Alert: CONMEBOL WCQ PPV Info thread

Discussion in 'TV, Satellite & Radio' started by MetroChile, May 27, 2012.

  1. MetroChile

    MetroChile Member+

    Jan 13, 2001
    NJ; Valpo.
    Club:
    Santiago Wanderers
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Greetings.

    Neither the Dish Network nor the DirecTV website are offering any insight regarding the upcoming round of WCQ matches. That may mean that they won't be offered on said satellite providers or perhaps the games will be available and none has gotten around to updating that info on the websites.

    What worries me is a bit is the fact that beInSports USA (new channel) supposedly purchased the rights to CONMEBOL WCQ. The concern is that what will happen to people that don't have this channel and/or don't have the satellite/cable provider that has this channel?

    Discuss.
     
  2. huhe888

    huhe888 Red Card

    Oct 3, 2007
    I understand that Phil Schoen will call some eliminatorias CONMEBOL matches. Those will be his first assignments with his new company.

    Still waiting for distribution info. Should come by middle of this week.

    Imagina US has millions of things to do in the next 60 days.
     
  3. MetroChile

    MetroChile Member+

    Jan 13, 2001
    NJ; Valpo.
    Club:
    Santiago Wanderers
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    What do you imagine will happen?
     
  4. huhe888

    huhe888 Red Card

    Oct 3, 2007
    I am guessing DISH and/or DIRECTV. Hard to do inDemand cable deal this late, but still doable.
     
  5. jhernandez86

    jhernandez86 Member

    Sep 22, 2004
    Amazing, all european qualification games can be seeing but not one game comes from South America.

    This PPV model should have disappear years ago, but for some reason no one in this country wants to buy the rights to the CONMEBOL world cup qualifications, and do one that do, only can set it up as a PPV event.

    Really? The CONMEBOL world cup qualifications, make more money as a PPV event in this country? specially now that Brazil is not in it?

    I am must be missing something about this business model
     
  6. Clenbuterol

    Clenbuterol Red Card

    Aug 25, 2011
    Club:
    --other--
  7. huhe888

    huhe888 Red Card

    Oct 3, 2007
    Once the senior executive team is hired at beIN Sports USA, those eliminatorias CONMEBOL matches will be live on beIN Deportes.
     
  8. MetroChile

    MetroChile Member+

    Jan 13, 2001
    NJ; Valpo.
    Club:
    Santiago Wanderers
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Thus, if one has the cable/satellite provider that offers beIN Deportes he/she will not have to go the PPV route?
     
  9. socceraction

    socceraction Member+

    Oct 20, 2000
    Games have been listed on the DirecTV guide for a few days now. Here is the info:

    Saturday, June 2, 2012:
    2:00pm Uruguay v Venezuela DirecTV/457
    4:10pm Bolivia v Chile DirecTV/458
    6:30pm Argentina v Ecuador DirecTV/459

    Sunday, June 3rd, 2012:
    5:00pm Perú v Colombia DirecTV/457

    -----------------------------------------------


    Saturday, June 9th, 2012:
    4:00pm Bolivia v Paraguay DirecTV/457
    6:35pm Venezuela v Chile DirecTV/458
    Sunday, June 10th, 2012:
    2:30pm Uruguay v Perú (not listed but certainly #457)
    5:00pm Ecuador v Colombia (not listed but certainly #458)

    Price: $29.99 per match. No info on "package" for all matches which is usually offered.

    All times ET.

    SA
    www.socceraction.info
     
  10. Clenbuterol

    Clenbuterol Red Card

    Aug 25, 2011
    Club:
    --other--
    Just waiting for Dish now...
     
  11. jhernandez86

    jhernandez86 Member

    Sep 22, 2004
    Now that will work for me. I will not change for just La Liga and Serie A but for CONMBEBOL, I will rethink by position. The issue at hand will be Are they launching an HD signal or just SD?
     
  12. FoxBoro 143

    FoxBoro 143 Member+

    Jan 18, 2004
    MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wow those prices are crazy.
    FIRST ROW SPORTS!
     
  13. blackhornet

    blackhornet Member

    Jun 26, 2008
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    the channel that I'll always subscribe to :)
     
  14. Clenbuterol

    Clenbuterol Red Card

    Aug 25, 2011
    Club:
    --other--
    Does anyone have any info on Dish Network? As you can see I am getting a bit impatient...
     
  15. MetroChile

    MetroChile Member+

    Jan 13, 2001
    NJ; Valpo.
    Club:
    Santiago Wanderers
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Nothing on the website so I am calling right now to find out.

    EDIT: just spoke to a rep on the phone - said that he didn't see any such "event" on offer yet in his system so he suggested I call back again either Friday or Saturday (I specifically asked for the Chile-Bolivia game).

    So a.) he's right and Dish just has not gotten around to it or b.) Dish subscribers like me are screwed and CONMEBOL's WCQ matches will not be available on PPV.

    huhe?
     
  16. MetroChile

    MetroChile Member+

    Jan 13, 2001
    NJ; Valpo.
    Club:
    Santiago Wanderers
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Posted on Dish's FB page and got this response from Dish Answers, (direct complete quote):

     
  17. socceraction

    socceraction Member+

    Oct 20, 2000
    Hmmm... Al Jazeera (aka BeIn Sports) own the rights. Al Jazeera (News) is available on Dish but not DirecTV. Yet, the qualifiers are on DirecTV but not on Dish PPV. I know this has nothing to do with the ultimate distribution of BeIn Sports but still a "hmmm moment".

    Bad news....there is no sign of the matches on delayed basis on GOL-TV. Their schedule is not the generic type and looks set for next week. No WCQ matches on GOL-TV.

    As far as streaming, it will certainly be limited to Al Jazeera Sport from the Middle East. Except for SporTV in Portugal, I do not see any distribution in the rest of Europe. Streaming will certainly be out there but almost guaranteed to be a AJS production.

    SA
     
  18. Clenbuterol

    Clenbuterol Red Card

    Aug 25, 2011
    Club:
    --other--
    This stinks.

    I guess I will have to try to find a stream somewhere.
     
  19. jhernandez86

    jhernandez86 Member

    Sep 22, 2004
  20. Clenbuterol

    Clenbuterol Red Card

    Aug 25, 2011
    Club:
    --other--
  21. jhernandez86

    jhernandez86 Member

    Sep 22, 2004
    It will probably be on channel 450 or so
     
  22. MetroChile

    MetroChile Member+

    Jan 13, 2001
    NJ; Valpo.
    Club:
    Santiago Wanderers
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    This was the response I got from a Dish rep himself:

     
  23. huhe888

    huhe888 Red Card

    Oct 3, 2007
    I understand that Luis Omar Tapia and Eduardo Biscayart will call some of the games in Spanish.

    As for English, we already know about Phil Schoen. I won't be surprised if Ray Hudson were also involved as well.
     
  24. Redbullsnation2012

    May 26, 2010
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    onward march to wiziwig for me, just too much money being asked. I have no money meself :D
     
  25. Jakub

    Jakub New Member

    May 31, 2012
    This representative doesn't know what he's talking about. Dish Network will be showing the Conmebol Qualifiers for June 2012.
     

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