Chewie

5 hours ago, Czechlad said:

Is this the first match live on AVTV?

Sure is 

1 minute ago, rodders0223 said:

Get samba off for christ sake. Where's elphick?

Can't take Samba off, he'll be our target man up top if Colchester pull a couple back 

So I just signed up for a year, as another poster said it does seem a little too easy.

You fill in one form whilst logged into your AVTV account, select a country outside the UK (I used a UK CC despite being in the Philippines btw) and then you are done. The confirmation page is a little confusing, but seemingly it works as I got an email saying registered.

@villan_007 I signed up through a browser, once done you can then link your AVTV account to the app and select More > AVTV inside the APP to see the live stream. You can watch the stream on a normal computer too by the looks of it.

God knows how it will turn out on match day, but it seems I am registered at least.

10 hours ago, ismail-villa said:

Bollocks, I'll try it again on my laptop later today 

Don't worry about it, it's fine as long as it's recorded here. 

International friendly highlights

1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Ok lets give it at least 5 games. Is that fair?

https://imgflip.com/i/1tmxke

1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

I guess you didnt watch the first half. If you think the problem is Bruce you're deluded.

I watched the first half, and could very easily say the same about you considering this is the umpteenth time we've come out completely on the back foot after a Steve Bruce half time team talk!

2 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Didn't realise Bruce should be heading in that Green chance. No wonder we don't win games!! I'm no fan of Bruce but really?

One clear cut chance in the entire half? Well all is forgiven for being entirely clueless for the preceding 35 minutes. 

Bruce has learnt nothing from last season. Same old 45 minute performance, same old baffling subs, same old leaving it too late to make a change. Title winning teams take their chances and finish off the game with confidence. 

Lol at Samba up top, incredible management. 

Just now, sexbelowsound said:

Bruce can look pissed off but this is on him. That start to the second half is far too common. 

Almost like he's learnt nothing from last season 

Bruce needs to get Bacuna off now. 

So the season starts in 2 days and there is still no sign of being able to sign up for this :/

2 minutes ago, Czechlad said:

I'm in. I haven't kept up with the prem all too much since we were relegated, so I expect to do terribly. 

Business as usual then?

Paging @Daniel@Hornso@Demitri_C@rubberman@Czechlad@TheAuthority@Rodders@andykeenan@imavillan@chappy@BOF(not sure if you are still not interested, BOF'ster, no worries if not )

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8 hours ago, mwj said:

I imagine its (partially) expensive, because they had to negotiate a custom agreement with the existing international rights holder (not sure who that is). No other club is doing this in the Championship so I guess they could charge whatever they liked to AVFC to test the waters.

Also I imagine the company providing the streaming infrastructure charged a high price also. 

We (me personally also) asked Tony for this, and he got it done, so I will happily pay above market rates for it without any complaints.

Apart from the other 8 clubs that are doing this, most of which have sign ups already in place.

1 minute ago, AshVilla said:

Where's Johnstone?

Injured in training, apparently.

Since no one can be bothered to read through thread, WORKING STREAM.

AVFC Official YouTube link for the game at 3pm

5 minutes ago, TheAuthority said:

Haha - TBH those are normally on BEIN sports over here so it's not too bad. It's great news though for us oversea'ers!

Prediction league again this year Chewie?

Yeah it is good news for us, and I am sure it'll be good news for UK VT'ers to find ways of watching too

Prediction league? Of course my friend, going up early next week

1 minute ago, TheAuthority said:

This is fantastic!! I'm over the moon - no more scrapping around trying to find shitty streams. This kind of thing should become the norm from now on. Now, I'm going to feel as close to a season ticket holder as I can be from New York!

Except for when we are on Sky

1 hour ago, Villaphan04 said:

 

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The club will make these subscriptions available early next week in various formats including - a season-long pass, a monthly subscription and on a match-by-match basis.

Pricing for packages

Live Video Stream (International fans only - non UK & Ireland)

Season Pass £110 (roughly 20-25 games dependent on broadcast picks)
Monthly £13 (10 x monthly payments Aug-May)
Match-by-Match £6

Audio (UK, Ireland & International)

Season Pass £45
Monthly £6 (10 x monthly payments Aug-May)
Match-by-Match £3 

So iFollow (for the 8 or so Championship clubs thst have signed on to it) is up and running. Does anyone have any further info about the supposed AVTV international live games streaming service? Seems all quite on the Western front with only about a week to go 'til the first match.

1 hour ago, limpid said:

I think @blandy has gone offline for now - can any other iPhone users check?

Everything seems to be looking good for me now, nice work. I'll continue the big hunt though