Fifa Threatens To Cut Off Live World Cup Broadcast Over Infringement

[ThailandRyan]

Thailand has to sell it onward, I mean how else can they recoup the millions spent when they did not want to in order to obtain the viewings?

[kwak250]

2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Yeah, nah. Football is about sport and not gambling. Gambling corrupts and demeans any sport.

But it makes it so much more enjoyable ???? 

[TigerandDog]

48 minutes ago, rtco said:

Has it happened already because there was no footie on True 4U yesterday evening?

yes there was. The 5.00 game was on True. The 8.00 games was channel 35 (7), Attached see the fixture list AND the tv channel the matches will be shown on.

 

[Chongalulu]

57 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Actually Scotland invented football. 

Stuck yer 3 lions where the sun don't shine. 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/48831909

Invented it ,but now can’t even play it to any standard! How did their 2 teams perform in Champions league.????? 

[Chongalulu]

3 hours ago, arick said:

Thais have  been at this long before Fifa has been 

So they really kinda deserve each other?! ???? 

[Chongalulu]

53 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

FIFA cannot lecture anyone over anything. They are corrupt beyond the boundaries of the imagination. Go Thailand. 

But they can shut the switch off to Thailand

Take their money then switch it off. They’re out thailanding Thailand! ???? 

[herfiehandbag]

2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Yeah, nah. Football is about sport and not gambling. Gambling corrupts and demeans any sport.

The whole FIFA/Quatar/World Cup malarky is about as fake, corrupt and demeaning a performance as it is possible to imagine!

[Lemsta69]

2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Yeah, nah. Football is about sport and not gambling. Gambling corrupts and demeans any sport.

Football is about money. Period.

[Lemsta69]

3 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

The whole FIFA/Quatar/World Cup malarky is about as fake, corrupt and demeaning a performance as it is possible to imagine!

Indeed, and if the players were so concerned about it they'd boycott the bloody thing. But the lure of fame and money is simply to enticing to resist.

[matchar]

Channel 7HD had much better coverage yesterday than True4U which is only in standard definition and looks very pixelated on a reasonably sized TV.

Both channels support English commentary though if you adjust the settings on your TV.

On my TV Channel 7 is actually on channel 35 though which seems a bit odd.

[kennw]

3 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Time for a mass resignation at FIFA. First, corruptly selecting Qatar, then the human rights issues and now this. Intolerable.

Am I missing something? threatening Thailand for a possible contract breach, does this mean that Qatar will also be denied TV rights for breaking the agreement with Budwiser.   

[Andrew65]

1 hour ago, tonypattaya said:

It is time for various football associations to leave FIFA and form a new world body.
How can it be fair, one country one vote, which means a banana republic in Africa of, say, 2 million people, having the same say as England, France, US, etc. There has to be a different system.
SACK FIFA!

It could end up like Boxing, WBC, WBA, IBF etc.

[ikke1959]

Thailand the hub of bad working software and cheating, hub of corruption and greed, so as the NIDA did, block the broadcasting for Thailand and all problems solved again

[Toby1947]

Who gives a toss, a bunch of Lady Boys running around a field kicking a leather bag full of wind. 555

[inactiveposter]

As for the “cold balls” lottery side note, there are many other examples of attempts at rigging - by weight, texture, magnets, etc. Google “Lottery rigging” and you’ll find plenty to read.

[Caldera]

No honesty among thieves, corrupt Thai companies stealing from the corrupt Fifa. Heartwarming stuff.

[RT555]

I worked in Qatar previously, they are the richest country in the world. A lot of FIFA members MADE A TRUCKLOAD OF CASH. If you look at the Doha skyline with all those shiny new buildings.......70% are empty, they put a shiny facade on them, make retail shops on the GF, 1stFL and maybe the 3rd floor, the rest is a concrete structure empty.

 

Quite a few hotels have make-shift bars on let's say the 7th floor, the whole floor is blocked off for that bar that they take 20 rooms to do that. Also the 6th & 8th floor is also blocked unless the hotel is full.

 

And these bars are FILLED with Muslims drinking with prostitutes.........ju sayin

[shackleton]

Only in Thailand ????

[Henryford]

No great loss, i can't see the games anyway on Thai TV. Most of the games from now are on at 2-4 am so forget that.

[cracker1]

1 hour ago, rtco said:

Has it happened already because there was no footie on True 4U yesterday evening?

I watched Morocco and Croatia about 6.00 pm on True4U

[ChrisY1]

1 hour ago, tonypattaya said:

It is time for various football associations to leave FIFA and form a new world body.
How can it be fair, one country one vote, which means a banana republic in Africa of, say, 2 million people, having the same say as England, France, US, etc. There has to be a different system.
SACK FIFA!

That will never happen! FIFA, even after the FBI exposure and arrests....world leaders and the elite, still flock to this group. 

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

2 hours ago, rtco said:

Has it happened already because there was no footie on True 4U yesterday evening?

If you're a True Move customer, like me, you can get free access to the True Sports channels on the TrueID app for the duration of the World Cup, by registering for "True Unlock". I don't get what it's about, but whatever, football.

 

Last night I watched Germany vs. Japan on True Sports 2 through my phone. Good quality stream. They apparently worked hard to clean it up since the Saudi Arabia vs. Argentina stream the other day, which was unwatchable.

 

I then use a USB-C hub with HDMI out to get this stream out to my TV from my phone. In doing so it gives me a stupid message about "External Display Not Allowed", apparently to thwart this "leaking" business. But if I just ignore it and wait a second, the video still goes out to my TV. Bwaha! Take that, FIFA, True, and Qatar. As if they don't already have enough money. Utterly absurd greed.

[Sydebolle]

Can someone enlighten me over the query, where that one billion Thai Baht went to which was discussed as official fees allowing broadcasting in Thailand? 

Ah, me idiot, the money got transferred from Thailand but has not arrived at the coffers of FIFA yet, how inconsiderate of me ???? Maybe check the beneficiary of the transfer then? 

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

54 minutes ago, inactiveposter said:

As for the “cold balls” lottery side note, there are many other examples of attempts at rigging - by weight, texture, magnets, etc. Google “Lottery rigging” and you’ll find plenty to read.

The Thai govt lottery. Last month I think it was, the first 5 digits were exactly the same, 2 draws in a row. A few months back the winning number was the same 6 digits in a row. What are the odds? Rigged.

[fulhamster]

2 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

Ever heard of World Streams Pro?

Their website is hopeless. Every link doesn't work

 

[Flink]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

FIFA cannot lecture anyone over anything. They are corrupt beyond the boundaries of the imagination. Go Thailand. 

It's not that the matches were being shown outside of Thailand that irks FIFA, it's that they weren't getting paid millions. For FIFA it's no longer about the football, it's only about the money. The top brass at FIFA all suffer from Blatter syndrome.

[sambum]

3 hours ago, Bobydog said:

But they still got caught out. The problem arises if Thailand is receiving money from the "Leak". Especially with the no refunds in place,, lol.

Of course FIFA want a share of the profits if Thailand are "passing on" the signals to other countries and charging them for it!

 

It's a bit like the "no sub letting" clause a mate of mine got hit with a few years ago, here in Thailand. He had paid cash up front for a 10 year lease on a bungalow, but he travelled frequently for months at a a time, and every time he went away, he was getting burgled. So he asked me to look after/move in to his property while he was away, and although no cash changed hands, the landlord demanded 5k a month from me, estimated as 25% of the rental value.

[Bangkok Barry]

3 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

I suggest that they put "Big Sam" Allardyce in charge of it all!????

I thought it was very telling that he exposed ways around the rules and was immediately fired for revealing what needed to be fixed. Easier than fixing, I suppose.

[cjinchiangrai]

Could not care less.

 

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Fifa warned Thailand to urgently fix this leak to other countries or else

Pot calling the kettle black.