TV Coverage - Satellite or terrestrial?

Why is it that every football season the UK's viewing public is given nothing to watch but football ?? Now personally I cant stand the sport, but I do believe in each to thier own. I have nothing against people who enjoy watching/playing the sport spending every waking moment watching it but does it have to be enforced on the rest of us ? Take this world cup thing, the same match is being shown on ITV and BBC- I fail to see the logic of this. Do the controllers really thing that 100% of the UK population want to watch it ? Even when it isnt the world cup non footballers are treated to programs being shifted around and cancelled to fit it in. I dont ...  Read the complete review

the best football league in the world the english premiership has got to be shown by the best tv company in the world sky. Wathching the football on any other channel is out of the question, sky digital offers opens a whole new world with the option to change camera angles, watch just one of your favorite players, and with the superb commentry of andy graay and martian tyler its is the best way to watch football. ...  Read the complete review

Why, why, why? Why are these tv companies hogging our football matches? Last season was a boom season for tv football fans, for those with On Digital (as it was known) AND Sky Sports we were in heaven. We had The Premiership, Division 1, Spanish Football, German Football, Italian Football, FA Cup, Worthington Cup, Uefa Cup and the Champions League all just a click away over a selection of channels. What the heck happened? ITV Digital happened that's what!! :( They robbed Sky viewers of the First Division, then announced that they were going to take away all our free Champions League coverage - the main reason many Digital boxes were purchased in the ...  Read the complete review

So, we head to the new season and all football fans are hungry for a portion of the sport that they love. We have a few challengers for the crown this year: Sky, ITV and BBC1 with the also rans Channel 4 and 5. Football hasnt had as much coverage as it does this season. Sky has 66 games of the Premiership with an extra 40 games on their Pay-Per-View service called Premiership Plus which is an extra option for football fans who havent had enough of Sky's action this year. On Sky, taking into account Eurosport which is also available on their system, we have coverage of the German Bundesliga, Spanish La Liga and the English and Scottish leagues, however ...  Read the complete review

I know Sky presents it better, but it's a slippery slope to paying through the nose for all our TV - Advantages: Terrestrial is free, Sky has good coverage - Disadvantages: Sky is expensive, Terrestrial has no more sport