Pie Of The Month Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donathan Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 How does this work contractually then? Do they just sell the rights on to another broadcaster or can they get a refund on the contract and the SFA have to sell the rights themselves? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Donathan said: How does this work contractually then? Do they just sell the rights on to another broadcaster or can they get a refund on the contract and the SFA have to sell the rights themselves? For the internationals, the SFA have no say. It’s UEFA who sold the rights. It’s also not like taking something back to Tesco. Viaplay can’t just say “here’s my receipt, I’d like my millions back please”. They have a contract with UEFA and will be required to fulfil that contract, or be stripped of the rights (as happened with Setanta). I think one of three possibilities: 1. They flog their UK business back to Premier for a fraction of what they bought it for (in relative terms, accounting for the additional UEFA rights from 2024). 2. They maintain a skeletal company in the UK that holds the primary rights, but sub-licenses them to other broadcasters. 3. They default on everything, rights are handed back, and the various organisations re-sell them. Option 2 is probably our best chance of seeing Scotland games on BBC/STV. Edited July 20, 2023 by The Master 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 I assume everyone that has subscribed will just have to write that money off if they go off air? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 11 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: I assume everyone that has subscribed will just have to write that money off if they go off air? Personally speaking, I pay on a monthly rolling basis so not a big drama. Sad though as I thought Viaplay's coverage was really good. Out of the three suggested options I'm pretty much indifferent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Went for the £60 for 12 months option last month, managed to watch 1 Scotland game and 1 league cup game. Good value if that’s my lot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 8 minutes ago, Central Belt Caley said: Went for the £60 for 12 months option last month, managed to watch 1 Scotland game and 1 league cup game. Good value if that’s my lot Me too, except while trying to get it to work on my TV I accidentally paid another £14.99 monthly subscription. This after watching the previous qualifiers for free using a VPN and local council telly, honesty is overrated in this world. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 I was paying £9.99 a month up until last month and they sent me an email a couple of weeks ago to say they were putting my subscription up to £14.99 so I cancelled it. Their business model was poor and they were too slow to offer English language content on their other channels. Just seems to have been a massive over expansion and cockup 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 Should the opportunity arise, hopefully Sky take Rory Hamilton on. Has the odd stumble (which isn’t really an issue) but he’s streets ahead of Crocker. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halbeath Raith Rover Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Ro Sham Bo said: I assume everyone that has subscribed will just have to write that money off if they go off air? Could it be something that could be claimed back via the bank/credit card company, for services not provided ? Maybe I'm being overly optimistic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 16 minutes ago, Halbeath Raith Rover said: Could it be something that could be claimed back via the bank/credit card company, for services not provided ? Maybe I'm being overly optimistic. Has to be over £100 from memory. Can't imagine it'll go immediately 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2023/07/20/viaplay-to-shed-over-25-of-workforce-and-exit-markets/ Looks like they are pulling out of non sport programming here and sports are staying for the time being. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 50 minutes ago, pub car king said: Has to be over £100 from memory. Can't imagine it'll go immediately £100 minimum is for a section 75 claim. A dispute can be raised for any amount, if they stopped providing the service and a charge back could be done by the bank to try and get funds back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 58 minutes ago, pub car king said: https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2023/07/20/viaplay-to-shed-over-25-of-workforce-and-exit-markets/ Looks like they are pulling out of non sport programming here and sports are staying for the time being. The article definitely suggests that. Time will tell. I'd like viaplay to keep its sport content i think its better quality than BBC, STV etc but if I was using alternative means I'd be clinging for terrestrial tv. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordofthewing Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 20/07/2023 at 11:36, PSJ.84 said: Should the opportunity arise, hopefully Sky take Rory Hamilton on. Has the odd stumble (which isn’t really an issue) but he’s streets ahead of Crocker. Agree re Hamilton, he's pretty decent, but saying he's streets ahead of Crocker is damning him with faint praise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 I had the first half of the Motherwell v Queens Park game on yesterday and Viaplay were still advertising that they would be showing all of Scotland's Euro 2024 qualifiers. I don't know if that adds any weight to the discussion as I'm not an expert in advertising rules or TV rights, but thought I'd put that out there in case anyone else is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 UEFA and Channel 4 are apparently “in talks” to show Scotland games. BBC Scotland also reportedly interested. https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/other-football/uefa-channel-4-in-talks-27463257 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSJ.84 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 18 hours ago, The Master said: UEFA and Channel 4 are apparently “in talks” to show Scotland games. BBC Scotland also reportedly interested. https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/other-football/uefa-channel-4-in-talks-27463257 Ewan Cameron the source though… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) I'd imagine that's a slight over-simplification, and that the deal will include all of Viaplay's UK rights and not just those they picked up when buying Premier in the first place. So it's back to Premier Sports for 2024-28. Edited November 29, 2023 by The Master 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2426255 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 35 minutes ago, The Master said: So it's back to Premier Sports for 2024-28. Happy with that. I get that tight fisted people would rather it was on BBC or Channel 4 rather than just watching highlights or on some jumpy stream, but the production is bland and I've already reached the limits of my tolerance of Jonathan Sutherland and Liam McLeod from limited exposure to Sportscene. Viaplay did some decent pitchside and pre-match interviews even if Connie McLaughlin is generally annoying and excellent at asking the wrong questions usually about feeling/emotions. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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