AUGUST 6 2013
KO 18:30 BST, LOCAL 19.30
Live on MUTV and is our first PPV game on-line for the princely fee of £5.95
AIK V Manchester United
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
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£6 to watch it online? 
£6 to watch it online?
Yep, madness I know when they are competing with free streams around the world. Would they not be better to have put it at a quid for the first game as it's a friendly and try to drum up some interest. For a quid I might have even have paid myself.
£6, the idiots. Anyone who's prepared to watch it online has more likely done it countless times before with streams. It's a friendly too, I know it'll be a high standard stream, but £1 or £2 would've been a smarted fee.
Even if they charged like £3 I would have been alright with it. Isn't a months worth of MUTV about £6 as well? Ridiculous.
With it being the first time they've streamed anything online, I'd be hesitant to go for it anyway. For £6? I'll be sticking with my streams.
6 quid to watch a pre- season friendly online, no thanks.
Bet they blame illegal streams when no one buys this, too.
Anyone thinking of paying that would just be better off paying a month's MUTV subscription.
Why am I thinking we are playing Liverpool at some stage soon?.. I swear I heard it somewhere or read it..? Strange.
The broadcasting and publishing companies really havent worked it all out yet. Which is amazing considering all the signs out there that they need to adjust and adapt to the digital world.
Down here in NZ it costs NZ$80/month to have skytv and watch the EPL games. 10 month season works out at NZ$800. Included in that cost is a whole pile of channels I dont want but cant remove because the EPL is sold within a "package" of programs. Last month a new crowd won the rights to the EPL offering all EPL games online for the entire season for NZ$150.
I have been watching the EPL online for free for the last 2 years, in fact its easy to find a feed for just about any pro game going on anywhere in the world. However sometimes the feeds can be a bit sketchy and other times when I get a feed its in another language. Also I have to watch it live.
This new crowd are making it possible to watch the games when i want with the right language commentary for me and in HD. I could still watch it free online but for NZ$150 I get it when I want to watch.
This whole issue also applies to tv and movies. I wonder how long its going to take the big networks to work it out and catch up.
Down here in NZ it costs NZ$80/month to have skytv and watch the EPL games. 10 month season works out at NZ$800. Included in that cost is a whole pile of channels I dont want but cant remove because the EPL is sold within a "package" of programs. Last month a new crowd won the rights to the EPL offering all EPL games online for the entire season for NZ$150.
I have been watching the EPL online for free for the last 2 years, in fact its easy to find a feed for just about any pro game going on anywhere in the world. However sometimes the feeds can be a bit sketchy and other times when I get a feed its in another language. Also I have to watch it live.
This new crowd are making it possible to watch the games when i want with the right language commentary for me and in HD. I could still watch it free online but for NZ$150 I get it when I want to watch.
This whole issue also applies to tv and movies. I wonder how long its going to take the big networks to work it out and catch up.
sounds like what we have here in oz. Have to pay for foxtel to get the games, but if you want to premier league, you first have to pay for the basic package and then get the sports package (even then you have to pay for a single channel as well if you want the FA cup). When really all I want is the couple of channels that play the games and no of the other rubbish. They really should just sell the sports package without the basic and I would think about picking it up again.
This is the holy grail for the Glazers and the other investors. United's own PayTV channel and selling to the 330million global fans.. This will dwarf whatever Barcelona or Real Madrid can get from their manky paytv station revenues there.
This is the future and I see this as a testbed as the beginning to this future.
This is the future and I see this as a testbed as the beginning to this future.
Would require a massive shakeup of the current TV deal first, which I can't see happening.
It's stupidly expensive isn't it? Especially if football is the only thing it's for - my folks watch a lot of news, docos and my sister watches a lot of trashy reality stuff so at least we're approaching getting our money's worth.
Setanta is eminently worth it though - the amount of football they have from around Europe and South America is obscene.
It's stupidly expensive isn't it? Especially if football is the only thing it's for - my folks watch a lot of news, docos and my sister watches a lot of trashy reality stuff so at least we're approaching getting our money's worth.
Setanta is eminently worth it though - the amount of football they have from around Europe and South America is obscene.
I can see this being a regular thing, I wouldn't be surprised to see a mid season friendly take place (maybe NFL style abroad) and for a paid stream to accompany it. They will probably make millions off the ticket and online stream sales.
Don't disagree, but they have to get the pricing model right, and £6 for a single game is sodding madness. They would be much better off at a half or even a third of that price.
What are the normal prices in England for a PL-stream?
In sweden they have raised from 49sek (= £4,6) to 189sek (= £18). I call that expensive.
In sweden they have raised from 49sek (= £4,6) to 189sek (= £18). I call that expensive.
for a single game
no chance I would be paying that much for every game when a free stream is just a few clicks away even if it could drop out during the game
Just out of curiosity - anyone else going to this game ? My office is just 100 meters from Friends Arena - so I guess I have to go
for a single game
no chance I would be paying that much for every game when a free stream is just a few clicks away even if it could drop out during the game
Free streams lack the quality that paid ones have most of the time unless you are lucky to be fair... Although that is extortionate..
Just out of curiosity - anyone else going to this game ? My office is just 100 meters from Friends Arena - so I guess I have to go
Are you in one of those funky sky scrapers there in the main pic?
A few sports in the US tried certain games on PPV a while back. There were a lot of gloom and doom forecasts about how in the future all games will be viewable on TV only via PPV. Didn't really work out that way. Boxing, MMA and fake wrestling are about the only ones that have found their niche in the PPV market in the US.
For this to work for Manchester United they would have to first somehow pull out of the PL TV agreement which right now would be very difficult. I could see a better verson of MUTV eventually becoming available one that included live broadcast of some select games.
Not sure the PPV for every game would ever work though.
AIK makes me think of our sponsors, Who are they this season? Is it Chevrolet?
(I haven't watch any pre-season so far).
(I haven't watch any pre-season so far).
Wonga
Still Aon this year. Chevy in the 14/15 season
I can't keep up, so:
Friendly on Tuesday
Rio on Friday
Charity Shield Sunday
Right?
Friendly on Tuesday
Rio on Friday
Charity Shield Sunday
Right?
What I usually do is I go to this site and then look in my calendar for the days.
But you're right. Tuesday, Friday, Sunday. Can't wait
What I usually do is I go to this site and then look in my calendar for the days.
But you're right. Tuesday, Friday, Sunday. Can't wait
Looks like I'm going to miss the 1st 3 PL games of the season. Extremely poor planning on my part.
You can get it for £4.46 if you sign up now. It's live on MUTV so I don't know why anyone would paying for a online stream.
Feck me. We may be hopeless in terms of bringing in new CMs but the club is certainly tops in putting their hands in their supporters pockets
If you kidnapped Fabregas and tried to pay with him, they'd probably give him back and demand the £4.46.
Just out of curiosity - anyone else going to this game ? My office is just 100 meters from Friends Arena - so I guess I have to go
Thinking about going, but paying around a 100 euro for a pre-season friendly is absurd.
Was thinking of going but my plans changed and I just have to watch this on the telly.
Travelling squad: Lindegaard, Amos; Rafael, Evans, Evra, Jones, Smalling, Vidic; Anderson, Bebe, Carrick, Giggs, Nani, Zaha; Henriquez, Kagawa, van Persie, Welbeck
No Rooney at all?
"Cold Shoulder" I think they call it.
Nice to see Henriquez in the squad.
So no De Gea, Fabio and Cleverley then. Interesting.
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