Championship RL on sky in 2015 : Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:30 pm  

So we're going to sky for 2015 and a new deal for superleague for 2017-2021 worth a rumored £200 million good news
But Premier sports have now thrown the toys out of the pram and will not be screening any championship games in 2014

As it stands no one will broadcast championship games in 2014 is this a good thing (given that premier pay next to nothing) or a bad thing for this year?

Re: Championship RL on sky in 2015 : Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:16 am  

I thought Premier Sports did a great job - apart from not being bothered to ask Q how his name was pronounced - but they didn't have any money.

What it cost the clubs - and players - to play on Thursday nights wasn't compensated by the free tv exposure we got.

I'll miss the coverage but financially, it's a Good Thing.

Re: Championship RL on sky in 2015 : Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:09 am  

Thats annoying but being on Sky next year will give us more exposure even though i am not a subscriber i will probably have to watch some dodgy stream or go to a sports bar to watch it

I used to subscribe to Premier Sports before i got it free with virgin there was talking about charging Virgin Customers in 2014 but i am still getting it free anyway who will pay for it once the ice hockey season has finished ? their spring summer schedule the only sports of value will be NRL (which can be seen free on betting websites) & Nascar (Which is even worse than f1) I am not sure how they are going to get any subscribers I am surprised BT Sport have not brought them for the NHL coverage and it would have given them a foothold into rugby league.

Re: Championship RL on sky in 2015 : Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:38 am  

griff1998 wrote:

I thought Premier Sports did a great job - apart from not being bothered to ask Q how his name was pronounced - but they didn't have any money.

What it cost the clubs - and players - to play on Thursday nights wasn't compensated by the free tv exposure we got.

I'll miss the coverage but financially, it's a Good Thing.

Fully agree with everything you say there. I think if they had moved games to a tuesday which was a possibility this year attendances for live games would have dropped even more than a thursday night

Re: Championship RL on sky in 2015 : Fri Jan 31, 2014 10:43 am  

duggs413 wrote:

Thats annoying but being on Sky next year will give us more exposure even though i am not a subscriber i will probably have to watch some dodgy stream or go to a sports bar to watch it

I used to subscribe to Premier Sports before i got it free with virgin there was talking about charging Virgin Customers in 2014 but i am still getting it free anyway who will pay for it once the ice hockey season has finished ? their spring summer schedule the only sports of value will be NRL (which can be seen free on betting websites) & Nascar (Which is even worse than f1) I am not sure how they are going to get any subscribers I am surprised BT Sport have not brought them for the NHL coverage and it would have given them a foothold into rugby league.

For me the NRL coverage is great but on the downside I'm usually at work when it's on so on that basis I will be canceling my subscription which is a shame as i've enjoyed there Rugby League coverage

Also the loss of conference football to BT last year was a big blow, I'm not sure where they go from here

Re: Championship RL on sky in 2015 : Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:18 pm  

They have more NRL than I have time to watch and they cover GAA too. I'll be keeping my subscription on.

Sky Sports, on the other hand, went ages ago. Why don't they just call it Sky Soccer and be done with it ?

Re: Championship RL on sky in 2015 : Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:08 pm  

griff1998 wrote:

Why don't they just call it Sky Soccer and be done with it ?

Oh I SO agree

Re: Championship RL on sky in 2015 : Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:54 am  

griff1998 wrote: Sky Sports, on the other hand, went ages ago. Why don't they just call it Sky Soccer and be done with it ? By the looks of it Sky Sports will becoming a little bit less dependent on football after losing the Champions league http://www1.skysports.com/other-sports/ ... ent-sports

griff1998 wrote: Sky Sports, on the other hand, went ages ago. Why don't they just call it Sky Soccer and be done with it ? By the looks of it Sky Sports will becoming a little bit less dependent on football after losing the Champions league http://www1.skysports.com/other-sports/ ... ent-sports

Re: Championship RL on sky in 2015 : Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:05 pm  

They'll always depend on soccer.

Re: Championship RL on sky in 2015 : Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:34 pm  

duggs413 wrote:

Thats annoying but being on Sky next year will give us more exposure even though i am not a subscriber i will probably have to watch some dodgy stream or go to a sports bar to watch it

I used to subscribe to Premier Sports before i got it free with virgin there was talking about charging Virgin Customers in 2014 but i am still getting it free anyway who will pay for it once the ice hockey season has finished ? their spring summer schedule the only sports of value will be NRL (which can be seen free on betting websites) & Nascar (Which is even worse than f1) I am not sure how they are going to get any subscribers I am surprised BT Sport have not brought them for the NHL coverage and it would have given them a foothold into rugby league.

Are you still receiving prem sport for free on VM ?

Im not sure if they've switched me off today or if theres a technical fault