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rupert bear wrote: SL is a very over hyped predictable product in my opinion.
It was obvious from round 1 that Leeds would beat Saints in the GF.
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DonsNews wrote:12 month season tickets to Premier Sports on Sky channel 433 are now available at £79.99, saving you £21.
In addition to booking your discounted subscription to view 170 games of NRL and 32 games from the Championships, £10 from every season ticket will be given back to your club.
This offer is available online at http://www.premiersports.tv/ and by calling 0871 663 9000. When subscribing you will be asked what your sports preference and team is.
The offer is available until the 31st March 2012 but this would make an ideal Christmas present.
Premier Sports will broadcast over 1000 events in 2012, with Championship Rugby League, NRL, NHL, Conference and South American Football, Greyhound Racing, MMA, Boxing, NASCAR and Speedway.
anyone know how many games to be televised from our division
DonsNews wrote:12 month season tickets to Premier Sports on Sky channel 433 are now available at £79.99, saving you £21.
In addition to booking your discounted subscription to view 170 games of NRL and 32 games from the Championships, £10 from every season ticket will be given back to your club.
This offer is available online at http://www.premiersports.tv/ and by calling 0871 663 9000. When subscribing you will be asked what your sports preference and team is.
The offer is available until the 31st March 2012 but this would make an ideal Christmas present.
Premier Sports will broadcast over 1000 events in 2012, with Championship Rugby League, NRL, NHL, Conference and South American Football, Greyhound Racing, MMA, Boxing, NASCAR and Speedway.
anyone know how many games to be televised from our division
rupert bear wrote:Not many. I would imagine most of the games will be Championship as they were on Sky.
Championships games - 32 (inc NRC)
Looks like they are just trailing the Championships for the first year as NRL was only shown 40times in the First Premier Sports season and now they are up to about 160games being shown, 4 times the original slot.
Joined: Aug 06 2011 Posts: 3493 Location: In the heart of Doncaster
I don't have good vibes about this new arrangement with Premier Sports.
When Championship rugby was with Sky, the lower leagues would pick up interest from Super League fans, and the general profile of lower league rugby was raised somewhat. This probably won't happen now. I can't imagine many Super League fans signing up to Premier Sports to watch Championship rugby.
I suspect viewing figures will be considerably less with Premier Sports. We're all having to pay the equivalent of around 75% of our Dons season ticket to view the games, which would have been included in most people's normal Sky Sports subscription. The lower viewing figures, and lack of exposure on Sky, will mean Championship rugby is less attractive to potential club sponsors.
If Premier Sports was available on Freeview, or Virgin, it may have opened the doors to potential new viewers. It's not available on either - which means it is Sky Sports customers mainly who will be joining up.
I hope the RFL have thought this through properly or else we could find that Premier Sports coverage flops, and Sky don't want us back.
I'll be signing up to Premier Sports. I wish them every success and hope their coverage does the games justice. I still have my doubts as to whether this is a good move for Championship clubs though.
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I was going to sign up with premier in any case this season just for the NRL games but adding the CC games has made it even more of a good deal. 170 NRL games sounds good to me.
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I am not interested in NRL games and I am not going to pay for 32 Championship games, since we are not even in that division. As a Sky Sports customer who got Championship games thrown in with my package last year, I am not best pleased.
I watched championship games out of curiosity more than desperately wanting to anyway, so I am not that bothered.
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Joined: Aug 06 2011 Posts: 3493 Location: In the heart of Doncaster
I think Stand-Offish's view is very much in line with what a lot of people will think.
I'm not into the NFL and have no interest in that. I enjoy watching the Championship on Thursday night which is why I'll cough up the dosh ... but I'd rather it be part of the Sky package I already pay for.
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