We're stuck with them

[highland convert]

Seems likewe are stuck with the three amego's. Sky has the contract for the next three years. promising 100 games a season. 70 sl and 29 nl.
http://www.rlcm.com.au/news.shtml

[shawcross da warrior]

i dont wat to watch doncaster v batley i want to watch canterbury v roosters a fast game.....



dont get me wrong the level ov the n.l in our cntry is fantastic and is catching the s.l all the time but i would rather have the nrl so thank god i have setanta......

[AussieWarrior]

shawcross da warrior posted:
i dont wat to watch doncaster v batley i want to watch canterbury v roosters a fast game.....



dont get me wrong the level ov the n.l in our cntry is fantastic and is catching the s.l all the time but i would rather have the nrl so thank god i have setanta......

NRL is quality its good that you are getting it in the UK.But if Setanta Australia is anything to go by the coverage would be shite.

I dont mind the sky sports coverage of the ESL its quite good (we get the sky sports feed in Australia) there (fox sports and sky sports) owned by the same company.

[Fraggle]

highland convert posted:
Seems likewe are stuck with the three amego's. Sky has the contract for the next three years. promising 100 games a season. 70 sl and 29 nl.
http://www.rlcm.com.au/news.shtml

Compared to the other possible commentators, I still think that Eddie and Stevo are the best of the bunch. Whatever faults Sky might have, their coverage is still better than anything the BBC can do, and the little I've heard about Setanta's coverage of other live sport makes it sound like they're the worst of the lot. Sky pump a lot of money into our sport, and it's still a high profile sport for them so I'm happy with the deal. And I say that as someone who doesn't even have access to Sky anymore! Obviously if their production values and level of coverage were on the BBC or one of the Freeview channels I'd be delighted, but instead I'll settle for getting other people to record games for me (problem of living in a property that cannot have Sky installed for legal reasons...)

[AussieWarrior]

Thats the thing they pump lots of money into the game.I doubt anyone could come close in England.

We have the same problem with channel 9 in Australia its pretty crap (ch9 makes sky sports look awesome i tell ya right now) but they pump money into the game like no tomorrow.

The compromises you have to make i guess. :conf:

[standishwarrior]

AussieWarrior posted:
Thats the thing they pump lots of money into the game.I doubt anyone could come close in England.

We have the same problem with channel 9 in Australia its pretty crap (ch9 makes sky sports look awesome i tell ya right now) but they pump money into the game like no tomorrow.

The compromises you have to make i guess. :conf:

going off topic aussie warrior have you seen much of carmont over in oz? what can we expect from him next season?

[shawcross da warrior]

i know what you meen aussiewarrior....

the stanta commentators are not a patch on the fox ones....

but i get to watch the footy show aswell.......

which is GREAT...Thats gold, reg reagan u cant beat it.....

[WiganWarrior]

highland convert posted:
Seems likewe are stuck with the three amego's. Sky has the contract for the next three years. promising 100 games a season. 70 sl and 29 nl.
http://www.rlcm.com.au/news.shtml

well i hope there maths is better those only make 99!

[AussieWarrior]

standishwarrior posted:

AussieWarrior posted:
Thats the thing they pump lots of money into the game.I doubt anyone could come close in England.

We have the same problem with channel 9 in Australia its pretty crap (ch9 makes sky sports look awesome i tell ya right now) but they pump money into the game like no tomorrow.

The compromises you have to make i guess. :conf:

going off topic aussie warrior have you seen much of carmont over in oz? what can we expect from him next season?

No i havent.....i havent watched much NRL because channel 9 doesnt broadcast here.I mainly follow it via the internet.But this season coming around i shall be watching it because i got pay tv.

[butt monkey]

With ESPN apparently entering the bidding war for Football coverage rights in this country, expect smaller and smaller slices of the "money pie", going to all other sports.

The SKY and Setanta obsession for football may have a financial penalty that all the other remaining sports will have to pay for years to come.