It's coming on now - free again

Here it is.

A little dig at Super League there whilst talking to Brett Finch

whats happening now with setanta nrl

Three weeks after my contact I'm still waiting for a response from a "5 working days" answer so I've bothered them again with this..



[iI contacted you with a complaint regarding me signing up to yourselves with the promise of 2/3 australian rugby league matches per week (advertised by yourselves) to have had one match per week since i joined. YOUR AUTOMATED EMAIL SAID I WOULD GET A RESPONSE WITHIN 5 DAYS "THREE WEEKS LATER I'VE HEARD NOTHING" This is shoddy at best. I am contacting OFFCOM to see what they think. My next contact with you is cancellation.[/i



I've just had my automated response that says we will contact you within 5 working days...

Anyone got anymore news on this?



I know it's still only 1 game per wkend at the moment but was wondering if anybody had any more details before I cancel my subscription.

Friday games back from May 29th it seems. www.rugbyleagueontv.co.uk Must be waiting for the football to finish although I still don't get why they don't show the Friday games now - because they are showing bugger all else.

Friday games back from May 29th it seems. www.rugbyleagueontv.co.uk Must be waiting for the football to finish although I still don't get why they don't show the Friday games now - because they are showing bugger all else.

i rang up to cancel last night, told em i was unhappy about the reduction on nrl, girl explained very nicely its due to contractual gubbins and various tv companies bidding/fighting for the rights to show(tried not to snort down the phone) gave me some BS about the magners league, politely declined any interest in that and then she offered me 3 months at half price, at which point i can ring and cancel if things aren't back to normal.



Granted, its not the best offer ever but i watch the UFC on occasion and although i was serious about cancelling, i was in two minds as its the lesnar v mir fight in july, but i couldn't justify full whack between now and then.



I can watch that then bin it.





Though the impression she gave me over the nrl games really didn't sound positive at all, there was no "it's changing back, i promise you" attempt at lying to me.

Mark,Consider yourself lucky,I have e-mailed this mob twice,once last year when the same thing was happening (1 game per week)and a month ago,,no reply to either.Don*t like phoning because i*m likely to get the village idiot on the other end of the line but will wait with bated breath to see if they up the coverage,and if they don*t bye bye to them...

The top and bottom of it is that setanta have paid out that much money on Premier league/Fa Cup/ England matches that it is simply running out of cash.

It is refusing to honour its £125 million pound 4 year SPL deal unless they renegotiate.

This is putting a squeeze on NRL,BUNDESLIGA etc

Now that's funny.



I always thought that people paid over the odds for moronball and there's far too much moronball on the box.



As much as it it infringing on the "Greatest Game" and in the short term maybe a loss for our great game in terms of coverage, the TV people may realise ( Doubtful I know) that they are paying well over the odds for a pup and that there are better dogs in the pack.



Ah well that's business.

Sorry but that sounds like setanta propoganda to me.



£125 million contract V probably less than 100k they pay for NRL secondary rights through fox?!?!



The point i cant understand with this scernario is that they get up to three games anyway....the argument that they are having problems with premiership and SPL rights should surely mean MORE NRL and more Bundesleiga etc. as these are the cheaper contracts so therefore they can fill more airtime with these if they are struggling with other rights.



In terms of entertainment value v cost of the contract, to a general sporting consumer, the NRL contract is far more efficient than any of the other rights. Therefore i cant understand why contractual problems elseweher would lead to a reduction in NRL?!?! surely this coverage would be increased to reduce dead airtime.



Seems silly business to me. Every RL fan would rather pay full whack setanta fees and get the 3 nrl games per week promised rather than get 1 for half price. So rather than reduce their revenue streams further when they are having funding problems, why dont they just show the NRL that they have paid the rights for anyway?! Its not like theres any additional broadcast costs as well. they're just taking a direct feed from fox etc?



Smacks of lunacy and/or a load of old bull excrement if you ask me!!

The worst thing is, we keep getting the 17:30 saturday game which is usually the worst game of the round.

Eels v Sharks? You spoil us, ambassador.

Sad but true. There are some cracking games this week in the NRL (Knights v Broncos, Dragons v Warriors, Bulldogs v Tigers) What are Setanta showing? Sharks v Roosters.

a supposedly poor game is better than no game! have setanta confirmed that 2 games will be back from round starting 29th May? the cherryandwhite tv listing has it up from then, but cant find anything about setanta saying so?



btw is it me or is there only 1 afl game on a week now to?

Another no show no NRL this week for us on freeview.



No footy show either









Definately cancelling, paying for nothing!

This seems to confirm that Setanta have some cash flow problems, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8032371.stm I would be very surprised if we were to see 2 games a week from the end of the month. They have even sunk to new lows this coming weekend with not one NRL game at all. We do have the ANZAC test on Friday morning but at the expense of the Saturday morning game.

This seems to confirm that Setanta have some cash flow problems, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8032371.stm I would be very surprised if we were to see 2 games a week from the end of the month. They have even sunk to new lows this coming weekend with not one NRL game at all. We do have the ANZAC test on Friday morning but at the expense of the Saturday morning game.

I have just cancelled my subscription - threatened them with ofcom and so far so good - however check out www.aussiesport.tv - ALL the NRL games streamed for £4.99 per month - plus highlights and the fox shows I can live with watching them 24 hours late for that...

I have just cancelled my subscription - threatened them with ofcom and so far so good - however check out www.aussiesport.tv - ALL the NRL games streamed for £4.99 per month - plus highlights and the fox shows I can live with watching them 24 hours late for that...

Quote ="steve"I have just cancelled my subscription'" Ah, you might think you have canceled... forums.moneysavingexpert.com/sho ... l?t=648941 www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/show ... p?t=801925 www.avforums.com/forums/satellit ... tanta.html If you pay them direct and not as part of a Virgin package then best of luck...

Quote ="steve"I have just cancelled my subscription'" Ah, you might think you have canceled... forums.moneysavingexpert.com/sho ... l?t=648941 www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/show ... p?t=801925 www.avforums.com/forums/satellit ... tanta.html If you pay them direct and not as part of a Virgin package then best of luck...

I have just cancelled my subscription.



Also mentioned in my letter the lack of coverage on their website and their total lack of coverage regarding the domestic game.



If Setanta goes to the wall, as well it may, it serves them right for relying on the various guises of Moron ball and their subservience to the inferior Rugby code.



I see the IPL is REALLY driving up the subscriptions along with , whatever rubbish they use to fill in with.

Quote ="deeHell"This seems to confirm that Setanta have some cash flow problems, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8032371.stm I would be very surprised if we were to see 2 games a week from the end of the month. They have even sunk to new lows this coming weekend with not one NRL game at all. We do have the ANZAC test on Friday morning but at the expense of the Saturday morning game.'" Just checked the listings and broncos v manly is on on Sunday morning at 9.00am

Quote ="deeHell"This seems to confirm that Setanta have some cash flow problems, news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8032371.stm I would be very surprised if we were to see 2 games a week from the end of the month. They have even sunk to new lows this coming weekend with not one NRL game at all. We do have the ANZAC test on Friday morning but at the expense of the Saturday morning game.'" Just checked the listings and broncos v manly is on on Sunday morning at 9.00am

i've read those links the digital spy one is the most interesting terms and conditions section 8 (B). if you are very abusive to them or their agents they have the right to canel the contract with only 7 days notice. call if they fob you off abuse the numpty on the phone get it cancelled

I wouldn't worry as the NRL is so boring.



They should show it a bed time to help anyone who can't sleep

I'm assuming that's a delayed game then, it doesn't show up in the live listings. I hope there not going to start showing delayed game as a trade off, it's poor effort if they do.