EFL reveal 50,000 domestic streams of matches via iFollow

It costs less than ten quid to watch a match on Now TV.

What a bunch of fucking charlatans.

Croydon said:

Gillis said:

ross1 said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45894676

"League One pair Accrington Stanley and Charlton Athletic and League Two Forest Green Rovers do not stream their matches online."

What illustrious company we keep these days

Good decision from us and I for one am glad the club has taken this stance. Streaming 3pm KOs will kill off lower league football.

Ultimately though you can just use the oppositions stream.

ricky_otto said:

Croydon said:

Gillis said:

ross1 said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45894676

"League One pair Accrington Stanley and Charlton Athletic and League Two Forest Green Rovers do not stream their matches online."

What illustrious company we keep these days

Good decision from us and I for one am glad the club has taken this stance. Streaming 3pm KOs will kill off lower league football.

Ultimately though you can just use the oppositions stream.

True. But hopefully with the FA blocking the streaming site that La Liga is in bed with, the EFL will see some sense and block iFollow too. I'm aware that this requires the EFL to do something sensible, so won't happen.

ColinTat said:

Can you signup and just watch anyone ricky? Or are you just restricted to 'your' team.

Yes mate - you just sign up once and can log in to any team that used it.

I'd love to know the stats of those watching abroad and whether they're actually watching abroad

Of course they wont be able to find out that data but bet that would show attendances are being impacted on a Saturday afternoon (especially for the likes of Accrington)

Stu_of_Kunming said:

ForeverAddickted said:

I'd love to know the stats of those watching abroad and whether they're actually watching abroad

Of course they wont be able to find out that data but bet that would show attendances are being impacted on a Saturday afternoon (especially for the likes of Accrington)

If they really wanted to know, they could find out, VPNs can be detected and blocked, as iPlayer regularly proves, however, I imagine just like Netflix, iFollow are quite happy to turn a blind eye as it increases their income.

They mention that the majority of streams are over 25miles away from the ground. So there must be a tracker and stats available

johnnybev1987 said:

Stu_of_Kunming said:

ForeverAddickted said:

I'd love to know the stats of those watching abroad and whether they're actually watching abroad

Of course they wont be able to find out that data but bet that would show attendances are being impacted on a Saturday afternoon (especially for the likes of Accrington)

If they really wanted to know, they could find out, VPNs can be detected and blocked, as iPlayer regularly proves, however, I imagine just like Netflix, iFollow are quite happy to turn a blind eye as it increases their income.

They mention that the majority of streams are over 25miles away from the ground. So there must be a tracker and stats available

Those stats may be wrong though, if AFKA looked at where I'm posting from right now, it would show me in the US, which is 100% not the case.

last_line said:

Quote "Games streamed on iFollow are also available via Sky Sports" unquote

Was aware that mid week Championship games are on the red button, but not league one or two as far as I'm aware?

Yeah thats correct...

MuttleyCAFC said:

No mention of VPNs. I mean they can't know the numbers, that is the point of VPNs but to not acknowledge it must be happening.

If they wanted to know, they could, I imagine it suits them to turn a blind eye though.