Its a tournament that they have no coverage of so they are not in the slightest bit interested.
But its a Sports News channel so should report everything.

How long is left on the sky deal? Be very interesting if bt sports started showing a interest! From what I've seen of the union coverage and their weekly highlights show they have really gone to town with the indepth analysis and commentary team, sky should be looking over there shoulders as bt sport does seem to have money to burn at the moment.

MC at the last meeting mentioned that BT sports were interested in buying the rugby league rites and already getting the Champions League they must be worried about competition like BT.

Sky have no text now also.it's going in the bin after the ashes cricket

careful...is that a Freudian slip or a prediction? (rites vs rights)

Beware what you wish for. Remember Oracle and their stupendous Football League deal, which nearly sent the lower league clubs bust when they went bust. BT are paying stupid amounts of money. At some point, it will realise it isn't making money and pull out. Look at all those who have dabbled with some football rights. Setanta. Then ESPN.

It should be about exposure too, not just pound signs.

I'm not surprised the world cup wasn't mentioned by a commercial organisation whose only interest is keeping viewers. It would be like expecting Asda to advertise the latest Tesco deals. It's not sport. It's commerce.

I watched sky sports news on friday and saw a interview with both captains for the final. They havent extensivly covered the RLWC but they havent totally ignored it?

Poor spelling, bad grammar whatever.

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I watched the report on Sky Sports News.
They made a point of saying that 60% of the tickets bought for the double header were bought in the south and South East.
Made quite a big thing of the development of rugby in the South.
Think London are safe for next year and possibly beyond.

But where will the money come from to run the or a club??

So if they don't get the rights to the next Football world cup can we expect that SKY Sports News will be all but devoid of any news about it?

It might sound a bit grandiose but the RLWC13 is the largest multi national event taking place this year, I fail to see how a Sports News Channel can ignore it and think that they're still credible.

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No, they wouldnt ignore the football world cup, because it is the premier global attraction and they'd see value in covering it.

Regardless of the RLWC being the largest multi national event, its Rugby league, which sky were clearly prepared to make a stand over.

I totally get what you're saying, but unfortunately, or fortunately depending which side of the fence you sit on, I think weve seen sky make their bed over RL and I think the SL rights will be with another premium sports channel before not too long!