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New digital platform - ForestTV!

Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
Redemption said:
All rights are assigned on a territorial and platform basis. EPL, EFL and FA for their Cup competitions limit the rights for the clubs as part of the competition rules.

The club can only sell local broadcast rights to radio where there is a territorial provision in place, which is why you can get it on FM, DAB and Freeview as they all have a regional broadcast footprint. The BBC does not acquire the rights to broadcast this via the Sounds App or on its streaming server. The club cannot sell the TV rights, for example, they are managed collectively by the EPL, EFL or FA depending on the competition.

When the BBC buys rights for its Premier League package for BBC5Live, for example, it does acquire the right for the Sounds app but not for the streaming server, so you can listen in the Sounds App, but not in any other app that relays the BBC streams.

Similarly, when Sky Sports buy the TV rights to EPL games, it can only broadcast to UK subscribers. This means the EPL can then sell to territorial rights to various other international broadcasters for their territories.
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This is all good stuff.

One addition - streaming platforms, like Sky Sports, used to be allowed to stream their content, quite legally, to UK subscribers elsewhere in the European Union - for example, those on their holidays.

Unfortunately, when Britain left the EU, the UK broadcasters now no longer do this (they could have, but chose not to) and such access is now geo-blocked (which is frankly nonsense, but there you go).

EU law mandates that an EU subscriber of a streaming service can legally access their service wherever they are in the Union. When I travel for business, for example, I can access my Sky Sport DE and DAZN services quite legally wherever I am in the EU (and in a couple of other countries, too) which is nice.
 
ubik

ubik

Geoff Thomas
I have a subscription to Forest TV, so I was glad to see full match replays available for this season's games.

Even a few days after the event and without commentary, it's good to see the whole match.

Just went onto the OS as I felt I had to watch the highlights of the Man City game, painful or not. There were no match replays or highlights for this season, just last season. What's happened? Might need to cancel my sub.
 
Raymondo Ponte'

Raymondo Ponte'

It's all about mid-table...
ubik said:
I have a subscription to Forest TV, so I was glad to see full match replays available for this season's games.

Even a few days after the event and without commentary, it's good to see the whole match.

Just went onto the OS as I felt I had to watch the highlights of the Man City game, painful or not. There were no match replays or highlights for this season, just last season. What's happened? Might need to cancel my sub.
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What do you expect Ubik?

It's crap.
 
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brian1783

Youth Team
Redemption said:
All rights are assigned on a territorial and platform basis. EPL, EFL and FA for their Cup competitions limit the rights for the clubs as part of the competition rules.

The club can only sell local broadcast rights to radio where there is a territorial provision in place, which is why you can get it on FM, DAB and Freeview as they all have a regional broadcast footprint. The BBC does not acquire the rights to broadcast this via the Sounds App or on its streaming server. The club cannot sell the TV rights, for example, they are managed collectively by the EPL, EFL or FA depending on the competition.

When the BBC buys rights for its Premier League package for BBC5Live, for example, it does acquire the right for the Sounds app but not for the streaming server, so you can listen in the Sounds App, but not in any other app that relays the BBC streams.

Similarly, when Sky Sports buy the TV rights to EPL games, it can only broadcast to UK subscribers. This means the EPL can then sell to territorial rights to various other international broadcasters for their territories.
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I understand how the rights are distributed, but that still doesn't explain why Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Man United, Man City plus others can have the full match coverage available on their TV channels within 2 hours of the full time whistle.
Unfortunately I could not watch the Liverpool game owing to a family emergency, so I looked on the Forest TV site , no highlights, no match coverage nothing.
I then remembered that BEIN SPORTS connect (Thailand) has a Liverpool TV segment everyday so I looked up their games on demand page and found full match coverage.
Forest TV need to start to get their act together as at the moment it is very poor.
 
Flaggers

Flaggers

May not be the best moderator on LTLF, but he's...
LTLF Minion
brian1783 said:
I understand how the rights are distributed, but that still doesn't explain why Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Man United, Man City plus others can have the full match coverage available on their TV channels within 2 hours of the full time whistle.
Unfortunately I could not watch the Liverpool game owing to a family emergency, so I looked on the Forest TV site , no highlights, no match coverage nothing.
I then remembered that BEIN SPORTS connect (Thailand) has a Liverpool TV segment everyday so I looked up their games on demand page and found full match coverage.
Forest TV need to start to get their act together as at the moment it is very poor.
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There's a list of "piss poor things that Forest ought to have addressed by now" containing things like ticketing, merchandise, catering, website, TV.... Nothing major....
 
Fawazzock

Fawazzock

Jack Burkitt
Just closed my account. Realised it was at it's best around 12 years ago when Fraser what-his-face did features, and has been in continual decline since.

Load a bolox
 
Statto

Statto

Free Kick Specialist
I stopped paying for it when we went up, knowing that the PL fixtures would probably have different TV arrangements anyway, and also to save paying monthly for something I wasn't going to use over the summer...
 
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brian1783

Youth Team
Trying to watch the Forest v Wolves under 18 game but picture almost all white can just make the players out very unprofessional.
 
ubik

ubik

Geoff Thomas
Amazed to find full match replay of the Wolves match on Forest TV - maybe I won't cancel my subscription after all.
 
ubik

ubik

Geoff Thomas
Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD. said:
Just FYI - I can see that without any subscription !
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Not my experience - content shown as locked until I log in. I'm presuming log in involves my subscription to Forest TV.

In any case, it would be good if teams were allowed to provide (eg) full match replays from supporters who can't get to games these days because they're sold out. And even better if you could pay a tenner to watch live if the game was sold out.
 
Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.

Professor Wolfgang Schnell BSc. PhD.

Fulchester United
Yes, I have to login with my (free) forest website account before I can see the content, but I have never paid for any subscription.
 
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brianmac1

Youth Team
looking at the football on tv forcast, us pore fans who can,t get a ticket for any games are not going to see
many live games, the arsenal game is the only one scheduled for the first 4 months of the season. when i see the odd
empty seat and I only want one it makes me angry and frustrated. especially when they are supposed to be sold out.
 
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