Sky Sports question and Premiere League footy.

Johnnytoxic · 22 Jul 2008 at 17:31

Could somebody clear this up for me.

Is it true when all the Premiere League are playing can you press the red button to view the lesser known teams??

Can you do this on Cable as well?

BaZ87 · 22 Jul 2008 at 17:38

Not if you're talking about live games.

Football First (sky's version of Match of the Day) show highlights of all the days games on one channel at the same time and you have to press the red button to select which match you want to watch.

Ive got no idea about cable though.

youstolemyid · 22 Jul 2008 at 22:36

Can't wait for the new season, hopefully my sky HD will pay for it's self.

Rotty · 23 Jul 2008 at 00:24

it doesn't happen often with live games, usually only last weekend of season

BaZ87 · 23 Jul 2008 at 00:44

Even then they're not likely to show more than 2 games on 1 channel and then a 3rd game on another channel.

Weebull · 23 Jul 2008 at 10:06

It happens with the Champions League games doesn't it? Sky have that multi-screen doohickey to pick a match from.

Doesn't happen with the Prem though. The only time there's more than one game on at the same time is 3pm on Saturdays, and that's the only time you're not allowed to broadcast matches lve on TV over here. The rest of the time, the matches have been moved specifically for Sky/Setanta, and they're obviously not going to schedule them on top of each other.

monkeyspank · 23 Jul 2008 at 11:17

The reason that not all games are played at 3pm on Saturday is so that sky can show them live. They pump so much money into the prem that they call the shots. Great for the armchair fans I suppose, not so great trying to get home after a weekday kick off