The pieman wrote:just looked at the schedule for Saturday 12.00 - 14.45. So good 30 mins pre match and 40 mins or so post game. Really looking forward to see how well they present it.

what will be interesting (and dont know if they can measure it) is the size of the non traditional RL audience that tunes in to C4.

Are there any clashes with 6 nations this weekend, which could have an impact on the neutral audience that may tune in?

sergeant pepper wrote:Not sure if anyone is watching the Fev Vs Leigh game on Premier Sports, but I'm pleasantly impressed with the coverage. For a smaller station & 2nd tier RL, it isn't that bad.

Also very happy that Lam is now Leigh's problem. They look like us last season - poor d, no bodies in motion in attack and zero options on the last.

The pieman wrote:just looked at the schedule for Saturday 12.00 - 14.45. So good 30 mins pre match and 40 mins or so post game. Really looking forward to see how well they present it.

what will be interesting (and dont know if they can measure it) is the size of the non traditional RL audience that tunes in to C4.

Are there any clashes with 6 nations this weekend, which could have an impact on the neutral audience that may tune in?

nathan_rugby wrote:No but it clashes with BT Sport 1230 kick off. I’d love to know if channel 4 had any other slot options. Seems very short sighted to come up against premier league football.

100% Warrior wrote:Is it? We can’t avoid every sporting fixture, and that’s assuming every available football fan both has BT and wants to watch the match. Personally I think you’re looking too much into it. This season isn’t about out numbering football viewing figures, but about increasing RL viewing figures across the board and increasing interest. C4 will be a slow burner rather than an immediate hit and we as a sport should have the vision and trust to let it burn. We’ve been far too hasty to extinguish the slow flame in the past much to our detriment.

sergeant pepper wrote:Agreed, but I also don't think attracting new eyes to the product should be seen as the be all and end all, or at least not at this stage.

For many years, we saw RL perform well above it's station in regards to viewing figures for Sky. Whilst it's a very small and highly personal sample to corroborate this, I know plenty of people who watched RL on sky on a Friday night, but would never go to a game. They enjoyed it on TV and that's where their association with RL starts and ends. What C4 need to do is get those eyes tuning into their station & see that jump in viewing figures. That then increases the appeal of having RL on your network as it brings in eyes. Once more stations realise that, then RL is no longer under the boot of Sky and their demands.