Bwfc the prem club has just tried legally and failed to stop local pubs broadcasting live games on match days because its having a negative effect on their attendances. (Foreign channels, not Sky). Arabic and skandi for example. Why dont bwfc just stop transmission from their ground to stop it?. Is there a reason they dont. cheers. Tom.
2007-03-01 00:15:31 · 5 answers · asked by tom 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
In our town three of the pubs have the Arab network which allows you to watch any Premiership game you want. They normally have three games on at a time. This is perfectly legal.
However, I've been told they're not allowed to show Saturday 3pm games. One of the pubs does this, but they I'm not complaining.
2007-03-01 20:36:59 · answer #1 · answered by Sluugy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The broadcasts are not illegal so long as the pub is showing the game in accordance with the license of the broadcaster (for example, paying its subscription fee if it needs to), the satalite is broadcasting the info onto our airwaves so the signal is anyones to pick up, and the football club cant stop that.
It could try to stop the broadcaster broadcasting its signal here, but that would be technically tricky.
I think the Sky might have done a deal with the other channels so that Sky record the TV pictures for their telly but allow them to be shown on other satelites over seas. So not much the football club can do there to stop the filming unless it wants to loose the £50,000,000 it gets from Sky.
It would be far better to reduce the ticket prices to say, £20 a game and then the attendances would increase
2007-03-01 08:37:45 · answer #2 · answered by whycantigetagoodnickname 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BWFC won't stop the transmissions cause they would lose too much money! That's all they give a **** about.
The foriegn channels that the pubs are showing have the rights to show the games in their own country, but not the UK, only Sky has the right to do that, and they paid a lot of money to do so. These foreign channels could be in a lot of trouble for allowing their channels to be received here.
2007-03-01 10:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by Leo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
foriegn sats are not illegal. but u need a certain license to broadcast them
2007-03-01 09:32:25 · answer #4 · answered by butterfly_asd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not illegal and they would lose too much money
2007-03-01 10:40:25 · answer #5 · answered by Frihah Anti-Milanist 4lyf! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋