[Town_Fan]

azul, on 24 July 2024 - 07:05 PM, said:

Almost agree with you but imagine if we had to pay 45 squid under your plans

Oh here we go again and here is me thinking you were concerned about international audiences same old, same old [and repeat]

Same difference, the club makes it as hard as possible to support from afar in the UK and abroad. After a while it becomes tiresome.

[azul]

Town_Fan, on 24 July 2024 - 07:19 PM, said:

Same difference, the club makes it as hard as possible to support from afar in the UK and abroad. After a while it becomes tiresome.

It certainly does

[Town_Fan]

Cum on u blues, on 19 July 2024 - 06:58 PM, said:

I?ve taken the bull by the horns tonight and have just sent an email to the club. Fingers crossed the message will be taken into account

Any response or just the usual we pretend to care about the fans unless they ask about something we don't want them to know or care about?

[SpireiteStan]

https://chesterfield...-audio-coverage

[Town_Fan]

SpireiteStan, on 01 August 2024 - 11:06 AM, said:

https://chesterfield...-audio-coverage

Excellent news and good value packages. Well done to the club on this. Fair play.

[Cum on u blues]

Great news !

[azul]

SpireiteStan, on 01 August 2024 - 11:06 AM, said:

https://chesterfield...-audio-coverage

Oh dear the end of free domestic audio commentary due to EFL regulations

[DerbySpireite59]

Town_Fan, on 01 August 2024 - 11:16 AM, said:

Excellent news and good value packages. Well done to the club on this. Fair play.

....and fair play to you TF for recognising it. 👏👏👏Now don't go and spoil things. 🤣🤣

This post has been edited by DerbySpireite59: 01 August 2024 - 12:34 PM

[Bald magician]

azul, on 01 August 2024 - 12:20 PM, said:

Oh dear the end of free domestic audio commentary due to EFL regulations

Just so I'm clear. Are the club now charging for matchday 1866 commentary that was normally free of charge?

[DerbySpireite59]

azul, on 24 July 2024 - 07:05 PM, said:

Almost agree with you but imagine if we had to pay 45 squid under your plans

Oh here we go again and here is me thinking you were concerned about international audiences same old, same old [and repeat]

Interesting that you quoted ?45. Pure
co-incidence? 🤔🤔🤣🤣

[DerbySpireite59]

Bald magician, on 01 August 2024 - 12:37 PM, said:

Just so I'm clear. Are the club now charging for matchday 1866 commentary that was normally free of charge?

Yes. It has no choice.

However, I'm sure there'll be those who'll use Discord to receive it foc.

[JonB]

Bald magician, on 01 August 2024 - 12:37 PM, said:

Just so I'm clear. Are the club now charging for matchday 1866 commentary that was normally free of charge?

Yes but only because they have no choice and have to do it. 1866 will be free to air until kick off then again from the final whistle but the actual match time will be locked behind a paywall due to EFL regulations. From a Phil Tooley comment in reply to people on social media it seems the club tried to fight it as much as they could be they were not allowed to do free coverage no matter what.

[Bald magician]

JonB, on 01 August 2024 - 12:49 PM, said:

Yes but only because they have no choice and have to do it. 1866 will be free to air until kick off then again from the final whistle but the actual match time will be locked behind a paywall due to EFL regulations. From a Phil Tooley comment in reply to people on social media it seems the club tried to fight it as much as they could be they were not allowed to do free coverage no matter what.

Thanks for the explanation.

Utter ridiculous! The death of 1866 I fear. A service available to all now sucked up by the money men. What a shame

[JonB]

Bald magician, on 01 August 2024 - 12:56 PM, said:

Thanks for the explanation.

Utter ridiculous! The death of 1866 I fear. A service available to all now sucked up by the money men. What a shame

I think a lot will still listen to pre game and post game, i often used to on the way to and from games in the car, so i dont think it will die just yet.

[Westbars Spireite]

JonB, on 01 August 2024 - 12:49 PM, said:

Yes but only because they have no choice and have to do it. 1866 will be free to air until kick off then again from the final whistle but the actual match time will be locked behind a paywall due to EFL regulations. From a Phil Tooley comment in reply to people on social media it seems the club tried to fight it as much as they could be they were not allowed to do free coverage no matter what.

Presumably they could have made it 10p a season just to comply.

[JonB]

Westbars Spireite, on 01 August 2024 - 01:13 PM, said:

Presumably they could have made it 10p a season just to comply.

The fact they havent makes me think the EFL set some sort of minimum pricing as well. I did think they could have just charged 1p for a season long pass and met the requirement.

[DerbySpireite59]

JonB, on 01 August 2024 - 01:22 PM, said:

The fact they havent makes me think the EFL set some sort of minimum pricing as well. I did think they could have just charged 1p for a season long pass and met the requirement.

I agree with you.

[DerbySpireite59]

Bald magician, on 01 August 2024 - 12:56 PM, said:

Thanks for the explanation.

Utter ridiculous! The death of 1866 I fear. A service available to all now sucked up by the money men. What a shame

It'll be interesting to hear 1866's view in a year's time. The lost advert revenue versus the revenue from subscriptions.

It might be a winner for them?

[Bald magician]

Just told my elderly neighbour who tuned into every game. He wasn?t too pleased. Said he?d never dream of paying. 1866 was an offer to the wider community who possibly can?t afford it, disability, age, confidence stops them from attending.

Utter disgrace in my eyes I?m afraid

[dim view]

JonB, on 01 August 2024 - 12:49 PM, said:

Yes but only because they have no choice and have to do it. 1866 will be free to air until kick off then again from the final whistle but the actual match time will be locked behind a paywall due to EFL regulations. From a Phil Tooley comment in reply to people on social media it seems the club tried to fight it as much as they could be they were not allowed to do free coverage no matter what.

Does this mean then that I can switch to the local BBC radio live commentary for nowt for the time that 1866 coverage is behind the firewall? (Not summat I'd do but I'm just trying to understand what's happening).