HAS Setanta dropped AFL altogether?

saintbrat · Post: # 768031Post **saintbrat** » Sat 04 Jul 2009 7:52pm

UK fans: watch every AFL match live online

ARE YOU a footy-loving ex-pat? Are you living or holidaying in England, Scotland or Wales?

Are you keen to watch all the round 14 AFL action live?

Well, for the second week in a row, you can, right here, on afl.com.au.

With AFL matches no longer available on the Setanta Network in England, Scotland or Wales, BigPond Sport has come to the rescue and is giving all AFL fans a unique chance to stream every round 14 AFL game live to their desktop... free from any subscription costs.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/ ... fault.aspx

I was under the impression that though they didn''t show much they did show some games. But sounds like ti's now non existant.

saint66au · Post: # 768034Post **saint66au** » Sat 04 Jul 2009 7:56pm

BigPond Sport has come to the rescue and is giving all AFL fans a unique chance to stream every round 14 AFL game live to their desktop... free from any subscription costs.

Free from watching more than 5 secs at a time without the picture freezing and buffering for 10 mins

Worst.host.ever

kosifantutti23 · Sat 04 Jul 2009 8:19pm

Setanta UK has ceased trading.

fonz_#15 · Post: # 768047Post **fonz_#15** » Sat 04 Jul 2009 8:22pm

it has no money so it has dropped everything as it couldn't pay for its english premier league games

gooner · Post: # 768068Post **gooner** » Sat 04 Jul 2009 9:44pm

Damn, I thought that buffoon at Carlton had retired.

ausfatcat · Post: # 768071Post **ausfatcat** » Sat 04 Jul 2009 9:51pm

saint66au wrote:Worst.host.ever

I dunno how bigpond do it but it doesn't buffer properly ever!!!! It does 10 seconds at a time streaming where as every other streaming site does the whole lot at time so no matter how long you let it buffer it still stuffs up, This is supposed to be the premier internet company in australia showing the premier sport in australia and it is absolutely hopeless.

How come I can buffer HD video hosted in the US and it buffers for about min at the start and no buffering for the rest of the show, but trying to watch a 5 min highlight package at low def on a australian host it buffers for about 2 mins at the start and stops at least twice more for 30 seconds+ in 5 mins. It's absolutlely ridiculous this company called Telstra has no idea what so ever.

perfectionist · Sat 04 Jul 2009 10:16pm

saint66au wrote:Free from watching more than 5 secs at a time without the picture freezing and buffering for 10 mins

Worst.host.ever

Agree 100%.

sendmehomehappy · Sat 04 Jul 2009 10:51pm

Yes,Telstra is an in ept disgrace of a company, has been run and run down by a greedy buffoon for the past few years...just look at the share price...and it and the AFL doom we international supporters to a monopolistic controlled failure of a product. Our great game deserves better promotion.

SENsei · Post: # 768097Post **SENsei** » Sat 04 Jul 2009 11:16pm

gooner wrote:Damn, I thought that buffoon at Carlton had retired.

Ditto.

undecided · Post: # 768103Post **undecided** » Sat 04 Jul 2009 11:27pm

kosifantutti23 wrote:Setanta UK has ceased trading.

Yeah there f****d bigtime.