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Re: Six Nation target free-to-air broadcast deals
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: January 24, 2025, 9:55 am
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> ... Sadly it'll only change with franchising when the players
will get all the power, like in football.
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Seriously?
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Re: Six Nation target free-to-air broadcast deals
DIR By: Yareet
Date: January 24, 2025, 10:04 am
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--- Quote from: Banstead Quin link ---
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> For me, every England International in any sport should be
FTA. There's more than enough channels to cope and they always
seem to be available when Serbia play Greece at a WC/Euro's in
Football.
>
> Sadly, money will always talk in these matters and that's why
"growing the game" is a laughable reason every time it's chucked
out in a soundbite.
>
> RFU: "We want every England Rugby international to be
available on FTA"
> Sky: "Here mate, we'll give you £2mil more"
> RFU: "It is very important that the game can reach a global
audience and benefit from the partnerships that will strengthen
the bonds with our game and support grass roots, hence why we're
delighted to announce this deal with Sky"
>
> I know it's the only way unless a very rich benefactor could
take over the game in this country but the RFU would never vote
for that and miss out on 12 free lunches a year. Sadly it'll
only change with franchising when the players will get all the
power, like in football.
>
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Every England International in any sport?
Really looking forward to ITV4's coverage of the U18 ice hockey
team
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Re: Six Nation target free-to-air broadcast deals
DIR By: Banstead Quin
Date: January 25, 2025, 3:44 am
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I think you know what I mean Yareet, but I appreciate the
attempted humour
#Post#: 133459--------------------------------------------------
Re: Six Nation target free-to-air broadcast deals
DIR By: Mayor West
Date: January 25, 2025, 3:57 am
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I would have thought that the 6N would be a big enough event to
get free to air status or are viewing figures not showing this.
At the very least it could be available on ITV that may make
enough from ads to keep it profitable. I know lots of people who
watch the 6N just because it’s on. Many of them have then gone
on to watch or go to more rugby matches like our BG.
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Re: Six Nation target free-to-air broadcast deals
DIR By: Yareet
Date: January 25, 2025, 4:21 am
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--- Quote from: Banstead Quin link ---
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> I think you know what I mean Yareet, but I appreciate the
attempted humour
>
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I do know what (I think) you mean but I guess my point is that
all fans think that their sport is important and should be shown
to as wide an audience as possible. TV companies will have an
idea of the demographics who engage with each sport and the
profit-making ability of any event.
On the whole, rugby will (I guess) attract a fairly wealthy
audience but with a limited reach. Football (of any hue) will
have much more mass appeal.
I seem to remember during the early days of covid that South
Korean (?) league football was streamed. In the absence of any
other live sport, there was an audience for it. I can't imagine
the same could have been said if it was South Korean rugby
(/cricket/enter your sport of choice here).
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Re: Six Nation target free-to-air broadcast deals
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: January 25, 2025, 6:25 am
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They seek them here, They seek them there, They seek CVC every
blinking where.....
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Re: Six Nation target free-to-air broadcast deals
DIR By: Admin
Date: January 27, 2025, 3:29 pm
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Six Nations 'to go behind paywall'
HTML https://www.express.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/2006105/Six-Nations-TNT-Sports-BBC-ITV
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Re: Six Nation target free-to-air broadcast deals
DIR By: Camquin
Date: January 27, 2025, 4:18 pm
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Putting the professional players in charge would not help, they
want money in their pocket today.
The amateur players, or mainly ex-players, used to be in charge,
and were branded 57 old buffers.
So we replaced them with a professional board.
They have done very well, you can tell as they have earned
superb bonuses.
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Re: Six Nation target free-to-air broadcast deals
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: January 27, 2025, 5:17 pm
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It does make a bit of a nonsense of all this talk of growing the
game, breaking America, getting fans via the women's game, only
to then go and turn your back on those who only watch rwc and
6N.
Rugby is tiny and hardly anyone watches club rugby, but quite a
lot enjoy the 6N. For many though, probably not enough to pay
for it
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Re: Six Nation target free-to-air broadcast deals
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: January 28, 2025, 3:00 am
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Perhaps Micky o'Rourke will save the day with an offer of half a
crown for the rights.
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