Bundesliga Coverage outside Germany

[SoftTackle]

According to the frequenters of the Satellite & TV forum, the new Bundesliga TV rights holders are playing hardball with broadcasters, demanding a significant increase in their fees. Which means both FSC and Setanta are dropping the Bundesliga until the new rights holders lower their demands.

Last year watching almost every single Bayern match on my TV rather than a streaming video was like Heaven. I should've known it would be fleeting. :(

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Knew it was going to happen. :mad:

Luckily I've started to re-learn Mandarin :)

[Dead Fingers]

great...more of the gdamn ping pong league.

[The Old Lady Hertha]

MOre reason to learn Mandarin :)

[Dead Fingers]

MOre reason to learn Mandarin :)

All I know is Shi (yes). :p

[bbsbt]

MOre reason to learn Mandarin :)They grow great oranges. :)

[sportfriend]

:eek: wait what the hell is happening here? :confused:

[Ute Koln Fan]

According to the frequenters of the Satellite & TV forum, the new Bundesliga TV rights holders are playing hardball with broadcasters, demanding a significant increase in their fees. Which means both FSC and Setanta are dropping the Bundesliga until the new rights holders lower their demands.

Last year watching almost every single Bayern match on my TV rather than a streaming video was like Heaven. I should've known it would be fleeting. :(


That is horrible news for me.. :( Do you by chance have any links so I can keep up on what's going on?

[Jaison]

great...more of the gdamn ping pong league.


LOL!! :D


As TOLH alluded to before... it's nice to have CCTV5.

[SoftTackle]

Below is a link to the thread I started in the TV forum asking about Setanta's coverage of the Bundesliga next year.

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=377884

[Ute Koln Fan]

Thank you.

[AliOlia]

that would blow.

this makes me wanna live in europe even more. think about it, how sick would it be, id go to soccer games EVERY weekend.EVERY.

[sportfriend]

yah it makes me sick...How most my Freiburg friends go to the dreisamstadion every home match, watch the team every week in training and such.

Being able to watch SCF 5 times a year on TV! sounds like a dream...i've never watched one match before...But going to the stadion every second week is just....beautiful :D

[AliOlia]

if i lived in liverpool, barca, milan, any of those cities, i would revolve my life around the team. i swear i would.

[Fsquid]

According to FSC back in the Spring, they have moved the German games to 5pm EDT on tape delay. This is due to the new Premiership TV contract.

[footyfan1]

LOL!! :D


As TOLH alluded to before... it's nice to have CCTV5.


Yeah, and for those who don't understand Mandarin, like me, what I used to do when I watched BVB matches on CCTV-5 was turn down the sound on my PPLive Player and link to BVB NetRadio.

Also, I think watching a match without commentary helps some learn more about the game. You have to figure out what happened for yourself instead of being fed another person's perspective on it.

I see when I return to the USA in five years, I guess my only choice will be Setanta or Pro7Sat1. Or is that the other way around??

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Damn 5 years...

[footyfan1]

Damn 5 years...


Unless they change the rules, that's all I've got here. But I'll take it. I was praying to get back here at this time last year. Now, I've got a World Cup under my belt and a full Bundesliga season coming.

I'm going to enjoy it while I'm here....... :)

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Well I'm gonna have to survive the first half of die Bundesliga season. The second part will be SUHWEET dude heheheehhe. Kobenhavn here I come, with stops in Berlin, Hannover, Dortmund and Liverpool. :cool:

[footyfan1]

Well I'm gonna have to survive the first half of die Bundesliga season. The second part will be SUHWEET dude heheheehhe. Kobenhavn here I come, with stops in Berlin, Hannover, Dortmund and Liverpool. :cool:


Make sure I know when you're in Dortmund dude!! I'll have to try to get my ass up there!!