If TNT offer the same money but without any of the current commentary team apart from Brian Carney, Mark Wilson and JJB, we should take that deal

Yes, the dream ticket of Ray French & Jonathan Davies would be mouth-watering.

Just thought another bonus of TNT would be its very likely theyd avoid Thursdays as they show the Europa League and conference, so they may prefer Fridays and Saturday or Sunday nights

And John Kear, who as much as I will forever love him for the moment in my profile photo mentions his Sheffield cup win every appearance!

So you'd be happy with another 3 or so years of McDermott, o Conor, Stuart Pyke, bill Arthur, Phil Clarke, Jon wilkin etc? (Not saying french and Davies are the answer)

There's only O'Connor who gets on my paps from that list - he sounds thick & often just states the bleedin obvious for something to say. Pyke sounds like he has just auditioned for Marlon Brando's Godfather role, but does generally talk sense, which is unusual for someone from St Helens. I'd plumb for Brian Noble & Andrew Voss, but I worry more about the game than the commentators or officials.

He did make a career out of it

Im sure someone from SL stated a few weeks back they hoped to announce the TV deal in June/July, its now July 18th...

For the 2/3 of the clubs who arent flushed with cash this is surely a bigger concern with every passing week when it comes to signing players for the next few years. Unless they have had an update we arent aware of?

The more time goes on the more I worry we'll end up with the exact same deal (or worse) on sky sports and the other names were just to try get sky to pay a little bit more

Yeah, I feel like we have a few names dropped every new contract and then end up with Sky and the same deal or even a worse deal than before.

On a positive note Saints-Catalan got the 3rd highest audience of the season (suspect season opener and good friday the others) this is a rivalry that has come out of nowhere the last few years due to the strength of both teams performances.

Also shows people just want to watch top teams as Catalan of course dont contribute any viewers in the UK directly.

TNT sports don't even have a rugby league section on their website, so not sure how interested they would be in snowing us

Viaplay announced they are pulling out of the UK due to big losses, so thats a new broadcaster needed for the Championship and additonal CC coverage.

Could work well for channel 4, a mix of super league and championship games

So SL have confirmed they are finalising a 3 year deal with SKY that includes all games having a video ref and being able to be screened, and potential for free to air broadcasts (such as Channel4)

But then the bad part, rumour has it the money is a small drop. I assume SKY offered 2 years at same price or 3 at slightly less per year and the game has gone for the stability of a longer term.