Jimbo 133 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6192264.stm Illegal net sport faces crackdown By Ian Youngs Entertainment reporter, BBC News Sports authorities are taking action to stop illegal live coverage of football and other events over the internet. Almost all English Premiership matches are available to watch live and for free, as are other leagues and sports. The coverage, mainly from Chinese sport channels, is put on peer-to-peer applications and can be watched anywhere in the world. As well as football, some sites are also claiming to offer live cricket action from The Ashes in Australia. The FA Premier League, Uefa, Cricket Australia and other sport bodies have employed a company called NetResult to police the internet for unauthorised video. NetResult's Tim Cooper said it had seen "good success" in stopping broadcasts on the Chinese services, but it was an "ongoing challenge". "We're gradually working the numbers down and down, so unfortunately it's a bit of a lengthy process," he said. "You could shut a website down today but tomorrow another 10 will appear. "We're fighting a continual battle because people will always try and jump on and off certain services and new technology is always evolving." Mr Cooper said NetResult was in constant contact with the managers of peer-to-peer applications like PPLive and PPMate to have illegal content removed. Some matches are also streamed directly from individual sites and NetResult said it was lobbying internet service providers to shut these down. Premier League spokesman Tim Vine said most offending sites had been taken down for contravening intellectual property rights. 'Clamp down' "It is clearly a difficult area to patrol," he said. "However, we will continue to make every effort to protect our rights holders and clamp down on these sites." No live Premiership matches are yet available legally online anywhere in the world. But 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. NetResult is also trying to stamp out illicit live coverage of The Ashes. "At the moment there are some sites that are offering it," Mr Cooper said. "But the majority of them we're managing to shut down in swift time." The BBC has the rights to stream recorded highlights to UK internet users, while Sky Sports is sending clips to mobiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 someone just needs to host the server somewhere like Russia and the tell the Net Police to politely fuck off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I think its disgusting that we have to pay to watch our football team play on the net its not like were cheating anyone but rich sods anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM4 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Internet - best thing to ever happen for abroad football fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13919 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Bastards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 27158 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 They're clearly not happy with only getting a bumper TV deal, now they want to stop people watching on the net even though they don't have a major presence there anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Internet - best thing to ever happen for abroad football fans. SO TRUE, SO TRUE, And I hope to watch tomorrows match too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 6151 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 tbh, the majority of streams are pixelated and jerky as hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 tbh, the majority of streams are pixelated and jerky as hell But better than not seeing it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil 0 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 tbh, the majority of streams are pixelated and jerky as hell To be fair, they have improved greatly in the last couple of years. I couldn't be bothered watching streams until recently, but I've seen quite a few games on streams this season and the quality was mostly decent. The only downside is that the majority have Chinese commentary and they're usually up to five minutes behind the real action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 tbh, the majority of streams are pixelated and jerky as hell To be fair, they have improved greatly in the last couple of years. I couldn't be bothered watching streams until recently, but I've seen quite a few games on streams this season and the quality was mostly decent. The only downside is that the majority have Chinese commentary and they're usually up to five minutes behind the real action. Ah so, no fu kin su pah, but the last 3 I have watched have not been jerky, no stoppages, colour not great, definition not great, and who cares about the oriental lingo if you can at least watch the game that ordinarily you couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 0 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I'm watching Manchester City vs Watford right now. Quality is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugly Mackems 133 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I'm watching Manchester City vs Watford right now. Quality is excellent. Not on the pitch it isn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 0 Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I'm watching Manchester City vs Watford right now. Quality is excellent. Not on the pitch it isn't! Aye the game was horrendous like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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