Sky-Charge-Dodging Skate

[Liquidshokk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11452434

 

Five years ago, Karen Murphy would try to draw punters to her Portsmouth pub,

However, she found the monthly subscription to Sky Sports increasingly unaffordable - pubs can pay more than £1,000 a month.

Instead, she found a cheaper means of screening English football - a subscription to a Greek satellite broadcaster, NOVA.

 

The European Court of Justice will this week hear a landmark case brought by a Portsmouth-based pub landlord, which could change the landscape of how sports broadcasting rights are sold across Europe.

 

Maybe PFC should get in touch with her for advice on how to get away with not paying like everyone else....

 

oh, they're already experts at that....

[for_heaven's_Saint]

I'm sure I've watched a foreign football channel in a certain pub near the ground in Southampton before.

[The Cat]

Fair play to her I say. Even the normal subscription to Sky is too expensive, hence why I watch live Sky games on internet streams.

 

If she wins then Sky's exclusive rights to 5/6ths of Premiership live games will be worth a fraction of it's current amount meaning less money for the top clubs which in turn will mean wages are slashed, loads of the money grabbing players will bugger off and we'll see more young English players given the chance to play top flight football. Also it will probably mean quite a few clubs from the Premiership who have been loaded with debt will go bust.

 

Sounds good to me.

[bridge too far]

Notwithstanding she's from Portsmouth, she's right to challenge Sky. A condition of being in the EU is that goods and services should be available to all member nations and their citizens. It's an important test case.

 

And I'd f***ing love it if Sky lost.

[Liquidshokk]

Notwithstanding she's from Portsmouth, she's right to challenge Sky. A condition of being in the EU is that goods and services should be available to all member nations and their citizens. It's an important test case.

 

And I'd f***ing love it if Sky lost.

 

I'm sure the big boys will win yet again.

[RedArmy]

Good on her.

 

Sky are robbing cvnts.

[The Kraken]

Sky need a kick up the arse in terms of how much they charge to pubs, as they're pricing all but the larger chains out of having the footy. A mate of mine is the landlord of a local pub and he has seen annual subscriptions for Sky rise from around £12K 2 years ago to just under £20K this year. For smaller pubs, that just simply isn't viable, so he has had to shelve it, and many other pubs are considering doing the same. Especially as the advent of streaming games is growing, it's much easier to watch from home.

 

But then Sky have such a monopoly and are so powerful I can only see this court case going in their favour.

[Hatch]

I'll reserve judgement on whether she is guilty or not, until I see a picture of her.

[Liquidshokk]

I'll reserve judgement on whether she is guilty or not, until I see a picture of her.

 

[Stuntman Mike]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11452434

 

 

 

Maybe PFC should get in touch with her for advice on how to get away with not paying like everyone else....

 

oh, they're already experts at that....

 

It's a tough call. Obviously what she's doing is against UK copyright law (oddly enough), but as she's paid a subscription and obtained what she needs through another (cheaper) service, then what's the harm?

 

It's totally different to watching matches for free over the internet. Those matches are being streamed from subscription paid for boxes (generally), so they are "reselling" something illegally, whether free or not.

 

Subscribing to a Greek provider who can legitimately "resell" the football shouldn't be a problem. Very interesting case!