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Chugger schreef: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...

Chugger schreef: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 schreef: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.

gordonvandekamp schreef: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.

SPL schreef: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.

MyP2P schreef: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.

Kowalczyk schreef: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.

SE6Ajacied schreef: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........

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.

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

ajaxusa schreef: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.

DanK schreef: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.