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12 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Probably not as it's rearranged.

Yeah a rearranged Saturday game too....although nothing that City would lose financially in terms of stay away fans (like the Brum game)with Boro being so far away.

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8 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

In that case they better not be showing Swans v Brentford either !

Don’t think ether are on the red button, would say so on my sky sports score centre if they were

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11 hours ago, Monkeh said:

No,

i don’t think rearranged Saturday games are part of the red button deal

We've had a lot of games "re-arranged" for Sundays and they've been on the red button.

Unsure why both games aren't on but could it be anything to do with a limit to the number of times each team can be televised? In practice this would stop teams re-arranging fixtures themselves too much.

Apparently it was City that turned down the opportunity to broadcast the Birmingham game though, Boro may have refused because they want a bigger home crowd

Either way, it's a bit of a shame because I thought these games are exactly what the red button idea is for, with so many games coming up this month. 

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12 minutes ago, bcfcbird said:

I believe the home team can choose whether it is or not.. We had a recent game that we chose not to show on the red button.

Yeah that's correct - the game does qualify for red button but only at Boro's discretion (the same applies to BCTV for domestic viewers). We chose not to allow our home game v Birmingham to be shown.

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1 minute ago, kivsy said:

A case of clubs being greedy ?   Making sure fans subscribe to their streaming service.     

Probably because if it's not on the Red button, more fans will turn up in person.....

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1 hour ago, Selred said:

Probably because if it's not on the Red button, more fans will turn up in person.....

It’s a standard match for their ST holders, but maybe a few less will make midweek games than on a Saturday. As far as our fans go it went from a Saturday fixture to a night match well over 500 mile round trip, and there is the time it takes too. Seems a bit unfair if fans can’t watch it without paying due to being peanalised for success in the cup. 

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5 minutes ago, RedM said:

It’s a standard match for their ST holders, but maybe a few less will make midweek games than on a Saturday. As far as our fans go it went from a Saturday fixture to a night match well over 500 mile round trip, and there is the time it takes too. Seems a bit unfair if fans can’t watch it without paying due to being peanalised for success in the cup. 

Have we laid on free coach travel for this?

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1 hour ago, kivsy said:

A case of clubs being greedy ?   Making sure fans subscribe to their streaming service.     

Technically it is only available on their streaming service (and BCTV) to overseas subscribers - who wouldn't have access to the red button anyway. It's more to do with maximising the matchday attendance. 

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2 hours ago, elhombrecito said:

Technically it is only available on their streaming service (and BCTV) to overseas subscribers - who wouldn't have access to the red button anyway. It's more to do with maximising the matchday attendance. 

Ok fair enough , just got home from work. Don’t think I’ll make in time ?

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19 hours ago, Ska Junkie said:

I'll have it on my IPTV service I expect, if it's not on the red button, but sod making 20,000 coffees, we haven't got enough cups! I'm happy to stream / share it if anyone has any ideas where I can do that?

Have often thought the same, sometimes the games are available over here and see that others are struggling for streams, would like to be able to stream it for them

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Think some games should be made available domestically via BCTV or whatever if the mileage from ground to ground is over a certain amount, fans can't be expected to travel from Bristol area to Middlesbrough, especially midweek. If the mileage was over a certain amount then there wouldn't be a great reduction in terms of fans not making the trip, perhaps offer 1 off games for this reason at X% of the ticket price.

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https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/international-livestream-available-for-boro/

NTERNATIONAL LIVESTREAM AVAILABLE FOR BORO

 

Supporters are advised that City’s fixture at Middlesbrough will only be available via an international stream to overseas BCTV+ subscribers.

The Robins make the long trip north to the Riverside Stadium tomorrow evening (Tuesday, 7.45pm KO) and Middlesbrough have opted for no domestic livestream to be available, meaning the game won’t be shown on Sky’s red button either.

Tickets will remain on sale from Supporter Services until 4pm today (Monday). After that time, supporters without tickets will need to pay on the night at the Riverside Stadium.

 

On BCTV+ for our ex-pat supporters only 

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12 hours ago, JBFC II said:

No chance of us ever laying on free coach travel I'm afraid 

I remember back in the late 70's, City did just that for the QPR away game. All you had to do was sign up and become a member of CATS. 

Mind you, London is nearer than Middlesbrough!

 

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Completely understand why a club would choose to not allow a game to be broadcast if there’s a reasonable chance of the away fans getting to the game. Birmingham and Bristol aren’t too far away from each other.

But, given the distance between the two clubs in this instance,  it’s completely  absurd  to deny fans the opportunity to watch the game. If it’s Middlesbrough’s decision to do this, then they should hang their heads in shame. I’ve been disillusioned with paying stupid money to Sky for sometime, but to find there’s a technicality that someone’s found which means I can’t  watch a flipping Tuesday  away game that’s taking place 230 miles away really pisses me off. 

Hope the Japanese close another one of their car plants up there, and quote Middlesbrough’s decision not to screen the game as their reason for doing it 

Grrrrrrrr 

 

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Just now, Lord Northski said:

Completely understand why s club would choose to not allow a game to be broadcast if there’s a reasonable chance of the away fans getting to the game. Birmingham and Bristol aren’t too far away from each other.

But, given the distance between the two clubs in this instance,  it’s completely  absurd  to deny fans the opportunity to watch the game. If it’s Middlesbrough’s decision to do this, then they should hang their heads in shame. I’ve been disillusioned with paying stupid money to Sky for sometime, but to find there’s a technicality that someone’s found which means I can’t  watch a flipping Tuesday  away game that’s taking place 230 miles away really pisses me off. 

Hope the Japanese close another one of their car plants up there, and quote Middlesbrough’s decision not to screen the game as their reason for doing it 

Grrrrrrrr 

 

It should never be an option to be on the red button in the first place

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Just now, Monkeh said:

It should never be an option to be on the red button in the first place

I disagree. The game is on a Tuesday evening and not on a Saturday at 3pm. The  game was postponed for a legitimate reason and rearranged as is commonplace. You may have some specific technicality/rule that states why x fixture cannot be broadcast, but as subscriber it’s not unreasonable to expect that this should be on the telly. 

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13 minutes ago, Lord Northski said:

I disagree. The game is on a Tuesday evening and not on a Saturday at 3pm. The  game was postponed for a legitimate reason and rearranged as is commonplace. You may have some specific technicality/rule that states why x fixture cannot be broadcast, but as subscriber it’s not unreasonable to expect that this should be on the telly. 

Exactly. Just wish they’d make up their minds or at least put hard and fast rulings on it.  Either allow all midweek games to be on the red button or don’t.  As customers you can then make an informed decision on the service you want to buy. 

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7 minutes ago, richwwtk said:

There is live commentary on Talksport2 if you're not in the Radio Brissle area, not a whole lot of compensation I know but better than nothing....

Or follow on Bet365 a bit like Football manager though!

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On ‎01‎/‎04‎/‎2019 at 00:31, Ska Junkie said:

I'll have it on my IPTV service I expect, if it's not on the red button, but sod making 20,000 coffees, we haven't got enough cups!

How selfish can you be? And it would only be about 18,000 anyway...  ?

 

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2 hours ago, Lord Northski said:

Completely understand why a club would choose to not allow a game to be broadcast if there’s a reasonable chance of the away fans getting to the game. Birmingham and Bristol aren’t too far away from each other.

But, given the distance between the two clubs in this instance,  it’s completely  absurd  to deny fans the opportunity to watch the game. If it’s Middlesbrough’s decision to do this, then they should hang their heads in shame. I’ve been disillusioned with paying stupid money to Sky for sometime, but to find there’s a technicality that someone’s found which means I can’t  watch a flipping Tuesday  away game that’s taking place 230 miles away really pisses me off. 

Hope the Japanese close another one of their car plants up there, and quote Middlesbrough’s decision not to screen the game as their reason for doing it 

Grrrrrrrr 

 

But Boro I doubt get much money from Sky Red button games. It may be the difference of 2,000 extra fans (mainly home but some away) coming or not.

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6 hours ago, Norn Iron said:

I remember back in the late 70's, City did just that for the QPR away game. All you had to do was sign up and become a member of CATS. 

Mind you, London is nearer than Middlesbrough!

 

I remember that day (sort of). There were 24 coaches with loads of warning no booze allowed + we were getting escorted straight into the ground.

So we all met up early for a few tinnies before catching the coach. Hidden vodka on board  it then dropped us off at 1oclock in Shepherds Bush with another couple of hours boozing time.

No memory after that. Did we win?

 

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4 hours ago, Lord Northski said:

Completely understand why a club would choose to not allow a game to be broadcast if there’s a reasonable chance of the away fans getting to the game. Birmingham and Bristol aren’t too far away from each other.

But, given the distance between the two clubs in this instance,  it’s completely  absurd  to deny fans the opportunity to watch the game. If it’s Middlesbrough’s decision to do this, then they should hang their heads in shame. I’ve been disillusioned with paying stupid money to Sky for sometime, but to find there’s a technicality that someone’s found which means I can’t  watch a flipping Tuesday  away game that’s taking place 230 miles away really pisses me off. 

Hope the Japanese close another one of their car plants up there, and quote Middlesbrough’s decision not to screen the game as their reason for doing it 

Grrrrrrrr 

 

Distance notwithstanding, it was probably done for similar reasons.

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Anyone with a smart smart phone or tablet can watch the game tonight if you follow these simple steps 

- Download an app called Windscribe which is a VPN- I use it to successfully watch every single game.

- When you first log into Windscribe you will need to make an account, which is completely free.

-Once you’ve done that you will get to choose how much GB you want - choose the highest one (I think it’s 10GB) unlimited GB costs money but it’s value for money seeing as you get to watch any city game you want.

-Then switch the VPN on and ensure you click and choose a country that is listed below the big on/off button. This is the clever bit that tricks your phone into thinking it’s in a country overseas.

- Download Official Club App

- Log in to your account via club app or make one if you don’t already have one

- Purchase game for £5 on app.

-Tune in at 19:45 and watch us go 5th in the league.

 

Ahy problems gimme a shout and I’ll try talk you through it if needed 

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  • The title was changed to Boro Match NOT on Red Button or BCTV (Merged)
29 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

Thanks, it will be on BCTV for people who have an overseas subscription.

And sometimes, purely by accident;), some people with a subscription broadcast the game as a live online stream, although the commentary may be the home local radio station, as happened when it was accidentally streamed for the Norwich game a few weeks ago.

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41 minutes ago, New Dazzler said:

And sometimes, purely by accident;), some people with a subscription broadcast the game as a live online stream, although the commentary may be the home local radio station, as happened when it was accidentally streamed for the Norwich game a few weeks ago.

If such a thing should happen, then please keep us posted won’t you? 

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I got IPTV (on Predator if that makes any difference) and only have the Swansea game on. There are 16 EFL links within the EFL header and none of them have anything bar the Swansea game on one of them.

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1 minute ago, wood_red said:

I got IPTV (on Predator if that makes any difference) and only have the Swansea game on. There are 16 EFL links within the EFL header and none of them have anything bar the Swansea game on one of them.

Same here too.

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Message from my Iptv admin

 

At the moment there is only 1 i follow channel showing but we are right in the middle of a nationwide server reset. This is due to barriers recently put in place by the big 6 providers. It has affected all IPTV providers and we have worked tirelessly to resolve the issue. We have now all but sorted the issue but the reloading of all the content can take time. I will also say that we are still having issues with Virgin media customers across the board
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4 minutes ago, Suffolkcity said:

Message from my Iptv admin

 

At the moment there is only 1 i follow channel showing but we are right in the middle of a nationwide server reset. This is due to barriers recently put in place by the big 6 providers. It has affected all IPTV providers and we have worked tirelessly to resolve the issue. We have now all but sorted the issue but the reloading of all the content can take time. I will also say that we are still having issues with Virgin media customers across the board

I'm on Virgin as well so doesn't bode well

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26 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

and here on Vision (which always has everything) and RE. iFollow 1 just has the god awful iFollow music. :(

I’m on a different version again but also can only get the Sheep botherers game. 

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