England Football Game Streamed Online Only - By: Paddy Chang

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Bad vibes are eminating from the proposed buyout of NBC by Comcast especially relating to free tv website Hulu. Is the plan to make Hulu a pay per month or pay per view website?
A reports in the LA times said:-
Comcast is in talks with NBC Universal about pooling their entertainment assets into a new company that would own 30% of Hulu in addition to the NBC network and cable channels such as Bravo, E! and Syfy. Comcast would control the new entity and possibly have the clout to push Hulu to begin charging for access to some of its most popular shows, including “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” or “Psych.”
Hulu, a partnership between NBC, Fox and Walt Disney Co, was initially realized as a way to combat internet piracy and You Tube but since Wall st has been complaining about massive drops in network p and l’s the networks have had to re think their plan and remember their devout obedience to Wall st and the capitalistic system which underwrites their existence.
Comcast, the countries biggest cable company has openly frowned on the Hulu philosophy of showing free streams of premium content that Comcast and other pay networks have to pay to show. And of course is the carrot they dangle in front of paying subscribers. If this deal goes ahead we can only see Hulu starting to charge for access to popular content.
Whats the point of a Hulu site if its going to charge? Well not much, but the point is Comcast can keep hold of and maybe grow its subscriber base that want those great tv shows and movies.
A possible outcome that will keep Hulu free, is to show ‘c’ grade shows and old content for free but charge for anything half decent. Whichever way you look at it this deal would be bad news.

The latest England Football match has caused shockwaves because it is only available to watch online – streamed exclusively on the Perform website.
For Football fans (soccer to US readers) in England, watching their national team play games especially world cup qualifying games is a sacred experience not to be missed. The game is always on a tv station who usually fight over the rights, however this time there is only the option, and that is to watch the game online.
Fans will only be able to watch Saturday’s World Cup qualifier against Ukraine on the Internet because the TV networks decided not to pay for the broadcast rights.
The match is admittedly not of major importance as England have already booked their place in South Africa next year, meaning interest in this match is not as high as would normally be expected. The tv companies seem to have decided that its not worth paying for leaving coverage via internet streaming only which comes at a cost.
The match which kicks off at 5.15pm on Saturday 10 October, will only be shown online, after the usual networks of ITV, BBC and Sky decided against bidding for rights to the match.
So how did this ever come about? The rights were sold at the beginning of the year to Setanta sports, the irish sports network who have since collapsed. International agency Kentaro then sold the rights to digital sport specialists Perform.
Peter Silverstone, managing director of Kentaro, told the BBC: “You will watch as you would any other streaming on the internet, like YouTube or the BBC iPlayer – there will be a pop-up player that will show the match in a very good quality stream.”
The match will be available on the dedicated football streams website, and fans will be able watch it by subscribing using PayPal, the electronic payment service.
Football fans will have to fork out £4.99 ($12) to watch the game or pay even more if they leave out subscribing till the day of the game.
Silverstone has reassured fans who are worried that the service may be over-subscribed and the quality reduced by confirming that Kentaro will only allow a maximum of one million users for the match – because this would be the “safe number to stop at to ensure the optimal broadcast.”
The England team has already earnt a place in the 2010 World Cup, after winning all eight of its group stage matches. All previous games have been available to watch on TV, through Sky, ITV and ESPN.
For non online viewers, the match can be watched at 13 different Odeon cinemas around the country, including the flagship cinema in Leicester Square, London.
Many fans are hoping the online venture flops as it is not the preffered medium to watch football and they want it back on free tv. We are all for championing online tv but make it free guys.

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