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Broadcast options for Australian Rugby

PhilClinton

Mark Loane (55)
It's bizarre that people are arguing that going from Foxtel to Stan/9 was a step backwards.

It's an improvement in every way. There is more rugby on FTA, more rugby from more competitions on the subscription platform and a lot more domestic rugby with women's and club rugby being featured strongly.

The ratings on Foxtel were pretty clear that league and AFL fans weren't tuning in to watch rugby just because they had access to it.

Agree on all points, but from memory, the free QPR content on YouTube wasn't that much of a step down from what is currently coming from Stan (outside the talk show). By the last few seasons, games had commentary and a few fields had more than one fixed camera.

In line with some other posts about making things more available, I wonder if moving the club games and womens games back to a free model (or making them available to Stan only subscribers as a kind of try before you buy the full Sports package) could help exposure.
 

LeCheese

Greg Davis (50)
Agree on all points, but from memory, the free QPR content on YouTube wasn't that much of a step down from what is currently coming from Stan (outside the talk show). By the last few seasons, games had commentary and a few fields had more than one fixed camera.
There's a good chance I'm mistaken, but it was only select games shown on YouTube wasn't it?
 

The Ghost of Raelene

Simon Poidevin (60)
 
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