Filmon blocks Euro 2016 coverage
Euro 2016 coverage will no longer be available on filmon,the UK TV streaming website.
UEFA have requested that filmon “block” channels during Euro 2016 matches.
Attempting to watch a UK TV channels when outside the UK on filmon will result in an info screen.
A similar thing happened two years ago during the World Cup, when after a few weeks, FIFA requested that filmon stop transmissions during match times.
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Bloody disgrace. World cup & euro games are mean’t to be free view. No wonder people are looking for other alternatives to sky etc…
Eh?
In the UK the games are free to air…and will be as they are part of the “sporting crown jewels”.
They are not “free to view”.
They are on BBC and ITV….
And if in the UK then you can watch them on these two broadcasters direct, as they own the broadcast rights. Filmon does not own the rights from FIFA and UEFA to re-transmit those games, and so those football bodies are perfectly in their right to request the block.
As they are on BBC and ITV, they are nothing to do with Sky or any Sky package…so no need to look for any “other alternatives to sky”.
As for other countries, it all depends on how the packages were sold. In many EU countries many games, including “national team games”, ARE “free to air”. But in some the packages are split between free and pay. Thats how competition and market forces are…
Just because I can’t watch a football game it will not be the end of the WORLD
Doesn’t even work when using a VPN ? Any reason ? Thanks
Because filmon are simply not retransmitting the matches at the request of UEFA. Makes no difference if using a VPN or not.
Ok thanks !