RPK-20 - They lost their way a long time ago
15:07 | 07 Oct 2009
I think that the fooball authorities lost their way a long time ago and with it they lost the majority of viewers who enjoyed the games on BBC or ITV.
Alan Gent - Pass
15:10 | 07 Oct 2009
er, no. I wouldn't pay anything to watch the already over paid, under talented wasters in the England team, or any other come to that!
Don Babbage - 12 Squid!?!
15:17 | 07 Oct 2009
12 notes? Don't they realise that there are sites where you can do this for free? Bet your bottom dollar that this will be on one of them at some point tonight!
MP - High quality stream - slow net speeds?
15:29 | 07 Oct 2009
Bonkers - To get a decent full screen picture view, whilst streaming live and you need a seriously good internet line (I'm guessing 3-5x the average household speed in England). Pay £12 and you could be sitting there whilst your pc "buffers" the life out of you!
Nobby Brown - No chance
16:01 | 07 Oct 2009
I wouldn't pay £12 if it was on TV, so no way would I risk it on the Internet.
I've completely avoided PPV anyway, I pay enough already with SKY Sports and my TV licence
Nick Pearson - £12? I wouldn't pay 12p to watch it live!
16:05 | 07 Oct 2009
Pay £12 to watch a team that are not even in the top 10 international sides in Europe. Not on your nelly.
Dave - Sportive Balls
16:07 | 07 Oct 2009
Speaking personally, I wouldn't give twelve quid for a football team.
When sport becomes entertainment it looses whatever social value it might have and apparently becomes an investment for the 'big spenders' and 'wise investment boys'.
So much for big boys in short trousers.
David Mitchell - Internet football
16:11 | 07 Oct 2009
This is a no-no idea. My computer is upstairs in my study - I don't have a laptop - and I am sure I am not going to sit up there all alone watching on a small screen despite the fact that I am very interested in football and especially the England team. But all these problems are gradually stifling my interest in football generally speaking.
David Mitchell
Andrew Trowell
16:22 | 07 Oct 2009
I think the FA should consider what strategy they are progressing full stop!
Football (certainly for the International arena) is about allowing the nation to support their team, not about selling the rights to the highest bidder so they can enjoy another banquent at a posh venue slapping themselves on the back saying what a great job we've done.
John C
16:34 | 07 Oct 2009
Like others I personally would not pay £12 to watch a soccer match - full stop. However soccer fans are still better off than cricket or rugby fans.
What? - Yet more money to be poured down the football drain
16:39 | 07 Oct 2009
Ridiculous transfer fees, hugely overpaid footballers, ludicrous prices for club merchandise and general financial excess at every twist and turn. Tax all of it, very heavily, particularly the transfer fees, that should bring them down to earth. The money could be used to scrap any plans to steal a year’s pension from people after 2016.
Martin Porter - Football?
16:41 | 07 Oct 2009
You mean computers can be used to watch stuff other than porn?
DL - Let's hope this experiment fails
16:57 | 07 Oct 2009
Andrew Trowell - the rights to international fixtures belong to the home team's FA and they are free to sell those rights to whoever it chooses.
It this instance, our FA has no influence on who shows the match as it is up to the broadcasters to negotiate rights with the relevant FA.
However, I'm not defending the idea - I think it's a non-starter as few will have the requisite bandwidth to prevent it becoming a buffering nightmare.
Kentaro seem to be basing their experiment on the success of innovations such as bbc iplayer and youtube - catch up tv where buffering may not be such a big deal. Live feeds will be a different matter entirely.
David Robert - It must be stopped
17:12 | 07 Oct 2009
30% of homes do not have internet. And many are elderly people to whom TV is a lifesaver
Who are these greedy football people who allow this ? They must be stopped
All national games should be available to all people. Where are the politicians who should ensure that this happens ?
bighammo - Could be worth it?
18:28 | 07 Oct 2009
It could be worth it.
Get a PC cabled to the VGSA socket of most 32, 42 inch wide screen tellys and get your mates round, and charge them a couple of quid.
And you would be in profit especially if you get more than six people.
Pubs also if the do this would be in profit from the extra drinks alone.
It is so easy to connect a PC to a wide screen telly or projector.
Do pubs have to pay more I guess not.
But it is risky doing this over the net.
Like what happens if you have PC or bandwidth problems.
Carl
Raymond White - R W--Why encourage them.
18:37 | 07 Oct 2009
it will simply mean that those people without computers or access to the intenet will be denied the opportunity of supporting the national team.The older population in particular are less likely to use technology and even if they could are unlikely to be able to afford it
The term "snouts in trough" spring to mind.
David Probert - Buffering nightmare
20:01 | 07 Oct 2009
My pc struggles with bbc i player so how it would cope with hour and a half of live footy i hate to think. We have already qualified so really this match aint important had that not been the case you can bet itv,sky and the bbc would have been bidding furiously for it.
Would like to have seen the hilights at least.
I hope all england fans boycott this game to send a message that this is a £12 rip off to far
geoffrey dee - football
20:51 | 07 Oct 2009
pay for football? NO
Graham Williams - Will IsP's Allow It
22:06 | 07 Oct 2009
My experience of streaming radio is that BT is very quick to cut your speed so that after a minute it stops for a minute, and carries on like that.
Result you disconect from stream.With that probability I certainly would not risk a bob (5p) on trying to stream a whole football match.
alan - just look at boxing
22:44 | 07 Oct 2009
years ago every one could tell you who were the world champion boxers or english champions. but that was in the days when bbc or itv showed them,but some dimwit put it on sky and now ask any one the same questions and i bet you dont get the right answer many times. what i am trying to say is the english public who are only interested because it is on main television chanels will turn there interest of the football like boxing.that includes me .this is not flying the english flag it is selling it.
Simon Walker - Oh dear!
08:50 | 08 Oct 2009
What a shambling disgrace!
This will be a spectacular flop by any objective measure but someone with a vested interest will no doubt try to convince us otherwise.
Anyone wanting to watch the World Cup in Brazil had better get an i-phone pretty sharpish!
Alan Jones - FA Should be prosecuted!!
09:43 | 08 Oct 2009
Any sporting team that represents their country should have all their games available FREE for the nation they represent to watch. This is common logic and should be enshrined in law. The FA do not represent the country, as it stands, and should therefore be prosecuted for their lack of a duty of care to the nation.
PLEASE PASS THIS SIMPLE LOGIC ON AROUND THE COUNTRY.
Merle Davis - Would u pay 12 to watch a football match on a computer screen
10:00 | 08 Oct 2009
HELL NO, NOT EVEN ON MY 52" TV SCREEN7B4F2M
Alan - No chance
13:17 | 08 Oct 2009
People should resist pay to view as it only increases the cost for everyone else. If you cave in and buy this it just means you are more likely to have to repeat the exercise next time. Dont pay and the Beeb or ITV will be able to afford it next time.
I am not an England fan but you have my sympathies. The Scottish FA have done a lot worse.
Gerald de la Pascua - please don't pay
13:53 | 08 Oct 2009
I appeal to all footy fans not to pay for this.
If enough people pay for this, then it will be seen as a viable business model and we'll have all sorts of companies bidding to hold us to ransom for England games.
Its one thing for the live game, but no highlights on terrestrial ? for goodness sakes this is our national game, the FA should decree in the bidding that highlights should be available on bbc or itv.
The more people are prepared to pay, the more money we will be fleeced for.
Please don't pay it or eventually all england games will be like this.
G
Aint so grim Up North - Never paid yet !!!!
19:49 | 08 Oct 2009
Oh dear...
Somebody had better tell Kentaro...
You see there is this thing..well two actually and I have them both embedded in my PC....One is SopCast (free download)and the other is TVU Player(free download) and I have been watching Premier league on a Saturday afternoon and England games for over 3 years at a total cost of ..........BIG FAT NOTHING !!!!!
Except the eleccy charge :-)
JonnyB - Future
12:02 | 09 Oct 2009
I not keen on what is happening with this England game but I also think that it is the future for the way sports and TV will be shown. I watched The Ashes on a PC at work through Sky Player and thought it was excellent coverage, couldnt really fault it. but that is a monthly subsciption(which i don't mind) but having to pay £12 for practically a friendly......There having a laugh
Tom - Its all about price point
07:52 | 10 Oct 2009
For me pay per view whether TV, music, film or sports event broadcasts, it all comes down to price point. There has to be percieved value. There are no CD cases with a track less marketing costs a track should cost no more than 50p - then volume of sales is the way to make money. If you make price accessible you attract volume and cost becomes secondary. I only want to watch one teams matches if I can so would happily pay 1 per view. The same applies to movie rentals if its quick and easy to pay per view or download at a price which i don't have to consider whether its overpriced or not. I also think a pick and mix system would work much better. I hate paying for channels I don't watch or need.