Only have to look at popularity of Netlfix (see 'Breaking Bad') to see whilst online only being an inconvenience.. it's hardly an issue nowadays.

Also surely there's more people with Sky than Virgin..

Oh Sky have more than Virgin then that's just fine then is it? Lets not bother about the 3 million that subscribe to Virgin Media TV services. How narrow minded of you. I won't even mention the millions that have other TV platforms that it should be available on.

My op was asking if someone made the decision to go with premier or were they the only offer on the table. I have been made aware it was really the only way the RFL could go. We all agree that having as much RL on terrestrial TV is a good thing.

Having the WC games on a platform that only serves SKY customers or people that are prepared to watch it on a laptop/tablet/mobile is not how i imagined a sport should be looking to showcase it's World Cup....it's a great shame.

Do you have a newish TV? If so, you can connect your laptop to the TV and watch on the big screen, and all for a tenner a month without having to fork out the exhorbitant amount us Sky customers do in order to watch the TV version of Premier Sports each week.

Premier have done a great job with the Championships. Their style is homely, which suits the Championships, but very professional and their production crew are all rugby league fans, which you would know if you bought last months Forty20 magazine as I did (great mag that, well worth reading).

They also show matches from different levels of RL. I've seen college RL, amateur RL and international RL from Canada on there as well as the NRL and Championship matches. They bloody well deserve the World Cup on their enthusiasm for RL alone. I hope loads of people sign up for their world cup coverage and give their coffers a boost so that they are still with us for next season.

Sky weren't interested in sharing the England matches. If this world cup is successful then Sky may have a Paralympics moment (the BBC officially regretted not putting in a higher bid for the Paralympics when they saw how successful they were). If that happens then that could be very useful for us in the future as clearly Sky have been withdrawing from rugby league over the last few seasons.

Quote WireFanatic III="WireFanatic III"Wrong. Virgin Media do want Premier, but they want it bundled with the XL package and Premier Sports don't want that, they want it as a separate subscription. Nothing at all to do with not being high enough profile.'" It's the other way round. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_134 ... es-on.html PS don't wan tto be a premium standalone on Virgin because on Sky they sell the channel directly to customers, whereas on Virgin they would need to go through them as host broadcaster and pay them a %.

Quote WireFanatic III="WireFanatic III"Wrong. Virgin Media do want Premier, but they want it bundled with the XL package and Premier Sports don't want that, they want it as a separate subscription. Nothing at all to do with not being high enough profile.'" It's the other way round. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_134 ... es-on.html PS don't wan tto be a premium standalone on Virgin because on Sky they sell the channel directly to customers, whereas on Virgin they would need to go through them as host broadcaster and pay them a %.

I'm not talking about me, i am someone that has various devices and tech savy, cable, ps3, ipad, roku to name a few but i am referring to millions of potential viewers not being able to access the channel, it is not the answer "oh you can get it online so just plug it in to your tv"...oh which the quality is still quite cr@p. I do get MLB and NFL game pass via my Roku and PS3 and the quality is HD but that is not the point.

It is the way it is, it's a shame Premier can't get their product on various tv platforms

Given that the best senario is having the games on Beeb or other free to air.

Then the rest is down to the bidders.

The RFL can't force Sky to take the rest of the games and it would be foolish to offer the rest of the games at a cheaper price to sky than to Premier sports.

Also bringing Premier sports in for this set of games, brings another TV player in for future bidding on RL games.

The fact that Virgin don't host Premier sports is neither here nor there. Virgin media don't host many channels. But if x TV programme gets their best offer to be shown on a channel not on Virgin, then it's down to Virgin to try and offer a better range.

I used to be a Virgin Customer and would go back, but just because they don't show sky atlantic does not mean I berate game of throne for being shown on SKY atlantic.

RLWC on TV is just another TV product and they need the best price for the product on offer.

Quote TonyM19="TonyM19"It's the other way round. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_134 ... es-on.html PS don't wan tto be a premium standalone on Virgin because on Sky they sell the channel directly to customers, whereas on Virgin they would need to go through them as host broadcaster and pay them a %.'" Sorry, yeah that is right.

Quote TonyM19="TonyM19"It's the other way round. www.loverugbyleague.com/news_134 ... es-on.html PS don't wan tto be a premium standalone on Virgin because on Sky they sell the channel directly to customers, whereas on Virgin they would need to go through them as host broadcaster and pay them a %.'" Sorry, yeah that is right.

Imagine if this forum was around when Wire TV were awarded the rights to the 1995 World Cup!

The most important thing is England games live on the BBC. Everything else, as harsh as it may sounds, doesn't matter if they're on Sky, Premier or Information TV with greyhound races in the middle.

I've got Premier Sports, best decision I ever made. I get the NRL, Championship RL, the World Cup, football, NHL, GAA and others. I'm really looking forward to it because PS have pulled out the stops to make their presentation authentic and worthy. (Good luck doing that for the average RL that demands utter perfection 100% of the f*****g time).

So to all those who are complaining, tough s**t. If you don't have PS, tough s**t. Either subscribe to it, or quit whining.

THIS

IMG media that takes care of tv rights rather than the RFL.