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When the Shadow Minister of C (K?)ulture talks about tearing up the BBC Charter and doesn't promptly get a kicking from Conservative Central Office (they call it a clarification), then it's reasonable to assume that this is under consideration. Better be nice to Sky, if the Conservatives win the next election they may end up being all we've got!
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| Quote: SmokeyTA "regardless, it still means that even if you need to subscribe to sky sports as a whole you still dont need to pay the original £17.50 for an entertainment pack
if you get the basic package plus sky sports it costs £35.50
even if Virgin charge £18 for Sky Sports and pass that on direct to sky, Sky are still losing out on the original £17.50 you needed to pay to simply get the basic package
therefore for every customer who chooses to go through virgin rather than Sky for Sky sports, Sky lose out on £17.50 and the value of using Sky Sports to attract customers to sky is basically halved'"
alternatively, they are increasing their market size, by making it available without all the rest of the rubbish.
if, for example, you can subscribe to a website that is offering SKY Sports only without all the other channels for around £20 a month only (i.e. you dont have to pay for the rest of the Virgin Media package) - more people will take that option and SKY will increase their revenues tby having more viewers, (able to charge more for advertsing, etc).
Just because they have previously gone for a high cost, low volume strategy doesnt mean that it is the best way to go in the future. And it doesnt mean that the RFL are reliant solely on income from SKY. More people paying less increases the "market" that is able to watch RL on a regular basis and should (in theory) increae attendances and sponsor revenue. |
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The way it is and the way the game has been handled we need Sky's money. Anyone saying differently is a bag of frogs.
My parents', grandparents' and sister's households drop Sky Sports as soon as the rugby starts and get it back again for February. They've been doing the same for a while now and they aren't alone.
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| Quote: saints35 bulls0 "alternatively, they are increasing their market size, by making it available without all the rest of the rubbish.
if, for example, you can subscribe to a website that is offering SKY Sports only without all the other channels for around £20 a month only (i.e. you dont have to pay for the rest of the Virgin Media package) - more people will take that option and SKY will increase their revenues tby having more viewers, (able to charge more for advertsing, etc).
Just because they have previously gone for a high cost, low volume strategy doesnt mean that it is the best way to go in the future. And it doesnt mean that the RFL are reliant solely on income from SKY. More people paying less increases the "market" that is able to watch RL on a regular basis and should (in theory) increae attendances and sponsor revenue.'"
but Sky will have looked at this model and decided it isnt the way to go,
if you want to think we will just hit lucky and an OFCOM decision which isnt made to increase the revenue of Sky, will anyway then fine.
But im pretty sure some very good people at Sky have already done the figures, and already made the decision |
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| Quote: maurice "I wish OFCOM every success, go get em boys.'" Bitter and twisted Leigh fans you have gotta love em  |
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| Quote: Catalancs "Wigan weren't full time when many said they were. Leeds had just as many pro players. If Wigan were full time why were some of their players still working on building sites, fixing water pipes and cleaning windows.A lazy post based on pub conversation.'"
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| Quote: Roverswall "Bitter and twisted Leigh fans you have gotta love em ![]()
No, its the way forward, all well run financially stable clubs will flourish in the new environment. No longer being reliant on sky cash will force clubs to be run like a business and allow the better run companies to rise to the top.
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| Quote: maurice "No, its the way forward, all well run financially stable clubs will flourish in the new environment. No longer being reliant on sky cash will force clubs to be run like a business and allow the better run companies to rise to the top.'"
You are Smokey TA and I claim my tenner |
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| It does sound like the line SLites have been preaching doesnt it |
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| Quote: Starbug "Because they were greedy buggers ![]()
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| Quote: maurice "No, its the way forward, all well run financially stable clubs will flourish in the new environment. No longer being reliant on sky cash will force clubs to be run like a business and allow the better run companies to rise to the top.'"
No they wont because no sports flourish without big tv deals, the athletes go elsewhere |
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| Quote: Dico "No they wont because no sports flourish without big tv deals, the athletes go elsewhere'"
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If there was no sky money then yeh, pretty much
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| Quote: Dico "If there was no sky money then yeh, pretty much'"
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LaLaLand, stupid
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