New EFL/Sky deal

Doesn't it mean you just have to use the international streaming and a VPN in order to stream?

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Domestic streaming audio services will remain alongside existing audio-visual arrangements for international audiences via iFollow and club streaming services.  

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The EFL and Sky Sports will continue to work together to innovate, seeking opportunities to improve coverage and take viewers closer to the action, while the EFL will be investing significantly in production infrastructure to enhance the viewing experience. Sky Sports will have a minimum of eight cameras for each game broadcast on existing channels. For matches available to stream, Sky commentary will be provided and a minimum of four cameras will be used at Championship and League One matches, and a minimum of two cameras in League Two.

Bit confusing. Wonder how this affects MarinersTV.

I think this means that selected games by Sky Sports will be produced by Sky with more than 2 or more cameras and Sky commentary (e.g. weekday games). Likely exclusive to Sky's own service.

I'm guessing 'VPN' (international) MarinersTV (iFollow) games on a 3pm Saturday kick-off will be the same situation of Humberside Commentary overlaid over the single camera footage we've had this season. Or will they re-use the camera set-up/feed for the Saturday games too? And what happens for games where Sky select it and it's also on MarinersTV on a weekday (or will that not happen?)

Quoted from BenBB

Bit confusing. Wonder how this affects MarinersTV.

I think this means that selected games by Sky Sports will be produced by Sky with more than 2 or more cameras and Sky commentary (e.g. weekday games).

I'm guessing 'VPN' MarinersTV (iFollow) games on a 3pm Saturday kick-off will be the same situation of Humberside Commentary overlaid over the single camera footage we've had this season.

My thoughts are that it devalues MarinersTV somewhat as any game shown live by Sky probably can't be streamed on MarinersTV. I imagine MarinersTV will be a one camera output still because the resource required to optimally broadcast from two cameras will be unviable.

Quoted from jamesgtfc

My thoughts are that it devalues MarinersTV somewhat as any game shown live by Sky probably can't be streamed on MarinersTV. I imagine MarinersTV will be a one camera output still because the resource required to optimally broadcast from two cameras will be unviable.

The sentence "Domestic streaming audio services will remain alongside existing audio-visual arrangements for international audiences via iFollow and club streaming services." is rather ambiguous.

Will wait to see what the club say.

Was happy with my online season pass this season which gave you all the league games & the pizza trophy for a very reasonable fee.

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Think this Luton tweet seems to clarify it somewhat.

If you live in the UK then you can only watch on Sky Sports if it's chosen, or if a local broadcaster is broadcasting it to your country then you can only watch it there.

Otherwise it's available on iFollow internationally/VPN.

Question is what the iFollow coverage will be. Is it iFollow as-is right now (1 camera with Humberside) or the Sky coverage rebroadcast?

Quoted from prestonmariner

248 League Two games is quite remarkable, especially considering the Saturday 3pm 'blackout' will be continuing.
Can only imagine this will cause a fair amount of fixtures to be move to Friday's, early and late Saturdays?

Also, i hate to be a sceptic, but are we assuming that this will mean a minimum of 46 Wrexham and the rest for the other 23?

Salford will get the rest

So each club should be on 20ish times a season.
248 games, 24 clubs, 10 games each, but each game has two teams, so that is doubled to 20  nearly half a season

Hopefully the knock on effect is not diluted attendances ,especially for midweek games , because lets face it this will effectively make every game free if one chooses with streaming . You can argue it is now with Ifollow but that's a less mainstream option so not always easy to locate .

With mainstream TV the free streams per game option will be limitless , so if it is 20 games per team that's 20 free games which is great for armchair fans , but the key will be how many 'in the ground fans ' this takes away , whether the financial reward compensates for this and if it effects matchday atmosphere.

You would hope people on the whole still want to attend for the 'at game' experience ,but if as it looks kick off times are faffed around with it might mean more are unable to attend because of other commitments .

Does anyone know how much we get from sky currently ?

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

If the money is starting to trickle down from the billionaires then that’s good, but, is it enough? I hope the pot is evenly spread and just doesn’t focus on the likes of Wrexham, Salford and whichever club becomes the ‘de rigueur’ team of the moment. *





* am I going mad or was there a clothes shop called de rigueur in Grimsby years ago 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yeah, de rigueur was Miffys shop, near town Hall.