On one hand, I'm glad both sky sports and nrl.com are showing it.
On the other hand, I wish the constant whingers who have zero understanding of how media broadcasting works had to sit without access to a game for once.
Not too sure who this is aimed at?
I was one of the first to show interest in this game and note on here that it isn't listed as being showing on Sky. I am well aware on how broadcasting rights work and have missed events in the past when they have been played on a service I don't have or not played at all. The England vs Samoa series last year is an example. I would have liked to have gotten up to watch the Challenge Cup final the last 10 years or so but haven't been able to due to broadcasting rights.
I have even missed events they had had the rights for. Either due to the previous event has gone late or the event advertised never gets played. I've had a few recored and fast forwaded through and found what I "recorded" didn't get shown.
They have had long enough to sort it out. Or did they not even bid for it at all until the NRL decided to play it?
I understand something played at 2:30am isn't going to have a huge audience. You lessen your potential audience when you don't advertise you have the rights or have it listed. Even now while it's on it isn't listed.
Not sure what games we have never missed out on that missing this one would be "miss out on a game for once". Seeing as there is an entire competition (Super League) we don't have rights to at the moment. So, we have missed out on games.
It's not much to ask if something is being played at 2:30am to know if you can get it up for it. Or record to watch later.
On a larger scale they have cut the NRL rights close. To the point where they had to run on a temporary contract. I know of quite a few people who prior to that announcement called to say they were cancelling. For a company under threat from other options having 20-30 year customers threatening to leave isn't ideal.