Dundee United Football Club & Internetfootball.co.uk Announce Pilot Broadcast
Pilot broadcast of SPL football, Dundee United v Dundee by Internetfootball.co.uk
(PRWEB) January 26, 2005 -- This pilot is announced as part of the Club’s
ongoing investigations into a possible broadcast of all Dundee United's SPL
matches to overseas fans. The Live broadcast of the whole game is only available
outside the UK and Northern Ireland, with a whole game archive version available
globally after the UK blackout restriction period ends at midnight on Sunday.
The Dundee United v Dundee match will be available at www.internetfootball.co.uk.
Overseas fans may purchase
single game live viewing rights for only £5 and the archive version is priced at
£3. Orders for the Live game can be placed right up until kick
off.
Dundee United FC is delighted to be involved in offering this match
LIVE to fans overseas. Derek Robertson, Director, said “Requests for live
internet broadcasts and, indeed, radio commentary are received regularly on the
ArabFORUM question and answer feature on our website. So, there’s clearly a
demand out there. We’ve been looking into this for sometime and this is another
step in the process of deciding the way ahead. We’re keen to build good
communication links with all of our fans and this added service should help
this.”
Archives of recent matches, including Saturday's Dunfermline v
Dundee United match can be found by logging on to www.internetfootball.co.uk in
the 'view archives' section.
To view the action, subscribers must have a Broadband internet connection (min.
512K), Windows Media Player 9 and PC with Windows 98 or later (Macs are not
supported due to limitations with DRM). The order procedure is simple, providing
the subscriber has Broadband and appropriate pc spec.
1. click on DRM
check on front page to check computer spec is compatible)
2. go to 'purchase
ticket'
3. enter valid email and then payment details
4. receive password
at email address (entered above)
5. go to 'watch the match'
6. enter email
& password when prompted
7. press play.
www.internetfootball.co.uk is a young company with an exciting
vision already broadcasting all of Dunfermline Athletic's SPL matches; they are
now aiming at expanding their coverage throughout the SPL.
"We aim to
bring Dundee United and SPL football live to international fans and the Dundee
derby is a great game to pilot" said Barry Laidlaw of internetfootball.co.uk.
Paul Macdonald, director of internetfootball.co.uk and owner of
easystream.co.uk, one of the UK's most innovative streaming companies, is the
power behind the internet distribution.
It should be noted that all
broadcasts are subject to a contract between the subscriber and the broadcaster
www.internetfootball.co.uk and not between the subscriber and
Dundee United FC.
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