Ajax on Television (+ Webcasts, YouTube etc.)

[SPL]

Just to confirm it here, myp2p have won their case and dutch football links are back with them , which makes finding a stream a bit easy.

[Tom_]

Do we have any Chicagoans on here? I'm in Chicago at the moment and I'm trying to work out if there'll be any bars or anything where I can see this and next weekend's games?

Thanks...

[gordonvandekamp]

Do we have any Chicagoans on here? I'm in Chicago at the moment and I'm trying to work out if there'll be any bars or anything where I can see this and next weekend's games?

Thanks...

I'm in Chicago, unfortunately I think you're pretty much out of luck unless you've got a laptop or other internet setup for streaming. Most of the broadcast games are going to be English/Spanish/Italian/German (on GolTV or Fox Soccer, which bars would get).

I did notice lately that ESPN Deportes (The Spanish language ESPN) had been showing an Eredivisie game on Sundays, although it doesn't look like they have one tomorrow, and the next weekend it's Twente/PSV. So I'm not really aware of anything other than streaming, that's what I do.

As far as bars for other games, if you're interested, the most popular football bar is probably The Globe Pub (located on Irving Park, by the brown line train) which might be worth checking out if you never have. Another good bar close to it, which is usually a little quieter, is Bowman's (Montrose + Lincoln). Good for a drink even if they probably won't have the Ajax games.

[Orange14]

Do we have any Chicagoans on here? I'm in Chicago at the moment and I'm trying to work out if there'll be any bars or anything where I can see this and next weekend's games?

Thanks...

Because of the time difference, tomorrows match would beging at 5:30 am Chicago time. Even if you could find a "soccer" bar, it might not be open that early. ESPN 360 is carrying all the Ajax matches on their website so you might be able to check it out there if the ISP where you are staying carries the stream.

[gordonvandekamp]

The Globe is generally open early (at least 6:30), but 5:30 may be too early. They also have free wireless there, so if you've got a laptop, that might be worth a shot for streaming.

Yeah ESPN360 is another good suggestion, however Comcast is pretty dominant here, so your chances of finding an ISP using AT&T or Verizon (which would allow access to 360) might be slimmer. It is worth a shot, though.

[Orange14]

The Globe is generally open early (at least 6:30), but 5:30 may be too early. They also have free wireless there, so if you've got a laptop, that might be worth a shot for streaming.

Yeah ESPN360 is another good suggestion, however Comcast is pretty dominant here, so your chances of finding an ISP using AT&T or Verizon (which would allow access to 360) might be slimmer. It is worth a shot, though.

Comcast is hopeless as far as soccer is concerned. We switched to Verizon three years ago as soon as the neighborhood was wired for FIOS. Fox Soccer Channel is free and GolTV is part of a package that only adds an extra $6 a month, plus ESPN 360 and I don't watch any other sports these days.

[Tom_]

Yeah ESPN360 is another good suggestion, however Comcast is pretty dominant here, so your chances of finding an ISP using AT&T or Verizon (which would allow access to 360) might be slimmer. It is worth a shot, though.

Cool. As it turns out my hostel has ESPN360 so I'll watch it here, hopefully. I also seem to have 'enabled' worldwide access for myself using the hostel's ISP account... maybe. Although 3 in the morning? Argh.

[Cedric]

Just to confirm it here, myp2p have won their case and dutch football links are back with them , which makes finding a stream a bit easy.

Unfortunately Dutch football is still excluded:

Important notice: It is not allowed to post messages on the Myp2p Forum that contain hyperlinks to streams of games in the Dutch Eredivisie competition. Myp2p will immediately remove such messages.

http://voetbal.site666.info/ works perfectly though.

[Gallegos2]

ESPN 360 is by far what I've seen as the best stream if you can get it

[SPL]

I just went straight to sopcast today but myp2p just says it cannot allow links from the forum . I assume that means that the site its self can actually show the links .Did they not list the links today?

[Kowalczyk]

Sexy!

Ten bicycle kicks/overhead volleys on Ajax TV!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NupsA7yfsGo

1. Wim Kieft
2. Ronald de Boer
3. Rafaël van der Vaart
4. Frank de Boer
5. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
6. John Bosman
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
8. Dean Gorré
9. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
10. Marco van Basten - the mother of all bicycle kicks

K.

[DanK]

I want Zlatan back.

[aveslacker]

Sexy!

Ten bicycle kicks/overhead volleys on Ajax TV!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NupsA7yfsGo

1. Wim Kieft
2. Ronald de Boer
3. Rafaël van der Vaart
4. Frank de Boer
5. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
6. John Bosman
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
8. Dean Gorré
9. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
10. Marco van Basten - the mother of all bicycle kicks

K.

#10, #10, #10.

[SE6Ajacied]

Not sure when this was or what the score was but Liverpool TV (LFC TV) available on Virgin Media here in the UK are showing Liverpool Reserves against Ajax in Amsterdam at 23.00hrs tonight.

Will be interesting to see (presumably) our reserve team on TV........

[SE6Ajacied]

Not sure when this was or what the score was but Liverpool TV (LFC TV) available on Virgin Media here in the UK are showing Liverpool Reserves against Ajax in Amsterdam at 23.00hrs tonight.

Will be interesting to see (presumably) our reserve team on TV........

Must stop quoting myself...anyway, the Liverpool Website tells me it was the 8th May with a 1-0 win for Ajax...nice!

Edit: Match Report and teams are here http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/reserves ... msheet.htm

[SPL]

It was on dutch Tv live and I was the only one here who caught the game live on a stream well the second half . Liverpool had mainly non British as they have far more non Brits on their staff than Arsenal.
As I said the other week it is nice to put faces to some of the young reserves.

[ajaxusa]

I think their biggest mistake was dropping the Eredivisie from their programming schedule. ;-)

Setanta’s future in doubt after TV rights canceled

By ROB HARRIS, AP Sports Writer 46 minutes ago

The future of international sports broadcaster Setanta was thrown into
doubt Friday after a potential American investor withdrew his interest
and it failed to meet a payment deadline with the Premier League,
leading to its British rights being canceled.

Setanta, which also has channels outside of Britain, said it will
“consider its options over the weekend” while remaining on the air.

New York-based Access Industries had been looking to take control of
Setanta after submitting a proposal to refinance the company, but a
rescue package collapsed after key issues could not be resolved.

That meant Setanta failed to meet to deadline to make a payment of
about 10 million pounds ($16.4 million) to broadcast 46 live matches
in the upcoming Premier League season. It also must make payments to
the English Football Association for national teams matches and the FA
Cup.

The PGA tour, boxing promoters, the Indian Premier League and Premier
Rugby are all owed cash by the company.

Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries had been looking to acquire a
majority interest in Setanta. While those talks could be revived, no
date has been set by either side.

“Regrettably, despite intensive efforts on all sides over the past few
days, and despite significant progress in a number of areas, there
remain a number of issues which we have been unable to resolve within
the time available,” Access Industries said in a statement. “We are
disappointed not to have been able to make this deal happen. Access
remains committed to sports programming and will continue to explore
opportunities in this area.”

In Britain, Setanta has about 1.2 million subscribers, short of the
reported 1.9 million it needs to break even. It also has channels in
the United States, Canada, Australia and Ireland, and broadcasts
Premier League matches in some of those countries and Britain under
separate deals.

“It is with considerable regret that we announce that Setanta has been
unable to meet their obligations,” the Premier League said. “As such,
the existing license agreement between us has been terminated with
immediate effect.

“The Premier League will now go ahead and market the 46 UK live
matches for the 2009-10 season.”

A leading contender to capture those rights is ESPN, a subsidiary of
The Walt Disney Co. that operates two channels in Britain. Bidding
ends on Monday.

“As we have always said, we continue to be interested in rights where
they are available and where they make business sense,” ESPN spokesman
Josh Krulewitz told The Associated Press.

Setanta’s contract to show 23 live games a season from 2010-13 will be
examined next by the Premier League if the network survives.

If Setanta is forced to close, ITV would take over the rights to up to
eight England road exhibition games for a pre-agreed sum under an
existing arrangement.

Setanta has also missed a three million-pound payment to the Scottish
Premier League.

AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this report.

[SE6Ajacied]

I think their biggest mistake was dropping the Eredivisie from their programming schedule. ;-)

Not good, as here in the UK they still do. Although they dropped the highlights programme last season they still showd around 30 or so games, most live.

They're still on air at the moment and would be nice to think they can sort something out, hardly ever watch the PL so I won't miss it but losing those rights means it looks worse than ever for them.

[Orange14]

I think their biggest mistake was dropping the Eredivisie from their programming schedule. ;-)

Setanta’s future in doubt after TV rights canceled

By ROB HARRIS, AP Sports Writer 46 minutes ago

Setanta has also missed a three million-pound payment to the Scottish
Premier League.

AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this report.

The English matches will be picked up by ESPN or Sky Sports without any problems. however, the Scottish league matches (as well as the French Ligue 1) probably won't. there are rumors that two Scottish teams will be in financial difficulty and might go into receivership because of the loss of this revenue. i think we are slowly seeing the effects of over ambition by some teams now and there will be more to follow.

[DanK]

And herein lies the problem. The more you make a football club a financial business, the bigger chance it will be effected by any financial crisis. We can also tie this in with the discussions around the Real transfers.

This has been building and building for a good few years now and will only get worse, until the full effects of the crisis starts to seep into the football clubs. I will be very surprised within a few years if a few 'bigger' clubs do not fall on hard times.

There is too much false money doing the rounds in football. Something needs to happen to bring it back to earth, or if you like balance things out a bit. It can't come fast enough imo.

[Orange14]

And herein lies the problem. The more you make a football club a financial business, the bigger chance it will be effected by any financial crisis. We can also tie this in with the discussions around the Real transfers.

This has been building and building for a good few years now and will only get worse, until the full effects of the crisis starts to seep into the football clubs. I will be very surprised within a few years if a few 'bigger' clubs do not fall on hard times.

There is too much false money doing the rounds in football. Something needs to happen to bring it back to earth, or if you like balance things out a bit. It can't come fast enough imo.

And if a team gets relegated they also stand to lose a lot of money. this is what happended to Leeds a couple of years ago and I suspect Newcastle will have similar problems. Their payroll is simply to large for second division football. You are forced into a fire sale and lose the very players that can get you back into promotion. I think we will see this play out with Valencia this season as they look to be the most financially troubled team around right now. If they lose Silva and Villa, I can't see the team being competitive at all.

[gordonvandekamp]

This looks like month old news, but I just read it and don't think I saw it posted here.

Starting August 1st, Comcast subscribers in the US will have access to ESPN 360. I'd considered switching ISPs for it, but so far have just dealt with P2P streaming which does the job most of the time. Here's to hoping they'll continue to have Eredivisie matches this upcoming season.

[Blind3]

Glad I can stop e-mailing Comcast. STOKED to finally be able to see what I've been missing.

[Tom_]

Actually, I had ESPN360 for a while, but when I stopped being able to get it I realised I prefer the SopCast stream.

Higher quality video, in widescreen, no Australians doing the commentary... if only SopCast was 100% reliable and easier to find the streams.

[SE6Ajacied]

Not news to anyone in the UK as it was all over the TV News but Setanta have finally gone bust, closed down and stopped broadcasting as of yesterday afternoon.

What that means for the Eredivisie coverage in the UK but I suppose I've be back to dodgy pictures and Dutch Radio 1 on the internet next season.......