Sky NZ is not showing the Liverpool Man Utd game on saturday Live. Instead they are showing it delayed at 6:30am sunday morning.
When asked why i got this response.....
"On checking the schedule, as usual we do have a very full weekend ahead of us with both live and delayed sport coming through. On SKY Sport 1 we have live international rugby from 9.30pm followed by live Formula 1 at midnight. On SKY Sport 2 we have live NRL from 10.30pm then from 1.55am, we go in to our EPL coverage, with a live game, followed by 2 live games, until the delayed game between Liverpool and Manchester Utd.
On SKY Sport 3 we have delayed golf, and though there may have been a chance of bringing the game in live on this channel, the game is being broadcast in HD, and so as at this stage as we only broadcast HD on SKY Sport 1 and 2, the decision was taken to keep the game in this format and play it out delayed.
Please feel free to contact SKY Television Customer Services on 0800 759 759 for further information, alternatively please respond via return email and we will endeavour to reply within 24 hours."
On SKY Sport 3 we have delayed golf, and though there may have been a chance of bringing the game in live on this channel, the game is being broadcast in HD, and so as at this stage as we only broadcast HD on SKY Sport 1 and 2, the decision was taken to keep the game in this format and play it out delayed.
Please feel free to contact SKY Television Customer Services on 0800 759 759 for further information, alternatively please respond via return email and we will endeavour to reply within 24 hours."
Now correct me if i am wrong but they are making everyone suffer (including HD customers who want to watch the game live) just for some strange business decision which doesnt make sense. Tv is about viewing figures yet even though they could put this game on Live at 11:45pm and get good viewing figures they dont appear to want to for the sake of HD which hardly anyone has.
If anyone is interesting in watching this game live.......and would like to help me at least get sky to think about putting it on Sky sport 3 please follow link and let them know there is people who want to see this great game at a great time to watch football on a weekend. Thanks
https://skytv.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/skytv.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php
Please post this on any other forums which you may no of and hopefully we can get the decision changed. It is possible......