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Dont if this has been posted, Premier Sports to go subscription

Is this MSK?

It sure is

FFS. I like the Irish sports, but I really dont fancy paying extra to see them.

Hopefully no-one will subscribe, and it will revert to being free-to-air, or part of the Sky Sports package.

Open up an account with bet365 and you can watch the games for free online.

As for MSK/Premier Sports, they've already changed the date once. Originally they said they'd go subscription after 31st July but this morning it said 5th August.

Well this is a bit of a bugger. I never watched any of the Irish sports, just the NRL. Will need to find alternative means now.

Just opportunism from MSK with this... They've had a load more people watching the channel than ususal because of the NRL so decide to make you pay for it instead of using the increased audience to sell to advertisers...

It was in league express not long after MSK started broadcasting that it would eventually be a subscription channel.

I was hoping that it would be after the playoffs but no such luck!!!!

well that channel wont last long then will it!!

It was always going to be subscription, minority channels cannot survive on advertising alone, even ITV struggles to make a profit. The adverts on MSK have mainly been government backed safety warning so they won't have got much from that.

Instead of wishing its doom, we should be praising them for actually showing RL, we all moan enough about the lack of TV exposure. Despite the success of SL, Sky showed no desire to show NRL on a weekly basis and was it just a coincidence that Sky started showing a weekly NRL review as soon as MSK started.

If it doesn't succeed as a subscription service, then its more likely it will fold rather than return to FTA - it must already have been running at a loss, its not cheap to broadcast a channel and also pay Sky to use its encryption and epg.

Sky at least do have the NRL GF. Pity they didn't get the rest of the playoffs.

Mine has just scrambled, can't see too many paying for it. Gutted because I was just getting into Gaelic Football but NRL won't be a problem.

At about 50p a game for the NRL I will be subscribing I think it is a bargain given what I pay to watch mainly second rate rugby programs on Sky.

Not as good as free but more than happy to sacrifice a 6 pack a month if times get tight to watch the best rugby on the planet.

When you put it that way it really does look like a bargain.