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Channel 9's Disgraceful coverage of finals

SpaceMonkey

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Actually this does piss my off. If they're not going to show it live why should the Kiwi fans have to put up with having to wait until 8:40pm for the kick-off? They might as well have kicked off at 7:30 if they were going to delay it anyway, makes sweet-f**k-all difference whether it's delayed 1 hour or 2. I thought the whole point of the 8:40 kick-off was to allow Australian TV to cut to the the game live at 6:30 Eastern standard time after the news?
 

The Gambler

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Yeh, really 6:40 is too early on a Friday night to telecast the game anyway.

People getting home from work still, having dinner, sorting out the kids - blah blah. I think most people would be happier its delayed.
 

SpaceMonkey

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Yeh, really 6:40 is too early on a Friday night to telecast the game anyway.

People getting home from work still, having dinner, sorting out the kids - blah blah. I think most people would be happier its delayed.

6:40 would have been brilliant- I could have knocked off work at 4, hit the pub for the Toyota Cup match, grabbed a kebab when it finished, gone straight back to the pub for the main game then rolled home at about 8:30 well and truly lagered!
 

El Diablo

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whats Gallop doing about this?

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innsaneink

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Wanna see it live? Go to the game!

So what if it's delayed? FFS.....

So what?

False advertising?
Blatant lying.
Treating a semi final with less importance than a regular Fri Niter.

Yeh, so what.

I guess if youre used to swallowing sh*t it aint such a biggie..
 

adamkungl

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They have backflipped their original decision on showing it live to delayed.

I wonder if the game will go back to 7.30 kick off now as it only changed so it could be shown live?

you're kidding me...ffs, nine are f**king useless
 

Timmah

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There's absolutely no source (and 2UE saying so means nothing) to contradict the announcements so far that have indicated that Channel Nine and the NRL confirmed last night - the game will be live immediately following the news.

Until we see something written indicating otherwise, then this is a load of horse sh*t.
 

The Gambler

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6:40 would have been brilliant- I could have knocked off work at 4, hit the pub for the Toyota Cup match, grabbed a kebab when it finished, gone straight back to the pub for the main game then rolled home at about 8:30 well and truly lagered!
Well when you put it that way...
 

Loudstrat

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So what?

False advertising?
Blatant lying.
Treating a semi final with less importance than a regular Fri Niter.

Yeh, so what.

I guess if youre used to swallowing sh*t it aint such a biggie..

Would have thought it would be more important to show it when most people can see it. But geez, what's promoting the game worth these days?
 

Timmah

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Ink and others, it's important to note what Ink himself posted above - the EPG entry still reads LIVE for 7:45pm. This just means the EPG both online and on all our foxtel machines hasn't been updated with the new information. It was confirmed LAST NIGHT on 2GB by NRL COO Graham Annesley that Channel Nine will screen both games live, the Friday game immediately following National Nine News at 6:30pm.

Why people are believing a rival station and absolutely no written confirmation has got me stumped...
 

SpaceMonkey

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Ink and others, it's important to note what Ink himself posted above - the EPG entry still reads LIVE for 7:45pm. This just means the EPG both online and on all our foxtel machines hasn't been updated with the new information. It was confirmed LAST NIGHT on 2GB by NRL COO Graham Annesley that Channel Nine will screen both games live, the Friday game immediately following National Nine News at 6:30pm.

Why people are believing a rival station and absolutely no written confirmation has got me stumped...

What worries me is that CHannel Nine haven;t updated their own website with the new time if thats the case, it still says 7:30. Surely they'd make changing that a priority?
 

Timmah

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Exactly. That's something done much closer to the day. It's easier for them to do one big update if they need to make any additional changes than changing each new program as it's announced. It is still 6:30pm as stated on 2GB yesterday by Graham Annesley.
 

Razor

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What worries me is that CHannel Nine haven;t updated their own website with the new time if thats the case, it still says 7:30. Surely they'd make changing that a priority?

Nine don't manage NineMSN. Microsoft does. Nine is just part owner and provides content.
 

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