Sky NRL Coverage

[Cherry and White]

Sorry if already posted.

But changes with their NRL coverage.

 

RugbyLeagueonTV.com‏ @rugbyleagueontv 7h7 hours ago

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 It looks like from Round 6 of the NRL (April 12th-15th) Sky will switch to having still having a Live Match on Thursdays at 10:55am but instead of Friday it'll be the two late Saturday games at 8:30am & 10:30am.

 

RugbyLeagueonTV.com‏ @rugbyleagueontv 8h8 hours ago

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Sky will be dropping Fox Pre Match coverage for NRL from next week. They'll be coming on instead just a couple of minutes before each kick off. 10.48am Thursday & 8.58am Friday.

 

[Dave T]

I must admit I was a bit surprised we were getting up to an hour buildup for some games. 

Wonder if this is a reflection of viewing figs.

[Sick39ed]

Saturdays instead of Friday. Hurrah!

[DavidM]

Yeh don’t mind any of that to be honest . Prematch was a bit of overkill , and we’re seeing the same number of games - in fact we may see more teams as Friday nights are a favourite tv slot for a select few a fair bit 

[Futtocks]

I'd have preferred it if they'd ditched the Thursday game and kept the Friday one (assuming it was at a decent UK time), but that's just because it'd fit my personal schedule.

But two Saturday games is good news, IMO.

As for pre-match, I rarely tune in more than 10 minutes before kick-off, apart from the Challenge Cup Final. So, no loss for me there.

[Dave T]

Ah, I missed the Saturday point. Great news!

[Spidey]

10 hours ago, Dave T said:

 

Wonder if this is a reflection of viewing figs.

Possibly - also I do think it shows up SKY’s pre-game build up to SL games being inferior

[Dave T]

Looking at viewing figs, they are very small. Less than 17k as they dont appear on top 10s. Hopefully the move to Saturday helps.

[Spidey]

1 minute ago, Dave T said:

Looking at viewing figs, they are very small. Less than 17k as they dont appear on top 10s. Hopefully the move to Saturday helps.

Saturday has got me up anyway ?

[IAN1966]

Just put my sky recording on from the early game this morning And I got a load of super league highlights 

My only complaint is I've got to record the programme after to get the whole game in 

But will be happy if they put Saturday games on 

[Dave T]

22 minutes ago, IAN1966 said:

Just put my sky recording on from the early game this morning And I got a load of super league highlights 

My only complaint is I've got to record the programme after to get the whole game in 

But will be happy if they put Saturday games on 

This seems to be a bit of an issue with NRL games - are they a bit slack with kicking off in time and stuff?

[scrumhalf]

just watched last 30mins of cronulla v melbourne played in a bit of wind 30 penalties given and commentator tried to defend it by saying they were playing in difficult conditions......and I watched wakey v cas last night.........

[Maximus Decimus]

37 minutes ago, scrumhalf said:

just watched last 30mins of cronulla v melbourne played in a bit of wind 30 penalties given and commentator tried to defend it by saying they were playing in difficult conditions......and I watched wakey v cas last night.........

Ha I saw this. Tough conditions??? A bit of wind? 

[Southerner]

I think it would’ve been even better to have one game each day; Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings. I’m not too bothered about the build up. Hopefully they’re keeping the NRL Highlight program?

[Futtocks]

4 hours ago, Dave T said:

This seems to be a bit of an issue with NRL games - are they a bit slack with kicking off in time and stuff?

They do seem to be. Then again, when you're a broadcaster's major cash-cow, you can probably afford to take liberties.

[graveyard johnny]

should have stayed at premier, EVERY match recordable and easily accessible for a bargain price- simples.

[Southerner]

2 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

should have stayed at premier, EVERY match recordable and easily accessible for a bargain price- simples.

 But now the NRL (and potentially the game) reaches a far bigger audience.

It might not be as good for us diehard fans but better for TGG.