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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

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:55 pm
by Nezza Faz
I think if you have Sky you can select “Series link” which will record whatever programme is on at any particular time.

Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:57 am
by the pieman
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

Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:02 am
by moto748
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

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:16 pm
by Mike
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.

Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:34 pm
by Green Machine
    Nezza Faz wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:55 pm I think if you have Sky you can select “Series link” which will record whatever programme is on at any particular time.
    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.

    Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL

    Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:07 pm
    by Blackpool_Pie
    Green Machine wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:34 pm
      Nezza Faz wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:55 pm I think if you have Sky you can select “Series link” which will record whatever programme is on at any particular time.
      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.
      Put it on series link for both BBC 1 and BBC 2

      Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL

      Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:04 am
      by moto748
      Has TSLS ever been on BBC1 then? I don't recall.

      Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL

      Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:05 am
      by the pieman
      moto748 wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:04 am Has TSLS ever been on BBC1 then? I don't recall.
      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

      Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL

      Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:17 am
      by WarriorWinger
      the pieman wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:05 am
      moto748 wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:04 am Has TSLS ever been on BBC1 then? I don't recall.
      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
      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.

      Re: BBC to screen live Super League matches on a Saturday evening for next three years in major boost for RL

      Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:59 am
      by jobo
      TSLS is on BBC i player. You can watch them all at your leisure and fast forward the boring bits.