USE IT OR LOSE IT is officially dead (and other broadcast issues)

[Cloud9]

Gallop is talkin through his butt crack again.
Nine use to show Storm games in Melbourne regularly on Sunday afternoons. Why can't they do that now? Its not prime time Friday.
Use less bastards.

 

[Brutus]

Words defy me.

Pathetic.

 

[Brutus]

So did Melbourne RL fans enjoy waking up at 4.30am this morning to watch Friday night NRL?

 

[El Diablo]

next weeks game is not before 12 either. Gallop bullsh*ts again

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bi...ONULLA+SHARKS&fta=1&fox=0&opt=0&time=12.00+am

TV Show Name: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE: BRISBANE BRONCOS V CRONULLA SHARKS
Broadcast Date: Friday 25 July 2008
Channel: Free to Air / Nine
Broadcast Time: 12.00 am
Classifications: Other, NA (CC) WS
Timeslot Duration: 120 mins
Official title / weblink if available: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE: BRISBANE BRONCOS V CRONULLA SHARKS Wide World Of Sports presents Brisbane Broncos v Cronulla Sharks from Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. Join your expert commentary team for all the action, post match interviews and analysis.

 

[El Diablo]

they aren't even putting Melbourne on before 12am yet Gallop thinks 9 are honouring their contract

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bin/TV/detail?date=Friday_1_August&chan=9&state=Melbourne&descrip=FRIDAY+NIGHT+FOOTBALL+LATE%3a+MELBOURNE+STORM+V+GOLD+COAST+TITANS&fta=1&fox=0&opt=0&time=12.00+am

TV Show Name: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE: MELBOURNE STORM V GOLD COAST TITANS
Broadcast Date: Friday 1 August 2008
Channel: Free to Air / Nine
Broadcast Time: 12.00 am
Classifications: Other, NA (CC) WS
Timeslot Duration: 120 mins
Official title / weblink if available: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE: MELBOURNE STORM V GOLD COAST TITANS Wide World Of Sports presents Melbourne Storm v Gold Coast Titans from Olympic Park, Melbourne. Join your expert commentary team for all the action, post match interviews and analysis.

 

[Brutus]

they aren't even putting Melbourne on before 12am yet Gallop thinks 9 are honouring their contract

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bi...+COAST+TITANS&fta=1&fox=0&opt=0&time=12.00+am

Be sure to send this info to Graeme Hughes. He'll no doubt give it a mention.

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bi...LBOURNE+STORM&fta=1&fox=0&opt=0&time=12.00+am

GF Replay not even before 112am

TV Show Name: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE: MANLY SEA EAGLES V MELBOURNE STORM
Broadcast Date: Friday 8 August 2008
Channel: Free to Air / Nine
Broadcast Time: 12.00 am
Classifications: Other, NA (CC) WS
Timeslot Duration: 120 mins
Official title / weblink if available: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE: MANLY SEA EAGLES V MELBOURNE STORM

 

[Bezant]

Disgusting!! Wont even show GF replay before midnight? Just plain disgusting!:x

 

[Brutus]

That is pathetic.

Why not promote the game a few times on Channel 9 in Melb and show it at 9.30-10pm? This is the perfect Storm game to promote in Melb.

 

[El Diablo]

That is pathetic.

Why not promote the game a few times on Channel 9 in Melb and show it at 9.30-10pm? This is the perfect Storm game to promote in Melb.

to make it worse 9 could start the game at 11:30pm but instead they have an episode of Seinfeld on for the 1,000th time http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bi...crip=SEINFELD&fta=1&fox=0&opt=0&time=11.30+pm

Gallop and 9 are a joke

 

[joel caine number 1 fan]

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bi...LBOURNE+STORM&fta=1&fox=0&opt=0&time=12.00+am

GF Replay not even before 112am

omg this is a joke right , this is probley the biggest match of the year and gallop sits back and lets this happen

 

[Brutus]

"I think there's ahh a misconception out there regarding Use it Or Lose..."

 

[El Diablo]

channel 9 do it again by not honouring their contract that games must be shown before 12am in Melbourne

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bi...DNEY+ROOSTERS&fta=1&fox=0&opt=0&time=12.10+am

TV Show Name: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE: MELBOURNE STORM V SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Broadcast Date: Friday 15 August 2008
Channel: Free to Air / Nine
Broadcast Time: 12.10 am
Classifications: Other, NA (CC) WS
Timeslot Duration: 115 mins
Official title / weblink if available: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE: MELBOURNE STORM V SYDNEY ROOSTERS Wide World Of Sports presents Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters from Olympic Park, Melbourne. Join your expert commentary team for all the action, post match interviews and analysis.

 

[El Diablo]

another game after 12am

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bi...DNEY+ROOSTERs&fta=1&fox=0&opt=0&time=12.10+am

TV Show Name: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE: CRONULLA SHARKS V SYDNEY ROOSTERs
Broadcast Date: Friday 22 August 2008
Channel: Free to Air / Nine
Broadcast Time: 12.10 am
Classifications: Other, NA (CC) WS
Timeslot Duration: 115 mins
Official title / weblink if available: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL LATE: CRONULLA SHARKS V SYDNEY ROOSTERs Wide World Of Sports presents Cronulla Sharks v Sydney Roosters from Toyota Stadium Cronulla. Join your expert commentary team for all the action, post match interviews and analysis.

 

[Brutus]

channel 9 do it again by not honouring their contract that games must be shown before 12am in Melbourne

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bi...DNEY+ROOSTERS&fta=1&fox=0&opt=0&time=12.10+am

Not only did they play this game late, but they only played the first half before showing the entire Dragons v Broncos game.

What a disgrace.

Gallop and the NRL do not care one iota. Cost minimisers.

 

[eddiesmith]

Worst part of the late night replay is every try is followed by a full ad break so the game goes atleast 15 minutes overtime, not good for taping

 

[Razor]

What a muppet!

All I want is a CEO for the game that shows some spine in the best interests of the game. Making these media companies that rape our game to feather their own nests hold up their end of signed contract conditions would just be the start... and yet too much to expect?

Gallop is a News Ltd puppet, he makes no decisions himself - it's not exactly news to anyone. It was when he was first appointed. Whilst a media company owns the game and appoints the CEO that is the kind of CEO you will get.

 

[Perth Red]

Don't think Sydney people realise how damaging this is to the game on a National level. Whilst not many people may tune into the FTA coverage of the AFL in NSW and Q'land it is on and people flicking see it every week. One of the reasons RL has such a low profile outside of the heartlands and why 1/2 of Australia don't know the difference between the Wallabies and the Kangaroos!

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...n-the-front-line/story-e6frezz0-1225771246135

Waiting game

MELBOURNE always claims to be Australia's sporting capital. Well, tell that to the city's rugby league fans, who'll have to sit through ancient movies on Channel 9 before seeing the Melbourne Storm take the field.

Then again, perhaps rugby league has to run that late in Melbourne due to adult-rated tackling, which is slightly more aggressive than AFL followers are used to.

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/fox-sports-gives-afl-a-mark/2007/05/18/1178995418201.html

However, Nine's telecast of last night's St George Illawarra versus Titans match was due to begin at 1.10am, following the movie Election, a flick about a girl bribing classmates with muffins to be elected school captain. The after-midnight start is in breach of the existing NRL contract, which says Nine must televise games in Melbourne before midnight.

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/cgi-bi...LY+SEA+EAGLES&fta=1&fox=0&opt=0&time=12.00+am

TV Show Name: RUGBY LEAGUE FINALS LATE: 1ST QUARTER-FINAL: MELBOURNE STORM VS MANLY SEA EAGLES
Broadcast Date: Friday 11 September 2009
Channel: Free to Air / Nine
Broadcast Time: 12.00 am
Classifications: Other,-- None --, NA (CC) WS
Timeslot Duration: 140 mins

ETIHAD STADIUM, MELBOURNE. Wide World Of Sports presents the 1st Quarter Final exclusive to Nine. With such a tight ladder in 2009, who will make it into the exclusive top 8?