DeeJayOne Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 A good little video on how television changed football by pumping in excessive amounts of money, and what happened to Football League clubs when that bubble burst for them... something we're still reeling from the impact of (including Wednesday) and has had a profound effect on things like FFP: 5 SHEFFIELD SHOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_D Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Did anybody actually pay for ITV Digital? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogbob Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ian_D said: Did anybody actually pay for ITV Digital? I think that was the problem. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJayOne Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 35 minutes ago, Ian_D said: Did anybody actually pay for ITV Digital? A little aside:- It was actually SKY that cracked ON Digital/ITV Digital's code and proliferated the information so pirate card makers could supply the cards that allowed people the free access. SHEFFIELD SHOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, DeeJayOne said: A little aside:- It was actually SKY that cracked ON Digital/ITV Digital's code and proliferated the information so pirate card makers could supply the cards that allowed people the free access. Isn't that illegal? God I hate Sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastern Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 ITV got away with it. To this day I will not watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Pouting players in plastic boots kicking a plastic football in front of plastic fans plays it's part.. I'm amazed that football in its current guise is so popular. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcx666 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Costello 77 said: Pouting players in plastic boots kicking a plastic football in front of plastic fans plays it's part.. I'm amazed that football in its current guise is so popular. Wait, the fans are made of lego? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJayOne Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, Inspector Lestrade said: Isn't that illegal? God I hate Sky They did it throughout the world with competitors who set up rival pay broadcast companies. A subsidiary of News Corp (SKY's owners) called NDS, who created the encryption for SKY, were also secretly tasked with cracking the encryption codes of rivals. They then uploaded the codes to hacking sites (some of which were owned by Murdoch's empire!) and paid hacking website owners to spread them - leading to pirated cards flooding the market. There's some info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_Digital#News_Corporation_hacking_allegations 1 SHEFFIELD SHOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myHero Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, marcx666 said: Wait, the fans are made of lego? No, he just said they were made of plastic. They also have plastic money to now in the modern game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowl Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Is football that popular? A lot of the younger people I come across have little interest in actually watching games, they have too many other pass times to distract them. In my day we were restricted to football, fishing, drinking and chasing girls, now there is so much more to do that football just doesn't seem to be a priority for many. In Brighton where I lived for many years the older people were interested in football, same with the middle aged but the under 25's just weren't that bothered. People who are interested in football are fanatical, those that aren't really don't give a stuff, there doesn't seem to be any middle ground anymore. Maybe it's just my age or the areas I've lived in. There does seem to be a bit of a north south divide. Probably more football is watched overall but that's because Sky allows fans to overdose on the game. Constant matches to watch with the staggered kick offs where before you either went to games or watched an hour of match of the day. Fewer fans watching many more games on TV. To be honest I've no interest in watching Premiership games or most Championship games and I detest Sky with a vengeance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Repperton Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Watched this recently, good explanation of the process of football being ruined by (amongst other things) lovely TV money. DAMN YOU SKY........ DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Repperton Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 23 minutes ago, prowl said: I detest Sky with a vengeance. DEATH TO SKY! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 43 minutes ago, marcx666 said: Wait, the fans are made of lego? When our subbuteo players broke we used lego bricks as replacements, in time all the players ended up been lego bricks. Made for a different game we nudged more than flicked. Great days. Wish we had computer stuff back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Surprised sky haven't tried to nobble BT.. Total monopoly... and Lego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcx666 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Inspector Lestrade said: When our subbuteo players broke we used lego bricks as replacements, in time all the players ended up been lego bricks. Made for a different game we nudged more than flicked. Great days. Wish we had computer stuff back then. I thought I was the only person that did that..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Even though I was 17 at the time ITV Digital collapsed, I have no real recollection of it for some reason - I think this was around the time my interest in football was waning and I was finding other interests more appealing. Whilst I still attended some games, i certainly wasn't reading up on the game or following the wider issues such as this. This was a pretty useful primer on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Costello 77 said: Pouting players in plastic boots kicking a plastic football in front of plastic fans plays it's part.. I'm amazed that football in its current guise is so popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, prowl said: Is football that popular? A lot of the younger people I come across have little interest in actually watching games, they have too many other pass times to distract them. In my day we were restricted to football, fishing, drinking and chasing girls, now there is so much more to do that football just doesn't seem to be a priority for many. In Brighton where I lived for many years the older people were interested in football, same with the middle aged but the under 25's just weren't that bothered. People who are interested in football are fanatical, those that aren't really don't give a stuff, there doesn't seem to be any middle ground anymore. Maybe it's just my age or the areas I've lived in. There does seem to be a bit of a north south divide. Probably more football is watched overall but that's because Sky allows fans to overdose on the game. Constant matches to watch with the staggered kick offs where before you either went to games or watched an hour of match of the day. Fewer fans watching many more games on TV. To be honest I've no interest in watching Premiership games or most Championship games and I detest Sky with a vengeance. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshallovercome Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 The 72 teams in the football league should have gotten together and sued the EFL for failing to protect our interests. Another shambles by an organisation that's not fit to govern us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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