Premier Sports announced as P14 broadcaster |
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Fscarlet
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A few more details have been announced.
* PRO14 matches will be played on Friday and Saturday from next season, with no plans for Sunday games; * There will be two or three fixtures on a Friday evening and then either four or five on a Saturday; * There will be a weekly highlights show, but it is yet to be confirmed which channel that will be shown on. * Overall competition income for the Welsh sides - from TV and sponsorship - will rise to more than £2m per region next season, compared with less than £1m per side two years ago; * That means the Welsh regions will be receiving twice the money from PRO14 that they do from EPCR. The agreement with S4C has not yet been finalised, but they look set to show a live game involving a Welsh region most weeks of the season. |
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I think we should have an 'S4C Chwaraeon' channel showing live sports in the Welsh language like a Welsh language Sky Sports Channel.
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Am I being cruel in suggesting we have a new thread listing all rygbi11's stupid comments?
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On their Facebook page it says it’ll all be in HD by the time the season begins and Virgin will have the free channel. Eir sports have had the same deal plus European games. |
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I assume that's a joke, but it's gone way over my head!
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NobbySosban
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The PRO14 have today announced that RDA have been appointed to sell the TV rights to the championship in all but the host countries (UK, Ireland, Italy and South Africa) for the next 3 seasons.
RDA already handle TV rights for the Heineken Champions Cup, European Challenge Cup, Premiership Rugby, Betfred Super League and the RFL International Test Series, so they should know the global rugby market well! With just 4 main TV distributors (Premier Sport in UK, eir sport in Ireland, Super Sports in S Africa + RDA for the rest of the world - not sure of the latest situation in Italy?), PRO14 have consolidated the revenue & management of TV rights, which should maximise their potential income & allow them to focus on other areas of commercial development. Look, feel and tone of the Premier Sport/Free Sport platform will be really interesting - they're pushing a lot of positive messages at the moment - world-leading try-scoring stats, quickest rucks, fewest TMO referrals(!), etc. - trying to position it as a leading global product. Good on 'em. Read more here. |
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NobbySosban
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Interview with PRO14's Martin Anayi by Simon Thomas today.
Some interesting quotes:
On TV rights...
On Premier Sport...
Schedule likely to be 2-3 games on a Friday night with 3-4 on Saturday:
Anything on S4C?
Why aren't the fixtures out yet? (Eng Prem games are announced 6/7)
On conferences...
What about the officiating?
Lots of good stuff - PRO14 is going the right way, even if it does have lots of commercial ground to make up with the French & English leagues. |
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SA14
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Did it say in the CRYS16 meeting season ticket holders could get a discount?
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NobbySosban
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From Chris's CRYS16 AGM tweets last night, quoting PRW's Mark Davies:
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Any update/news on Season Ticket & community rugby clubs discount?
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Its advertised at £9.99p a month. Have people been subscribing already to this by the way?
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Fscarlet
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S4C has secured the rights to show PRO14 matches until 2021. Their deal breaks down as follows... - 17 Live games including two Christmas derbies |
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Realise you've copied and pasted that Fscarlet but surely they mean:
- Guinness PRO14 Final Series: Delayed coverage if Welsh region NOT involved - Guinness PRO14 Final: Live coverage if Welsh region involved
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Fscarlet
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No the Final series & the Final are being treated as 2 separate 'events'.
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So if a region is the quarters or semis they won't have live coverage?
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