Bradford Bulls - RedAmberandBlack.net • Attendance

the thing I do not understand is how it was ever possible to con the Championship clubs into signing away all broadcast rights to Sky without either any guarantees as to actual broadcasting, and/or a slice of the pie.

It should be obvious that if Championship games were not to be weekly televised by Sky, then the Championship clubs should be free to make their own arrangements - or even negotiate their own deal, and divi any money arising.

For the RFL to makeweight the broadcasting rights into the deal, with no contractual agreement to broadcast, just to stop any other broadcaster showing live RL games and spoiling Sky's exclusivity, I see as absolutely shameful.

So we end up (for example) where the Bulls games are never going to be televised, but neither can we stream them like we did in League 1 - because Sky own the rights.

Statistics: Posted by Ferocious Aardvark — Wed May 01, 2019 2:31 pm — Replies 10 — Views 2447

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