Just complained to STV

[libero]

Tuned in tonight and they had the Chelsea game on instead even though its been all over the papers that our game was on,the complaint form had on it to complain about something you had seen on STV hence the opening line.

I was as livid as a cut snake cos I could not concentrate on the game for the amount of texts I got asking me how the game was not on.

 

Its not so much of a complaint about what I have seen but rather what I did not see.

 

The above mentioned programme was billed as the Marsielle v Liverpool I tuned in only to find that the Chelsea V Valencia game on in its place which was also being shown on ITV4.

 

If it had not been for a frantic search of the channels on my Sky box and luckily finding an English regional version of ITV I would not have been able to watch Liverpool the team I have supported since I was a boy.

 

Why was the programme changed at short notice??

 

Why was an important game with everything to play for forfieted for which was essentially a dead game???

 

Although Chelsea have been flavour of the month in the last couple of years, the level of support that Liverpool have in Scotland far outweighs any Chelsea have, and no doubt there has been a large number of disappointed viewers tonight.

 

Yours etc

 

Robert Millar

[Cheesecake]

ditto here - but without the benefit of having a sky box.

I was f***ing livid with the daft c**** - Chelsea v Valencia on ITV1 and ITV4

 

Whoever came up with that schedule needs a season ticket to Goodison the daft prick

Thanks - youve got me all riled again at f***ing useless clueless ITf***ingV

Pricks

[Coyler]

Would it be worth contacting the sponsors? Maybe they'd kick up a fuss if they knew they had only half the audience for both sets of ads?

[Jarg Armani]

we won, it was really good. HTH.

[Montse]

Red faces at Scottish TV as Marseille v Liverpool has to be pulled at last moment

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Last updated at 07:54am on 12th December 2007

 

Comments

 

Thousands of Scottish armchair fans were denied live coverage of Liverpool's crucial match with Marseille last night - after blundering TV bosses forgot they had shown Celtic's match against AC Milan last week.

 

The plug was pulled on live screening of the Liverpool game at the last moment when it was realised STV would be breaking contractual agreements if it was broadcast.

 

Instead, viewers north of the border were forced to watch Chelsea's meaningless game with Valencia, which was also being transmitted nationwide on the ITV4 channel.

 

STV are only permitted to screen two Champions League matches per round.

 

Last week, they televised Celtic's game with Milan at the San Siro, which was brought forward because of the Italian giants' involvement in the FIFA World Club Championship.

 

ITV, who manage the contract, informed STV shortly before going on air last night that they would have been in breach of contract had the Liverpool game been shown.

 

With the Chelsea match reaching Scottish viewers via ITV4, any screening of the Liverpool game would have meant Scots seeing three ties from the same round.

 

An STV spokeswoman said: "Unfortunately, we were unable to show the Marseille-Liverpool game as listed - and as we had hoped to - due to contractual issues, which meant a last-minute change in the schedule.

 

"We apologise to any viewers who were disappointed."

 

Mail

[Cunny]

all very well but why show the dead rubber Chelsea game ahead of Liverpool's meaningful game?

[Bald Devil]

"With the Chelsea match reaching Scottish viewers via ITV4, any screening of the Liverpool game would have meant Scots seeing three ties from the same round."

[libero]

My reply from STV

Thank you for getting in touch with stv. We are sorry that you were

disappointed with the change in the schedule. Unfortunately stv was

unable to show the Marseilles v Liverpool match due to contractual

issues, which meant we were forced to change the schedule at the last

minute.

 

Please allow me to explain the circumstances which led to the unique

situation that occurred last night. stv is allowed to show two games

per card of fixtures in the Champions League competition. UEFA moved

the Celtic match to last week, which we obviously chose to cover, taking

up one of our allocation. Normally this would not have caused an issue

but with ITV4 showing the Chelsea match last night, and as this is

broadcast into Scotland, the Chelsea match had to count as our second

match. We were not informed of this issue until the last minute. As

such, if stv had shown the Liverpool match, we would have been in breach

of our contract.

 

We understand that this last minute change was a disappointment for

viewers who were looking forward to the game. We at stv were also

disappointed to find ourselves in this situation. On this occasion, we

were notified very late in the day of this issue which meant we weren't

able to change the listings in time. As soon as we were aware of the

need to change the schedule, our continuity announcers made viewers

aware.

 

I hope this helps explain the circumstances which led to this last

minute change in our schedule. Thank you again for getting in touch,

we value your comments and take on board all feedback.

 

Regards,

stv Viewer Contact

[Kahnee]

You should have watched it on Teletext

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

ESPN is the dog's.

 

I recorded it on the Spanish ESPN channel - I knew the score though. Because of ads & timeslots etc, we came back after HT in the 51st min. Completely ignoring the 3rd goal

[Moose]

Has anyone watched the highlights on the eseason??? Who is that scottish guy doing the commentary?!

 

Hes not sure if it was a penalty and the two footed assault on Yossi was a 'good strong challenge' .. ffs and this is on OUR official site.

[Kahnee]

the two footed assault on Yossi was a 'good strong challenge'

 

Souness?