I would wager RL is one of the highest ratings winners fo Sky Sports durung the summer months.

We need a bigger TV deal or else the NRL will move even further ahead with their massive new TV deal almost done (1 billion dollars I believe). Also to keep Union vultures away.

RL gets more viewers than RU at club level so we should rightly get a bigger deal.

Apart from big events in other sports (union internationals, big cricket matches etc) rugby league is the second highest viewed sport on the channel after football

Soccer and Formula 1 get megabucks, Union internationals probably next, then Wimbledon tennis ( but that lasts just a fortnight ). After that RL enjoys good viewing figures compared to other sports, so no way should the fee for the next period go down. If ESPN are interested that's good news for the price.

Wrong, again?!

We need a huge increase if Super league is going to compete with the NRL and RU.

ims, Sky have got a court date with a Portsmouth pub landlady regarding the issue of screening premiership games. She gets her feed from abroad, as do most pubs in Warrington!!

Point is, if Sky lose this case, then they will lose a lot of business from pubs. (about £900/ month I believe. Ergo, more money available for other sports. Hopefully the RFL will have some backbone and demand a decent package from Sky.

To get around paying for Sky, there are numerous internet feeds, or watch it in the Marquis complete with Norwegian commentary no less!!!

Don't ESPN show a lot of RU games? I imagine that Sky will stick to SuperLeague and BBC will keep the Challenge Cup. Premier Sports show NRL games so could possibly show a few UK RL games?

itv ... you heard it here first !

probiz will take over super league so it will be called "probiz super league"

with sky and bbc still broadcasting live games

to be honest i reckon sky should get games giving espn one a week and give challenge cup to itv

If ITV show CC, who will present it?
Adrian Chiles? - i hope not!
Matt Smith? - don't know enough about him

Would like to see all England internationals on the BBC, these are the sort of fixtures that will attract new fans to RL and provide it with much needed nationwide exposure.

But the BBC should lose the rights to show the Super League highlights. It's constantly moving channels and timeslots, the non-Sky games are shot by a work experience kid in the stands on an old video camera, and there's a definite Yorkshire bias that makes this program almost unwatchable at times.

Claire Balding as she is a freelancer.

Sky to show live because they are head and shoulders better than anyone else, CC to stay on the Beeb and a highlights show on one of the Itv channels 2 or 4, showing SL and championship highlights, that would suit me.