Serie B: Albinoleffe vs Juventus [11-18-2006] (12 Viewers)
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The problem is not ALJazeera. They don`t wake up in the morning and say "F**k the Juve fans... we won`t show them the game today".
The problem is coming from the way the Serie B teams sold their HOME GAMES TV rights for outside Italy.
Initially, apart from Juve who had contracts already in place from the previous seasons, no Serie B team had contracts for their games outside Italy, simply because nobody was interested in Serie B (its already a miracle that with all the mishaps over the years, such as late season starts, abandoned games, messing of rules, ect) people over the world were still interested in Serie A !!
Anyway, when Juve were confirmed in Serie B, Sportitalia thought just like last season they would be able to screen Serie B games on Eurosport2 and with the possibility of getting more audience this season. Some Serie B teams though realised that there was the possibility of getting something more if they sold the rights themselves and hence went into agreement with the same rights agency that had Juve`s contract. These teams included Brescia, Bologna, Cesena, Genoa, Lecce, Modena, Piacenza, Pescara, Treviso, Verona and Vicenza.
The others didn`t do the same(also because they thought they could get something more from Sportitalia for the Eurosport coverage). All of a sudden though, Sportitalia didn`t like the situation where they had lost most of the teams, so they decided to pull completely out of the deal which gave them exclusive rights for the Serie B games .... and hence so did Eurosport 2. Due to this, the rest of the Serie B teams which didn`t negotiate their rights for oustide Italy individually ended up with no TV coverage. These teams included Napoli. but they probably managed to get a very good sum from RAI International for the WORLDWIDE rights of Napoli-Juventus. Albinoleffe though have a totally different reputation and viewer-potential and hence no TV station will "waste" time and money trying to buy that game individually.
Anyway, considering that Juve have to play 21 away games this season, and that "only" 11 teams have guaranteed TV exposure outside Italy, there is the possibility that 10 games will not be shown by AlJazeera or RAI International. Of these 10 games, we already have played against Rimini, Crotone, Triestina (still aired on AlJazeera) Napoli (bought by RAI international)and today`s game against AlbinoLeffe. ... so there are a potential 5 other games left.
Also, after today, until the 13th January when we play away to Mantova, there shouldn`t be any problem for JSC to show the Juve games
The problem is coming from the way the Serie B teams sold their HOME GAMES TV rights for outside Italy.
Initially, apart from Juve who had contracts already in place from the previous seasons, no Serie B team had contracts for their games outside Italy, simply because nobody was interested in Serie B (its already a miracle that with all the mishaps over the years, such as late season starts, abandoned games, messing of rules, ect) people over the world were still interested in Serie A !!
Anyway, when Juve were confirmed in Serie B, Sportitalia thought just like last season they would be able to screen Serie B games on Eurosport2 and with the possibility of getting more audience this season. Some Serie B teams though realised that there was the possibility of getting something more if they sold the rights themselves and hence went into agreement with the same rights agency that had Juve`s contract. These teams included Brescia, Bologna, Cesena, Genoa, Lecce, Modena, Piacenza, Pescara, Treviso, Verona and Vicenza.
The others didn`t do the same(also because they thought they could get something more from Sportitalia for the Eurosport coverage). All of a sudden though, Sportitalia didn`t like the situation where they had lost most of the teams, so they decided to pull completely out of the deal which gave them exclusive rights for the Serie B games .... and hence so did Eurosport 2. Due to this, the rest of the Serie B teams which didn`t negotiate their rights for oustide Italy individually ended up with no TV coverage. These teams included Napoli. but they probably managed to get a very good sum from RAI International for the WORLDWIDE rights of Napoli-Juventus. Albinoleffe though have a totally different reputation and viewer-potential and hence no TV station will "waste" time and money trying to buy that game individually.
Anyway, considering that Juve have to play 21 away games this season, and that "only" 11 teams have guaranteed TV exposure outside Italy, there is the possibility that 10 games will not be shown by AlJazeera or RAI International. Of these 10 games, we already have played against Rimini, Crotone, Triestina (still aired on AlJazeera) Napoli (bought by RAI international)and today`s game against AlbinoLeffe. ... so there are a potential 5 other games left.
Also, after today, until the 13th January when we play away to Mantova, there shouldn`t be any problem for JSC to show the Juve games
Palladino and Bojinov are both well above Serie B level. Palladino has already scored an amount of goals in this league and Bojinov was used to be a starter for Serie A teams. Thinking they're not good enough to perform in Serie B is simply put madness.
They might not be Del Piero and Trezeguet, but any other team in B would love to have them.
They might not be Del Piero and Trezeguet, but any other team in B would love to have them.
I hope Palladino is not too concerned about Tuttosport report today linking him with a cambio involving Miccoli in opposite direction.
The squad still appears to have enough depth and quality to outplay Albinoleffe in my opinion.
We will definitely have to impose some control over the midfield to win this match.
I think we'll do just that.
The squad still appears to have enough depth and quality to outplay Albinoleffe in my opinion.
We will definitely have to impose some control over the midfield to win this match.
I think we'll do just that.
