Quote: WiganTV "We will definitely have all academy home games on Wigan TV, away games are harder to get hold of. But the aim is to cover as many as we can. If you have any other questions, just post them here or email Can I just say that I have enjoyed all the interviews and the picture quality has been excellent. I've only watched them on a pc. Has anyone tried to access Wigan tv on a smart tv as I'm thinking of buying one. Great news about the academy games being shown. Mods is it worth making Wigan tv a sticky, it would be a good portal for general feedback?

Quote: WiganTV "We will definitely have all academy home games on Wigan TV, away games are harder to get hold of. But the aim is to cover as many as we can. If you have any other questions, just post them here or email Can I just say that I have enjoyed all the interviews and the picture quality has been excellent. I've only watched them on a pc. Has anyone tried to access Wigan tv on a smart tv as I'm thinking of buying one. Great news about the academy games being shown. Mods is it worth making Wigan tv a sticky, it would be a good portal for general feedback?

No reason why we cannot put full academy game on.

To answer the smart TV question - it depends on the TV, no standard exists between the manufacturers. So, at the moment, Wigan TV is not going to work on a Smart TV. But most other devices will be fine.

WIgan TV... will you be investing in some new microphones in the future? I cant hear a thing some players are saying in some of the videos.

Good interview with Shaun Edwards on there today.

You can turn any TV that has a HDMI socket into a smart TV for not much money if you pick up a raspberry pi (cost you about £45 to get one and a case to go with it) and install a media server on it (which is pretty easy to do withj many guides available via Google).

I keep meaning to have a go myself but have not got round to it.

My laptop has a HDMI slot which allows you to easily to connect to the tv.

Will the not televised matches have commentary on as Micron haven't bothered with that for years?

We are working on a commentary solution for non broadcast games at the moment. We will keep you updated as we develop new features of the site and new program content.

Today we released a really interesting interview with Shaun Wane on his first days back from holiday. Defiantly worth a watch.

Interesting too see the clubs he visited over there.

A good and relatively cheap solution for the club could be to ask radio manchester/ wish fm in as a partner and ask for their commentary after the game, to then marry up with the TV pictures?

I feel this would tick a number of boxes;

1. Both radio stations cover wigan games with full commentary anyway, so it is ready made and at no extra cost to either party, other than the cost to Wigan RL to get the commentary rights from the radio station (as opposed to putting in the clubs own commentator at significant cost)

2. By discussing with BBC Manchester/ Wish FM, I would expect the club could get the commentary of matches relatively cheaply or potentially at nil cost - if they offer some sort of advertising for BBC Manchester / Wish FM I would anticipate both parties could be easily satisfied with the trade off, particular given the commentary is already provided by the radio station and costs nothing additional to produce. Something as simple as an intro to all Wigan TV videos/ matches could surely work - Ie/ "Wigan TV - In association with Wish FM / BBC Manchester - Official Radio Partner of Wigan RLFC". The radio station would benefit with additional listeners, we get free/ cheap commentary, and both parties can obtain mutual benefit with each other.

3. The names and voices of the radio commentators are those supporters can associate with and will give the games an established professional feel - rather than having some old wiganer with two or three stock commentary phrases like the many micron videos, which panders to the northern backwater stereotype.

4. Radio commentary is very descriptive by its very nature as there is a need to help the listener visualise, and therefore often leads to very good detailed commentary which actually outstrips most normal TV commentary.

For me this would be brilliant and is certainly worth considering by the club?

Good suggestion. On Youtube Bilko has managed to tie up the SKY footage of the Wigan/Saints Good Friday 2011 match with the Wish FM commentary and it's brilliant..!!

Youtube search 'Wigan v St Helens - Good Friday 2011 (Wish FM Commentary)'

Andy Gregory shouting "GET IN...!!!" as Faz scores the last minute winner sends shivers down the spine everytime for me!

I recently renewed our season tickets and purchased warriors tv at the same time paying by cheque. I have now received a message from Warriors tv which tells me that to activate my subscription I must put in my debit card no and I will not be charged but it will automatically renew next year unless I cancel it! What sort of nonsense is this? I dont like bandying my debit card no round to all and sundry. All looks like sharp practice.

simple facts are that cheques aren't catered for by & large now. the mechanisms to register your "antiquated" payment method won't have been written into the system. just gotta get with the times I'm afraid!
(notwithstanding the rip-off fees the club are charging for plastic TXs)

The rip off fees are precisely why I paid by cheque!!!!!

Interesting episode about the new look gym at Orrell.
Turn the sound up from 1 minute 30 seconds in and you will learn that Andy Coley wears high heels