BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL
Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL
I think if you have Sky you can select “Series link” which will record whatever programme is on at any particular time.
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Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL
Good news (or appears to be) for RL
Get a decent weekly slot (same time / same channel) and we should see some good viewing figures.
it also wont take much advertising to ensure that there are people aware that the games are on. Friday night, just as Eastenders comes on / goes off would be ideal for the typical non RL heartlands audience to grab their attention (i know more than just southerners watch it too ). Equally, get Gary Lineker on MoTD etc to push the following weeks game as part of the summary of the following weeks sports
Get a decent weekly slot (same time / same channel) and we should see some good viewing figures.
it also wont take much advertising to ensure that there are people aware that the games are on. Friday night, just as Eastenders comes on / goes off would be ideal for the typical non RL heartlands audience to grab their attention (i know more than just southerners watch it too ). Equally, get Gary Lineker on MoTD etc to push the following weeks game as part of the summary of the following weeks sports
Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL
I'm disappointed C4 didn't put the money where their mouth was, cos their coverage was surely better than the BBC'S increasingly tired efforts, unless they sharpen things up.
Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL
Hopefully the SL Show will become much more like MOTD with proper camera angles and highlights from all the games now. I could never be bothered to watch it really.
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Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL
No it doesn’t as we found out. Series link only works if the program is on the same channel every week. If it swaps from BBC 1 to BBC 2 it doesn’t record it.
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Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL
Put it on series link for both BBC 1 and BBC 2Green Machine wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:34 pmNo it doesn’t as we found out. Series link only works if the program is on the same channel every week. If it swaps from BBC 1 to BBC 2 it doesn’t record it.
Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL
Has TSLS ever been on BBC1 then? I don't recall.
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yes i think it has and pretty regular, but after 11.30pm, into the early hours
the issue with the show, is that its on at different time, different channel every week, so even hardcore fans get bored trying to find out when its on and sometimes i think it may be classed as a regional programme, so may not show on all schedules
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Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL
As far as I was aware it is always on BBC1 but like you say it is classed as a regional programme so it is not on all schedules, sometimes the region on my TV gets screwed up and I get repeats of the Greame Norton show instead of the Superleague show, the main issue for me is the constant changing of the time, you look for it in the listing and find that it is first shown at 1am on the Monday then repeated on BBC2 during the day on the Tuesday, the following week it is on at 10:30 so you end up missing it.the pieman wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:05 amyes i think it has and pretty regular, but after 11.30pm, into the early hours
the issue with the show, is that its on at different time, different channel every week, so even hardcore fans get bored trying to find out when its on and sometimes i think it may be classed as a regional programme, so may not show on all schedules
Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL
TSLS is on BBC i player. You can watch them all at your leisure and fast forward the boring bits.