How much are you prepared to pay for Football?

[G]

Doesn't work anymore Nigey. I found out this morning when I went online. All good until the match started then I just got a screen saying "due to rights restrictions they can't broadcast the games online" . That's obviously the Premier league cracking the whip after last season because it's basically a far cheaper version of sky sports. I'm on the lookout for a new options now but finding one in HD seems to be difficult.

[Fredo]

Doesn't work anymore Nigey. I found out this morning when I went online. All good until the match started then I just got a screen saying "due to rights restrictions they can't broadcast the games online" . That's obviously the Premier league cracking the whip after last season because it's basically a far cheaper version of sky sports. I'm on the lookout for a new options now but finding one in HD seems to be difficult.

NowTV? You can watch it online or if you have a smart TV, connect with the app.

[G]

I'm looking into skybox f5 at the moment. Not legal but gets you all the sky channels and BT for a small yearly fee. In the meantime I've signed up to star sports. 12 euro for a year's subscription not HD though

[Rigadon]

Just added Sky Sports for £14. Total package of £51.50pm (Sky TV, movies, sport, broadband and phone).

[Fredo]

I have SKY broadband separately, which I pay £30 a month for. Will it make it cheaper if I get the whole package?

[Rigadon]

I have SKY broadband separately, which I pay £30 a month for. Will it make it cheaper if I get the whole package?

My Sky broadband is unlimited (not fibre) and I currently get it free (normal price would be £7.50pm). I also pay the phone line rental upfront (so is not included in the £51.50 monthly cost).

There is currently an offer with Sky - add Sky Sports (normal price £22.50 and get broadband free for two years). Might be worth looking at.

[Rigadon]

Also, I get a reduced price on Sky Sports (reduced by £8.50) because I have Sky Movies.

[Vermilion]

I would like all games available at a cost of £2 each, with a choice of when and which to watch.

No contracts, no tie in's.

[Fredo]

If Lfc.tv owned our rights....

[kev776]

I pay 12 euros to watch Paderborn (standing ticket behind the goal) transport to the ground is free on matchday to prevent drink driving etc. I will drink 4 or 5 large beers as the match pans out and maybe eat a currywurst and pommefrites at halftime. Food and drinks bill = less than 20 euros. Total of about 35 Euros all in

I gave up sky 2 years ago, not worth the hassle and too expensive. I watch all Liverpool games live online and watch MotD on freeview tv.

[smphotog]

We have great coverage in the US now that NBC are involved.

Every match live , good pre game and analysis and a plastic version of MOTD.

All for basically **** all via NBC

[slaine]

Yes, in the form of Now TV. It's an Internet based service and costs £6.99 currently for 24 hours. It's in good quality almost HD.

£6.99 for 24 hours? for a sport that just happens? They charge about £8.99 to watch movies, both current and in their library per month!!

Think I'll stick with streams... **** the quality... even on the blockiest stream, I can see if it's the redmen or the other team scoring the goal...

I had/have a skybox f5 that I paid £50 for the year to get all the sky channels.. but the ****er went offline If anyone knows a place to get a different cline... pm me

[MrMichael]

I've never paid for football on tv!

Well actually that's not completely true, when I was a student around the year 2000 we got the ill-fated ITV Digital for our house for a one off payment, which came with ITV Sport before it promptly went bust. Other than that however I've never had Sky anywhere I've ever lived, I just won't give Murdoch money and consider it too much to pay for TV, let alone just factoring in the football. Neither will I consider getting BT Sport, the whole thing is just bloated and excessive and much though I love this sport I hate what gross amounts of money have done to it.

If I couldn't stream games on the net for free I'd rather just listen to the radio and watch free highlights shows & broadcasts when I could, with occasional popping to the pub for big games like I always used to. I guess if there were a netflix for football, priced at a truly affordable level, convenient and technologically sound, then I would happily go for that, but where the movie & music industries eventually caught on to the only real way to combat piracy, ie providing a superior legit service for a minimal fee, football is still miles behind.

[EwarWoo]

I've always done free streaming, but its hit and miss. I deal with it. However after missing the first half of last nights match trying to find a stream that was actually watchable I've finally caved and got Foxtel (Oz version of sky).

I begrudge that murdoch cunt every penny (and yes, he fully deserves that name) but he's done too good a job of tying it down.

Hating myself for caving, but really looking forward to enjoying some football next weekend without the fath around.

$50 a month aint too bad though. It's just the money going to him, and being forced into also grabbing crap channels I don't want (sports itself is $25) that annoys me.

[Darkon]

I've never paid for football on tv!

Well actually that's not completely true, when I was a student around the year 2000 we got the ill-fated ITV Digital for our house for a one off payment, which came with ITV Sport before it promptly went bust. Other than that however I've never had Sky anywhere I've ever lived, I just won't give Murdoch money and consider it too much to pay for TV, let alone just factoring in the football. Neither will I consider getting BT Sport, the whole thing is just bloated and excessive and much though I love this sport I hate what gross amounts of money have done to it.

If I couldn't stream games on the net for free I'd rather just listen to the radio and watch free highlights shows & broadcasts when I could, with occasional popping to the pub for big games like I always used to. I guess if there were a netflix for football, priced at a truly affordable level, convenient and technologically sound, then I would happily go for that, but where the movie & music industries eventually caught on to the only real way to combat piracy, ie providing a superior legit service for a minimal fee, football is still miles behind.

But listening to it for free on the radio is a bit of a myth, as you've already paid for the radio...

I do completely agree about the bloated moneyhungering **** football have become, and there is a natuarl breaking point to what you want to pay. I'm happy to pay 20 a month for my service, as it gives me movies, tv series and just about all the football I can possible swallow in HD streaming quality available at laptop, phone, tablet, PS and supports chromecast now. I think that is very good value for money, and I'm happy to support the entertainment I'm getting that way around. Before that I had to pay around 40 a month for cable tv to get about 50 channels I have no interest in just to watch footy and a bit to old movies. That was **** value for money, and cable tv will soon kill itself that way.