Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Now NetResult goes after the streaming sites
Now NetResult goes after the streaming sites
The BBC has a report on the "crackdown" on "illegal live coverage of football and other events over the internet."
This time the BBC article focuses on peer-to-peer applications which provide live coverage of Premier League matches as well as the current Ashes (cricket) series.
Our good friends Tim Cooper and NetResult make an appearance, Cooper says it is an "ongoing challenge... Were gradually working the numbers down and down, so unfortunately its a bit of a lengthy process... Were fighting a continual battle because people will always try and jump on and off certain services and new technology is always evolving."
(With all the money within football, the question has to be asked why this "evolving technology" is not being exploited by the football authorities for the good of the game?)
The article does contain some good news for football fans who reside in the UK, stating that "from next season, Sky and Setanta Sports - who have won the rights to show Premiership matches on TV in the UK until 2010 - will also be able to broadcast them legally on the internet."
The mainstream media have consistently failed to question why the Premier League has not set up their own website to provide football fans with live feed and highlights of games.
Surely the popularity of the live streaming sites has proven to the Premier League and UEFA what a great product they have on their hands.
So far the Premier League and UEFA have hidden behind NetResult and have not publicly addressed the issue of live streaming on the internet, is it too much to expect the football authorities to provide loyal fans with a viable service so that everyone can enjoy the beautiful game?
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Update
Our friends at EPL Talk have an interesting post about the Guardian blog which has published an article about some of the best sporting moments and included several links to YouTube.
As the Gaffer points out: "the question for the Premier League and NetResult is whether they have a double standard. Do they purposefully threaten bloggers but not apply the same policies to large media organizations such as The Guardian?"
Perhaps the Premier League might take the advice of "Jarrett" in the comments section of EPL:
"The sure fire way to control video highlights on the web would be for the EPL to put free video highlights on their own site. They could make money from advertisements on the site so it would be win-win for them.
... If the highlights were up on the EPLs site, they wouldnt have to pay some other company to act as their net cop."
