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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 901515" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>The game a week being live on Freesports (rather than delayed coverage) is quite a big deal and makes me more optimistic overall. It's a freeview channel available to almost everyone and it broadcasts in English. Broadcasting in a language most people don't understand is arguably the single biggest barrier to the casual viewer, and that's a large part of what the BBC offered. Word of mouth to get people to shift to channel 95 shouldn't be too difficult by comparison.</p><p></p><p>Given my interest in overseas rugby I'm thinking I may be better off sticking with Freeview and opting for rugbypass instead of Premier Sports (since to get either one I'd have to go down the streaming route). </p><p></p><p>The mention of Premier Sports 2 mildly terrifies me incase they go down the Sky route of splitting coverage a league (e.g. NFL) across multiple sports channels and making you pay for each channel.</p><p></p><p>If it is doubling the TV money pot from £12-15 million to £30 million then I have to say I'm fully supportive of this move by the Pro14 as a means of keeping the league viable as a high quality product.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 901515, member: 74121"] The game a week being live on Freesports (rather than delayed coverage) is quite a big deal and makes me more optimistic overall. It's a freeview channel available to almost everyone and it broadcasts in English. Broadcasting in a language most people don't understand is arguably the single biggest barrier to the casual viewer, and that's a large part of what the BBC offered. Word of mouth to get people to shift to channel 95 shouldn't be too difficult by comparison. Given my interest in overseas rugby I'm thinking I may be better off sticking with Freeview and opting for rugbypass instead of Premier Sports (since to get either one I'd have to go down the streaming route). The mention of Premier Sports 2 mildly terrifies me incase they go down the Sky route of splitting coverage a league (e.g. NFL) across multiple sports channels and making you pay for each channel. If it is doubling the TV money pot from £12-15 million to £30 million then I have to say I'm fully supportive of this move by the Pro14 as a means of keeping the league viable as a high quality product. [/QUOTE]
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