MSE News: England match to cost £4.99 (if you book early)

Former_MSE_Guy

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"Football fans who want to watch live coverage of England's match against Ukraine on Saturday in their own homes will have to pay at least £4.99, and they'll have to view online ..."

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England match to cost £4.99 (if you book early)

comp-uter_guy

If you have a Bet365 account (with funds) then you can watch online for free - http://www.bet365.com/extra/extra.aspx?ContentPath=Promotions,Soccer,EnglandLiveStreaming

earledawes

Yes, more info on how to watch it free over at hxxp://newbetsfriend.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=43

Quentin

You only need to fund the account, (not bet with the funds), so if you are just wanting to watch the match, all you need to do is sign up, make a deposit, watch the match then withdraw the deposit. No questions asked!

Scudlink

Quentin wrote: »

You only need to fund the account, (not bet with the funds), so if you are just wanting to watch the match, all you need to do is sign up, make a deposit, watch the match then withdraw the deposit. No questions asked!

You would be falling foul of this condition in their T&C's:-

If the value of a deposit is not played through in full before a withdrawal is requested, bet365 reserve the right to make a charge to the customers account to cover all reasonable costs relating to both the deposit and withdrawal. If necessary the value of the withdrawal requested may be reduced accordingly.

malkie76

I'm guessing there will be hundreds of illegal (yet free) streams available on saturday. It exposes the flaw in the internet broadcast model - had they offered it for free and charged for advertising they could probably have made money.

Apparently some cinemas are showing it - but pubs won't

plumber2009

What an absolute shamballs.

ITV Supposidly had an aggrement to broadcast all england games in the event of SETANTA collapsing.

[Deleted User]

The match will be broadcast on TRT Turkish Television for all you people with free-to-air satellite boxes and motorised dishes

CHANGEyourMP

I think the BBC a have duty to it's licence fee payer's to come in at the last hour and buy the right's to broadcast it!:D

samutiana

£8/adult, £5.50/concessions at some Odeon cinemas.

whatmichaelsays

CHANGEyourMP wrote: »

I think the BBC a have duty to it's licence fee payer's to come in at the last hour and buy the right's to broadcast it!:D

The Beeb did make an offer to buy the rights to the game.

The rights however are owned by the Ukrainian FA, not our FA. The agency that is selling the rights on behalf of the UFA want far more than any British broadcaster is prepared to pay for a dead-rubber game.