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Interesting Devlopment
DIR By: BedfordshireBoy
Date: August 4, 2020, 3:40 am
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HTML https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-8584103/Premiership-chiefs-eye-dedicated-TV-channel-2021-broadcast-deal-renewal.html?fbclid=IwAR3F3_LxFfq1jzBclo8GnpQOsiUoQXSzLmdgUIQEgIfBcgQLuklES17Dp0M
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Re: Interesting Devlopment
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: August 4, 2020, 3:53 am
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About time too! Depending on what they are thinking of charging
for Access to it of course. It also needs to be Recordable to
work for a lot of people. Watching it on a laptop linked to your
tv is not much cop either...
Also, I disabled my AdBlocker to read that Mail article...OMG!
So many pop ups and ads.....
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Re: Interesting Devlopment
DIR By: Nico Wilson
Date: August 4, 2020, 3:56 am
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Great news for rugby.
From a selfish perspective I hope that the rights do not go to
Amazon. Based on their coverage of the US Open, I don't like the
app and user interface.
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Re: Interesting Devlopment
DIR By: WellingQuin
Date: August 4, 2020, 4:19 am
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So people don't have to deal with that ad-ridden nightmare:
Premiership chiefs eye dedicated TV channel when 2021 broadcast
deal is up for renewal
Talks are ongoing about introducing a dedicated TV rugby channel
next year
Premiership chiefs are eyeing it up for when 2021 broadcast deal
runs out
The league also in talks for BT Sport to televise all remaining
games this season
By NIK SIMON FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY
Premiership chiefs are in talks about creating a dedicated rugby
channel when next year's multi-million pound broadcast deal
comes up for renewal.
The sport is desperate for a cash boost and clubs could move
away from traditional kick-off times if it helps strengthen
negotiations.
Sky Sports already have dedicated Formula One, Golf and Cricket
channels and rugby could be next to follow suit.
Broadcast rights are currently worth around £40million per
season and Sale owner Simon Orange told the Mail on Sunday that
the sport is ready to think outside the box.
'During the lockdown, I think people have come to appreciate the
value of watching sport,' Orange told the Mail on Sunday. 'A
dedicated rugby channel has been considered and, if that went
through, there would be more rugby content, which would be great
for the sport and the fans.
'Hopefully between Sky, BT, Amazon and OTT platforms we should
be able to start increasing our income. Changing kick off times
is possible. Saturday night kick offs? With a beer? Why not?
It's been mentioned and one or two of the TV companies are
thinking about it.
'You've got dedicated cricket and F1 channels, so why should we
not have one for rugby? It would be good for the sport and
hopefully good for the TV company. We've got to be ready for
change at times like this, because there's no magic wand.'
Exeter Chiefs owner Tony Rowe has also supported the idea -
claiming increasing broadcast powers will be central to the
vision of investors CVC.
'Within a couple of years, I think there will be a dedicated
rugby TV channel,' Rowe told the Mail on Sunday.
'Most of us thought that's what the eventual aim of the CVC plan
would be. Like most sports, most of our revenue is derived from
TV revenues. If it brings more money into the sport, then it's a
good idea. The sport doesn't have enough money coming into it.'
Meanwhile, the Mail on Sunday understands that Premiership clubs
have come to arrangement with BT Sport to make every single
match available when the league restarts.
While only the showpiece games will be aired on TV, season
ticket holders are expected to be given access to the remainder
of their club's matches through a unique login.
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Re: Interesting Devlopment
DIR By: Quinky
Date: August 4, 2020, 11:39 am
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--- Quote from: deadlyfrom5yardsout link ---
>
> About time too! Depending on what they are thinking of
charging for Access to it of course. It also needs to be
Recordable to work for a lot of people. Watching it on a laptop
linked to your tv is not much cop either...
>
> Also, I disabled my AdBlocker to read that Mail article...OMG!
So many pop ups and ads.....
>
--- End Quote ---
I'm with you on both points. I've said for a few years they
should try to launch a rugby channel.
As for the ads - I won't disable my adblocker on that site. So
many ads, some with auto play video or music, it just slows down
the loading to an extent that it may as well freeze the PC.
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Re: Interesting Devlopment
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: August 4, 2020, 11:58 am
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The problem with a Rugby specific channel is whether there's
enough content even during the season to pay for an individual
EPG slot. Even if you somehow manage* to buy up all the existing
rights to historical games/interviews etc there's not really
enough content to draw enough subscribers to make a profit for
an individual EPG slot.
*I doubt you'd be able to buy up a lot of the rights as they're
spread over multiple rights holders
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Re: Interesting Devlopment
DIR By: TomBuckQuin
Date: August 5, 2020, 3:29 am
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--- Quote from: Fearless Fred link ---
>
> The problem with a Rugby specific channel is whether there's
enough content even during the season to pay for an individual
EPG slot. Even if you somehow manage* to buy up all the existing
rights to historical games/interviews etc there's not really
enough content to draw enough subscribers to make a profit for
an individual EPG slot.
>
>
>
> *I doubt you'd be able to buy up a lot of the rights as
they're spread over multiple rights holders
>
--- End Quote ---
I was thinking the same. I'm not sure I understand the major
benefit of this really, but then I'm coming at this from the
undoubtedly pretentious standpoint that "sport is ephemeral,
it's live or nothing". There's only so many times I've found I
can watch a game that's no longer happening - I even found that
the magic had almost entirely evaporated when watching the
recent re-runs of our two big trophy wins. And presumably a
rugby channel would still only be able to show one live match at
a time - so in terms of the live offering it changes nothing.
Maybe some extra Rugby Tonight style formats or analysis
breakdowns but, as FF alludes to, is that really going to drive
serious enough revenue?
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Re: Interesting Devlopment
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: August 5, 2020, 3:48 am
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> Sky Sports already have dedicated Formula One, Golf and
Cricket channels and rugby could be next to follow suit.
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Have the "Premiership chiefs" got any idea how much more popular
Formula One, Golf and Cricket are compared to rugby?
And they probably ought to stop calling themselves "chiefs".
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Re: Interesting Devlopment
DIR By: Quinky
Date: August 5, 2020, 4:32 am
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--- Quote from: Fearless Fred link ---
>
> The problem with a Rugby specific channel is whether there's
enough content even during the season to pay for an individual
EPG slot. Even if you somehow manage* to buy up all the existing
rights to historical games/interviews etc there's not really
enough content to draw enough subscribers to make a profit for
an individual EPG slot.
>
>
>
> *I doubt you'd be able to buy up a lot of the rights as
they're spread over multiple rights holders
>
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It's a good point. However it wouldn't need to be a 24 hour
channel; or it could be like a lot of channels where they simply
replay stuff several times in a 24 hour period, even with long
amounts of downtime. Games, highlights, news, interviews,
documentary tyoe programmes, historical stuff - it should be
possible to fill four or five hours per day, repeat it two or
three times, then have 12 hours of broadcast per day.
I don't know how viable this is, but it seems to be the way many
of the freeview channels work! I like The Sweeney, and The
Professionals, but it feels like I've seen every episode ever
produced, at least twice, just during lockdown!
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Re: Interesting Devlopment
DIR By: TomBuckQuin
Date: August 5, 2020, 4:46 am
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I suppose it might work financially, assuming it goes to Sky, as
they have the Southern Hemisphere rights. Roll that, plus
European rights, all into one rugby channel and you have a
business case I guess. I personally object to Sky's extortionate
pricing - I'd only be paying for the rugby - and I much prefer
the BT Sport comms and pundits, but maybe that's just me.
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