Re: channel 9, are they for real?
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:43 pm
Nine's football programming for this coming Sunday ?
Roosters V Panthers
Roosters V Panthers
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If Nein somehow get the rights again, I'm sure it won't be the same. Nein get first crack at a bid then the other networks can put in their bid. If another network has a better bid with fair, equal coverage nationwide (but not enough to break Nein's first and last bidding rights condition), Nein get the chance to match the bid. But I think they really would have to match it - not just the dollar amount. As long as another network says they're going to give everyone outside of NSW and Queensland equal coverage Nein will have to match it or they're out.LESStar58 wrote:If Nine get the rights again I'd expect normal service to resume in regards to telecasts in 2013 ie us getting shafted. They are just paying lipservice even though this is great news! Knights game should be on the main channel as should any game against Dragons, Broncos and Manly. The second last paragraph of that Sun article proves just how incompetent NEIN are!
I still expect Ten to get the rights. Poor Steve Quartermain will be out of a job quicksmart. Smug turd.
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It`s interesting that all this seems so obvious to him now but for the last few years Ch Nein couldn`t have given a toss about RL and certainly not about building the brand in Victoria. If they had any sense of decency they would be embarrassed to display their banners at our home games for the total contempt that they have shown Melbourne audiences since Storm`s inception. All they`ve done is program into areas that have already followed league and therefore has required absolutely zip additonal input from Ch Nein. Too little and way too late. Stuff themstorming wrote:CHANNEL 9 boss Jeff Browne has boldly declared the battle for rugby league broadcast rights is effectively over before it even starts, saying: "We want the broadcast rights - and we'll win them."
Breaking his silence on the $1 billion battle with Seven and Ten for the rights for the next five years, Browne said Nine's league rights would not be slipping into the hands of their competitors.
He is so confident Nine - which has the first and last bidding rights under the existing agreement - will show rugby league next year that he has predicted they will have negotiations sewn up by June.
"We do rugby league best," Browne said. "But we know we'll have to stump up and grow the game.
"We've got to help the clubs and invest in the league. We're not trying to buy these cheaply, we're trying to invest in the sport. And that's our biggest asset. It's not only about the money, it's about the relationship and building the brand of rugby league."
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6292612113