Wire have a guy who films all home and away games so they could expand on the usage of his footage. Currently used for training mainly.

A friend of my dad used to film/commentate on the games at Wilderspool from in that little box above Snookers; is it the same people, Wire200?

I don't think it would be too expensive to set up multiple cameras and have someone put it together. I would definitely subscribe since I will be moving 8000 miles away before the end of the season.

All the games are currently recorded, with commentary. As I said I subscribe to Leigh Centurions TV, if two volunteers can run an excellent service I don't see why this couldn't be done with relative ease.

If full games were to be published online wouldn't attendances drop? Even if they were shown on delay or the next day.

Perhaps very slightly at the but beginning but gains outweigh the loss on a global Internet subscription and/or pay per view, and it will promote the club to attract the terrace losses back again.

Dont Sky hold the broadcasting rights?

Now there's that spanner.

well how do wigan get around it?

They've always found a way to cheat in everything they have done.

I live near Cambridge. I'd love it and would be prepared to give up the wife's clothing, hairdressing & make-up allowance to pay for it.

Smiffy, glad you incorporated "allowance" into your 'kind' offer.

Regarding rights and whether it affects attendances that other posters have made, there must be plenty of up to date comparative evidence? I would probably subscribe and still go and presume that as part of the TV offer there wouldn't just be the match, but, the odd feature?

Their clubs have had that debate, I don't think many people would seriously choose to stay at home in favour of watching a one camera recording a couple of days later.

Wigan t.v. are streaming three of their friendlies live (Leigh, Saints and Workington) and the tries from todays game in London are available for viewing now. For £35 per year it's very good value.

Wire and Pies have more or less had an equal share in the spoils regarding silverware over the last 5 years and you could separate them in the top of league positioning with a credit card....

Yet the Pies RL have Wigan Rugby TV, a smaller town population with higher unemployment, a Premiership/Championship football team in competition....
but yet can on some weeks Pies can double the home attendance of what Wire can get at the HJ.

With that in mind I figure it's something else that is holding back our attendance that is far more significant than the small amount of fans we will lose from the ground with Wire TV!

How many subscribers has Wigan TV got? I've never seen a figure quoted.

Wigan have seen to lost quite a bit of money on this venture to date, it is a completely unsustainable venture for a rugby league club to offer with any sort of quality.