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Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: DOK
Date: April 10, 2025, 5:54 am
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European tournament needs to adapt to demands of younger
audiences with an August start date and partisan fan
commentaries
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: FatQuin
Date: April 10, 2025, 6:59 am
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Would help if they showed the games on a channel anyone already
had.
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: Camquin
Date: April 10, 2025, 7:52 am
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I think it would be better at the end of the season.
Currently, you could qualify with one team, and then completely
change the squad for the next season.
Put it at the end of the season, and the domestic league
position reflects the squad going into Europe.
If you put it in one block, at the end of the season, you could
put the Challenge Cup on Wednesday and Thursday.
While harder for fans to get to, these are slots the
broadcasters struggle to fill and might pay more for. The
Challenge cup pool rounds currently get very little love from
the broadcasters.
But you do not want clubs swapping between midweek and weekend
matches from one week to another.
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: April 11, 2025, 1:37 am
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--- Quote from: FatQuin link ---
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> Would help if they showed the games on a channel anyone
already had.
>
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Would help if they had an app that worked on my Smart TV, having
to hook up my Inspiron to my telly and then having to sign in
every time is a right ball ache.
Plus SWMBO has decreed that as she has to put up with Sport at
the weekends the midweek games idea ain't gonna fly....
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: Twickersman
Date: April 11, 2025, 3:02 pm
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Stream it from your phone
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: April 12, 2025, 1:10 am
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Never been able to make that work despite both being Samsung and
my Techy Butler is currently serving at His Majestys
Displeasure..
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: RodneyRegis
Date: April 12, 2025, 5:09 am
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--- Quote from: deadlyfrom5yardsout link ---
>
> Would help if they had an app that worked on my Smart TV,
having to hook up my Inspiron to my telly and then having to
sign in every time is a right ball ache.
>
> Plus SWMBO has decreed that as she has to put up with Sport at
the weekends the midweek games idea ain't gonna fly....
>
--- End Quote ---
Surely amaxon prime works on your telly.
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: April 13, 2025, 2:15 am
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If you subscribe direct to PS its £70 a year but if you go via
AmaXon its £15.99 a month.
I didn't get where I am today by being profligate with my filthy
lucre..
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: Quinky
Date: April 13, 2025, 3:21 am
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The issue with trying to appeal to the modern youth as an
audience is their abundance of alternative options, combined
with a frequent short attention span and a pursuit of the next
big thing. Even if they did become interested enough to watch a
few games, how long until the next shiny stone catches their
eye.
Better to cater to your existing audience and grow it
organically IMO.
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: dinsdale
Date: April 13, 2025, 6:15 am
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--- Quote from: Quinky link ---
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> The issue with trying to appeal to the modern youth as an
audience is their abundance of alternative options, combined
with a frequent short attention span and a pursuit of the next
big thing. Even if they did become interested enough to watch a
few games, how long until the next shiny stone catches their
eye.
>
> Better to cater to your existing audience and grow it
organically IMO.
>
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That's not going to work.
The existing audience is ageing - this is true for several
sports. You have to reverse that trend for long term survival.
The sports that have done so are appealing to a younger audience
and women. For rugby, the women's competitions and things like
the Big Game are the right approach - even if I happen not to be
a massive BG fan.
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