The momentum for a confederated regional league in Eastern Europe continues to gather pace with clubs from Belarus keen to join. With a population of around 10m, Belarus is sandwiched between Russia, Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states, but their league has been rendered uncompetitive by the domination of Bate Borisov, who are on their way to eight-in-a-row titles.
Bate, who are now Champions League regulars, have no opportunity to progress while the rest of the league do not have the resources to compete with them. A regional league would solve all their problems.
Russian and Ukrainian clubs are aiming to have a confederated league in place by the start of 2014, with sponsors thought to be keen to step forward and underwrite whatever is necessary to smooth the way, but the Ukrainian FA suggest 2016 is a more viable date.
Scottish football stands to gain more from regionalisation than anywhere else on the planet. We need to have this debate before blindly stumbling into another Management of Decline while legislators in Minsk leave us behind!
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There was a Celtic Channel on Sky a few years back and the Huns had one as well. I think they all came together with ESPN as part of a package but I wouldn’t be sure of that. I know I had them and absolutely loved Celtic TV, Not sure why they were taken off.
These clowns are going to get out!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20769480
Disgrace
LB
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But you knew that anyway.
There was a Celtic channel but there were SKNyde boxes for 80 quid a throw which gave free access for many.
They no longer work but they did kill the revenue and therefore the production.
Was the CelticTV channel not linked to Setanta and when they went bust the channel ceased?
It will be overwhelming if it is deducted from your account ….. LOL
Good afternoon CHAMPIONS
HT
Correct.
Weefra HH
livibhoy
14:23 on 18 December, 2012
These clowns are going to get out!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20769480
Disgrace
LB
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It would seem that their grounds for appeal are exactly that….. “They are clowns and it was a joke”
Scum
Mort
Bada Bing et al
Over here in Italy 5 clubs have a dedicated TV channel which broadcast on the Sky Italia platform – Milan, Inter, Juventus, Roma and the latest addition Lazio.
Not sure what the monthly subscription is, but they all offer a 7 day intoductory offer for €4. I would hazard a guess and say it is about €20 a month.
Also unsure of the quality of the content, but there are no live competitive matches – Sky Italia show those!
HH!!
Yes HT that is correct. really enjoyed watching Reserve Team games
Yep Hamiltontim, it was probably Setanta O.K,( I said ESPN earlier) I certainly had it over here and absolutely loved it..
Hamiltontim
yep. Celtic then set up Channel67 online and have since rebranded it as CelticTV but in effect it is the same service that was provided on telly but much cheaper for Celtic to run than their own TV channel.
Mort
Tallybhoy
Sounds like a similar arrangement we had with Setanta.
Mort
HT the damage to the smaller companies of the fraud facilitated on the cable network was proportionately high.
By the time SKY moved to halt to it a lot of damage had been done to these small competitors.
I’m not saying that alone pout them out of business, but it certainly did not help them.
Celtic TV was great on Setanta especially coverage of the Youth and Development squads. The only downside was that you also got Rangers TV as part if the deal.
Refused to turn it on.
googybhoy ♥ Celtic
14:37 on 18 December, 2012
Celtic TV was great on Setanta especially coverage of the Youth and Development squads. The only downside was that you also got Rangers TV as part if the deal.
Refused to turn it on.
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Only ever viewed it if we had beaten them.
Then it was comedy gold! :oD
HH
/Bishop B
Senhores,
Thanks for the NY CSC advice and reminding me of the day His Rodness came to visit our CSC here in Rio.
It was the Saturday we were beaten by M’well in the Tommy Burns season. The previous night two guys (Ronan and Franny) who were travelling had turned up to ask about the game and I’d said that a “special guest” maybe appearing for the game.
Anyway, much ale was consumed that Friday night and I left the two blokes heading off for more of the same.
Next morning, His Rodness duly turned up and was standing watching the game with the rest of us. About ten minutes in, a (very)bleary eyed Ronan and Franny appeared. Being a sociable sort they headed over to me….
Ronan – Awwright Jim. Score?
Me – Nil. Nil
Ronan – Wanna beer?
Me – Thanks no, just got one.
Ronan (To His Rodness) – Wanna beer mate?
HR – No fanks, mate. Working later.
So off Ronan goes and gets his round in and comes back to stand beside me.
Takes his first sip and says “So. Rod Stewart never turned up then”
Cue much laughter and one puzzled Ronan.
“These clowns are going to get out!”
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Have you seen the state of them? Pig-ignorant redneck bloonoze trailer-trash. Prison as probably been an improvement on their usual accommodation, some toxic Kilwinning grease covered, damp and squalid shack, a living screaming hellhole.
They were undoubtedly glad to get banged up.
I predict a failure of their appeal, unless the judge is feeling vindictive and wants to release them back to Ayrshire for a dismal moonshine drenched Christmas with undercooked salmonella laden turkey twizzlers, heartburn belches for the queen’s speech, a vomit stained evening, then a goodnight under the manky duvet as the last penny runs out in the meter and they are plunged into a foetid frozen night.
Roll on Boxing Day & Hogmanay, when it’ll undoubtedly get much worse for them.
One can only imagine the dearth of imagination that trickles through their feeble brains;
“watp”, endlessly looping in their heads, a chuntering mantra to their displaced sectarianism, a soul-less existence that will only be relieved by occasinal bouts of oblivious unconsciousness.
The Bill & Ben of benighted bigotry.
Above all, always avoid alliteration…
: > )
miki67
14:42 on 18 December, 2012
You gave me the impression you are not keen on these two gents.
Mort-cheers.
SSN……………Sevco raise somewhere between 3M and 200M probably nearer you know where
googybhoy ♥ celtic
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You could tell?
: > )
miki67
What is it wi’ you and Ayrshire folk … ?
Just in, not read back.
Call me cynical but I don’t believe the SFA would entertain (!!!) any form of regionalisation until a certain new club had three years worth of accounts and were able to bully their way into the party.
cv
Those two are ‘Ayrshire folk’?
Television advertising is becoming decreasingly relevant. Indeed, those media that previously relied upon and profited greatly from advertising revenue generally are now marginalised and contracting.
A report from Group M in July this year put the following numbers on the 2012 UK Advertising market:
Total UK Ad Market: £13.2 Bn of which:
Internet Advertising: £5.3 Bn
TV Advertising: £3.5 Bn
National Newspapers: £1.2 Bn
Regional Newspapers:£1.09Bn
Consumer and Business Titles: £836 M
Outdoor and Radio share the balance.
Point being, the fate of what we often refer to as Mainstream Media, those outlets whose business is predicated on advertising spend, is in apparantly irreversible decline. There has been (as far as I can tell) no successful new business launched in the UK media market in the past 10 years that is predicated upon commercial advertising revenue.
The reason being, online advertising has created a new medium for sophisticated, knowledge based contact, and those with a product to sell have new, specific and targeted channels that TV and Papers can’t match.
Sky has over 10 million subscribers, and is 2nd only to BBC for audience, yet only 10% of its revenue comes from advertising. Subscription TV.
You might also describe the BBC as a subscription TV platform, albeit the sub is compulsory. Again, BBC generates no advertising revenue.
Google, with revenues of £38 Bn last year, is essentially the new face of advertising. It generates 8 times more revenue than Sky, albeit Google is a global business as ooposed to Sky’s regionalised model. Nevertheless, it is the global nature of the Worldwide Web that has released much of the value that Google enjoys, almost all at the expense of more mainstream media channels.
If you want a successful medium, you need subscriptions. If you want a successful advertising platform, you need content people are prepared to pay for. The battle for content looms large.
Charles Green had no choice but to offer only 20% of the club.
Otherwise whoever was underwriting the share issue might have wrested control of sevco away from him.
An investment of £20 Million will pay the bills and keep Sevco running till end of season, nothing more. EPIC FAIL!
They wont even get that anyways, financial houses back peddling…
There’s another wee war being waged between the advertisers and the writers of AdBlock software, for whom content is nothing.
miki
i guess it would be safe to assume that you would be well within your right to mail bullets in the post to your worst enemy (if those cretins released on those grounds) just so long as you don’t own the necessary fire arm to fire them.
Don’t sell McCourt?
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FORMER Derry City star Paddy McCourt could join Robbie Keane in the USA as MLS outfit Portland Timbers have expressed an interest in the Northern Ireland man.
McCourt has been at Celtic since 2008 but has struggled this season, with just two SPL starts for Neil Lennon’s side.
The 29-year-old is out of contract in the summer and is not expected to be offered a new deal by Lennon, but a January move could be on the cards.
Timbers currently have one Scottish player on the books, former Rangers man Kris Boyd, but the club are aware of McCourt’s potential and are lining up a deal, though McCourt will seek assurances on his international future with Northern Ireland before making a move.
Irish stars Robbie Keane, Darren O’Dea and Andy O’Brien all lined out in the MLS last season.
Irish Herald
Teuchter ár lá
Charles Green nearly pulled it off… Had the money come in as hoped for on time… Well … Maybe Messi would have held off but I see he is resigning for Barca…phew that was a close call, eh?
Haven’t read back. Has there been any comment from thon deid club about the share issue?
If Paddy has any ambition left he should leave.
Merry Christmas Paddy!
I’m pretty sure one way or the other this will be Paddy’s last season with us whether he goes Christmas or in the summer. Its begining to look as if Rogne will be offski as well.I think his contract is up this summer, he rejected an offer and there is no talk whatever now re negotiations.
Whatever our various opinions on the centre back positions at Celtic, I think we can agree that those jerseys were definitely there for the taking.
Celtic in Kiddnap warning
Lewis Kidd has been watched by Ajax scouts, after impressing in NextGen fixtures against PSV Eindhoven. (Scottish Sun)