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dolf_lundgren wrote:Is that £18m & £30m per season or for the 3 year deal? If it is per year then it is very good, considering there is more to come from other broadcast areas.
Hopefully will see us able to compete a bit more for players, or at least keep what we have got.
liveinhope wrote:Excellent news-both the 100% coverage of Pro 14 matches and increased tv revenues.
My heart sank with the initial announcement thinking there would only be live coverage of 2/3 matches per weekend but this sounds terrific (well apart from losing the admirable Hugh Dan MacClellan from commentaries of course)
GaryIPA wrote:Thursday games ?
biffer wrote:GaryIPA wrote:Thursday games ?
Don't think that's necessary. One kickoff time on Friday, three on Saturday, two on Sunday, over three channels, and that's not including Friday 5.30 pm our time for South African evening kickoffs, should be plenty.
Wottie wrote:biffer wrote:GaryIPA wrote:Thursday games ?
Don't think that's necessary. One kickoff time on Friday, three on Saturday, two on Sunday, over three channels, and that's not including Friday 5.30 pm our time for South African evening kickoffs, should be plenty.
From the release:
"Premier Sports will show two live games on a Friday on Premier Sports 1 and Premier Sports 2 and four live games on Premier Sports 1 and Premier Sports 2 on a Saturday. There will be one free-to-air match per round on Premier Sports’ sister channel FreeSports."
biffer wrote:I had completely missed that, cheers! (and indeed I still can't find it!)
Edit - ok, it's in the SRU story
biffer wrote:liveinhope wrote:Excellent news-both the 100% coverage of Pro 14 matches and increased tv revenues.
My heart sank with the initial announcement thinking there would only be live coverage of 2/3 matches per weekend but this sounds terrific (well apart from losing the admirable Hugh Dan MacClellan from commentaries of course)
Well, potentially not. The press release also says they'll be recruiting experienced commentators and characters for their coverage, I think Hugh Dan would be a great addition for them.
biffer wrote:Some chatter that the overall TV income will be about £30 million per year, up from around £18 million this year. Nice bit of business tbh.
Wottie wrote:biffer wrote:I had completely missed that, cheers! (and indeed I still can't find it!)
Edit - ok, it's in the SRU story
I had assumed it was because you only look at the pictures!
New Gunner wrote:I think this is a pretty compelling package to be fair - pay annually up front and it's a little over £8 per month for two HD channels, all 152 matches live, more analysis, magazine show and highlights. It's a real bonus that every Embra game will be televised, including away from home, and hopefully with a better quality package around pre- and post- match coverage.
Would be great if Alex Payne of Sky got picked up by Premier - in my opinion he's a top presenter and would be a great loss. Rory Lawson is good, Quinnell's quite likeable, but please god no Stuart Barnes.
Pro 14 broadcast revenue going from £12m between 12 clubs to £30m between 14 in a short time frame is a good effort considering the significantly smaller audience compared to England & France.
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