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Unashamedly knicked from the International Forum. It is unsourced but it
is true.
Bloody fantastic for mine, but the standard of Fox football HAS to improve
in order to hold an audience.
*EDIT to provide source*
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/sport/2417405/League-Club-games-to-screen-live-on-net
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IMAGINE WATCHING your mates playing sport live on your mobile phone or iPod.
The possibility of grassroots Kiwi team sports being shown in broadcast quality on the latest technology opened last night when the Auckland Rugby League agreed a landmark deal with Maori Television to show two club games a week on national TV.
The contract includes a clause allowing Maori TV to live-stream matches on its website, and even has provisions for the future broadcast of games to phones and iPods.
It's thought that league is the first grassroots club sport to secure a proper broadcast deal.
Back in the 1980s, Auckland club league was packed with Kiwi internationals and crowds of 15,000 would flock to the big games at Carlaw Park. But while it remains the best grassroots competition in the country, its nowadays played at suburban grounds before crowds in the hundreds, thanks to competition from live NRL. Which makes this deal something of a coup.
"It's huge, it's big, it's fantastic, not only for our clubs, but our players, our partners, our referees: the game at domestic level will have total recognition on television," enthused ARL general manager Pat Carthy.
"I can't think of any other sport at domestic level with this coverage. We're delighted."
After three months' intensive negotiation, broadcasts start in a fortnight, with one game shown every Saturday night (time delayed) with full Maori commentary on the Te Reo channel, and a second game the following day on regular Maori TV. Four suburban grounds and Mt Smart No2 have been found to have suitable facilities for broadcast.
Auckland's deal was met with interested surprise elsewhere. Football has struggled for domestic television coverage, with Sky showing only the O-League final and NZFC semifinals and finals.
New Zealand Soccer chief executive Michael Glading said of securing such a domestic broadcast deal: "We've talked in principle [internally] about it but we haven't really explored it, but if the question is would we do it, then yes. We've obviously got a good relationship with Sky but we've always wondered if Maori TV was an option and this is very interesting."
Asked about the advent of internet, mobile and iPod viewing, Glading said: "You'd have to be blind, dumb and deaf not to think about those things going forward."
is true.
Bloody fantastic for mine, but the standard of Fox football HAS to improve
in order to hold an audience.
*EDIT to provide source*
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/sport/2417405/League-Club-games-to-screen-live-on-net
*********************************************************
IMAGINE WATCHING your mates playing sport live on your mobile phone or iPod.
The possibility of grassroots Kiwi team sports being shown in broadcast quality on the latest technology opened last night when the Auckland Rugby League agreed a landmark deal with Maori Television to show two club games a week on national TV.
The contract includes a clause allowing Maori TV to live-stream matches on its website, and even has provisions for the future broadcast of games to phones and iPods.
It's thought that league is the first grassroots club sport to secure a proper broadcast deal.
Back in the 1980s, Auckland club league was packed with Kiwi internationals and crowds of 15,000 would flock to the big games at Carlaw Park. But while it remains the best grassroots competition in the country, its nowadays played at suburban grounds before crowds in the hundreds, thanks to competition from live NRL. Which makes this deal something of a coup.
"It's huge, it's big, it's fantastic, not only for our clubs, but our players, our partners, our referees: the game at domestic level will have total recognition on television," enthused ARL general manager Pat Carthy.
"I can't think of any other sport at domestic level with this coverage. We're delighted."
After three months' intensive negotiation, broadcasts start in a fortnight, with one game shown every Saturday night (time delayed) with full Maori commentary on the Te Reo channel, and a second game the following day on regular Maori TV. Four suburban grounds and Mt Smart No2 have been found to have suitable facilities for broadcast.
Auckland's deal was met with interested surprise elsewhere. Football has struggled for domestic television coverage, with Sky showing only the O-League final and NZFC semifinals and finals.
New Zealand Soccer chief executive Michael Glading said of securing such a domestic broadcast deal: "We've talked in principle [internally] about it but we haven't really explored it, but if the question is would we do it, then yes. We've obviously got a good relationship with Sky but we've always wondered if Maori TV was an option and this is very interesting."
Asked about the advent of internet, mobile and iPod viewing, Glading said: "You'd have to be blind, dumb and deaf not to think about those things going forward."
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