General SKY TV Coverage of League

[Northern_Union]

Several things have been annoying me recently with Sky TV and i'd love to here what other Sky subscribers think.

1, As we subscribe to Sky for Sky sport does it not strike anyone else as usery that they then want subscribers to then pay again for what they call pay per view events?

2, They offer Sky sport in HD. However i noticed that durring the RWC that when compared to TVONE and TV3 and Prime (all being screened through MySky+ like Sky sport) that the quality of the HD for Sky sport was of a noticably poorer quality than ONE 3 and Prime.

3, Is bidding on race horses and poker really sport? To me they are not.

 

[Juju_old]

Sky sucks but you can't do with out it.

PPV's suck but I still buy them. I am a sucker.

All I ask is every NRL game live and in HD...

 

[Jesbass_old]

The Sky setup is a rort but when they have exclusive rights and thus no competition, they can do that sort of thing.

The whole idea of package deals rubs me the wrong way - why charge me for channels I don't want, instead of letting me use a pick 'n' mix approach?

Incidentally, I used to watch poker all the time when we had Sky. And yeah, I wouldn't call it a sport, but it fits that channel better than any other, methinks. Very watchable.

I just watch the NRL online now and save pocket loads of both time and money.

 

[danpatmac_old]

Sky is a massive rip off.

I got screwed by them over a technical issue and as such have been streaming all my sport for the last 2 yrs and have rarely ever missed a game I wanted to see.

Sky can eat a dick.

 

[2big2strong_old]

I can understand the PPV fees. The promoters sell their product to the customer using sky as a middle man. Sky would make minimal money from the transaction. The other sports content on the normal channels has been paid for by sky to broadcast and in return you pay for a subscription. PPV events aren't bought or bid for by SKY and they don't set the prices, they simply let their services be used as an avenue.

 

[Fazz_old]

Yeah, Sky aren't the ones the decide to charge for PPVs...they actually do a good job of getting most League/UFC events imo. That's all I really care about too.

If they lose the NRL rights then sports is getting ****ed off right away though.

 

[Northern_Union]

The UFC which was on Sky sport 1 yesterday was great.

 

[The 22 BEAST_old]

Several things have been annoying me recently with Sky TV and i'd love to here what other Sky subscribers think.

1, As we subscribe to Sky for Sky sport does it not strike anyone else as usery that they then want subscribers to then pay again for what they call pay per view events?

2, They offer Sky sport in HD. However i noticed that durring the RWC that when compared to TVONE and TV3 and Prime (all being screened through MySky+ like Sky sport) that the quality of the HD for Sky sport was of a noticably poorer quality than ONE 3 and Prime.

3, Is bidding on race horses and poker really sport? To me they are not.

What really annoys me is that they always give new people good deals like free sport for 3 months but what about looking after loyal customers with good deals. I know they already got us hooked, but it still sucks.

 

[Fazz_old]

Say you're gunna cancel your membership. My mum tried to ditch sky and they gave her movies free for 3 months lol

 

[Northern_Union]

They keep ringing us and offering us the rugby channel.

 

[Spence_old]

Lol, it'd be easier to sell an Arabian a bag of sand.

 

[RRG_old]

I pity the poor salesperson who is caught trying to peddle kick and clap to NU.

 

[Northern_Union]

lol talk about setting your sights to high huh. The salesman/woman would be better off starting off with selling ice to an Eskimo first then move onto the rugby channel with me.

 

[Jesbass_old]

lol talk about setting your sights to high huh. The salesman/woman would be better off starting off with selling ice to an Eskimo first then move onto the rugby channel with me.

Because you already watch so much?

 

[Northern_Union]

Because you already watch so much?

Wash your nasty mouth out!

 

[Esoj_old]

the rugby channel is only worth it if you really like watching the northern hemisphere club games and the sevens (only the nz event is shown live on sky sport). it also used to be the only place you could watch the six nations games but this year all of those games are being shown on espn.

there is also a weekly half hour highlights show that sky produce that airs on sky sport called northern exposure that can keep you generally up to date with how the northern competition is going and some of the kiwis that are playing in it.

isky is probably one of the few really good things about sky. I can't afford sky myself but I know someone that has it and they were very generous enough to let me use their account to sign up for isky. So I can still watch live sport and because I'm with orcon (some other internet providers do it too) the stuff I watch on isky doesn't count towards my monthly data cap.

 

[southern_warrior]

SKY TV Coverage of League



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Was reading through the skywatch yesterday and noticed that sky will not be showing the all stars game on the ninth and will not show the Charity shield and the World Club Challenge on the 22nd. Personally I find this disgusting as they have 3 sports channels to have them on and they just cant be bothered to put them on. If they treated the super 15 or stupid 15 as I like to call it like the way they treat the NRL I bet there would be a national outcry. Just wondering how many people on here would like to see these 3 games before we kick off the real game in March?

 

[BA-AD Luck]

I would love to see the All Star's Game but don't overly care about the other option as I'd be more interested in watching the Broncos game in Dunedin. However, I am not too sure if Sky officially have the rights to the League this year at all.

Having said that; by kick off everything will be organised and we will most likely see all three games it's just Sky have not officially agreed to the rights just yet so they can't include these games in their schedules just yet.

 

[fanrrior]

As much as I'd like to see all possible League games, I'm not all that surprised tbh.

With that said I think there is still a moderate chance we will get to see the All stars match and hopefully Roosters vs Tigers

 

[mt.wellington]

Already posted this in the new rights deal thread but here it is again FYI...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/8227447/NRL-season-may-kick-off-without-NZ-TV-deal

They better get their shit sorted! I am really keen to watch all 3 games. Especially the WCC. Word is that Bellamy is going all out to win it.