: Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:56 pm  

tvoc wrote:

My Sky subscription is the fourth biggest household expense after the mortgage, loan and council tax. And just for the RL.

Thank god I don't have any vices to pay for as well.

Don't you eat, buy clothes or ever go on holiday?
Mind it shows the value for money from the TV licence.

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:22 pm  

Liverpool and England games + Rugbly League in the summer is why i pay £12.99 at the moment.

for the summer months if it's only 1 NRL game they can stick it!

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:54 pm  

Old Feller wrote:

Don't you eat, buy clothes or ever go on holiday?

Yes, rarely, permanently on one.

Fair point regarding food (and I'll add diesel) these being consumed within the monthly credit card somehow slipped my mind.

Sky + Setanta + TV licence = £105+ per month. That's crazy.

I should add that my Sky includes telephone line rental and broadband out here in the sticks.

Re: Setanta : Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:52 am  

Walter Neff wrote:

Giantscopio.I*m sure they did the same thing last season,they started with 2 games then went down to just 1 game p/w...I too complained by e-mail but they did*nt even bother to reply,,but then they did go up to 2 games,but have again e_mailed them again and waiting with bated breath

I've emailed them as well.

At one point they used to shows two live games,one Fri am and one Sat am and then delayed feed/highlights from another game on the Sunday.

Have they said why they are cutting the footage? I've read somewhere on the forums that its because of Magners Irish RU but as thats not on at the time the NRL matches are/were shown then its not a sceduling issue so I presume as with most things its cash and cheaper for them to show Irish RU rather than keep up with their NRL footage?

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:06 pm  

I'm not very chuffed either about the reduction of games although I do think the subscription is not too badly priced. I enjoy a lot of American sports which I get on ESPN America and if the NRL returned to Sky, I don't think it'll get better. I enjoy the Footy Show which you didn't get on Sky but I do think that when they lose one of the Premier League licences, we may just see a change of heart from Setanta. They could do with some decent presenters!!! They're more like Sky Sports News rejects!!!