EPL Officially to NBC

But NBC's online offering will likely be an "authenticated" service meaning a subscription to a particpating cable system would be required. Anyone w/ internet access could sign up for FS2GO

 

Do you think they will show games all day Saturday? Also, what about rebroadcasting games during the week. Fox usually is pretty good about showing games during the week they have already shown?

 

NBC Sports President Jon Miller Discusses EPL Deal

 

No. I'm guessing they will become even more internet reliant than Fox. And the era of "tape delaying" Premier League soccer could finally be over next summer.

 

One thing I liked from Miller's quotes... he never used the (non-existent) acronym "EPL." Maybe NBC will be using the league's proper name.

 

Which I think is a mistake. Why would I want to watch it on my 17 inch laptop screen? Wouldn't I want to watch it on-my 65 inch television in HD.

 

I am not sure you want to expend that king of money for Internet services. These guy was clear about how many games will be shown on Saturday and Sundays. To my pleasant surprise, Comcast is serious about making the EPl available to the masses.

 

NBC does not have the channels or desire to play matches all day long. They'll want to move on the US sports content on NBCSN.

 

Invest in an HDMI cord?

 

Quality is not the same

 

Sure, they can show 6 of 10 matchweek fixtures on NBC Sports Net. Will they add other matches to CNBC, USA, etc? We'll see - but from the original reports on the deal it looks like pay TV (Comcast owns a piece of iN DEMAND PPV) and streaming will be preferred...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/richard_deitsch/10/28/nbc-confirms-epl-deal/index.html

So using this coming weekend's fixtures as a sample prediction for what NBC might do next season, I would imagine it would look like:​

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Saturday (ET)​

7:45 Man Utd v Arsenal (NBC Sports Network) ​

10:00 Fulham v Everton (NBC Sports Network) ​

10:00 Norwich v Stoke (NBCSports.com/Pay TV)​

10:00 Sunderland v Aston Villa (NBCSports.com/Pay TV) ​

10:00 Swansea v Chelsea (NBCSports.com/Pay TV) ​

10:00 Tottenham v Wigan (NBCSports.com/Pay TV) ​

12:30 West Ham v Man City (NBC Sports Network or NBC) ​

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Sunday (ET)​

8:30 QPR v Reading (NBC Sports Network)​

11:00 Liverpool v Newcastle (NBC Sports Network)​

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Monday (ET)​

3:00 West Brom v Southampton (NBC Sports Network)​

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I suppose they could use another basic cable channel for a match like Swansea-Chelsea, but I'm not sure it will be worth it to them. I don't know, this is kind of what I read from NBC's comments thus far.​

 

The problem is that using an HDMI cord won't give it to me in HD. I have it in HD now.

That is going backwards.

 

The Saturday schedule is a step backwards. ESPN normally has the 7:30 game with FSC showing one 10:00 AM game and the 12:30 game.

They would then have the other 10:00 AM games on delay in the afternoon.

So not as many games equals less exposure.

 

And paying for Fox Soccer Plus, which I have been, gave another 10am game. So in theory we are losing a live game right off the bat I would assume.

 

You could also argue that since NBC Sports Network is available in far more homes than FSC/FS+ that having 4 or 5 matches move from niche Fox channels to NBCSN will increase exposure. (Edit: not to mention Telemundo and mun2 which are in tons more homes than Fox/ESPN Deportes).

 

Actually I was saying less exposure for me. So maybe I should have said less access for me.

Don't have Fox/ESPN Deportes.

 

Who says it won't be in HD? We're talking next August. A lot can change. Ultimately, you can stream much higher quality video over the internet than you can over Cable TV or Satellite.

 

Is it HD today?

I have streamed over the web with an HDMI cable. Trust me - not as good as I get from my television provider.

It is a LONG way from that.

 

Lets not forget Universal Sports may be in play as well.

 

If you have Universal Sports that helps. If not, then it doesn't.

 

I have the same concern as you. It is early yet, but I hope they will eventually show 10am games on CNBC and MSNBC. That would be a huge upgrade.

 

NBCSN is technically niche itself, sure it have the Bird logo but its still has the old vs mentality and is often mocked by alot of people because its hardly known

 

But its also on many basic cable packages (not just Comcast's).

 

More People know where the NFL Network is than NBCSN.. But still i dont think the EPL coverage will help MLS, MLS still has to market itself

 

wahh wahh...