English Premier League followers are fuming as more often than not teams playing in the traditional Saturday 4pm bracket will not be screened live on GO’s premium sports channel, which holds the exclusive rights for Malta.
Last weekend, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur fans had to wait till 6.15pm to see their team in action. Next week it will be the turn of Chelsea’s supporters as for the second time in a fortnight none of the Saturday afternoon games will be screened live.
UK football followers were quick to vent their frustration on social media, complaining that in spite of paying the same price as last year, they were missing half the action.
“Not served at all with just one live afternoon match,” was a common complaint on Facebook.
Last summer GO announced that it had retained exclusive rights to broadcast all of the 380 Premier League matches for the next three seasons. However, many subscribers were seemingly unaware that only 200 of the matches would be transmitted live. Facing a barrage of complaints, the consumer watchdog launched an investigation, just weeks into the start of the season which kicked off last month.
The controversy was reignited when two...
