Sky have invested massively in Super league. They have changed the way the game is viewed by others and the quality of the coverage overall.
I would not want to see Sky leave Rugby League.

And even though William Eve likes to be negative and miss the obvious just to start debate, whether the sport has credibility is not their issue. They want viewers and advertising revenue. End of.

Just go watch some BBC coverage to know how good the Sky coverage is.
Premier Sports just show the ausie versions. They are not set up to take on Super league yet. It would be interesting to see how the manage on the world cup.

Plus with Sky everything is broadcast in HD with some games in 3D, there is full studio build up and use of stats etc. With all due respect to Premier Sports their coverage is pretty amateur and only available in standard definition. Then there is the small matter of the £95m that Sky pay to broadcast the game.

That's just a list of Sky's SL products which have been introduced, none of which relates to additional coverage of actual "live" games of RL.

But thanks for the further confirmatory evidence which justifies what I said earlier... [iSky have been downsizing their coverage of " RL" for a few years now[/i.

But Sky aren't showing the Challenge Cup are they?

Which Challenge Cup game did Sky broadcast at the weekend?

They've purchased rights to broadcast the Challenge Cup but choose not to exercise those rights.

Like I said earlier...

[iSky have been downsizing their coverage of " RL " for a few years now.[/i

Or maybe they've refocussed to drop the programs no one watched and to put more into their SL coverage.

I don't know what viewing figures are like since all these changes, has it worked? Maybe someone with far too much time on his hands could do us a viewing figures comparison for the last few years.