Watchmen Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 2 minutes ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: I don't like their player very much, compared to DAZN's (and BT's from 2/3 years ago). Finding something if you are catching up is a bit of a chore. The commentary itself and cameras are just the world feed and so is fine, for me. There is is just very little around it. Yup. If you're on Match of the Day it's fine. But if you're not, there's no pre, post, or half time show. It's pathetic. WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Sid Sixeiro: OneSoccer did it right. They cared. Trois Reds, rkomar, sstackho and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 12 minutes ago, red card said: Sid Sixeiro: OneSoccer did it right. They cared. I'd love to see how he'd react if BT decided to withhold his pay even if they cared so much about him...🙄 narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 3 hours ago, red card said: Sid Sixeiro: OneSoccer did it right. They cared. Beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) Couple of tweets from Josh Demming and AGR sort of crypticly confirm that One Soccer has been firing their on air staff. Don't think we've seen this officially announced. It's been radio silence from the bigger names (Wheeler, Petrillo, Platt, etc). The station hasn't stopped broadcasting on my Fubo app, for now. Edited January 27 by narduch Trois Reds, K Edgar, MtlMario and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footscray Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Having the product broadcasted has been fantastic and I think everybody is rightfully concerned. Also am sorry for anyone who has lost their job, that sucks. That said - I don't think this will actually devastate the teams in the way the CSL losing its broadcast deal did and I don't see that parallel. I get that you want exposure, but how much actual revenue was each team getting from this deal? I'm guessing not a lot and this won't actually impact their operations financially. It's not like it was a great promotion for the league either, with all due respect, because the people watching it were the hardcore existing fans and casual or potential fans likely couldn't access it, except maybe a few hardcore EPL fans who had fubo. My understanding has always been that this is a gate driven league and the main issue for the league is getting more fans out which still remains the core challenge. Maybe if the league loses some coverage but gets that game of the week on a larger network or streaming platform could actually be beneficial. An Observer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Just now, Big_M said: Very sad period for CPL...Mediapro did the production + paid around $25M over five years helping the league survive...no one will offer such a deal at this point...not sure theres even a 2024 season at this point...need to set up production in under three months which will be extremely difficult...and if Mediapro wins that $50m lawsuit its likely the end of CSB and maybe even CPL Also very likely that some ownership groups look to sell + possibly more uncertainty or opposition concerning the proposed hailfax stadium Anyway for CPL to survive they also need a shift in operations to cut costs...which likely means moving to east-west asap which means more teams asap which means lowering expansion fees and stadium requirements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 5 hours ago, Footscray said: ...My understanding has always been that this is a gate driven league and the main issue for the league is getting more fans out which still remains the core challenge... The deal collapsed over missed rights payments that were supposed to amount to $6 million last year. Not having Onesoccer will mean all the CSB negotiated sponsorship deals will likely now at best be significantly less lucrative or could in a worst case scenario be cancelled. Having to take on production costs on whatever comes next on broadcasting would potentially send the financial hit per CanPL franchise into low seven digits. Hardly chump change for a league that's already $125 million in the hole according to Mark Noonan. PegCityCam and Kent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoccMan Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 7 hours ago, Big_M said: I wonder how much each team spends on travel and if the league were to get to say 8 teams in the west and 8 in the east with only regional play until the playoffs or final if a significant amount of money would be saved ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Fubo still promoting One Soccer content in its email to subscribers. PegCityCam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fil Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 On the latest episode of Coast to Coast fc podcast, some discussion on the details of the... shall we say divorce? Some of the talk between the parties/parents seem over optimistic on expansion of CPL... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coast-to-coast-fc-episode-52-discussing-the-state/id1687385868?i=1000643221740 narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trois Reds Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 6 hours ago, SoccMan said: I wonder how much each team spends on travel and if the league were to get to say 8 teams in the west and 8 in the east with only regional play until the playoffs or final if a significant amount of money would be saved ? Doesn't Westjet fly all teams to and from their games as part of their sponsorship deal? And didn't they just re-sign with the CPL until 2027? Travel expenses are not the issue. If you used a bus, you'd still be paying the same for hotels. You'd still also be paying for the buses. Mihairokov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 This is what really matters for fans. I don't know why it won't embed https://twitter.com/northtribune/status/1751711757637152852 Metro and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 6 minutes ago, Aird25 said: This is what really matters for fans. I don't know why it won't embed https://twitter.com/northtribune/status/1751711757637152852 Quoting so the tweet shows. My first speculation - they are planning to buy Onesoccer off MediaPro's hands MediaPro can close shop in Canada and lose all the investment they put into that business or CSB acquires it at a discount or through the courts as part of the damage they are suing for. In such a scenario, they keep the production but control the distribution. Clever of that's the case nfitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Ansem said: Quoting so the tweet shows. My first speculation - they are planning to buy Onesoccer off MediaPro's hands MediaPro can close shop in Canada and lose all the investment they put into that business or CSB acquires it at a discount or through the courts as part of the damage they are suing for. In such a scenario, they keep the production but control the distribution. Clever of that's the case Partner with the CEBL & CHL Onesoccer can become Onesport Edited January 28 by SpursFlu Ftduck and nfitz 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 22 minutes ago, Ansem said: Quoting so the tweet shows. My first speculation - they are planning to buy Onesoccer off MediaPro's hands MediaPro can close shop in Canada and lose all the investment they put into that business or CSB acquires it at a discount or through the courts as part of the damage they are suing for. In such a scenario, they keep the production but control the distribution. Clever of that's the case I don't think there is enough time for that to happen. nfitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihairokov Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I don't see a scenario where MediaPro willingly gives up their production equipment to an entity they're taking to court. They'd sooner fly it back to Spain or wherever it came from. CSB is still on the out to buy production equipment, IMO, if it comes to that. I agree that they could probably sweep up all of OS' talent and crew, but the equipment is where the immediate costs lie, and we're only a few months out from matches. narduch and nfitz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 The CSA will look like the Taliban trying to use all that equipment abandoned by the US military nolando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 34 minutes ago, Mihairokov said: I don't see a scenario where MediaPro willingly gives up their production equipment to an entity they're taking to court. They'd sooner fly it back to Spain or wherever it came from. CSB is still on the out to buy production equipment, IMO, if it comes to that. I agree that they could probably sweep up all of OS' talent and crew, but the equipment is where the immediate costs lie, and we're only a few months out from matches. I thought they would just lease equipment? Metro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, Aird25 said: This is what really matters for fans. I don't know why it won't embed https://twitter.com/northtribune/status/1751711757637152852 The writer doesn't appear on to be too familiar with the CanWNT. Making a few factual errors (completely ignoring the upcoming W Gold Cup). The real interesting tidbit is that Mediapro told CSB in late 2023 that they were planning to pull out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red card Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 2 hours ago, Mihairokov said: I don't see a scenario where MediaPro willingly gives up their production equipment to an entity they're taking to court. They'd sooner fly it back to Spain or wherever it came from. CSB is still on the out to buy production equipment, IMO, if it comes to that. I agree that they could probably sweep up all of OS' talent and crew, but the equipment is where the immediate costs lie, and we're only a few months out from matches. Unless Mediapro Canada is totally abandoing the market, they still need some of the equipment for the work they do for NCAA football & basketball, international friendlies in the US & other misc events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 6 hours ago, Aird25 said: This is what really matters for fans. I don't know why it won't embed https://twitter.com/northtribune/status/1751711757637152852 Yeah, this didn't happen suddenly over a weekend. Off screen, I'm sure it was a long time coming. Eveyone had a lot of runway as they prepared to launch towards the exit. CPL/CSB and Mediapro anyway. The on-screen personalities maybe not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 8 minutes ago, Cheeta said: Yeah, this didn't happen suddenly over a weekend. Off screen, I'm sure it was a long time coming. Eveyone had a lot of runway as they prepared to launch towards the exit. CPL/CSB and Mediapro anyway. The on-screen personalities maybe not so much. Kristian Jack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 (edited) 13 hours ago, narduch said: Fubo still promoting One Soccer content in its email to subscribers. Champions Cup is actually a Concacaf property. That's good news because games are 10 days away. I look forward to watching Forge Chivas on Onesoccer or Fubo Edited January 29 by SpursFlu narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 37 minutes ago, Cheeta said: Yeah, this didn't happen suddenly over a weekend. Off screen, I'm sure it was a long time coming. Eveyone had a lot of runway as they prepared to launch towards the exit. CPL/CSB and Mediapro anyway. The on-screen personalities maybe not so much. Listening to Footy Prime, it sounds like the people at OS knew this was coming too. Even they (FP) knew something was coming, if not the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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