Keep SL on Sky. If this RL channel however, could somehow outbid PremierSports for NRL rights then it would have some significant appeal and 'relevance'.

Plus the amount of Origin, CC, SL, classic match replays from that past that could be shown are endless. NRL on Fox and the Footy Show could probably be shown live and on replay for next to nothing if not free. There are so many things that could be shown, for true RL fans it would be great. Then hopefully the new fans will come through watching SL on Sky...

Because, as shocking as it is, it actually works in Sky's favour for us to be a strong sport.

Yes Sky could probably get RL for maybe half the price they pay but then we wouldnt be able to run a pro league and they wouldnt have a pro league to sell.

I'll agree with you on this.



A dedicated RL channel probably wouldn't work - not enough content and not enough demand.

But I've often wondered if a dedicated 'oval ball channel' would be a goer. RL and RU with a straight 50/50 split of airtime. Perhaps keep live games on SS, but broadcast repeats, highlights, review and preview shows, lower level round-ups/games/highlights, amateur highlights and round-ups, and of course classic games. It doesn't need to broadcast 24 hours a day (many channels don't).

Approach Aus/NZ RL/RU and see what can be done. If most governing bodies are happy to get on board it puts pressure on more to get involved.

Then maybe ask a token subscription. £5 a month for all that? I'd have it.

Market at a slightly bigger scope, RL, RU, Gaelic sports and NFL, possibly AFL. Never waver off those, some similarities in all those sports, all the governing bodies could be interested as there is a chance of pulling in punters who already prefer ball in hand team sports. Different time zones mean you can run it all night and still pull in the advertising. Make it £1 a month subs, the American and Oz market alone would guarantee good revenue, still keep Sky involved.
Pipe dreams though, but i'd love it.

You're giving a lot of people a slice of the pie there, and then splitting that piece evening further with different countries as well. Guess who will end up getting one of the smaller pieces!

Plus, with all that content, there'd barely be any RL on. We might as well just stay on Sky Sports. I wouldn't pay £5 a month for that.

Me neither, not on top of the 60 odd quid that it already costs to have Sky!

I'd love to see it happen but we haven't got the funds.

RL is only surviving because of the exposure we get on Sky and BBC.

Do you really think that companies such as Stobart, Heinz, Fly Emirates etc would pay big money to advertise on our own channel?

We'd never make the money back in sponsorship anyway - it'd cost millions for the licensing, staff, equipment.

No it's not. If RL wasn't aired on Sky or BBC would we have companies like Gillette, Fly Emirates and Plusnet sponsoring us?

Would we be expanding in places like Wales, Northampton and London?

Would we have any money?

Theres a post on here somewere which states there are over a hundred thousand people that play rl in britain.the clubs they play for arn't subsidised to the hilt by sky or the bbc,they are self sufficient so your post was absolute rubbish.

And where do you think the money comes from to help enable these clubs and people to play the game? The money for coaching courses, CRB checks, coach education sessions, subsidised insurance and the vital regional development officers?

Sponsors?subscriptions?fundraising?

Sky/BBC pay the RFL millions for broadcasting rights.

If the RFL suddenly decided to run their own channel, the RFL wouldn't receive this money.

Where would the RFL get their money from then?

When you say rfl do you actually mean sle ?

No I don't because SLE is a registered trade mark belonging to the RFL not a separate company.

And the Challenge Cup doesn't come under SLE nor does the Championships

Yeah i know all that, so how much do you think is left from the tv money after the sle clubs have taken there wedge and the CC clubs have had there bit, Is it enough to prop up RL?,i'd hazzard a guess its not so Rl would and does survive without that money and the exposure the sl clubs get off the bbc and sky.

But then you've got all the sponsorship money and we wouldn't get nearly as much if we only broadcast on our own channel.

I don't know the actual viewing figures for RL games on BBC compared to SS but I know they are much higher. Imagine how low a RL channel would be compared to BBC/Sky

The idea of a dedicated rfl chanel is a cracking idea for covering live or recorded games of rl from schools and amateurs,maybe recorded training sessions and interviews from across the sport but as you say it makes no sense to show live pro games on it.

The answer here is for SKY to see the potential for a RL channel and o it themselves that way the RFL & RL in general don't risk losing out.

Can the rfl not do this themselves on line?.

MUTV makes a loss every year, despite charging £6 a month to subscribe. Would struggle to see how an RLTV channel would break even.

The addition of Rotterdam Spartans and Groningen Frikandellen would certainly add to the commercial value of such a channel.

It's something we need to press on with but it's having the staff, equipment etc.

We seem to be doing well with these RLTV or SLTV videos on Youtube so why not turn that into a daily webcast or something

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