Saintgaz Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Having moved away from paisley and being unable to attend games as often as id like. I noticed there are plenty of saints all over the world on the saints around the world page on the os. I know the rangers, Aberdeen, Hibs and hearts have all had services that streamed there home games to people living further away, at a cost of course, this is something i would be very willing to pay for. I feel this could be a good bit of revenue for the club and would be relatively cheap to run i.e camera man, camera server to run it and site to log into. I'm sure i'm not the only one who would be interested in this because lets face it we don't get covered on sky sports that often. was unsure if this should of been in general nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Saint Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Having moved away from paisley and being unable to attend games as often as id like. I noticed there are plenty of saints all over the world on the saints around the world page on the os. I know the rangers, Aberdeen, Hibs and hearts have all had services that streamed there home games to people living further away, at a cost of course, this is something i would be very willing to pay for. I feel this could be a good bit of revenue for the club and would be relatively cheap to run i.e camera man, camera server to run it and site to log into. I'm sure i'm not the only one who would be interested in this because lets face it we don't get covered on sky sports that often. was unsure if this should of been in general nonsense. You're not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintgaz Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 good that's at least two people. so worth it to the club. I dare say the boys who run this site could help the club set this up as they seem to do a much better job than the os. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russian Saint Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Great idea. I've bought my season ticket again this year even though I only see three or four games a year. There's two of us Saints fans in Trinidad who would bite the hand off you to watch the games live. I'm sure there must be a good few more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Would be very interested in this. We often get 3 or 4 of us huddled round a laptop in London watching us in HibsTV or DonsTV or whatever when we play there. Need a bit of IP masking if you're still in the UK normally though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Saint Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 There's a market for it in Leicester. And I don't mean Leicester Market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintgaz Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 I realised this might be a problem in the uk due to television rights. But as you say there are ways around it. But i know rangers streamed every1 of there games last season unless it was on telly to people in the uk . So must be allowed as long as its not on telly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Yards Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Could charge the same as admission to the ground and then the club would get it sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Saint Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Could charge the same as admission to the ground and then the club would get it sorted!Then everyone would stay in the boozer with their laptops!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Yards Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Then everyone would stay in the boozer with their laptops!! I don't think our board would care as long as the money was still coming in and by the sounds of it they would actually make more money with the number of overseas supporters desperate to have live streaming from greenhill road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 It's been suggested a few times over the years by various folk (myself included). The biggest stumbling block has always been the ludicrous fees charged by the various footballing authorities in this country, and the contractual rights issues already marketed. In other words, it ain't gonna happen anytime soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintgaz Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 It's been suggested a few times over the years by various folk (myself included). The biggest stumbling block has always been the ludicrous fees charged by the various footballing authorities in this country, and the contractual rights issues already marketed. In other words, it ain't gonna happen anytime soon... Maybe now with the new spfl it might be something worth re-addressing as they seem to want to encourage people to keep watching our game. If it were a pay per view system at £5-£10 a game they would get the warm weather fans that shy away in the winter aswell so wouldnt be a complete loss in revenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doakes Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Think it's a great idea personally. I travel quite a bit so miss a few games, would love a service like this for Saints games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 There used to be a company that did it. I can't remember their name but they covered the whole of the SPL. It seemed like a good idea at the time but the service was unreliable at best. Some clubs clearly didn't have a reliable high speed connection that could be used and another problem appeared to be that sometimes they couldn't get staff to cover the match leading to last minute cancellations. The company went bust as far as I can remember as the never seemed to manage to get the kind of viewing figures they had projected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northendsaint Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 I was very interested in this until I put my glasses on.I thought it read steaming service for home games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
div Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 It's been suggested a few times over the years by various folk (myself included). The biggest stumbling block has always been the ludicrous fees charged by the various footballing authorities in this country, and the contractual rights issues already marketed. In other words, it ain't gonna happen anytime soon... The club are able to stream live coverage of their non televised home games to overseas based viewers I believe. I don't think any fees are payable for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 The club are able to stream live coverage of their non televised home games to overseas based viewers I believe. I don't think any fees are payable for that. Do you have any details Div? I've never seen this offered and I would definitely be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
div Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Do you have any details Div? I've never seen this offered and I would definitely be interested. Sorry, to clarify I meant there are no rights related issues to the club broadcasting a stream of their home games online to users outside of the UK that I am aware of. The club doesn't currently offer this service though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty01 Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 I'm in Dallas and would pay for this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray7 Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Our Match Analyst records the whole match anyway, surely it wouldn't be much hassle to make it a live stream available to overseas Buddies? Could be an excellent opportunity for budding commentators, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ednz Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Sounds great. Someone make it happen please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjerseybuddie Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 I would willingly pay for such a service. It would at least give my wife and kids a break from my screeching at a silent screen and giving them heart failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray7 Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Sounds great. Someone make it happen please The Chairman is active with supporters on Twitter these days. Worth a shot. https://twitter.com/StewartGilmour1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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