SKY Coverage

 

Sort it out Sky

 

Very good! Did my flower font show up? Was'nt sure if it would.

 

Maybe they wouldn't want you in front of them??

 

 

Anyway, today I was asked if I'd like to forward my earlier "dry" comment to Sky Sports, so I did, I added a bit about Deaker and here's what I sent just now. I dont expect a reply for some reason.

 

Why does SKy Sports Co-ordinator make me feel like this??

We here at Sky are quite proud of keeping our heads buried in the sand. After all we know every New Zealander would literally kill to get home and watch a game of Rugby from the distant past. We pride ourselves in managing to get repeats of Rugby on as many of our sports channels as we can, not just the 24 hour totally dedicated "Rugby Channel" Also we like to annoy the hell out of viewers with endless repeats of Deaker Live as a bonus.
 
Those few soccer poofters that keep making lots of noise and moaning about our coverage or lack of, really need to get out and get a life. Rugby is, was, and always will be, the surpreme sport of this country.
 
And what is wrong with Kayaking? I'll have you know that there are 100 dedicated fans of this sport in New Zealand. Just how many soccer fans do you really think there are??
 
If you dont like our programming might I suggest that you watch Freeview or even Saturn!! No cancel Saturn, we supply the sports for them too. Go get a Foxtel dish and invite your measly 200,000 + fans around for a barbi and viewing.

 

 

I didn't send this bit to Sky but this part of that news article by Peter Parusinni says it all....

 

With the recession the international television market is weak and rugby, despite all the hoopla, is still a fringe sport. To put things in perspective, in the large television rugby market of Britain, Europe's Heineken Cup final in May had 460,000 viewers. In contrast, soccer's Champions League final attracted almost 11.4 million.

 

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Write in to sky - I know its good to vent your angst on this forum but take it further - sky need to know.

 

What is going on with your A-League coverage? We've always had all the games shown either live or with a short delay. Although seeing games delayed for things like live cricket on muliple channels simultaneously(!) has been a common annoyance, it was better than pretending the A-League doesn't exist.

Looking at 10pm Thursday night, when the season opener kicks off, I see a rugby magazine show on SS1, followed by filler programmes including a REPEAT of a Prime TV programme. SS2 has nothing but filler programmes of old content. SS3 has kayaking, a magazine show and a repeat of Indy Cars. Obviously none of these programs have any priority rating - it's all fillers and repeats.

So why is a game, in which at least one All White will play, from a NZ-relevant competition in the world's biggest sport being ignored?

Going forward to the Friday night, you have an all-Aussie line-up. Cricket of England v Australia and Aussie Rules. There is Rugby league between a couple of Aussie teams but at least that's from a league with a NZ team, so justifiable. These choices would only seem to make sense if we're watching Sky Australia instead of Sky NZ. Only the NRL match has any NZ context, so you'd expect one of the two available channels to have the NZ-relevant football match.

Bottom line - if you're going to prioritise filler and foreign content over actual NZ-relevant matches, I don't need to continue to pay you $115 a month. I'd be better off spending that on a bigger monthly internet allowance and watching games streamed on-line.

Why the change this season? Please tell me the on-line guide merely has an error. Five games a weekend over three 24x7 channels must surely get room for inclusion, even if some them aren't live. You usually show more games than that from leagues in which there is no NZ involvement, so why treat NZ like it doesn't matter?

 

Response:

Initially our contract for the A-League were to show LIVE Phoenix games only, with no rights to show any others. Fortunately we were able to extend our contract terms to include all games though please be aware that not all of these will be LIVE, and because of the late contract change we will play these games where we can. Some we can bring in LIVE others will either be delayed or shown where available.

 

I for one love to watch live football, no matter what league. I am not one for giving out links, but if you do want to watch any game live, just go onto the internet and you can watch the live feed from Aussie!

 

www.myp2p.eu then click on live sports! you can choose any game you like from there Free in HD if you have the Bandwidth!). Watch EPL anything, you can even do what i do and watch LIVE League 2 matches in England.. i love following my beloved Southend UTD!.

 

Me, i'll be in front of my big screen, using my media centre to  watch the opening game this Thursday! otherwise, you can sit and Watch World of Golf, Motorsports hour ITM Fishing Show or the 25th Replay of a load of blokes running round like headless chickens in SA getting smashed and embarassed!

 

Well then, all the more reason for a dedicated football channel, which I for one would subscribe to and then not subscribe to the other sports channels.

 

Was talking to my Dad and he said that they get about two games live, then the rest are pay per view! But the coverage is much better as all interactive!

 

But i agree, would love to have a dedicated channel for Football, and they could show some classic games! like (Liverpool v AC Milan) (Newcastle v Liverpool 4-3 1995-96) (Liverpool v Arsenal 1989) (Man U v Roma 7-1 2007) (Milan v Arsenal 1-5 2003)(Hereford Utd v Newcastle 2-1 1972)  TO NAME BUT A FEW.

 

I would watch those all day long if the misses allowed me to!

 

The best being my Hero Stan Collymore scoring the winner v Newcastle in 1995 and watching Kevin Keegan (Newcastle Manager) drop his head!! google the match if you never saw it! 

 

Great ideas. (England 5 Germany 1 from a couple of years back) (I have a DVD of the 1966/67 League Cup final  if they want to borrow it!)

ESPN is bigger than north america.

Fact---> Sky NZ purchase it Premier league package direct from the premier league. We get a minimum of 6 live games a week plus highlights and a magazine show.

 

I was also under the impression that ESPN had lost the Champions League rights this year?