BoxRec

rocket79 wrote:been announced on primetime mate! primetime might not be great but at least they doing it so im grateful!

Autobarn wrote:re showtime. a lot of ppl in america have it, and most stateside boxers are desperate for that kind of coverage for good money on a premium channel. so let's not overlook that, eh? froch obviously has some more TV dates, and if he loses, then he'll probably be over on HBO to fight lucian bute...

Autobarn wrote:re showtime. a lot of ppl in america have it, and most stateside boxers are desperate for that kind of coverage for good money on a premium channel. so let's not overlook that, eh? froch obviously has some more TV dates, and if he loses, then he'll probably be over on HBO to fight lucian bute...

Autobarn wrote:the TV situation isn't great in the UK. it seems to be sky or nothing.

all i'm saying is, froch has a slot that a lot of yanks and mexicans want.

imagine if froch had no showtime, and just itv big fight live (as an example). could itv big fight live make the big fights with kessler and abraham happen?

Horse wrote:I won't pay for PrimeTime again.

Asterix wrote:I mean, why won't you pay for Primetime again?

Horse wrote:

Asterix wrote:I mean, why won't you pay for Primetime again?

The last time I paid for their PPV they had no undercard and they wouldn't let me tape the show. Why wouldn't they allow me to tape it?

Asterix wrote:No idea. Anti-piracy? Nah, I haven't a clue. Which PPV was it?

Horse wrote:

Asterix wrote:No idea. Anti-piracy? Nah, I haven't a clue. Which PPV was it?

Froch vs Kessler.

Deno1986 wrote:It's probably something to do with the repeat shows that they try to sell in the weeks following the live event.

Horse wrote:

Asterix wrote:No idea. Anti-piracy? Nah, I haven't a clue. Which PPV was it?

Froch vs Kessler.

stujones wrote:If you book via box office on sky it remains on your Sky+ for a certain number of days, if you book via phone or online you cannot record - it does stress that.

It's the same for Sky box office events.... plenty of advice on this situation on other sites though. It is anti pircacy laws and they Macrovision the show.

Jesus wrote:

Autobarn wrote:the TV situation isn't great in the UK. it seems to be sky or nothing.

all i'm saying is, froch has a slot that a lot of yanks and mexicans want.

imagine if froch had no showtime, and just itv big fight live (as an example). could itv big fight live make the big fights with kessler and abraham happen?

well wasnt the calzaghe-kessler fight on itv?

Horse wrote:

stujones wrote:If you book via box office on sky it remains on your Sky+ for a certain number of days, if you book via phone or online you cannot record - it does stress that.

It's the same for Sky box office events.... plenty of advice on this situation on other sites though. It is anti pircacy laws and they Macrovision the show.

I have never had a problem recording Sky Box Office on a tape.

stujones wrote:Was that with Sky + (do you have the same system now). I'm pretty sure Sky and Primetime have the same box office system. Its Macrovision.

leforge wrote:

Autobarn wrote:re showtime. a lot of ppl in america have it, and most stateside boxers are desperate for that kind of coverage for good money on a premium channel. so let's not overlook that, eh? froch obviously has some more TV dates, and if he loses, then he'll probably be over on HBO to fight lucian bute...

Has MH been a good promotor for Froch?

Horse wrote:

Deno1986 wrote:It's probably something to do with the repeat shows that they try to sell in the weeks following the live event.

Who would buy the same PPV twice?

They offer an inferior service to Sky Box Office and then they insult their own paying customers by not allowing them to record a fight they have just paid £15.00 for. They won't get my money again.

leforge wrote:

G0mez wrote:Sky dont pay feck all.

I know of an imminent show they paid 90k for and a previous ´big show´they paid nothing for.

FACT.

Tell David Haye or Ricky Hatton it does not pay!

chrisfinch wrote:I recorded Adamek v Grant the other week, but it deleted itself after 10 days.

mickey1975 wrote:Froch won his title in a FOTY against Pascal on ITV live.A rerun of his last gasp stoppage was shown on ITV,twice.ITV then showed a rerun of Direll.To access Primetime you needed Sky,with a phoneline connected and had to pay a connection fee for the first time you watched pushing the cost up to nearly £20.It had me scratching my head and getting severely pissed off and im a hardcore fan.how many casual fans this cost Froch,who knows?People are used to pressing one button on the Sky remote and thats it.Imagine how many come home from the pub and just impulse buy from SBO.This was virtually impossible with Primetime,even to those who knew it existed.Primetime was also unavailable on the Virgin platform,ruling out millions more.Carl has earned well soley down to Showtime.MH has had an exciting WBC champion in a groundbreaking tournament and seriously let him down.Oh,and if you did buy the excellent Kessler fight,you were paying almost literally for that fight,i have never known an undercard like it,with the possible exception of the Primetime Direll fight,and they looked like they had spent about £20 on production with Darren Barker refusing to commit because he has sparred both.Its seriously fecked up Carls profile and pocket.