LIVIFOREVER Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 2 hours ago, pozbaird said: I think he lives in the same fantasy world as me. You know, the one where you invent a ‘boring’ matchup to illustrate a point. Away back to Ferranti. Talking about boring. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVIFOREVER Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Dele said: That was my reaction when I read your post about Hibs beating us, you'll be making up examples about Celtic managing to score a goal at the Spaghettihad next. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Watched the Dortmund and Atalanta game. Both were enjoyable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, G_Man1985 said: Watched the Dortmund and Atalanta game. Both were enjoyable. Big League found. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I think the idea that the two games this week would have been on TV had it not been for the "blackout" is a little naive. In past deals, only Sky showed live replays. That means it would almost certainly have been left to Premier...and so far they only game they've shown that didn't involve either Celtic or Sevco was the Hearts v Inverness semi-final last season - which was a contractual obligation rather than a burning desire. I can pretty much guarantee that had Celtic and/or Sevco needed a replay in the 4th round (when they were played on non-UEFA dates), they would have been shown on Premier. Indeed, last season Premier wanted to show Sevco v Aberdeen but had to settle for full delayed coverage after 10pm. 6 hours ago, gannonball said: Think that would be because they had access to the live game to edit the highlights immediately. Not the case in these midweek games which is why they will probably turn up at some point today. Don't even think the game was on Kilmarnock TV? The BBC are more than entitled to send their own OBs as they do for the Premiership highlights, and the non-live featured game(s) in the Scottish Cup. For whatever reason, they're choosing not to do so for replays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Big League found.I won't tell what games I intend on watching today :-o 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, The Master said: I think the idea that the two games this week would have been on TV had it not been for the "blackout" is a little naive. In past deals, only Sky showed live replays. That means it would almost certainly have been left to Premier...and so far they only game they've shown that didn't involve either Celtic or Sevco was the Hearts v Inverness semi-final last season - which was a contractual obligation rather than a burning desire. I can pretty much guarantee that had Celtic and/or Sevco needed a replay in the 4th round (when they were played on non-UEFA dates), they would have been shown on Premier. Indeed, last season Premier wanted to show Sevco v Aberdeen but had to settle for full delayed coverage after 10pm. The BBC are more than entitled to send their own OBs as they do for the Premiership highlights, and the non-live featured game(s) in the Scottish Cup. For whatever reason, they're choosing not to do so for replays. Again, this all relies on an assumption that the deal would be exactly the same and structured in exactly the same way if the blackout didn't exist. The blackout will reduce the value of the TV deal to broadcasters, and could fairly easily have been one of the reasons why Sky Sports decided not to continue their deal (or didn't offer as much as Premier). The UEFA blackout is a game changer in terms of how the competition could be sold to broadcasters, and it is pure speculation to pretend to know exactly how broadcasters (and the SFA) would have acted if it wasn't in place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 55 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Again, this all relies on an assumption that the deal would be exactly the same and structured in exactly the same way if the blackout didn't exist. The blackout will reduce the value of the TV deal to broadcasters, and could fairly easily have been one of the reasons why Sky Sports decided not to continue their deal (or didn't offer as much as Premier). The UEFA blackout is a game changer in terms of how the competition could be sold to broadcasters, and it is pure speculation to pretend to know exactly how broadcasters (and the SFA) would have acted if it wasn't in place. You're (still) missing the point. Premier can show a replay if they want, and are allowed to. They could have shown Hibs v Dundee Utd in the previous round but didn't. Thus, even if the blackout weren't a thing, it's a fairly logical assumption that they wouldn't have shown either of this week's replays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 But we might not have had a deal with a cowboy outfit like Premier if the blackout didn't exist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 37 minutes ago, craigkillie said: But we might not have had a deal with a cowboy outfit like Premier if the blackout didn't exist. You think Sky and BT were put off because they might not be able to show replays? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 I believe that the BBC are permitted to show replays, but have to pay £80k a pop, so are unlikely to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Interesting to see that La Liga TV (Owned and operated by Premier Sports) have the Barcelona game on at 3pm today... I know they'd spoken about trying to ignore or change the ban but they tried that with their Serie A coverage and they were made to come to any love coverage after 5.15. Not sure if this game is being locked out and is only for Irish customers or if it will be shown in the UK after all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 22/02/2020 at 14:18, Salvo Montalbano said: Interesting to see that La Liga TV (Owned and operated by Premier Sports) have the Barcelona game on at 3pm today... I know they'd spoken about trying to ignore or change the ban but they tried that with their Serie A coverage and they were made to come to any love coverage after 5.15. Not sure if this game is being locked out and is only for Irish customers or if it will be shown in the UK after all. It was blacked out in the UK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 22/02/2020 at 14:18, Salvo Montalbano said: Interesting to see that La Liga TV (Owned and operated by Premier Sports) have the Barcelona game on at 3pm today... I know they'd spoken about trying to ignore or change the ban but they tried that with their Serie A coverage and they were made to come to any love coverage after 5.15. Not sure if this game is being locked out and is only for Irish customers or if it will be shown in the UK after all. They've fair moved the watershed... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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