Martin Shaw wrote:ST4GS wrote:This might be a silly question...
But can Tranmere fans who are ifollow subscribers also stream this match or is it only available to the away team?
It is available to fans of both clubs, in fact to anyone in the UK. They would just need to create an iFollow account if they don't have one, on Tranmere's iFollow or Mansfield's iFollow.
So the same will apply to Mansfield midweek home games - they can be watched by Mansfield fans for £10.
This will have a negative impact on attendances and the revenue gained from ifollow will need to be split among the club(s) and third party companies who are involved in the production. Some lower league games may only gain a few hundred subscribers generating a few thousand quid or so. Surely these costs will be swallowed entirely in production costs?
It might work for high profile games at packed stadiums but I have my doubts lower down the pyramid given the number of opportunities for these games within a season.
Someone must have costed this though and thought it was a good idea in the long term?