TV rights 2007-11

[ScottH]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
Nice guy? What was that rumour about Bruce and young African Olympian in Sydney in Septermber 2000?

I heard he is was seen leaving a well known Australian metro male swimmers room, quite early one morning.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by ScottH
I heard he is was seen leaving a well known Australian metro male swimmers room, quite early one morning.

He also killed Harold Holt

[Charlie]

Originally posted by THERBS
You can't trust Nine with live sport. They cut their cricket coverage to cope with the infotainment they call news and current affairs, they don't show league live and i'm convinced they simply bid just to block Seven. They were going to revolutionise coverage. yeah, with Steady calling Collingwood games and blatantly showing bias.

But... but... they had the Telestrator, and even Skycam! Who could forget Holden Half-time? Best of all, in the Legends match, you could actually talk to the players during the match! How cool!

[THERBS]

But... but... they had the Telestrator, and even Skycam! Who could forget Holden Half-time? Best of all, in the Legends match, you could actually talk to the players during the match! How cool!

That's true! And I also forgot how funny Phil Gould's eyes are when they spin as a lead in to his time tunnel segment. He's a natural comedian! I take it all back now. Nine are tops!

[cruiser]

Crap from James Packer regarding his desire for Ch 9 to secure the AFL TV rights: http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/foo...E20322,00.html

If Ch 9 were so committed to AFL, why are they showing the 2nd game of the International Series on TV tonight in Sydney commencing at 1.20am. Its a complete joke. Last week it was suppose to start at 12.10 but was 30 minutes late in starting.

It will be a disaster for AFL in NSW if Ch 9 were given the sole broadcasting rights. CH 9 Sydney hates AFL and has NO commitment to it whatsoever. It is totally biased towards NRL and shafts AFL at every opportunity. Surely the AFL can see this.

[THERBS]

I reckon Nine have fallen several rungs in terms of covering sport. They used to have a professional viewer-oriented approach. Now they're driven by internal policies, namely:

we must go to the News at exactly 6.00 no matter what is happening in our live sport broadcast
we must always air A Current Affair
we cannot show live NRL games except the GF and State of Origin
we cannot show Friday night AFL games at a decent time

Their rationale for bidding for TV rights for sports is to stop someone else from getting them. Once they have the rights they're not that worried about how they use them. Eddie's promise that Nine was going to revolutionise AFL coverage fell flat. Their commentary line-up still is sub par and the coverage leans more towards the buffoon 'Footy Show' style.

My answer is that whenever a broadcaster has the rights to cover it Live and they don't then another channel is lined up to do it. I say use it or lose it.

[goswannie14]

I can understand what you are saying, but in the "AFL states" the coverage is excellent, but you wouldn't want to be an NRl fan down here.

[hammo]

When the Packers say they want something they usually get it. I can't see them giving up the AFL rights as it means they will have no sport for the southern states over winter. Expect them, with Foxtel, to price 7/10 consortium out of the market.

I don't know how the Friday night issue in Sydney will be resolved however. Live on Foxtel might be a compromise but it hardly satisfies the AFL's supposed priority in giving more exposure to the game in Sydney and Brisbane.

Plus 9 has committed to 2 Friday night NRL games from 2007.

9 would also have to commit to showing all Saturday night Swans games live or on short delay in Sydney. Anything else would be a major backward step for AFL in NSW.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by hammo
When the Packers say they want something they usually get it. I can't see them giving up the AFL rights as it means they will have no sport for the southern states over winter. Expect them, with Foxtel, to price 7/10 consortium out of the market.

I don't know how the Friday night issue in Sydney will be resolved however. Live on Foxtel might be a compromise but it hardly satisfies the AFL's supposed priority in giving more exposure to the game in Sydney and Brisbane.

Plus 9 has committed to 2 Friday night NRL games from 2007.

9 would also have to commit to showing all Saturday night Swans games live or on short delay in Sydney. Anything else would be a major backward step for AFL in NSW.

Isn't there talk that there are going to be more than one channel per network once we go digital??? I amy be wrong, or it may be wishful thinking, but I recall hearing something along those lines a few years ago. If that were the case it may ease the problem that we are faced with.

[Mike_B]

Originally posted by goswannie14
Isn't there talk that there are going to be more than one channel per network once we go digital??? I amy be wrong, or it may be wishful thinking, but I recall hearing something along those lines a few years ago. If that were the case it may ease the problem that we are faced with.

There is a broader spectrum available on a digital signal which would allow multi-channelling for the networks, however I believe the government isn't too keen on allowing this.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Mike_B
There is a broader spectrum available on a digital signal which would allow multi-channelling for the networks, however I believe the government isn't too keen on allowing this.

Thanks...I wondered if I'd been hearing voices.......