Day Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 England's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine on Saturday will be shown exclusively live to subscribers on the internet who will pay at least £4.99. All previously broadcast England matches have been available on TV. Kentaro - an international agency appointed by the Ukrainian Football Federation - originally sold the UK rights for the game to Setanta. But after the pay-TV firm collapsed, digital sport specialist Perform was appointed to stream the match online. The match will be shown on the website [url=http://www.ukrainevengland.com/]www.ukrainevengland.com and viewers will be able to subscribe to it using PayPal, the electronic payment service. England have already qualified for the 2010 World Cup, winning all eight of their group matches. It is understood none of the traditional broadcasters were willing to pay the asking price to screen the game, which kicks off at 1715 BST. But the news has angered supporters who want to watch the action on television. Peter Silverstone, managing director of Kentaro, told BBC Sport: "You will watch as you would any other streaming on the internet, like YouTube or the BBC iPlayer. "There will be a pop-up player that will show the match in a very good quality stream." Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is part of the studio team for the match, while Kentaro has promised "a top commentary team". The cost of watching the game was being advertised on Monday in the Daily Express as £4.99 if viewers signed up before midnight on Wednesday. Charges rise to £9.99 for those who subscribe on Thursday and Friday, and £11.99 on Saturday. Similar prices were advertised on the website of the Daily Telegraph, which promised a "high-quality stream available on Mac and PC". Silverstone insisted the project was "commercially viable". "We have a huge marketing effort behind us with the various newspaper groups that will promote the match on their websites," he said. "Commercially this will work and genuinely offers an exciting opportunity for us. We wouldn't embark on this project if we didn't feel it had strategic long-term value, this isn't a one-off shot." Silverstone said Kentaro would take a maximum of one million subscribers for the match - which he said equates to about 2.5m viewers - because this would be the "safe number to stop at to ensure the optimal broadcast". The Odeon cinema chain will show the game live at 11 venues around the country, including at their flagship cinema at Leicester Square, but the match will not be available in pubs. Football Association spokesman Adrian Bevington said his organisation "would obviously like to see the game broadcast to as many people as possible" but insisted the matter was out of the FA's hands. "These are the rights of the Ukrainian FA and the agents they've appointed to sell them," he told BBC Sport. "A traditional TV platform would be ideal to broadcast the game but it's not the case. It's not in our control." ITV has the rights to home England games and, under the terms of their contract, has taken over Setanta's broadcast rights for away friendlies. However, that aspect of the deal does not cover away qualifying games, and neither the BBC, ITV, Sky nor Channel Five made a successful bid for the match. Perform streamed Manchester City and Spurs matches in the Uefa Cup last year when a TV deal could not be agreed, charging about £4 per game. Bevington insisted: "We're obviously confident in the company that has got the rights - they're a very professional company". However, travelling England fan Mark Perryman said the fact the match was available only on the internet was "disastrous and an outrage". "A World Cup qualifier should be available for everybody on free-to-air TV," he told BBC Sport. "It seems to me there's a very simple solution - Fifa and Uefa should insist as a condition of entry that all nations sell their games to terrestrial stations, whether its the home or away market." England defender Rio Ferdinand said he thought the broadcasting of the match marked "a good step forward"."I read that online advertising has taken over from TV, so that tells you something about where it's going in terms of the digital world," he told BBC Sport. "So I'm sure it'll be the way forward and in the future it'll probably be the reality. I think it's a good way to gauge how many people are interested." Andrew Croker, executive chairman of Perform, insisted England fans would "embrace" the internet broadcast. "I think consumers are pretty sophisticated now, particularly in the UK, where we have been in the vanguard of adopting new technology," he told BBC Sport. "I think people want a choice - the chance to watch football in a different way. This is pioneering, very exciting and I think people will enjoy it." [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8286886.stm]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/i...als/8286886.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 That sucks. Goodbye money making bar stewards. Hello Justin TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 First up with a free link, gets a box of Jaffa cakes from Daveygirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Fear not ladies, I shall supply you with a link to watch the game for only £2.99. https://www.paypalobjects.com/WEBSCR-590-20091002-1/en_GB/i/bnr/horizontal_solution_PP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyndsey Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 i'll undercut you £2.50 a pop, paypal only i will send the payment details a little later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1106 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Just register here and I give you special live football for only £1.50! Card type: Credit Card number: Security Number: Valid from: Expires on: Billing address Line 1: Billing address Line 2: Town/City: Post Code: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 What a farce, is there highlights of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakeri666 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 sorry to undercut... but hows about free?? [url=http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=51605∂=sports]http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=51605∂=sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 the things red dog do just to be loved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakeri666 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 it's not even like it works... but i will carry on... like a persistent itch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Well it's that silly mug shot, the one only a mother could love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakeri666 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Originally posted by Boycie;36638 Well it's that silly mug shot, the one only a mother could love. Sorry, oh beautiful one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Hey, my mug shot don't look like I'm forcing out a Terry Turtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Marina Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Your both ugly barstewards! Robbing gets, who's he kidding? Commercially viable, yes it's commercially viable that someone would pay 12 quid to watch a game broadcasted by gyppos, when you could get it for free just by looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Originally posted by bakeri666;36635 it's not even like it works... but i will carry on... like a persistent itch can we change yor name to thrush then lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakeri666 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 if i say no would it stop you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydan Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Originally posted by bakeri666;36654 if i say no would it stop you? haha i don't have the power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakeri666 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 in that case do what ya like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 if this is the future of football,then il find something else to watch.Im not spending 90 minutes in front of a computer screen watching a poor quality stream of footy.they can shove it,im not watching,£12 or free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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