Heading to the states late June and all of July.
Are games readily available and if so what channels?
I hope so....any help would be great
Peace out
A town
Games in the U.S of A
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Re: Games in the U.S of A
Only bigpond tv i'm afraidSaintsfan wrote:Heading to the states late June and all of July.
Are games readily available and if so what channels?
I hope so....any help would be great
Peace out
A town
The afl deal with espn expired some time ago from what i remembered
Re: Games in the U.S of A
ESPN360?walski wrote:Only bigpond tv i'm afraidSaintsfan wrote:Heading to the states late June and all of July.
Are games readily available and if so what channels?
I hope so....any help would be great
Peace out
A town
The afl deal with espn expired some time ago from what i remembered
You are shitting me...
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Re: Games in the U.S of A
My bad its on espn360 againSaintsfan wrote:ESPN360?walski wrote:Only bigpond tv i'm afraidSaintsfan wrote:Heading to the states late June and all of July.
Are games readily available and if so what channels?
I hope so....any help would be great
Peace out
A town
The afl deal with espn expired some time ago from what i remembered
You are shitting me...
Did expire sometime last year but renewed it again... Sorry to give you a fright..
Only a few games a week on ESPN360.com
Maybe 3, I think.
But you can watch them both live and liva replay.
The AFL international site wasn't great when I used it two years ago... buffering problems and also the games were shown on a 12 hour delay. I wrote and asked this year if they would be shown live or not (cause I would be happy to pay to get a live view) and never got an answer. This was similar to my previous experience... not very good service with them.
Maybe 3, I think.
But you can watch them both live and liva replay.
The AFL international site wasn't great when I used it two years ago... buffering problems and also the games were shown on a 12 hour delay. I wrote and asked this year if they would be shown live or not (cause I would be happy to pay to get a live view) and never got an answer. This was similar to my previous experience... not very good service with them.
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G'day mate.
I am an LA based Saint and you will be struggling to get any pubs to have any footy on, even in Vegas.
The only place you get "live" footy in the US is via ESPN 3, ESPN's web site.
However you either need to be a subscriber or receive your internet through one of their "preferred" suppliers, such as AT&T.
The "streaming" of games via the usual sites has been really cracked down on, so it is harder and harder to find games.
The new OmniSports web site via the AFL is not too bad.
It is about US$7 a game to buy and watch live, and the quality is pretty good.
You may need to refresh a few times if the signal freezes, but otherwise it is pretty good.
Apart form that, footy is still gaining momentum over here.
The local leagues are growing, and this new reality TV show, American Footy Star could be interesting for the growth of footy.
Once the finals roll around, ESPN 2 is supposed to play around 4 games including the Grand Final.
Have a good trip.
LA Saint
I am an LA based Saint and you will be struggling to get any pubs to have any footy on, even in Vegas.
The only place you get "live" footy in the US is via ESPN 3, ESPN's web site.
However you either need to be a subscriber or receive your internet through one of their "preferred" suppliers, such as AT&T.
The "streaming" of games via the usual sites has been really cracked down on, so it is harder and harder to find games.
The new OmniSports web site via the AFL is not too bad.
It is about US$7 a game to buy and watch live, and the quality is pretty good.
You may need to refresh a few times if the signal freezes, but otherwise it is pretty good.
Apart form that, footy is still gaining momentum over here.
The local leagues are growing, and this new reality TV show, American Footy Star could be interesting for the growth of footy.
Once the finals roll around, ESPN 2 is supposed to play around 4 games including the Grand Final.
Have a good trip.
LA Saint
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Re: Games in US
Thanks LA.L.A. Saint wrote:G'day mate.
I am an LA based Saint and you will be struggling to get any pubs to have any footy on, even in Vegas.
The only place you get "live" footy in the US is via ESPN 3, ESPN's web site.
However you either need to be a subscriber or receive your internet through one of their "preferred" suppliers, such as AT&T.
The "streaming" of games via the usual sites has been really cracked down on, so it is harder and harder to find games.
The new OmniSports web site via the AFL is not too bad.
It is about US$7 a game to buy and watch live, and the quality is pretty good.
You may need to refresh a few times if the signal freezes, but otherwise it is pretty good.
Apart form that, footy is still gaining momentum over here.
The local leagues are growing, and this new reality TV show, American Footy Star could be interesting for the growth of footy.
Once the finals roll around, ESPN 2 is supposed to play around 4 games including the Grand Final.
Have a good trip.
LA Saint
Well I doubt I'll be in any state to be able to sit in front of a computer and watch the game
,so I may have to miss out. If it was on tv,we'd give footy good growth! Half of the country would hear us!
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L.A. Saint is correct about the coverage.
I watched Saints V Dogs on ESPN360 (now ESPN3) on Sat morn local time and it was very good. The old official AFL site was just terrible. Unwatchable.
ESPN3 looks great, sounds great, buffers very well, can be paused and replayed. There are a lot of ads that you cant skip over but I do not mind I just go and make a cup of coffee. By the way, wasn't Lenny and Joey brilliant.
I believe some local cable companies have footy games replayed on ESPN2. They are not available here but I believe some are. I may be wrong on that.
The best site for USA TV footy info is www.afana.com
And finally my rant. I have lived here 10 years and visited for 20 years. All of my local young sports loving friends watched Aussie footy when it was broadcast on their local ESPN 2 cable channel every Thursday nite at about 11:30pm. It was huge. That was about 15 years ago and they all remember. The AFL has been very badly advised is their approach to TV coverage in the USA. American guys love footy and would watch it regularly if they could. The number of fans, exposure, good will and potential income is very high if the games were telecast regularly on basic cable.
Enjoy your trip to the United States of Amazement. There is a lot to see and the people are very friendly.
I watched Saints V Dogs on ESPN360 (now ESPN3) on Sat morn local time and it was very good. The old official AFL site was just terrible. Unwatchable.
ESPN3 looks great, sounds great, buffers very well, can be paused and replayed. There are a lot of ads that you cant skip over but I do not mind I just go and make a cup of coffee. By the way, wasn't Lenny and Joey brilliant.
I believe some local cable companies have footy games replayed on ESPN2. They are not available here but I believe some are. I may be wrong on that.
The best site for USA TV footy info is www.afana.com
And finally my rant. I have lived here 10 years and visited for 20 years. All of my local young sports loving friends watched Aussie footy when it was broadcast on their local ESPN 2 cable channel every Thursday nite at about 11:30pm. It was huge. That was about 15 years ago and they all remember. The AFL has been very badly advised is their approach to TV coverage in the USA. American guys love footy and would watch it regularly if they could. The number of fans, exposure, good will and potential income is very high if the games were telecast regularly on basic cable.
Enjoy your trip to the United States of Amazement. There is a lot to see and the people are very friendly.
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I was in Texas a couple of months ago and watched our pre-season game against Freo on my laptop in the hotel room.
Just did a google search it was being streamed for OS viewers by the AFL. Don't know of the same applies in the regular season.
Just did a google search it was being streamed for OS viewers by the AFL. Don't know of the same applies in the regular season.
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Re: Games in US
Jonesy, I didn't read your above post, and for a minute I thought you and Saintsfan were one and the same posterjonesy wrote:Thanks LA.L.A. Saint wrote:G'day mate.
I am an LA based Saint and you will be struggling to get any pubs to have any footy on, even in Vegas.
The only place you get "live" footy in the US is via ESPN 3, ESPN's web site.
However you either need to be a subscriber or receive your internet through one of their "preferred" suppliers, such as AT&T.
The "streaming" of games via the usual sites has been really cracked down on, so it is harder and harder to find games.
The new OmniSports web site via the AFL is not too bad.
It is about US$7 a game to buy and watch live, and the quality is pretty good.
You may need to refresh a few times if the signal freezes, but otherwise it is pretty good.
Apart form that, footy is still gaining momentum over here.
The local leagues are growing, and this new reality TV show, American Footy Star could be interesting for the growth of footy.
Once the finals roll around, ESPN 2 is supposed to play around 4 games including the Grand Final.
Have a good trip.
LA Saint
Well I doubt I'll be in any state to be able to sit in front of a computer and watch the game
If it was on tv,we'd give footy good growth! Half of the country would hear us!
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Mark,
I purchased the Freo game earlier in the year.
It was as live as it gets.
For some reason not every single game is always available.
It was worth the $7 though.
Not to say I will do it for every game, just some of the big ones I cant get via ESPN or streamed by someone else.
Might be worth it for games coming up.
I noticed we are not on ESPN again for at least a month after the Blues game.
Will be a tough few weeks scrounging for streams.
Other wise I will have to lock myself away for a few days until I can download it.
Cheers everyone.
Good to hear so many keen supporters around the world, especially here in the US.
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I purchased the Freo game earlier in the year.
It was as live as it gets.
For some reason not every single game is always available.
It was worth the $7 though.
Not to say I will do it for every game, just some of the big ones I cant get via ESPN or streamed by someone else.
Might be worth it for games coming up.
I noticed we are not on ESPN again for at least a month after the Blues game.
Will be a tough few weeks scrounging for streams.
Other wise I will have to lock myself away for a few days until I can download it.
Cheers everyone.
Good to hear so many keen supporters around the world, especially here in the US.
: )