Comments on: Rumor: DirecTV Acquires UEFA Europa League TV Rights In US

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:17:52 +0000

this is for US not UK sarah howard

By: Sarah Howard

Sarah Howard — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:46:43 +0000

Last year they showed the qualifying for the groups on Channel 5.
I should know I watched us (Everton) get knocked out by Standard Liege, although they are a Champions League team.
Cant Sky, ESPN or Channel 5 show it, we should not have to pay to watch it.

By: Jason Gatties

Jason Gatties — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:37:03 +0000

Not that unheard of. DirecTV have held U.S. rights to several Cricket competitions. They charge the fuck out of it too.

By: Jason Gatties

Jason Gatties — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:36:00 +0000

Such broad statements there. On the off chance Fulham were to advance that far, you can bet we’d be willing to watch it on PPV. Same could be said of Everton or Villa supporters here.

Putting the games on Channel 101 makes sense. They’ve just added a live simulcast of the Dan Patrick Show and they show the UFC weigh ins live.

By: Sam Davis

Sam Davis — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:38:04 +0000

If they put them on PPV nobody here would watch. It’ll be interesting to see where they show it (showing it on the 101 might be an option, as the guy above me said) but that’s sort of weird to see a cable provider buy the rights to a competition that gets far less airtime than the CL.

By: Brandon Jerger

Brandon Jerger — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:38:37 +0000

I doubt they’d be on PPV. DirecTV has a channel they show a bunch of random television on. Ch.101

By: Jason Gatties

Jason Gatties — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:04:52 +0000

I got an email from Setanta saying they would not seek the Europa League’s earlier rounds. Hope Gol TV comes through. If Fulham make the group stage, I’d like to be able to watch them on TV rather than a stream.