I read on fergs.net I think it was Riks comment on NUFC TV which is a great idea. I think me and many around the globe would be happy to pay kind a lot of money each month to be able to watch the games and why not hire Steph as host of the "Daily training at the (shitty) training facility" =)

But starting broadcast like this requires time and money but another thing is to start broadcasting matches via the internet, pay per view. I'm sure I would pay for it. Anyone else who feels the same?

-- Anonymous, May 03, 2001

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As far as I can tell, all the PPV pilots here in the UK have been disasters, and presumably are the reason why the Clubs haven't dived in as was predicted.

-- Anonymous, May 03, 2001

As far as I can tell, all the PPV pilots here in the UK have been disasters, and presumably are the reason why the Clubs haven't dived in as was predicted.

I think the problem is that the majority of footy fans have already been squeezed dry financially.

-- Anonymous, May 03, 2001

Why have they been that? Internetproblems or no one paying/watching?

-- Anonymous, May 03, 2001

I think they've been laregely shunned by the paying public - with the possible exception of major championship boxing contests.

-- Anonymous, May 03, 2001

It's not just the UK that has had the problem. Although the Scottish experiment is plain daft, showing games live at 1:00 pm Saturday means anyone intending to go to watch a game will not bother as they have to miss some of it. If they are fans of the side being shown live then they in all likelihood live less than two hours drive from the live venue and can get there anyway. (Apolgies to all north east of Dundee, but the 2 hours does cover most of the games).

In Italy they tried ppv (purchase price variance in my last company) witht he big clubs. No one was interested. When the big teams are at home they all go and watch live, as supporting is very focused on a home town team. Then none of them would pay to watch their team play away. Same thing happened in Holland but they had such a huge focus on PSV/Ajax/Fey that every other game was meaningless. Dunno whetehr htis has changed, Stevo ?

I don't know how successful MUTV is, but there is a limit to how many times you can interview the players, and show reserve games.

-- Anonymous, May 03, 2001

Wouldn't pay for internet ppv yet cause watching video over a dial up connection is completely hopeless. Even worse if it's a live webstream.

I have gotten ppv television broadcasts, but have cut back considerably on how often I order it since the price was jacked sky high last season. Now I only order Toon matches, and I might get the FAC final next weekend. If broadcast companies would be a little less greedy, I'd bet more people would order it. At least in the States. Don't think it will ever be hugely popular though.

-- Anonymous, May 03, 2001

PPV on individual games hasn't yet been tried in Holland Macbeth. What did happen was 3/4 years ago the Dutch league tried setting up their own cable subscription TV Station 'Sport 7', with exclusive rights on domestic games (99% of households have cable). It was an unmitigated disaster and collapsed within months. Aside from being technically shoddy the Big-3 weren't satisfied with their share of the money and went someway to undermining it. Now subscription Film/Sports station Canal+ have exclusive rights to live games, Ajax/Feyenoord/PSV are on every weekend, and its far more expensive than 'Sport 7' ever was (+ they show hard-core pornography at night, sad but true). The Dutch are much too stingy to give PPV on individual matches a real chance of success. Only international matches might work and I think parliament has recently made that illegal.

-- Anonymous, May 03, 2001

I don't have an MBA so obviously know nowt about business but it seems pretty obvious to me that worldwide PPV for Newcastle games could be viable - IF marketed at the right price AND IF the sound & picture quality was impeccable. Personally I wouldn't pay for anything other than live coverage of 1st team matches, home and away, along with pre and post-match reaction. I prefer not to spend longer at computers than I have to so games would have to be delivered straight to my TV. For this service I would happily buy a 'season ticket' for around 75-100 pounds. Reality is that the Mags I watch games with in Sydney would only get one or two connections between us and share the cost. However, seeing as my club has never taken the effort to find out what I want - and at what price - then of course it's never been a viable option before now.

-- Anonymous, May 03, 2001

On CNN news this morning they were talking about Liverpool setting up broadband coverage of matches on the internet, initially just delayed highlights cos the PL deal means they can't show anything live until 2004. The interview was with a business analyst so most of it went straight over my head but it seemed to me that it was all about making money in other ways using the brand of Liverpool because of the loyalty of its 'customers'. I.e. fans trust the 'company' so are more likely to do other business with them, financial services, travel etc. Left me with a nasty taste in my mouth really.

-- Anonymous, May 04, 2001