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The 2013/2014 Off Season Thread

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Gronk

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OK, I've had enough.

WHERE THE f**k IS MY HD CH 9 ????

The new broadcast agreement includes:
* A cash component of $925m, $90m of which will be paid prior to the start of the first season;
* Advertising packages to the value of $100m;
* The first 20 rounds of the premiership will be scheduled in advance of the season;
* The final six rounds will be scheduled at round 16.

The Nine Network will broadcast:
* Three weekly matches (two on Friday and one on Sunday);
* Three Thursday evening matches over the course of the year;
* A stand-alone Test and City v Country weekend;
* Wednesday night State of Origin matches;
* A night-time Grand Final (7.15pm kick-off);
* The Roosters-Dragons Anzac Day matches;
* Two hours of rugby league content each evening on digital Channel 94 plus two hours of content on Saturday and Sunday morning;
* Nine will ensure that all of its matches are telecast on either the ‘primary’ or ‘digital’ station in each state;
* The Queensland In Trust Super Cup;
* Nine will broadcast in HD from 2014. :crazy:

Fox Sports will telecast:
* Five weekly matches across Saturday, Sunday and Monday;
* Thirteen Sunday evening matches (6.30pm) over the course of the year;
* The Storm v Warriors Anzac Day game (other than in 2014);
* Three non NRL matches each week played in conjunction with the Telstra Premiership game (which will be shared between Toyota Cup, NSW Cup and GIO Schoolboys Cup);
* All games will be broadcast live, ad-free during play and in HD;
* Fox Sports has also acquired digital rights to stream its five live weekly matches via IPTV and tablet devices.

Both networks will have responsibility for:
* Coverage of the Four Nations tournament;
* Forming two player development academies to train players in media presentation.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/ni...etain-nrl-rights/story-fndujljl-1226454690915
 

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Mate, they're scared of losing viewers to Gem, where advertising revenue would be lower, and at the same time, lowering advertising revenue to the main channel.
In saying that, wtf isn't Channel 9 itself broadcast in HD???

Suity

The irony is that they broadcast the NRL into VIC, SA & WA on Gem every Friday night.

So the markets that don't watch it get it in HD and the markets that actually want to watch it, have to watch in crappy SD.
 

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The irony is that they broadcast the NRL into VIC, SA & WA on Gem every Friday night.

So the markets that don't watch it get it in HD and the markets that actually want to watch it, have to watch in crappy SD.

After flamin midnight!!!!!!!
 
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The irony is that they broadcast the NRL into VIC, SA & WA on Gem every Friday night.

So the markets that don't watch it get it in HD and the markets that actually want to watch it, have to watch in crappy SD.

And it's compounded by the fact that filming using HD cameras then shifting down to SD for their Channel 9 broadcast creates worse pic quality than normal SD. I hope Abbott is going to do something about this in the budget.
 

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And it's compounded by the fact that filming using HD cameras then shifting down to SD for their Channel 9 broadcast creates worse pic quality than normal SD. I hope Abbott is going to do something about this in the budget.

Yeah, he'll probably arrange for it to be broadcast in HD on the northern beaches only.
 

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Forced to watch masterchef last night, my radar picked up on this contestant.

http://www.sarahpatricia.com.au/portfolio/

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I bleed blue & gold

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I have a question hopefully someone can answer, how many of the NRL sides are run by their Leagues Club boards like us?? Im talking about it at work. If there was a link to an article that would be sweet.
 

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Is there a more blatantly wooftery song than Kokomo? I was racking my brain yesterday and couldn't come up with one.
 
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