*Please read any of the following links to know a bit about this news if u dont know anything about it..its old news but will definitely heat up towards the new football season*

Astro n ESPN STAR WINS EPL RIGHTS

Astro n ESPN STAR WINS EPL RIGHTS 2

Astro n ESPN STAR WINS EPL RIGHTS 3

Astro n ESPN STAR WINS EPL RIGHTS 4

Astro n ESPN STAR WINS EPL RIGHTS 5

To all EPL Fans in Malaysia
As we all know Astro and ESPNSTAR secured the rights for all 380 LIVE EPL matches for the next 3 seasons starting from next season (2010/2011 season.) We also know now that we have High Definition TV now via Astro Byond.

Now, Astro have the rights to all the matches. How would you think will be the best way to broadcast the matches? My question is specifically on the package of the channels and how they are to broadcast matches that play at the same time.

My intention for posting this new topic is that I have on good authority that Astro guys regularly visit these forums sites. Im hoping that some of them could bring our ideas that we share to their bosses at Astro for consideration.

Here are some suggestions:







ANy other suggestions? I do not expect all the matches to be in HD. But I do expect all matches to be available through Astro and hope they do not go and show it via their mobile TV or any other platform.
Any price suggestions regarding the packaging is welcomed.
Thanks and lets share and spread our ideas!

*UPDATE - John Dykes, famous host of EPL matches and programmes on ESPN such as Football Focus and First Edition has left ESPN STAR SPORTS..and it seems that a lot of football programmes on ESPN STAR SPORTS are coming to an end, not for this season only but forever.An example is Football Focus. If anyone has any updates on who will actually be doing the programming for EPL next season (Astro/ESPN) please note it here too. We could also discuss who should be doing the hosting job since John Dykes is moving back to the UK to pick up a job as the front man of a new channel called , The Premier League Channel.*

This post has been edited by dxjb: Aug 12 2010, 01:34 AM

Seriously? Oh man. All the best to John Dykes.

Anyway. I'm hoping that there will be Star Sports HD, so that both matches on Star Sports and ESPN can be shown on HD.

And also, more coverage on Italian/Spanish football and showing derbys or important matches on HD instead of useless matches.

all lies!!lies i tell you!!

astro manyak tipu.cheats!!they know only to suck our money.dah la x clear, always 200% broadcast interruption and very lowya service for a freaking expensive fee.

the so called all matches i doubt they will show it, even if they did it will be at the expense of us having to pay more(sudah naik rm12 the sports package back then) or at less from other leagues.

pffffttt damn hard living here wth the communist type of provider.

This post has been edited by mhyug: May 19 2010, 01:05 AM

Its pointless.... we all know that Malaysia only follow the Big 4....

who would want to watch Wigan vs Stoke? waste of time and broadcast money...

ur wrong there mate.. a lot of the other clubs have a huge following in Malaysia..
Newcastle, Spurs, Man City, Villa, Everton and may others have fans in Malaysia..
N there is no BIG 4 anymore..Liverpool are out of it, Man U are struggling, Arsenal are losing Fabregas..Chelsea are still strong..
So no..Malaysia do not only follow Big 4 coz there aint any more Big 4...

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Added on May 19, 2010, 1:41 amBelow is 5 of THE many links u can find on the internet about the news..its an old story that will heat up before the new season..thats y this thread is open up to discuss on how the matches and packaging should be done..

Astro n ESPN WINS EPL RIGHTS

Astro n ESPN STAR WINS EPL RIGHTS 2

Astro n ESPN STAR WINS EPL RIGHTS 3

Asto n ESPN STAR WINS EPL RIGHTS 4

Astro n ESPN STAR WINS EPL RIGHTS 5

This post has been edited by dxjb: May 19 2010, 01:47 AM

Astro are stupidly showing French League when no one really interested.

It actually replace the Serie A most of time.

I have made a formal complaint to Astro regarding this.

get rid of shebby singh

if there are two three or even four games of the biggest fan based teams in malaysia playing, then all should be in HD.

as long as arsenal, liverpool, man utd or chelsea are playing, they should be available in HD.

and yes get rid of shebby.

and 1 more thing , no live for last match of inter ? im not an inter fan but what the hell ? it was a match to clinch the title , its like not showing chelsea vs wigan , all bloody 7 level of hell will break lose if that happened to chelsea.

little things like this need to be focused on , or astro will just look stupid .

that was very stupid on astro's part not to show the Italian Serai A title decider..utterly unacceptable and i couldnt believe it either..

should astro give us the chance to pick what leagues should be included in our sports subscription?

we need more coverage for eredivisie,Scots PL and J-league too

i'm a manchester united fan.no doubt about it,but i also watched birmingham city,everton,aston villa,manchester city matches
heck i'd rather watch english mid-table team matches than top italian club matches

This post has been edited by ayanami_tard: May 21 2010, 04:09 PM

most definitely right bout other leagues..i would love to see the Scottish Premier League and Eredivise come to Astro..
We Malaysians are already spoon fed with all the EPL now plus the all 280 matches next season..
That is y i think astro could probab;y start a football package where we could chose the league we would want in our package..
I think astro could make it compulsory for us to take the EPL since its on ESPN N Star Sports and the most money come in from EPL..
Then we could at least pick a minimum of one more league..so we could probably take a legaue we went than pay for league matches we dont want..

Can anyone here help me out add a poll to this thread? Teach me how to do it..I want to start a poll on what league should astro offer to football fans..

1 - EPL
2 - LA LIGA
3 - SERIE A
4 - FRENCH LIGUE 1
5 - GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
6 - SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
7 - DUTCH EREDIVISE
8 - ENGLISH COCA COLA CHAMPIONSHIP
9 - USA MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
10 - JAPANESE J -LEAGUE
11 - OTHERS

This post has been edited by dxjb: May 22 2010, 12:29 AM

I for one would rather watch the lower English divisions (in case you were unaware they existed, the championship, league 1 and league 2).

Actually compared to our neighbour to the south, Astro is best cable provider there is. Imagine if there is another competition. You're going to be split in half and ended up paying more than what you intent at first. Their Byond package is also really neat and nice. For an extra measly RM20 i get HD and free world cup coverage on it. And i heard more and more channels will be in HD by year end right ?
You cant blame the provider for the inflation. Now i dont believe i can live without the extra channels we're having at the moment compared to what two years ago ? Now, with supersports 2, its even more worth it. Italian football has got more coverage for it. Why wouldnt i pay more ?
Imagine paying $80 for the world cup. Thats what singaporeans are paying.
The only minor fall is when it rains, other than that, i dont see any problem with it. Blame customer service? Heck give me a company which has a good customer service and is big in Malaysia.

This post has been edited by visionary1993: May 29 2010, 06:34 PM

Ohhh f***, John Dykes gone?! Now I have to mute the half-time analysis. That Andrew Leci is the most obnoxious SOB on TV in a long, long time.

More Shebby Singh please

i absolutely agree bro..
in singapore, the EPL is one one provider and the champions league is on another..
imagine that in happening here in malaysia..
paying two watch two best leagues but the price is definitely more expensive..
astro do provide more football nowadays..
if they were to make a football package alone, i bet most of us will take it eventhough they will be complaining
we dont see the goods of what we have now in malaysia unless we go to other countries that are worse..\
n ur right..most of the customer service in malaysia is crappy..!!!

sometimes i watched mls/j-league /copa libertadores match in astro supersport and i can't help from noticing how crappy the comentators are

well ur right bout that..
from what i know, the comentators for the J league are astro's own comentators..crappy like..
for south american league its commentators from there..so cant do much bout it..
as for MLS, i dont know why..i get turned off just looking at how the scoreboard looks like from there..
n when i watch it, the video quality looks like form the 1970s or 1980s..

the graphic looks....umm,outdated maybe because they used different video encoding system(they used NTSC while most asian countries used PAL system)

it's hard to digitalized it in real time and we got it directly from the source (instead of going through the espn hq in singapore first) so don't expect a bpl-like graphic quality.

but i do expect a european(nay,english!) comentating standard.

This post has been edited by ayanami_tard: Jun 1 2010, 04:51 AM