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You sure its not the Kiwis? Check for any "dance performance" as that will confirm it :p

I will be making a'lotta noise and waking the GRRR about 18:00 and hoping she wakes up and gets out of the wrong side of bed;and possibly take it out on a certain team just cause she can! :p PS - Its also a ploy to distract her from the events starting at 20:00ish! :eek:

Reads like a Kiwi wrote it and was sacred to jinx themselves by not wanting to predict a blowout! ;)

Good debate - all hypothetical. :)

i think the trade off would be significant TBH. Telstra has access to to rights now (being a part owner of Foxtel) so it could have them on handheld devices now which begs the question why not. Its not an Optus marketing strategy thing as Telstra have the NRL / AFL for that. So its most...

^^I think you are closer to the mark with having to have a good look at our market and the opportunities. The MLB who are at the forefront of anything digital have spent a few years dabbling in the Australian sporting landscape and have just walked away without any souvenirs, buying anything...

The problem with the whole concept is that the environments are completely different and incomparable so it’s hard to see how it will work in Australia unless its linked to a marketing "thing" like Optus and Telstra so the end user still ends up paying more. As for comparisons with Netfilx v...

TOCC - this article I read awhile ago gives a view from both sides of the argument by stakeholders (heavyweights). I found it really interesting that both sides are heavily invested but both are unsure what will prevail...

Um, what the future steaming technology? Apart from the NBN we are here. As for Optus, like Telstra are open about the fact they have no interest in being sports broadcasters, they just want the product to drive their core business; mobile based or as an ISP. You may notice that the domestic...

Who is putting up the $$ for it? It sounds a bit like the $300K the ARU chip in for the Shute.

The content you are referring to is either third party O/S based content they are buying from a broadcaster (like Optus and the EPL) which means its just like buying Super Rugby content from Foxtel or from sports like NFL / NHL / MLB which operate under a completely different model to Aussie sport which...

Correct. The first post that started the conversation is about standalone social media companies; twitter, amazon etc potentially moving in to sports broadcasting. Optus was used as example over here their EPL coverage and issues as a third party provider then the conversation diverged in to the...

Its a nice concept but the industry does not seem to work that way and I figure its for a reason. Why would Foxtel want to wear the cost of producing separate broadcasts to suit terrestrial and another for steaming? They on sell non-domestic rights and the buyers then control them via...

You are missing my point and possibly the key point for broadcasters. Technology is a cost of business; if it decreases overheads great, but it can also increase them like switching to HD etc. Just because it there or you can use it does not mean you should especially it it does not serve your...

Yep, I am sure. The NFL game pass is the same as Foxtel Go in that its just a way to control the digital rights and on-sell a lower cost and quality product (left overs or replays) to non-cable or satellite TV subscribers. We can't compare the US and European markets to our as we don't have the...

IMHO, I think streaming will slowly plateau and be the cheap alternative for niche sports as its just not providing the quality viewers want, and its problematic. The best it will ever be is an add on for convenience like FOXTEL GO. The criteria most want that streaming cant deliver: HD and...

^^^^ i think we need to start competing on the right landscape. Super Rugby only partially aligns with the ARL or even AFL. Rugby desperately needs a good domestic competition like a NRC on a grander scale with a longer season. Rugby has a fantastic advantage that if it can deliver on 2 platforms...

We tinker with the NRC at will don't we? I an sure there are ways to mange around it. I am aware SA rugby has tries 2x refs and all sorts of other variation's, so there must be ways and at the end of the day, its really only rules clarification and reinterpretation of the laws which they do week...

Rugby can be the same, if we make it that way. So the question is why don't we? Are we waiting for someone else to do it? What is stopping us re-writing the rules to a more simplified format without losing the essence of the game and showing the rugby world how its done? We could even market...

So if I am reading this correctly the ARU were: YEAR $Million 2008 +1 2009 +14 2010 -21 2011 +3 2012 +28 2013 +98 : to this point total +$123 million on the FFA. Coincidentally the year O'Neill left and Pulver appointed and revealed game nearly broke. So with (substantially) less they jumped...