http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/b...-and-neck-cancer/story-fni2urrv-1227270329337
Thankfully, it looks like the live Sunday broadcast is here to stay and not a reversion back to the 1hr delay chockablock full of ads.
LOL at all the people in this thread complaining about the Ch9 Sunday game being live. For years, most of us here bitched about the delayed telecast (excluding the ppl in NZ, who got to see it live) and now we are complaining about the match being too late for people to attend since it became a live broadcast. Puhleeeeeease....
I'd much prefer the format as it is now compared to what was in previous years. And yes, it is natural for them to want the game to finish as close as possible to 6pm so they can go straight to the news and retain high viewership in Sydney and Brisbane. Ch7 does the exact same thing with their Sunday AFL broadcast in Melbourne since they started broadcasting the match live, with the game starting at 3:20pm instead of the traditional timeslot of 10 minutes past the hour (in their case, 3:10pm). Suggestions of the Sunday NRL game starting at 3:30-45pm and then having a half hour post game show will lead to a drop-off in viewership for the news as most casual fans are only interested in watching the game and that's it.
