Watching live games online?

Discussion in 'Premier League' started by Drelick2, Aug 23, 2005.

  1. SetantaJoe

    SetantaJoe New Member

    Dec 21, 2008
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The EPL is taking action against many of the main sites, like Soapcast and co.. It's only a matter of time before these streams close down due to legal fears, many already have. Anyone who's paying a fee for these illegal streams is a moron, the person providing it has the same access to these as any one else. Lastly, the streams are absolutely awful and many contain viruses. If you want to view soccer online there are plenty of other legal options with much better quality that are relatively cheap.
     
  2. Alothi

    Alothi Member

    Sep 16, 2003
    so name some then plz....
     
  3. SetantaJoe

    SetantaJoe New Member

    Dec 21, 2008
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Setanta by Broadband, ESPN 360, and Vividas (FSC). Plus most include archives to watch games you can't watch live.
     
  4. City Dave

    City Dave Member

    Jan 26, 2007
    Cleveland, OH
    Club:
    Cleveland C. S.
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Proof please.

    Also, relative to what? "Relatively cheap" is a relative term. Free is pretty cheap.

    SetantaJoe, eh? I don't suppose you have any sort of vested interest in Setanta? :rolleyes:
     
  5. SetantaJoe

    SetantaJoe New Member

    Dec 21, 2008
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have an interest in the legality of the matter. The soccer people want to watch is available legally regardless of the platform, Setanta, FSC, etc. ESPN 360 is actually free for certain people. If you want to support illegal streams go ahead. The only people it hurts is those leagues television rights, since it devalues their product. If you don't have the money to pay for a subscription and are fine with going through illegal measures then have fun supporting your team through a tiny little window on the right side of a screen surrounding by foreign languages and pornography.
     
  6. City Dave

    City Dave Member

    Jan 26, 2007
    Cleveland, OH
    Club:
    Cleveland C. S.
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If that's all that you can get from free streams online then you're doing it wrong. Why don't you try some of the tips in this thread and you can find decent quality streams?
     
  7. Alothi

    Alothi Member

    Sep 16, 2003
    Those are pretty good sites, well known, but good.
     
  8. Drake44444

    Drake44444 Member

    Jul 5, 2008
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I didn't know about Fox Broadband. I have setanta broadband. I like it, but I used to be able to pause games, and now I can't.

    I also have Verizon so I can watch ESPN360.

    So between those, and now Fox Soccer channel broadband that covers basically everything you'd want to watch EPL, Serie A, and European competitions.
     
  9. Cameron_pdx

    Cameron_pdx New Member

    Aug 5, 2008
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Maybe if Setanta had a ticker bar with pornography it would justify the $15 a month. I can sleep easy with my illegal streams. So why have ESPN not put forth the money and secured broadcasting rights.. its a shame shame for us state side, I just heard that ESPN didn't win the bid again and we are stuck with this situation until 2012.. any merrit to that?
     
  10. Drake44444

    Drake44444 Member

    Jul 5, 2008
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    To quickly answer your question.... the only rights sold were UK rights so far. US rights will come later.

    But read this thread from this page forward. It is an excellent discussion on the subject and has tons of information:

    https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=720433&page=15
     
  11. Fan-attic-deano

    Fan-attic-deano New Member

    Feb 16, 2009
    Northampton
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    If you can't make the match, ain't got Sky Sports or Setanta, and finaly it's not on the cream an jelly then check this link out:

    http://www.asiaplatetv.com/football.php

    It always finds a game :rolleyes:
     
  12. Rambo10 redded

    Rambo10 redded Red Card

    Feb 14, 2009
    Club:
    AC Minervén Bolívar FC
    HELP NEEDED!!!


    WHERE CAN I WATCH CHAMPIONSHIP GAME? I JUST WANT TO WATCH BIRMINGHAM CITY FC?

    ANY WEBSITES?:confused:
     
  13. Rambo10 redded

    Rambo10 redded Red Card

    Feb 14, 2009
    Club:
    AC Minervén Bolívar FC
    how do u use that? like ant TV?
     
  14. socerguy02

    socerguy02 New Member

    Feb 27, 2009
    America
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You can pay per game on soccernet.espn.go.com They give you the option to pick and choose what games you want to watch for the Champions League games. For Champions games ESPN will show one game and then ESPN Classic shows another later on in the day, but you are going to miss two. So buy them online if you dont want to watch the two that ESPN is showing.
     
  15. craignmoss

    craignmoss New Member

    Mar 3, 2009
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    I used http://www.satliveonpc.com/ last season. Cost about a fiver a year but could watch most football matches that were on from England and around the world. The only thing is the commentators are Japenese. Its like watching the football version of Takeshis Castle :)
     
  16. Drake44444

    Drake44444 Member

    Jul 5, 2008
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    spam
     
  17. City Dave

    City Dave Member

    Jan 26, 2007
    Cleveland, OH
    Club:
    Cleveland C. S.
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Did you see what thread you're responding to? That's what this thread is for.

    Also, there's a report post button, it's right next to the rep button. It's the triangle with the exclamation point.

    That's what you use to report real spam.
     
  18. Drake44444

    Drake44444 Member

    Jul 5, 2008
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I come here (well mainly past tense as I have found good information, largely thanks to this thread) hoping to find member verified sites (or real paysites), not 1 member post advertisements about paying to watch japanese streams.

    But anyway posting it is fine, but pretending to be a customer for an advertisement is maybe what go to me.
     
  19. craignmoss

    craignmoss New Member

    Mar 3, 2009
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    It seems like I have caused a bit of a stir. My apologies, rest assured that I am new to this site and frankly dont really know what I am doing yet! Hopefully noone has taken offence.
     
  20. Alothi

    Alothi Member

    Sep 16, 2003
    It would seem to me that the only real sources for watching games online that are true quality streams are: ESPN 360, Setanta Broadband...and that's it really.

    I have been trying to watch soccer online for years starting in 2000. There was one site called Videosport.com, (it is a differ site now). It used to host UEFA Cup matchs and then leave them as archive for free. That went under and every site that hosts soccer games has gone under since. They only last 3 years or so.

    The costs associated with this is very high. Licence and all only the big networks will be able to be true streams as they have revenue to burn on the broadband.
     
  21. Drake44444

    Drake44444 Member

    Jul 5, 2008
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    add fox soccer channel broadband to that list as well
     
  22. Alothi

    Alothi Member

    Sep 16, 2003
    yeah, that was the other quality site I was trying to think of. I knew there were only three.
     
  23. Drake44444

    Drake44444 Member

    Jul 5, 2008
    Club:
    Fulham FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have Setanta Broadband. It is sweet, but the replay videos are low quality. Also, Setanta Broadband quality in general is not nearly on par with ESPN360.

    Both have very different content however.
     
  24. hcd1212

    hcd1212 New Member

    Feb 24, 2009
    America
    Club:
    Everton FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    espns-live.com
    best site EVER
     
  25. Alothi

    Alothi Member

    Sep 16, 2003
    I am timid to try this as ESPN is plural in that line and he or she is a newbie..No offense HCD.

    Anyone try the site...let us know how good.
    Thanks,
     

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