[Uncle Rico]

Re: DAZN bid for Super League broadcasting rights : Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:12 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

£25M is small beer to Sky. They are taking the mickey.

As stated earlier they are setting where they want us in the market.

At least Dick Turpin wore a mask

Re: DAZN bid for Super League broadcasting rights : Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:15 pm  

Uncle Rico wrote:

As stated earlier they are setting where they want us in the market.

At least Dick Turpin wore a mask

Didn’t do him any good got hanged eventually. Sky will get hung out to dry if the BT offer is a lot better.

Re: DAZN bid for Super League broadcasting rights : Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:12 pm  

Really want BT to take it now after that.

Re: DAZN bid for Super League broadcasting rights : Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:19 am  

On Wednesday, there was literally no live sport on the SKY channels - Sky Sports News was on Main Event. That shows that if you undervalue sports, they will find alternate broadcasting deals. It's a joke really, as SL still rates highly for SKY in terms of viewing figures, yet the invest more in sports further down the viewing figures.

That is poor management from the RFL in my opinion, they undersell the sport constantly

Re: DAZN bid for Super League broadcasting rights : Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:46 am  

Literally nothing other than the Women's Ashes.

Re: DAZN bid for Super League broadcasting rights : Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:13 am  

If Sky had any interest at all in RL they could have shown a rerun of the State of Origin.....a dead rubber maybe, but a real opportunity to attract the channel surfing sports fan to RL in the evening

Re: DAZN bid for Super League broadcasting rights : Fri Jul 14, 2023 10:27 am  

I don't know if they don't have the rights to full re-runs as they only ever show highlights. NRL games are available on NOW TV for streaming for a week, but Origin isn't.

Re: DAZN bid for Super League broadcasting rights : Thu Jul 20, 2023 2:49 pm  

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/rugby-le ... ses-78812/

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/rugby-le ... ses-78812/

Re: DAZN bid for Super League broadcasting rights : Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:30 am  

karetaker wrote:

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/rugby-league-coverage-in-jeopardy-as-broadcasters-leave-uk-market-following-huge-financial-losses-78812/

Thanks for sharing this article and the previous one. This second story is a rehash/repeat of the first one, but with a little more on Viaplay, who have made an alleged reported large loss to justify their doom and gloom headline.

I don't think that Viaplay's investment would be anything close to Sky's, but it would sad to lose the only broadcaster for the Championship. It will be interesting to see what BT Sport offer to our game in both what they'll broadcast, and how they'll pay the RFL for doing so, and also the cost and availability to us the consumers.

Re: DAZN bid for Super League broadcasting rights : Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:33 am  

karetaker wrote:

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/rugby-league-coverage-in-jeopardy-as-broadcasters-leave-uk-market-following-huge-financial-losses-78812/

Thanks for sharing this article and the previous one. This second story is a rehash/repeat of the first one, but with a little more on Viaplay, who have made an alleged reported large loss to justify their doom and gloom headline.

I don't think that Viaplay's investment would be anything close to Sky's, but it would sad to lose the only broadcaster for the Championship. It will be interesting to see what BT Sport offer to our game in both what they'll broadcast, and how they'll pay the RFL for doing so, and also the cost and availability to us the consumers.