Comments on: PLTV: English Premier League Has Plans For Its Own TV Channel

By: dave stopher

dave stopher — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:23:42 +0000

I think that is a bad idea!!!

By: dave stopher

dave stopher — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:20:55 +0000

I think the Premier League own channel could just cause a further cost to customers!!!

By: mele419

mele419 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:49:47 +0000

That’s just stupid. Their ratings will drop significantly and piracy will reach an all-time high.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:01:49 +0000

yea i could see that. i have the nba network, but that just picks up on local/regional broadcasters so you get the homer calls and all that. of course they don’t show that many games on nba network. i dont know too much about nfl network since i dont ever get to watch it but i’d assume they’d of gotten flayed by sportswriters and bloggers if it was too hackish. no league is more image concious than the nfl and if theyre not doing it (too much) i would hope the prem would see that as a model and follow suit.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:35:07 +0000

Yeah, that’s a good question Matt. The Independent story really only addresses the UK market, but it could be that PLTV (if it happened, which is probably won’t) would be worldwide.

If the Premier League are really so worried about pirate streams and the like, this is also an opportunity for them to have full control over broadcasting their content. If they’re smart they’ll offer subscriptions to watch online too.

Major worry I have is how cheesy the production could be. Sky/Setanta/BBC/Fox Soccer etc are at least free to criticize players, teams etc a bit, but I’d be worried that PLTV would be hyper-conscious of image and be a bit infomercial-esque.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:26:31 +0000

most importantly in all of this is is which option ends up giving us more live games here in the states?