownies interactions and reading of the game. They are also more knowledgeable of the other team than Sky.
Also wondering if I should bother with a yearly subscription at this rate! Six games in and I’m pretty sure it’s only been possible for me to watch Bristol City (A) on Charlton TV.
But surely you of all people have a VPN?
If we all buy Charlton TV and use VPNs whenever this shoddy deal blacks us out where we live, we support our club and punish the idiots who refuse to accept the reality that private streams are what the most loyal supporters want to pay for.
Would amount to a pay cut for the players I suspect if Sky don’t get the slice of the cake they want.
The simplest solution would be to lift the 3pm blackout which now looks very dated.
It's very odd, isn't it. There's a deal that means some countries can show the game if they want to. That means that if you are in the UK or in one of those countries, you can't stream the game. So the club website helpfully lists, with obviously a massive nod and a wink, the countries that aren't entitled to show the game. The coverage is sponsored by a company that, for about 3 quid a month, can provide a service that will allow you do do what you are not supposed to do. So you give your phone or smart TV a holiday in South Korea, send a tenner and you are good to go.
It reminds me a bit of the early days of trying to download music when the owners of the copyrights decided to protect their content at all costs, leading to all those file sharing sites.
I can understand why we are part of the deal, and I can also understand why the deal restricts viewing to countries that can show the game as I think it's unrealistic for someone to ring around, I dunno, 50 broadcasters to ask if they are showing Sheff U v Charlton. Many TV stations aren't as well organised as others and will just bung on something if another event finishes without really caring about what they are showing.
I wasn't sure it was Steve Brown on Saturday, he did sound different.
It's very odd, isn't it. There's a deal that means some countries can show the game if they want to. That means that if you are in the UK or in one of those countries, you can't stream the game. So the club website helpfully lists, with obviously a massive nod and a wink, the countries that aren't entitled to show the game. The coverage is sponsored by a company that, for about 3 quid a month, can provide a service that will allow you do do what you are not supposed to do. So you give your phone or smart TV a holiday in South Korea, send a tenner and you are good to go.
It reminds me a bit of the early days of trying to download music when the owners of the copyrights decided to protect their content at all costs, leading to all those file sharing sites.
I can understand why we are part of the deal, and I can also understand why the deal restricts viewing to countries that can show the game as I think it's unrealistic for someone to ring around, I dunno, 50 broadcasters to ask if they are showing Sheff U v Charlton. Many TV stations aren't as well organised as others and will just bung on something if another event finishes without really caring about what they are showing.
I wasn't sure it was Steve Brown on Saturday, he did sound different.
Well I disagree with that part in bold (agreed with all up to that point). That deal was negotiated by an external agency called Pitch International who have been working with the EFL for 15 years - a very long time by the standards in the marcomms sector. They sold the deal based on a brief from the EFL, who subcontract production to a company called IMG who have a big studio at Osterley that control the game feeds and provide those pathetic off-site commentators - it was featured in an article in The Athletic a while ago. It's presumably here too that the geo-blocking takes place. The EFL should have written into the deal that it would be up to the foreign partner to order geo-blocking on a game by game basis, and make Pitch International responsible for monitoring compliance, after all, they negotiated the deal, so they should be responsible for ensuring the deal works in real life.
Been gifted a firestick thing which seems to work quite well, same video as club stream but much prefer the club commentary. Luckily, I was in Portugal on Saturday.
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It reminds me a bit of the early days of trying to download music when the owners of the copyrights decided to protect their content at all costs, leading to all those file sharing sites.
I can understand why we are part of the deal, and I can also understand why the deal restricts viewing to countries that can show the game as I think it's unrealistic for someone to ring around, I dunno, 50 broadcasters to ask if they are showing Sheff U v Charlton. Many TV stations aren't as well organised as others and will just bung on something if another event finishes without really caring about what they are showing.
I wasn't sure it was Steve Brown on Saturday, he did sound different.
Luckily, I was in Portugal on Saturday.