- Aug 23, 2006
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Paying money to watch England play a friendly on a computer monitor is certifiably insane.
Odeon cinemas, including "The Odeon" (Leicester Square) will show it supposedly, so could go to the cinema to watch the football :shrug:
I think after the game this will serve to be a fail worthy of failblog.org.
I can't quite fathom who would want to watch a meaningless England game on a rubbish internet stream, crouched uncomfortably around a computer screen and paying £5 for the privledge.
This must have cost the company a fortune. Maybe they bought it before we had qualified but still its a stupid move on a lot of counts.
Surely some publican will hook his pc up to his telly box and put it on.
That's what I'm hoping for anyway. England games should always be available down the pub.
I did watch a World Cup game in 2006 in a German cinema and you were allowed to bring drink in. That was fun.
:lol: exactly as I said earlier...I don't pay for Sky, as I can watch all football for free online. Why I (or any sane person) would pay £4.99 for a meaningless friendly is beyond me.
I think you misjudge the world public to be fair.
What would you have expected Kentaro to do? sell the rights to the BBC and ITV for a derisory offer?
I think worldwide they can easily expect a few tens of thousands paying that sum, if not more.
Its actually a world cup qualifier, but we're already through.
Kentako (or whatever) have openly admitted that they are allowing a maximum of 1 million subscribers. So basically, it's a minimum of 5 million income from this... Is it worth it?
I really think this football TV rights thing is getting out of hand and the only loser seems to be the fans.
I'm sure i'll find a feed for it without paying £5. Its a meaningless game anyway, and if worst comes to worst i'll just wait until the highlights are on.