Posts Tagged "Television"

With both the AFL and NRL securing lucrative broadcasting deals with Seven, Nine and Foxtel, the question will soon be asked: what is left for rugby among the scraps?

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As a fan of most sports (either televised or not), I am getting more and more concerned that those of us who don’t have pay television are getting less access to coverage of games.

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The following is what the anti-siphoning law, which governs what sports must be shown on free-to-air, should look like.

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“Is the #aleague (A-League) GF going to be broadcast, or is it one of those pay-only things?” tweeted a Brisbane resident. There, in a simple tweet, is the reason why the A-League (and other codes shown exclusively on Foxtel) remains hamstrung in this country.

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Why is it that Channels 7 and 9 have deliberately relinquished their ability to broadcast sport in HD? Since they both rebranded their HD channels from 7 HD and 9 HD to 7mate and Gem, they have decided not to broadcast their major sporting events in high definition anymore.

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To kick-off, I have been involved in the game of rugby union for close to 39 years. I have played, coached, refereed and also been lucky to be involved in broadcasting and promotion of the game in various capacities in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Which is the driver of football in this country, the game itself or is it as a result of the Fox Sports cash injection?

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So an SBS poll determined 46 per cent deem it is lack of free-to-air television coverage as the main factor for the problems of the A-League. Daylight was second. It’s a clear democratic mandate for the way to go.

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Samsung and Panasonic have just announced that they’ll be bringing 3-D TV sets to the US market starting today, and this could – repeat could – be instrumental in making some rugby games less boring for players and spectators wherever rugby is played.

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One of the key players in the coming AFL television rights bidding has conceded now could be a good time for the league to start negotiations.

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The NRL has launched its 2010 advert, which has been talked about since the season launch of 2009 when Brett Stewart, who was co-face of the advert, found himself in the spotlight for the wrong reason.

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