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The boost will come over time. They will pick up a few percent a year even now I have a mate who comes to the rugby with me but doesn’t have fox so just watches league on TV. I don’t think going to FTA will see a massive spike in viewers but I do think we will see a gradual incline and...

What’s wrong with Jordan Uelese? Wish the Rebels did a weekly injury report like the AFL does

FTA helps grow the game. Yes we need to address the quality issues and start putting better performance out there but look at the growth the Melbourne Storm has has since their games have become accessible on FTA TV. Granted they have performed to a high level to help turn casual observers into...

I played all my junior rugby and never watched it as it was never on TV. Didn’t really get into super rugby until I got Foxtel as an adult. I paid for a rebels membership and didn’t really go in the early years of being a member. I think there would be a fair few who get drawn into watching it...

Look I get what you are saying and I am not disputing that the Ashes has more of a widespread appeal. I am just saying that there is a difference between a network purely treating a secondary channel as secondary or actually promoting the content to try and attract viewers. I do think that any...

Look your second paragraph hit it on the head. The secondary channels go poorly as broadcasters don’t invest in them in any way

The Ashes and World Cup rated well when it was on Gem as they advertised the product and everyone knew where to tune in. The secondary channels normally get shit ratings as they hide stuff on there

Don’t get to see much of the SS in Melbourne so won’t comment on his form there. Harrison will need a chop out and it would be good to give Mason the opportunity. It’s a step backwards to put Beale in at 10

Never had the opportunity to start 3 weeks in a row, Penny had him as the preferred fly half before his injury I would be surprised if he didn’t get a shot at the starting role also I think Harrison is going to need rest. Big ask for him to play the entire season at 10.

That’s also a big factor, I like them giving the young blokes a chance. You look at Harrison yeah he hasn’t been great but it is way better than trying to play Beale 10. Harrison will probably lose the 10 jersey to Mason when he returns for injury and then he will be able to go back to club land...

Very hard balancing act between promoting them too early or too late. You need to keep them invested in the club and keep their motivation there. It’s professional now so if you keep them in club footy to long they will look overseas

When fox started it was a lot more expensive to get the product to the consumer and that played a role in the higher price. With all the internet TV providers entering the market now the cost of doing business is a lot less and they can pass that on to the customers

Premium pricing also came off the back of all the extra expenses of doing business as opposed to ITV. Yes we are now seeing Optus as a serious competitor but we will see what they can pick up after this round of TV rights as the old Optus TV tried to rival fox in the late 90s early 2000s and...

Doesn’t matter what station it’s on people have remotes you can change the station. It’s about how willing they are to sell the product, I am not a big A league fan but the failing with that deal was you had to find it buried on a secondary station

If it’s not exclusive it should have to be a complete simulcast of the FTA coverage adds and all

Not really going to inspire support from local business putting money in they should be looking for a more permanent way to establish a presence in each regional centre

I have no loyalty to fox but would only consider selling it to Fox or Optus, I have seen things in the media about rugbypass and other smaller players but we want to be on a platform people have. Rusted on rugby fans would migrate to another platform to watch it, but we want to appeal to more...

FA cup style is the only way it could work. I think it would be great if they could find away for some of the bigger clubs from regional areas in NSW and QLD to compete, gives them something to strive for helps them grow the game in the region. Also if the National club comp is going to...

Sports die if they are completely on pay TV, you want to make it as easy as possible for people to see your product. 10 million accounts and a lot of them are double ups What FTA gives you that you don’t get elsewhere is the promotion. When people watch the news or the Batchelor or all those...

Ultimately cheaper subscriptions is the future fox has been over priced for a long time. It has made them lazy with how they do business. Things like the line rental they pay to Telstra is a archaic way of doing business. It wasn’t that long ago they were telling us the Sun and Age would go...