Broadcast options for Australian Rugby

[mst]

It will be interesting what happens to subscriptions once the Rugby is over for the year.

What sports will take their place and have fans who wont mind outlaying money to watch their sport?

I would love it is STAN got the rights to the UCI cycling from around the world, it used to be on Eurosport but they dropped it.

IIRC Stan is has intentions to add tennis in to the sports package: Wimbledon and Roland Garros being some of it. I would presume that the Rugby model was test that has yield better than expected results. Fingers crossed they add more sports - a Eurosport's tie up would be awesome!

 

[KOB1987]

It will be interesting what happens to subscriptions once the Rugby is over for the year.

What sports will take their place and have fans who wont mind outlaying money to watch their sport?

I would love it is STAN got the rights to the UCI cycling from around the world, it used to be on Eurosport but they dropped it.

There isn’t really that much down time at the end of the season, assuming the EOYT happens. Much less than the other footy codes at least. Maybe some penny pinchers will cancel their sub for a couple of months, but I’m looking forward to scrolling through the catalogue of old games when I get the chance!

 

[Set piece magic]

The killer thing about the Stan/Nine combo is that it's the perfect design for Rugby's structural content. In the past FTA broadcasters would say well one game a week is actually strong enough to make it on TV, but the others are not. Foxtel would then say we'll pay top dollar but we want all the games, and in fact the big game is actually what's most valuable, so selling one game a week to FTA wasn't possible.

With 9 having a streaming service you can get that big game on FTA and then have the rest on streaming. The FTA drives in casual watchers and the fans pay for the rest.

 

[Dctarget]

Funnily enough people from Ireland, UK, USA are saying Stan is superior to their local products and they watch it using a VPN. Hopefully Stan rides this wave of coverage and secures a few more rights to make it a truly global option for everyone.

 

[formerflanker]

The highlight packages are worth their weight in gold for time restrained individuals, Stan provide a short and long version for ever club game.

In the junior club circle I'm associated with, the shortened versions are popular with the kids.
Good for the game's long term health.

 

[KevinO]

Funnily enough people from Ireland, UK, USA are saying Stan is superior to their local products and they watch it using a VPN. Hopefully Stan rides this wave of coverage and secures a few more rights to make it a truly global option for everyone.

The massive problem with rugby/sport over there is the amount of subscriptions you need to cover everything. In the UK and Ireland there is well over 100 sports channels now, if you want to watch everything. SKY, Bein, rugby pass, EirSport, Virgin, BTSport, Eurosport etc. It's hard to follow and adds up in cost, Stan sport having the rights to all forms of rugby is making it easier to follow.

I stayed up on Sunday night watching Leinster get knocked out of Europe, was not able to do that the last few years.

 

[Braveheart81]

Funnily enough people from Ireland, UK, USA are saying Stan is superior to their local products and they watch it using a VPN. Hopefully Stan rides this wave of coverage and secures a few more rights to make it a truly global option for everyone.

It would seem likely that if the popularity of watching from overseas with a VPN increases then other rights holders would put pressure on Stan to shut them out.

 

[Brumby Runner]

It will be interesting what happens to subscriptions once the Rugby is over for the year.

What sports will take their place and have fans who wont mind outlaying money to watch their sport?

I would love it is STAN got the rights to the UCI cycling from around the world, it used to be on Eurosport but they dropped it.

That would do me.

 

[Dctarget]

The massive problem with rugby/sport over there is the amount of subscriptions you need to cover everything. In the UK and Ireland there is well over 100 sports channels now, if you want to watch everything. SKY, Bein, rugby pass, EirSport, Virgin, BTSport, Eurosport etc. It's hard to follow and adds up in cost, Stan sport having the rights to all forms of rugby is making it easier to follow.

I stayed up on Sunday night watching Leinster get knocked out of Europe, was not able to do that the last few years.

How'd you do that? Does Stan have rights to the Heineken Cup? I thought Stan still had limited rights. Only: Top League, Aus Super + Club, Super Ao + now the Rainbow Cup?

Are you a Leinster man btw? Probably balances out supporting the Rebels.

 

[Dctarget]

It would seem likely that if the popularity of watching from overseas with a VPN increases then other rights holders would put pressure on Stan to shut them out.

Kayo managed pretty well to shut out VPNs, so you're probably right.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

The massive problem with rugby/sport over there is the amount of subscriptions you need to cover everything. In the UK and Ireland there is well over 100 sports channels now, if you want to watch everything. SKY, Bein, rugby pass, EirSport, Virgin, BTSport, Eurosport etc. It's hard to follow and adds up in cost, Stan sport having the rights to all forms of rugby is making it easier to follow.

I stayed up on Sunday night watching Leinster get knocked out of Europe, was not able to do that the last few years.

I am also liking the on demand as watch games mid week (club, overseas games) when wide and daughter out on main tv (rest of family not rugby followers which means often watching on a laptop games)

 

[liquor box]

CH9 news in Brisbane had a Reds story, it is a shame that Wally Lewis ended the story with "go the maroons"

Yet another reason why the Reds are better in Red uniforms

 

[dru]

CH9 news in Brisbane had a Reds story, it is a shame that Wally Lewis ended the story with "go the maroons"

Yet another reason why the Reds are better in Red uniforms

I'm completely cool with the Qld icon, W Lewis, supporting the Q reds, with "go the maroons". We forget Wally started in rugby. We forget our traditional colours, stolen by NRL.

There is utterly no shame, nothing but absolute vigour, in Wally supporting the Rugby final.

Our natural colour is maroon.

 

[RugbyReg]

Wally didn’t start in rugby. He was league through and through but went to a school that played rugby.

 

[Derpus]

To be fair to the bloke the Reds do wear a very maroonlike red. Easily confused.

 

[Teh Other Dave]

Wally didn’t start in rugby. He was league through and through but went to a school that played rugby.

And was basically turfed by the QRU. Still think he's one of the best footy players and leaders of any code.

 

[Dan54]

It would seem likely that if the popularity of watching from overseas with a VPN increases then other rights holders would put pressure on Stan to shut them out.

Yep or Stan would have to do same as Rugby Pass, if your payment comes from outside Aus they would block you.

 

[RugbyReg]

And was basically turfed by the QRU. Still think he's one of the best footy players and leaders of any code.

what happened there? Not sure I know this story

 

[Pfitzy]

You can skip fucking around with shitty inbuilt software by buying a $40 Chromecast and slinging it from your phone. It's what I do, never have an issue.

'Smart' TV's aren't.

Both my Samsungs handle native apps with ease, but they're less than a year old.

The issue is once a TV gets out past 3 years it won't necessarily cater to the latest updates of apps as well because they're built to a price. Similar to phones or computers.

Or get the $99 Chromecast with Google TV which comes with a remote and lets you log into all the apps through the TV so you no longer need to cast.

The standard Chromecast is a small box of wet shit compared to Chromecast with Google TV for the reasons Braveheart mentions.

 

[Pfitzy]

what happened there? Not sure I know this story

A story about Queensland that Reg doesn't know?