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