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Posted May 19, 2023 00:05 · last edited May 19, 2023 00:13

Khalil Media
YoungHeartHM
MetalLegNZ
Didn't Sky do this last time? Wait til the last final moment to announce something as if some kind of saviour!

Vaguely recall this too. 
Would be absolutely piss poor to not have coverage this time around, but this is the type of stuff we have to put up with when dealing with Sky in New Zealand.
SKY is a business, not a football promotion charity.  If the rights are cheap enough, they'll get them and air it, I imagine, as it is good PR to have it.  But if it costs more than it's worth, then they won't.  I mean, are 200,000 people dying to watch this match live??  If they were, SKY would've locked it in ages ago...

The governing bodies of other sports are usually in dialogue with SKY, offer to offset costs, etc etc - just saying.  

It all comes back to numbers.  They will know how many viewers view which content - and much as the people on this forum really want to watch the U20s (including me), I suspect that the number beyond us is not huge (I'd love to be wrong about that...)

And don't forget FIFA are always keen for competing countries to broadcast their own teams.  Don't rule out a deal/arrangement being made before Sunday morning.




Well it looks like they may have been feeling particularly charitable after all. 🙃

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Unknown editor edited May 19, 2023 00:13
Khalil Media
YoungHeartHM
MetalLegNZ
Didn't Sky do this last time? Wait til the last final moment to announce something as if some kind of saviour!

Vaguely recall this too. 
Would be absolutely piss poor to not have coverage this time around, but this is the type of stuff we have to put up with when dealing with Sky in New Zealand.
SKY is a business, not a football promotion charity.  If the rights are cheap enough, they'll get them and air it, I imagine, as it is good PR to have it.  But if it costs more than it's worth, then they won't.  I mean, are 200,000 people dying to watch this match live??  If they were, SKY would've locked it in ages ago...

The governing bodies of other sports are usually in dialogue with SKY, offer to offset costs, etc etc - just saying.  

It all comes back to numbers.  They will know how many viewers view which content - and much as the people on this forum really want to watch the U20s (including me), I suspect that the number beyond us is not huge (I'd love to be wrong about that...)

And don't forget FIFA are always keen for competing countries to broadcast their own teams.  Don't rule out a deal/arrangement being made before Sunday morning.




Well it looks like they must have been feeling particularly charitable after all. 🙃
Unknown editor edited May 19, 2023 00:09
Khalil Media
YoungHeartHM
MetalLegNZ
Didn't Sky do this last time? Wait til the last final moment to announce something as if some kind of saviour!

Vaguely recall this too. 
Would be absolutely piss poor to not have coverage this time around, but this is the type of stuff we have to put up with when dealing with Sky in New Zealand.
SKY is a business, not a football promotion charity.  If the rights are cheap enough, they'll get them and air it, I imagine, as it is good PR to have it.  But if it costs more than it's worth, then they won't.  I mean, are 200,000 people dying to watch this match live??  If they were, SKY would've locked it in ages ago...

The governing bodies of other sports are usually in dialogue with SKY, offer to offset costs, etc etc - just saying.  

It all comes back to numbers.  They will know how many viewers view which content - and much as the people on this forum really want to watch the U20s (including me), I suspect that the number beyond us is not huge (I'd love to be wrong about that...)

And don't forget FIFA are always keen for competing countries to broadcast their own teams.  Don't rule out a deal/arrangement being made before Sunday morning.




Hmm, they must have been feeling charitable after all. 🙃