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Already cancelled it so I can enjoy both weeks of matches and not pay a penny
If you watch some of the quality drama etc , you might change your mind. Prime, Sky Atlantic , Fox, Netflix etc have raised the bar on viewing quality .
That's how I'm paying.
I trimmed my Sky package right down to just sport, no movies . I cancelled BT but kind of regret it but have to balance the books. My good lady really likes Netflix and Amazon . Currently I cant have it all unfortunately
I use Express VPN which works fine...I used it when on holiday in the States for Spurs games no problem...as regards DAZN won’t you need a Canadian address to register?Excellent.... time to look at VPNs
Thank you sir
I use Express VPN which works fine...I used it when on holiday in the States for Spurs games no problem...as regards DAZN won’t you need a Canadian address to register?
What is a VPN . ?
I thought PlayStation was something the kids used to play games on ?.
We have Virgin Media and I pay for Sky sports and get BT Sport for free !!!!! ( yeah right ! ) .
We have an Apple TV box , which is currently residing in a drawer somewhere in a spare bedroom , and an Amazon fire stick which I presume is keeping the Apple Box company . We bought the Fire stick when you could get football on it but it was such a palaver , I had to start tracking a game down about an hour before it started and still couldn’t guarantee the picture would last for more than ten minutes before buffering and /or freezing or disappearing for good .
We have two laptops but have forgotten and lost the passwords for them when we moved five years ago , so they both steadfastedly refuse to do anything except gather dust....... .’Kin things !
So I’m left with my I pad and I phone which I can miraculously get football on via Virgin Media .
We don’t have time to watch 99 % of the crap on the tele we have .
We had Netflix once but cancelled it because we paid for it for three months and actually forgot we had subscribed to it , never watched anything on it . !!!!!
I think it’s me that is the marketing mans wet dream !!!!!!
If it gets any more ridiculous to watch a game of football I will probably just give up and rely on you tube. Watching the highlights after the event .
I’m thinking of cancelling Sky Sports as it is , it’s costing a fortune every month and the pub is only a two minute walk away .
Anyone know if I plug my Amazon fire stick in , will the game be on there . I really don’t want to set up Prime and then cancel it . For two games.... I will probably forget to cancel it and then wonder why we are paying for it when the bank statement arrives ...... yes , we still get statements through the post !!
Maybe I should do a crash course on VPNs
I use Express VPN which works fine...I used it when on holiday in the States for Spurs games no problem...as regards DAZN won’t you need a Canadian address to register?
Unfussy, costly and exactly the same as before, welcome to Amazon Prime's brave world
3 December 2019 • 9:40pm
Michael Owen was one of a few familiar faces on show as Amazon Prime made its Premier League bow Credit: AFP
Welcome to the brave new world of Amazon Prime, an exciting new frontier in the broadcasting of live football which looks, well, exactly the same as the old one but they want you to pay for it anyway.
If you were expecting to be dazzled, you will have been disappointed. Much like the grey suits worn by pundits Alan Shearer (yep, him again) Roberto Martinez and new face Nigel de Jong for Burnley vs Manchester City, it was unfussy and safe, much like the joke about them delivered by host Gabby Logan (you might see a theme developing here).
Amazon have paid £90m to screen 20 matches a season in the middle of winter for three years, when audiences tend to be higher, but other than the extra cost they are not going to offer anything that revolutionises Premier League coverage and there are some weaknesses, not least the fact the images broadcast were more than a minute behind the live action, which is poor if you are also following the game on social media.
Other than that, there was nothing wrong with the opening night, it ticked all the boxes without offering any new ones. Like the Fast and Furious franchise, you knew you were going to get the same tried-and-tested formula that has been successful elsewhere.
Lots of chat beforehand, some analysis pre- and post-match and plenty of cameras offering different angles and perspectives. Filming the commentator and co-commentator talking before kick-off was not inflating, let alone, reinventing the wheel.
Streaming games online meant a delay for viewers Credit: PA
The fact that Amazon are employing many of the same faces and voices already well known to British audiences is a sign they wanted, like supermarket own versions, to mimic other successful brands rather than launch a new product.
They are the third company to enter the Premier League television market. They probably will not be the last. Google are circulating, as are Apple, things could splinter even more in the future and the cost of having every base covered is becoming a problem for many armchair fans.
If you were already an Amazon Prime subscriber, that was not an issue and the hassle, even for the most technologically resistant, was not off putting, although my smart TV was not smart enough to stream without paying for a Firestick.
That will put some people off, I went to watch it at my parent’s house as they had a newer television rather than pay £20 (discounted from £40) for the Firestick. But if you were struggling with the television, you could always stream the game (and up to two more on different devices on the same subscription) on a laptop or tablet.
At least Mamadou Sakho will remember tonight Credit: Getty images
The one thing you certainly need, though, is a strong, quick and reliable Wi-Fi connection which, as pointed out by the Labour party in the build up to this General Election, is not something everybody enjoys.
As a result, this does put Amazon at a disadvantage and when it comes to the crunch, it is doubtful this will do much to increase subscription numbers.
If you had to cancel Sky or BT to save money to pay for this, would you? Probably not because there are only 20 games in December. Given this is just more of the same in every way, unless you already have Amazon Prime, you should probably go to the pub to watch it or do something else instead.
At least Crystal Palace’s Mamadou Sakho will always remember the launch night, as he became the first player to be sent off during an Amazon Prime fixture against Bournemouth.
Sadly, he probably won’t even be the answer to a pub quiz question. Nobody will remember this was supposed to be a memorable night for the Premier League because it all looked and sounded like so many others.
True, it is cheaper to pay to watch it on Amazon than go to the pub, but if you go to the pub you get to drink draught beer and share the atmosphere with fellow Spurs fans.The author, Luke Edwards, must be some ex public schoolboy that has never spent a single moment with proper football fans. My guess is he's always had money in his pocket? This is as snobbish as it gets.....
If you had to cancel Sky or BT to save money to pay for this, would you? Probably not because there are only 20 games in December. Given this is just more of the same in every way, unless you already have Amazon Prime, you should probably go to the pub to watch it or do something else instead.
He is surely forgetting that the Sky / BT / Premier League monopoly allows only a third of the country to watch football. It is totally prohibitive on price to most households. Additionally, it costs pubs something like £20k per year to have the Sky / BT sports packages and that is reflected in the cost of your pint. Trust me, going to the pub multiple times in December to watch football is not cost efficient compared to paying £79 for a years subscription of Prime. It's completely the opposite and less than one month's Sky subscription including the sports package.
I watched the City game. It was perfectly fine.
I don’t know Kiny...depends upon DAZN’s registration process...I haven’t looked at it...you could be right.I’ve not looked into it fully
But I imagine PayPal would get around the address needing to be correct?