Keener window-cleaner Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 If it's not a prank, this is one of the best pieces of news I've heard in a long time!!! Fans living overseas can see all games live for 110£ per season. No more watching page 377 on teletext (allthough it was good nostalgia). http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/efl-live-streaming-platform-ifollow-unveiled-for-global-fans-3703898.aspx#b34a5F2UVm6WAMMJ.99 Quote The innovative new service will enable overseas EFL fans to follow their team’s entire 2017/18 season The EFL has today unveiled iFollow, an innovative digital live streaming and content platform that will revolutionise the way football fans overseas can follow their EFL teams. iFollow will, for the first time in English football, enable EFL fans based outside the UK and Ireland to watch their team during the regular EFL season. With an estimated 270,000 EFL fans based outside the UK, iFollow will allow clubs to enable their supporters to follow the action wherever they are in the world. Kicking off at the start of the 2017/18 EFL season, overseas subscribers will pay the equivalent of £110 per season for the service which will provide coverage of up to 46 live games per club. More than 1,500 matches will be available in HD quality, with iFollow showing every EFL league match live unless that match has been selected by the EFL’s overseas broadcast partners. Fans based in the UK and Ireland will still also have access to live audio commentary, highlights packages and exclusive content as part of the new offering, rebranded to replace the EFL’s existing PlayerHD platform. At launch, the vast majority of EFL clubs have opted in to utilise the iFollow platform and those who have not will have access to the same live streaming opportunity and will provide their fans with access through their own club digital services. Research commissioned by the EFL suggests that there is significant demand for a service like iFollow amongst fans based overseas. A survey of over 1,600 such fans showed that 73% would be very likely or quite likely to subscribe to a live match streaming service and almost half would be happy to pay an annual subscription fee to do so. The findings suggest over 55% of the EFL’s fans are located in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand where the potential audience for the iFollow platform could reach into the hundreds of thousands. EFL Chief Executive Shaun Harvey commented: “The launch of iFollow is a notable development and will revolutionise the access thousands of overseas fans enjoy when following their EFL team. “The new iFollow platform represents a potentially significant new revenue stream for clubs, while enabling enhanced engagement with existing fans now living abroad. “iFollow will also present the EFL with an important opportunity to stimulate the interest of new groups of supporters who follow our clubs overseas, which in turn will help support the growth of our competitions on the international stage.” The live streaming of matches will be available from the start of the 2017/18 season in conjunction with a brand new digital presence for clubs via official websites and apps, together creating the largest sporting digital network in the world. US-based company NeuLion, a market leader in online video delivery, whose clients include the NFL, NBA and the Premier League, have developed the integrated streaming service alongside UK company Realise who have built the club websites. The two suppliers were appointed by the EFL in July 2016 following a competitive procurement process. Read more at http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/efl-live-streaming-platform-ifollow-unveiled-for-global-fans-3703898.aspx#GYvaoDPP2umvSA2d.99 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fight Like Lions Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Villa have apparently opted out of iFollow, although still have the option to provide an equivalent live streaming service via their own provider according to EFL. Edited May 3, 2017 by Fight Like Lions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skills Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 any idea who our own provider might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 4, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2017 I pray big tone has opted out in order to do his own thing via china. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Jareth said: I pray big tone has opted out in order to do his own thing via china. He may but I think that be a mistake as no on elbows who we are in China and the viewing figures would be poor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonitottakai Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 10 hours ago, Fight Like Lions said: Villa have apparently opted out of iFollow, although still have the option to provide an equivalent live streaming service via their own provider according to EFL. Let's have a warm round of applause for the return of Captain Jack and the slide show that is AVTV. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sparrow1988 Posted May 4, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2017 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: He may but I think that be a mistake as no on elbows who we are in China and the viewing figures would be poor I do love whatever device that you use and it's predictive text system. It produces some gems from time to time. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 11 hours ago, Fight Like Lions said: Villa have apparently opted out of iFollow, although still have the option to provide an equivalent live streaming service via their own provider according to EFL. Lol, typical. ONLY Villa could make me experience euphoria and then intense disappointment seconds later ffs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 It's about time the Football league did this. Said it before but I find it bizarre that this season I could watch any French, German, Spanish or Italian second division match on BET 365 (most games are awful though) as they're all streamed with proper camera angles while for majority of our 3pm games this season you get just one camera angle so coverage is near impossible.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Just now, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Lol, typical. ONLY Villa could make me experience euphoria and then intense disappointment seconds later ffs. We will do our own independent coverage I reckon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 It will be interesting to see if there are "workarounds" via vpn or some such to allow fans based in the UK to access this service, and if so, what impact that has on attendances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted May 4, 2017 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2017 11 hours ago, Keener window-cleaner said: fans based outside the UK and Ireland Dear Sky... 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 33 minutes ago, sparrow1988 said: I do love whatever device that you use and it's predictive text system. It produces some gems from time to time. So annoying! Bloody s7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I'd love for us to offer a subscription service to see highlights (as they come?), a good match commentary and where possible live games. AVTV is good, but it could be so much better. I think the main barrier is Sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 4, 2017 Moderator Share Posted May 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, DK82 said: I'd love for us to offer a subscription service to see highlights (as they come?), a good match commentary and where possible live games. AVTV is good, but it could be so much better. I think the main barrier is Sky. Sky are only a barrier within the UK & Ireland, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future, so there's no getting around that particular pile of excrement. The article does say however that Quote [clubs] who have not [opted to utilise iFollow ] will have access to the same live streaming opportunity and will provide their fans with access through their own club digital services. So hopefully Villa can do something extra gnarly with their feed. Even if AVTV doesn't fill me with confidence 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted May 4, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2017 1 hour ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Lol, typical. ONLY Villa could make me experience euphoria and then intense disappointment seconds later ffs. Yes following villa is remarkably like drunken sex with a minger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Messy Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 13 hours ago, Fight Like Lions said: Villa have apparently opted out of iFollow, although still have the option to provide an equivalent live streaming service via their own provider according to EFL. What about the other team (villas opponents) will their supporters not be able to still watch the games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted May 4, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) If I miss out on this because villa opted out I will be very upset. I had a little bit of movement down there at the sight if this thread. If I could watch all 46 of our games I would be happier than Donald Trump on twitter. Please Dr Tone make it happen. If I can watch again I will buy the strip to wear while I'm watching! (And to get a strip over here ain't cheap, but that's another problem to sort out later) Edited May 4, 2017 by Villan_of_oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 2 hours ago, BOF said: Dear Sky... Never heard of a VPN? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 58 minutes ago, Mr.Messy said: What about the other team (villas opponents) will their supporters not be able to still watch the games? thats what i was thinking. Cant we just log on to the opposition every week to watch our match? or whoever plays Villa gets no coverage. Vice versa with if we had our own version.. the opposition cant watch their side if we had the coverage only? Its better if they all stayed with IFOLLOW. But hey.. if Doc wants to give us our own.. fark the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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