Kingstone Championship on TV? : Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:33 pm  

I used to be able to watch Sky in NZ, which would show one Championship match a week, couldn't find anything and looking it seems there isn't even any showing in the UK. Is this correct? Anyway we can watch?

Did I see correctly Bradford Bulls did a live stream on twitter, is this something we can watch?

Thanks.

Re: Kingstone Championship on TV? : Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:47 pm  

Sky own the rights to championship rugby but choose to only show one round of fixtures (the summer bash in May) and then one game per week when the middle 8s start after 23 regular rounds have been played.

Bradford trialled a live feed on periscope during our last friendly match, but it was completely unwatchable for me. Not sure if I was doing something wrong though

Re: Kingstone Championship on TV? : Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:47 pm  

Look for "Kodi" on the Internet, and read about it..... allegedly (I would not know myself ) but you can get everything through it....

Re: Kingstone Championship on TV? : Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:28 am  

Only if it's televised somewhere.

Re: Kingstone Championship on TV? : Fri Feb 05, 2016 9:51 am  

There was an interview with one of the heads of Sky's RL coverage in Rugby League World towards the end of last season and they said there was a chance in 2016 that Championship matches might get shown on the Sky Sports website/app, similar to some of the middle 8 games with minimal cameras, commentary and no video ref. Haven't seen any evidence of that coming in so far - they did say it was just a trial last year so maybe it wasn't used enough. Or it could be they are just showing select games - us vs Leigh in a few weeks would be an obvious candidate. As it stands, it looks unlikely at the moment.

Re: Kingstone Championship on TV? : Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:54 am  

I think it would be a good idea for the Championship clubs to get together and request the rights back from Sky if Sky have no plans to show anything but maybe a dozen games all year and be allowed to arrange their own TV distribution in a similar way to how Spanish football clubs do. This would give Championship clubs a chance at increasing their revenues as TV exposure means boosts to advertising and more media exposure for the clubs all round

Re: Kingstone Championship on TV? : Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:43 pm  

What extra exposure would that be. None of the terrestrial stations would be bothered the only one possible is Premier sports which requires a separate subscription on top of any Sky/Virgin subscription so you wouldn't get any none rugby followers watching in great numbers. With the uncompetitive nature of the championship it holds no attraction to be shown regularly.