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Optus signs deals for UEFA Euros and Nations LeagueMAX MASON JULY 15, 2018 France's Kylian Mbappe will likely be playing in the Nations League and Euros. Max Mason AFR WoodcutOptus is believed to have finalised a deal for local broadcasting rights to all European national team football for the next four years, including the UEFA European Championship and the Nations League. The telecommunications provider is pushing forward with its football-focused content strategy, seeking to learn its lessons from its disastrous World Cup campaign and leave it behind. The Euros deal, first flagged by The Australian Financial Review in March, and Nations League will bolster Optus' football coverage as the telco seeks to differentiate itself by securing a suite of rights across the sport. Sources said Optus had acquired the rights to all European national team football for the next four years, excluding any Socceroos matches played outside Europe.
This includes the 2020 Euros and qualifiers, the new Nations League starting in September. The Nations League is a new international competition involving 55 Union of European Football Association (UEFA) member nations. The Nations League is broken up into two parts, the league and the finals, both of which Optus is understood to have locked in the rights.
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Wow, good luck with that lul
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Wait it says excluding Roo games outside Europe. So does it mean any games the Roo play in Europe is only on optus....
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So BEIN sports is just not competing for these contracts anymore??
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+xWait it says excluding Roo games outside Europe. So does it mean any games the Roo play in Europe is only on optus.... Yeah that's confusing - I reckon it means that, if the Socceroos play a European team in Europe, they hold the rights to broadcast it?
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Waz
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Putting the access issues aside for a moment.
Optus coverage of this WC has been outstanding, as has the EPL coverage that preceded it (says my son), so if they can fix the access issues - which must be fixable because the rest of the world manages it - they are a very welcome competitor and are at least showing a passion for football content .... unlike FoxSports
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+xPutting the access issues aside for a moment. Optus coverage of this WC has been outstanding, as has the EPL coverage that preceded it (says my son), so if they can fix the access issues - which must be fixable because the rest of the world manages it - they are a very welcome competitor and are at least showing a passion for football content .... unlike FoxSports You serious? :laugh:
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+x+xPutting the access issues aside for a moment. Optus coverage of this WC has been outstanding, as has the EPL coverage that preceded it (says my son), so if they can fix the access issues - which must be fixable because the rest of the world manages it - they are a very welcome competitor and are at least showing a passion for football content .... unlike FoxSports You serious? :laugh: I agree totally with Waz - the Optus coverage has been spectacular for the most part. Just a shame that not everybody could access it!
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Waz
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@ WSF
Yes. What didn’t you like about it?
(We had no access issues by the way, which I’m sure colours many opinion)
But concentrating on what they did do: I thought the match coverage was very good, the analysis way better than Fox, and the highlights/mini-matches were terrific.
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As somebody who is not with Optus this is bad news for me
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Waz
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The message to FoxSports with all their smugness about Optus technical problems is simple - everything that Optus did was better than FoxSports, everything, and I’d argue it was superior to SBS as well - so it’s not just the A League that’s gone “stale” it’s the TV coverage as well
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+xPutting the access issues aside for a moment. Optus coverage of this WC has been outstanding, as has the EPL coverage that preceded it (says my son), so if they can fix the access issues - which must be fixable because the rest of the world manages it - they are a very welcome competitor and are at least showing a passion for football content .... unlike FoxSports Yes it was very good - I much preferred the analysis by Optus over SBS, except for maybe Okon... dude never looks happy. This announcement seems to be them committing to football though, which I can't help but support.
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My read on that is if the Socceroos play a European team in Europe then Optus and fox will broadcast it, but if it’s outside Europe then only fox (and possibly FTA) have the rights
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I don't see anything special about Optus coverage. It's fine, but no better than either fox sports or sbs. I actually preferred watching premier league on Fox because I liked hearing the analysis by local pundits. I'd take Bozza over those English dinosaur coaches they trot out on optus any day. And I watched the whole world cup on sbs. Optus simply has no one as insightful as Foster and its lead-in shows were often embarrassing.
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+xI don't see anything special about Optus coverage. It's fine, but no better than either fox sports or sbs. I actually preferred watching premier league on Fox because I liked hearing the analysis by local pundits. I'd take Bozza over those English dinosaur coaches they trot out on optus any day. And I watched the whole world cup on sbs. Optus simply has no one as insightful as Foster and its lead-in shows were often embarrassing. On demand and mini matches Without them I wouldnt have been able to see the world cup due to work commitments If they also have these features for the EPL I'm converting
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@bluebird
They don’t have EPL mini matches off memory but they have pretty decent on demand. It’s not every game but I think it averages at about 7 or 8 of the 10 games each match day. I think they’re allowed on demand for about 30 of each clubs 38 matches each season. They let you know if it’s an on demand game in advance, and if not it’s still replayed on their ‘Optus sport 1’ channel during the week. The games do become unavailable at the start of each new match day (usually Saturday evening our time).
I was a sceptic when they first signed the rights, but IMO it’s far and away the best and most comprehensive coverage of any football league we’ve ever had here.
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+xAs somebody who is not with Optus this is bad news for me you dont have to be 'with' optus in terms of using them for phone/broadband/whatever. just subscribe to the sports package with your current carrier. $15 a month everyone can afford. Whether it stays that cheap is probably debatable though.
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Pipe dream from me but when the 10 contract ends I would love Optus to get it, if they charge a reasonable price.
OK OK OK its only a dream but say Optus paid 25 million for two A-League matches, charge a small amount for it.
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+xPipe dream from me but when the 10 contract ends I would love Optus to get it, if they charge a reasonable price. OK OK OK its only a dream but say Optus paid 25 million for two A-League matches, charge a small amount for it. What? You actually want to pay to pay to watch the a-league? As in, you'd prefer that 10 loses the rights so Optus can charge for it? It's a strange thing to wish you had to pay for something you currently get for free. Money to burn, eh?
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+x@bluebirdThey don’t have EPL mini matches off memory but they have pretty decent on demand. It’s not every game but I think it averages at about 7 or 8 of the 10 games each match day. I think they’re allowed on demand for about 30 of each clubs 38 matches each season. They let you know if it’s an on demand game in advance, and if not it’s still replayed on their ‘Optus sport 1’ channel during the week. The games do become unavailable at the start of each new match day (usually Saturday evening our time).I was a sceptic when they first signed the rights, but IMO it’s far and away the best and most comprehensive coverage of any football league we’ve ever had here. 280 games on demand. Though they expire after a few days. The have the highlights show. Gary Nevilles soccer box is great. Sits with past premier league players and talks about a game they played each other in.
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+x
The Nations League is a new international competition involving 55 Union of European Football Association (UEFA) member nations. The Nations League is broken up into two parts, the league and the finals, both of which Optus is understood to have locked in the rights. Bah! Only plastic competitions have finals to decide the winner, right?
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For my taste, the Optus coverage was superior to SBS. It was certainly better than most of what Fox ran with last year.
If Fox got rid of Slater and Bosnich, replaced them with any of the Optus pundits, it would help.
Mel has lost nothing.
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Don't mind it, shits all over typical streams. Wouldn't hurt to have SBS show a few games as well. They should merge.
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+x+x
The Nations League is a new international competition involving 55 Union of European Football Association (UEFA) member nations. The Nations League is broken up into two parts, the league and the finals, both of which Optus is understood to have locked in the rights. Bah! Only plastic competitions have finals to decide the winner, right? Apart from the finals are just for the 4 League A group winners
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The Nations League will also utilise groups of three so a glimpse of future WCs
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The Nations LeagueThe 55 member associations have been split into four Leagues according to their respective coefficients, with those rankings again used to subdivide them into pots. Here's the make-up: League A
Pot 1: Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Spain.
Pot 2: France, England, Switzerland, Italy.
Pot 3: Poland, Iceland, Croatia, Netherlands. League B
Pot 1: Austria, Wales, Russia, Slovakia.
Pot 2: Sweden, Ukraine, Republic of Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Pot 3: Northern Ireland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Turkey. League C
Pot 1: Hungary, Romania, Scotland, Slovenia.
Pot 2: Greece, Serbia, Albania, Norway.
Pot 3: Montenegro, Israel, Bulgaria, Finland.
Pot 4: Cyprus, Estonia, Lithuania. League D
Pot 1: Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Belarus, Georgia.
Pot 2: Armenia, Latvia, Faroe Islands, Luxembourg.
Pot 3: Kazakhstan, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Malta.
Pot 4: Andorra, Kosovo, San Marino, Gibraltar.
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+xThe Nations League will also utilise groups of three so a glimpse of future WCs it's already been done at 1982 WC and was immediately dropped for 1986
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The Nations League is a new international competition involving 55 Union of European Football Association (UEFA) member nations. The Nations League is broken up into two parts, the league and the finals, both of which Optus is understood to have locked in the rights. Bah! Only plastic competitions have finals to decide the winner, right? apart from P&R for everyone else
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+x@ WSF Yes. What didn’t you like about it? (We had no access issues by the way, which I’m sure colours many opinion) But concentrating on what they did do: I thought the match coverage was very good, the analysis way better than Fox, and the highlights/mini-matches were terrific. So outstanding they gave the remaining coverage to sbs? Disastrous is the word I would use. From their own mouths "We’re not going to pretend our delivery of the 2018 FIFA World Cup was anything but a monumental stuff up."
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+x+x@ WSF Yes. What didn’t you like about it? (We had no access issues by the way, which I’m sure colours many opinion) But concentrating on what they did do: I thought the match coverage was very good, the analysis way better than Fox, and the highlights/mini-matches were terrific. So outstanding they gave the remaining coverage to sbs? Disastrous is the word I would use. From their own mouths "We’re not going to pretend our delivery of the 2018 FIFA World Cup was anything but a monumental stuff up." The fact it shat itself is different to the quality of content on there when it wasn't shitting itself though
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