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Michelasso on 08 August 2015
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Ka-pi96 said:
Michelasso said:
generic-user-1 said:

digital only, exclusive on xboxone.   they have to go big or go home in europe. and this would be the biggest thing ever

Digital only? Taking it away from mamma television? In what parallel Universe? As I wrote there would be riots, especially in Italy given the crappy state of the Internet. Not to mention that Berlusconi and Murdock say "hi". Oh, also the EU Antitrust could have its saying (apart that in Italy "someone" would push to have a law forbidding "digital only" for football..). Other consideration: people subscribe first to the package showing their own team playing. In Italy Inter Milan and Milan are in Europa League this year (well, so I'm reading now. I don't really follow that football crap). Indeed Mediaset Premium, which has got the Champion League rights, Europa League is on Sky, may flop (as in losing money) just for that. Not happening.

Then, seriously. If MS to sell a video game console has to monopolize even football..They are better going home indeed.

It obviously wouldn't actually happen, but if it did then they could get round all of that fairly easily. Just make a deal with one of the TV channels so they have 1 game a week and all the rest are exclusive to Xbox. That would be almost identical to how it's worked for decades in the UK and if it works here then clearly it wouldn't be against EU law so could be done elsewhere as well.

But in UK it wasn't (and isn't) digital only. Which is what I object the most. The Champion League now is exclusive for Mediaset Premium in Italy. Still they will still transmit 2 games per round in clear, on tuesday and wednesday (I know because there is a commercial about that every 10 minutes). And no matter what it's on television.

Let's say MS moves in that direction. What should stop Apple trying to do the same, for iTunes instead? At least iTunes already has a qute large established market place. And Apple like MS has money as if it was raining. Then suppose Apple would push it even more making it exclusive for iTunes on Apple TV, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod only. The fandroids football fans would go ballistic. Apart that I believe the teams themselves would not allow it. The gamers complained about the digital only consoles, sure the football fans would hate a digital only Champion's League even more. Maybe in 10 or 20 years. Right now it's still too early.