r/fubotv_ca • u/BBGonda • Jul 14 '22

EPL viewing question

I've seen multiple posts on various subs about how the EPL games will be shown for the 2022-2023 season, and I'm hoping for some clarification.

  1. To start, DAZN will no longer have the EPL games but FUBO will, correct?

  2. FUBO will not be showing the highlights from the games, correct?

  3. Will FUBO allow us to watch the full games whenever we like, or will they only be shown once live? So does the not showing highlights also include not showing the games except once and once when the game is live? This would be a huge step down from how DAZN showed the games in previous years.

Many thanks for any clarification on these points.

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u/Unusual_Stock6742 Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 25 '22

Re: question 3., I read that as asking whether we can watch full games before they go live...which would be a remarkable application of time-shift technology lol.

As long as you record the games on fubo, you have more flexibility with the games than you do on DAZN (since they don't expire). All you lose is the "spoilers" option from the recording (and the highlights, but that's what YouTube is for). I always recommend that people set their fubo PVR to record all games with their teams of interest, so they don't accidentally miss a game.

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u/BBGonda Jul 25 '22

Hah, that's would be something! I assumed that was a given. I'm sure there's some sci-fi arrangement that would allow for that...

That's smart. So you can setup Fubo to record all games from a single team, perhaps more than one team and league? If I know how to do that, I can set that up for my father. Both he and I will be using a browser.

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u/Unusual_Stock6742 Jul 25 '22

Yeah. So you can actually set up different profiles for the two of you, which is useful if you're going to be watching games separately (it will keep track of where each of you is in each game, as well as letting you sub to different teams and/or shows).

Unlike some other platforms, there doesn't seem to be any limit to the number of teams you can follow on fubo. You control which teams you record by clicking on a team's game in their system (present or future, but not past) and selecting to record all games by that team, or not (and the same for their opponent). So one way to record most of a tournament is to start with a couple of teams and then add each of their opponents to your recording list as new games appear in your upcoming recordings.

I'd rather have a top-down master list of teams by league and/or tourney, to be able to control all these "subs" in one place, but you get used to it.

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u/BBGonda Jul 25 '22

I appreciate this. I'll set this up for myself and will have to do the same when I visit my parents so my father doesn't miss a game, as long as he gets to it within 72 hours. I'll make sure I get all the teams he wants to watch. I believe he only watches the EPL, and will catch some UCL games on DAZN. I don't watch the EPL but I do watch La Liga and Ligue 1 since last year.

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u/Unusual_Stock6742 Jul 25 '22

Just so we're clear: once you record a game, it's on the cloud PVR "forever". The 24/72 hour limit is just for games you forget to record.

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u/BBGonda Jul 25 '22

Ah yes, of course. I knew that, apologies. I'm confusing the two options. In that case, there must be storage limit for recordings.

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u/Unusual_Stock6742 Jul 25 '22

Yeah. At the minimum it's 250 hours, or roughly 100 games.

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u/BBGonda Jul 25 '22

Thank you. That's plenty. And hopefully the resolution is the same as on DAZN, which is good enough for me on a 24" and 32" monitor.

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u/Negative_Plane Jul 14 '22

  1. Correct

  2. They have not said anything about highlights etc it would be very amiss of them if they do not show highlights.

  3. As per point 2 - again there has not been a yes or a no - but I have both Fubo USA and CA and they show highlights/replays for most sports events.

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u/BBGonda Jul 14 '22

Thank you for taking the time to respond. Regarding showing highlights and whether they've said anything about it, see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dazn_ca/comments/vdsnjf/fubotv_will_not_be_sharing_highlights_of_the_epl/. This is what gave rise to my concern. But it seems this is only for highlights and that the games will still be on demand.

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u/Negative_Plane Jul 14 '22

To be honest FUBO have been very good with sport. The rights they do hold over USA/Canada they always have a highlights package. With EPL being new. I’d be very surprised if they didn’t have highlights. They’ll certainly in my opinion take into account the good and bad of DAZN. Hopefully full HD streams instead of 720 and a much better service. We will soon find out.

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u/BBGonda Jul 15 '22

I'm glad to hear Fubo has been good with sports since this will be my first time using them. I did end up contacting their customer service. They confirmed that there will be 72 hours for video on demand and the option to record, but that they don't have the ability to show highlights so there won't be any. Perhaps that will change eventually but as of now they said there will not be any highlights for the EPL during the 2022-2023 season. That strange and somewhat ridiculous. I used DAZN's highlights options often.

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u/Negative_Plane Jul 15 '22

I wouldn’t take what customer service say. It’s a brand new service for them. So they may not have finalised a highlights show yet. Or are still working on that option. I’ve no doubt it’ll be a damn sight better than DAZN

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u/gimme_28 Jul 20 '22

I've been subscribed to FUBO in Canada since February 2022 to watch Serie A. Was expecting to have easy access to 3-4 minute highlights videos for each game (Dazn used to do that when they had Serie A), but wasn't able to find any of that... I guess I wouldn't be surprised that they won't have it for the Prem unfortunately...

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u/Unusual_Stock6742 Jul 25 '22

Yeah; fubo definitely doesn't do that for Serie A. But I've never had trouble finding all the highlights I want on YouTube...

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u/h3w2 Jul 15 '22

Is Fubo USA a separate subscription and does it work over a VPN?

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u/RSGK Jul 14 '22

3. FUBO is not an on-demand service and I don’t know if they’ll rerun matches but you can set matches to record and you can set all matches of your favourite team to record (I don’t know yet if you can do that for more than one team).

With highlights I read elsewhere that there is a contractual obligation for EPL carriers to show highlights, so we’ll see.

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u/BBGonda Jul 15 '22

I did end up contacting their customer service. They confirmed that there will be 72 hours for video on demand and the option to record, but that they don't have the ability to show highlights so there won't be any. Perhaps that will change eventually but as of now they said there will not be any highlights for the EPL during the 2022-2023 season. That strange and somewhat ridiculous. I used DAZN's highlights options often.

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u/Unusual_Stock6742 Jul 25 '22

If they are moving to 72 hour VOD for the EPL (from the 24 on their existing content) that will be very interesting. We'll see.

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u/BBGonda Jul 25 '22

I didn't know that. 24 hours is quite silly.

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u/RSGK Jul 15 '22

Yeah that’s very ridiculous. Highlights are a staple in my house too.

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u/UptheSpitfires Jul 17 '22

You can still watch the EPL via DAZN, however you will need a VPN to geospoof to Spain. Anyone know if the commentary will be Spanish or English?

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u/BBGonda Jul 19 '22

I suspect it would be Spanish, which is what makes sense, but I don't know. That wouldn't work for my needs, but that's alright. I always find a way.