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Watching Everton abroad

Dear Toffeeweb readers

I've been following Toffeeweb for a few years now, and log on pretty well every day. I very much appreciate the site, the news and all the comments. I've seen more than a few comments from fellow Evertonians overseas, and I wanted to ask them about how they get to see the Blues on TV.

Here in Brasil I'm reliant on ESPN (on the Sky Brasil satellite) which shows about 4 premiership games each weekend; but they almost always feature the Big 4 (and now Man City, after Robinho joined them). So I get to see Everton maybe once every 4-6 weeks. But I'd love to see more live games with Everton.

I've been to great lengths, technically, to find a way to do so but without much success. I use a Slingbox connected to a digital recorder in the UK to send signals to my PC, but the bandwidth here (1mb max) is good enough only to give me a low quality highly pixellated image.

I set up a VPN to my PC in the UK to see live TV but again the line speed is not good enough.

I tried Everton TV but the file transfer speed is way too slow to make it a realistic option.

I've checked out alternate satellite suppliers, but all the European satellites (which provide Sky UK broadcasts) are out of range.

So has anyone else come up with a wizard way to watch Everton live from far-away places and with just a 1mb broadband connection?

Many thanks for all suggestions. Joe
Joe Cavanagh, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Posted 31/08/2009 at 14:27:26

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Robert Moore
1 Posted 31/08/2009 at 18:48:15

Joe,

1/ You could try downloading them from a torrent site, they are usally uploaded the day after a match, I know its not live but you will still be able to watch it

2/ You can stream the match through Sopcast, but as you only have a 1Mb line it would be unwatchable, but if ya record it on Sopcast, when the match is over you should have a watchable file.

Julian Wait
2 Posted 31/08/2009 at 19:06:59

@Joe: I really enjoy using www.uknova.com to get MOTD and MOTD2 over BitTorrent (highlights).

When time challenged it gives me a good rundown of all the weekend’s games.

Peter Griffin
3 Posted 31/08/2009 at 19:12:04

Joe - I used to do what Robert said when I was in Rio and watch any live games in Lord Jims in Ipanema.

Matthew Salem
4 Posted 31/08/2009 at 19:21:41

Totally different post: What is happening with Heitenga? Is the deal collapsing because we cannot agree personal terms? What about Bentley? Anything there? I felt optimistic after the Wigan game, but now we have less than 24 hrs to sign a midfielder and a defender. Forgive me, but I feel slightly paniced.

david Lorentz
5 Posted 01/09/2009 at 05:04:52

Try www.iraqgoals.net

;-)

Jason Lam
6 Posted 01/09/2009 at 07:29:52

I tried iraqgoals.net, it’s no longer free and have to refresh every 3 minutes.

If it wasn’t for Everton..

Rupert Sullivan
7 Posted 01/09/2009 at 08:46:24

Joe, there are several things you could try:

Iraqi goals was a good one but I too now have to refresh that. However, you can download Sopcast software (free) and this site usually has several links per game - some which work in browser, some which use sSopcast or other similar software. Commentary is not always in English however...

http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?competitionid=∂=sports&discipline=football

I have a more extensive list of sites to try — I will update this again this evening for you so check back later — I don’t have the bookmarks with me at work ;-)

Ciarán McGlone
8 Posted 01/09/2009 at 10:38:53

Some of the Atlantic and American satellites should be in range in Brazil... You could try and pick them up and buy a subscription to something like Fox Soccer Channel.

Rupert Sullivan
9 Posted 01/09/2009 at 21:12:50

Joe - here are some other websites to try

http://livetv.ru/en/

http://livefooty.doctor-serv.com/

http://plstreams.com/channel1.php

http://site.mynet.com/ligtvizlee/

http://www.tv2free.com/ch1.html

Some need refreshing, but the first three should be free of this problem.

Hope this helps

Joe Cavanagh
10 Posted 02/09/2009 at 01:31:07

Many thanks to all for these suggestions - I’ll try them over the coming weeks. Thanks especially to Rupert, for the various sites and services I might try.

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