3pm sky sports ireland

**mancred** · 29-07-2016, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by Aldo

I believe it is a Sly Ruling, when they got the Rights to the Premier League, I think they stipulated that there would be No 3pm Kick Offs on Saturdays, and it was the Euopeans who started showing the 3pm kick offs, and of course Ruppie tried and sucessfully stopped some of them, including the Clubs and Pubs in the UK.

So why are there no Saturday 3pm matches on TV?

It all started in the 1960s. Convinced by Burnley Chairman Bob Lord, Football League Chairmen joined forces to halt the airing of matches at 3pm on a Saturday. But why? Lord felt that big games being televised at that time would hurt attendances for smaller clubs, like his Burnley team.

Reasoning that people would rather watch a big game than support their local team, these Chairmen feared the potential loss of match-day revenue that could occur.

And so, based on that premise, with no real proof other than a hunch it came to pass that no match on a Saturday between 2:45 and 5:15 could be aired on TV within the UK. This has remained in place ever since, with the exception of the FA Cup final which has always been shown on a Saturday at 3pm until only recently when it was switched to 5pm in a controversial move by the FA.

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**stevethejack** · 29-07-2016, 07:28 PM

Frequency is

28.2°E 12207 V 27500 5/6

**catseye** · 29-07-2016, 07:51 PM

The argument used is if 3pm games are shown 'live' in the UK it will affect ground attendancies

In Germany I believe all games are shown on TV & yet games have very high attendencies

Could the cost of attending the games have some bearing on this?

For a Prem game including travel & beer your probably looking at £100 for a day out

I think the well known UK broadcaster has shot itself in the foot in terms of bidding so much for the rights

The advances in Kodi technology will most probably seriously dent their business plans

**stevethejack** · 29-07-2016, 07:57 PM

German games - you buy your ticket and transport is included. Have a mate living near Dortmund and seen a couple of Dortmund games, and a Wuppertal game. The Wuppertal game was 8 euro and included my train ticket from the airport. Much better deal than here.

**huddleston** · 29-07-2016, 10:15 PM

sky subscription offer in ireland join sky inc sports & get HD FREE ? one way around it not needing sd

**Barney** · 11-08-2016, 09:51 PM

It should not Clear ..Its only available to Eire Subbers as far as im aware : )
The UK Version will likely work okay however ?

**steviejb** · 12-08-2016, 09:39 AM

My mistake, the HD clears on a sly box and the SD clears on spider using CS, and not the other way around - I will know finally on Saturday at 3pm when the channel splits.

**holmroad** · 12-08-2016, 10:34 AM

What is Sports 5 ROI tp frequency & S/R please?

**squiddo** · 12-08-2016, 11:01 AM

12207 v 27500 5/6

**^^COMPASS^^** · 12-08-2016, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by holmroad

What is Sports 5 ROI tp frequency & S/R please?

Frequency is in one of my screenshots in post 24

But nice to see squiddo & dOOds have also posted it as well

**dOOds** · 12-08-2016, 11:01 AM

12207 v
dvb-s/mpeg-2 27500 5/6

**simon 2003** · 12-08-2016, 06:12 PM

nice one

***saintomer1866*** · 12-08-2016, 06:48 PM

As did stevethejack in post 19 of this thread, just 9 posts above holmroads question
https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...l=1#post953304
it's even on the same page, don't know about you but I call that lazy

**holmroad** · 12-08-2016, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by saintomer1866

As did stevethejack in post 19 of this thread, just 9 posts above holmroads question
https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...l=1#post953304
it's even on the same page, don't know about you but I call that lazy

Fair comment mate, hadn't even THOUGHT about going back THAT far, OR spotting it on Compass's thumbnails - smacky hands again eh? lol!!

**simon 2003** · 13-08-2016, 03:11 PM

weird having footy on sly at this time

**TonyO** · 13-08-2016, 03:57 PM

Yeah it is strange, Irish sty cards could become quite popular with UK viewers.

**Barney** · 14-08-2016, 01:34 AM

Yes its a Legal Loophole that Mr.Murdock and co. have exposed ,
it generates more interest in Sky and probably seen as a postive for them after thier humilation of Setanta and BT Last season
they really needed an injection of something positive and this season they have the cash to buy almost all EPL Games especially 3pm games
leaving BT And now EIR Sport with little scraps here and there and crumbs of the Big $$ Pie ...
still when its not possible to view these games in HD due to H/W pairing crap then i'll find other options to watch in HD and/or 4K
without having to pay for the privilege : )
cheers !

**dog-man** · 14-08-2016, 07:08 PM

The BT coverage of the Everton game was FTA in 4k, but sadly, I don't have a 4K television.
I tried to watch on my computer and the picture was fantastic but no sound so I need to sort out a codec issue.

**Dave5118** · 14-08-2016, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by dog-man

The BT coverage of the Everton game was FTA in 4k, but sadly, I don't have a 4K television.
I tried to watch on my computer and the picture was fantastic but no sound so I need to sort out a codec issue.

Everton v Spurs? That was a 3pm game, are you sure it wasn't the Man City v Sunderland game?