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The deal is that all games are broadcast live. That does not specify pay tv or free to air.ARL, Sky New Zealand agree to long-term TV deal
State of Origin fixtures and a selection of premium NRL matches be available on free-to-air TV in New Zealand for the first time as a part of a new broadcast rights deal between the ARL Commission and Sky New Zealand.www.nrl.com
it’s also includes the broadcast of origin and select games on free to air, but it does not specify that any of those games are broadcast live.
so in practice what happens is that all games are live on Sky Sport (pay tv) and selected matches are screened on a delay on Sky Open (FTA)
That is why the ANZAC game was on FTA at 11pm - it was a delayed telecast from the 9:30pm NZT (7:30pm AEST) live game.
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