BBC Wales out of running to show Pro 14 next season

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43302261

Live coverage of club rugby will not be shown on BBC Two Wales next season after the BBC failed to reach a deal to continue broadcasting the Pro 14 tournament.

Competition organisers are understood to have awarded the UK rights to a pay-TV service, but BBC Wales had hoped to continue broadcasting games in Wales.

It means viewers will no longer be able to watch club games on free-to-air television in English. Negotiations over Welsh language rights are ongoing.

RugbyFan100 wrote:The Welsh and Scottish look set to be shafted unless something changes. Unsurprising, but true.

Is this Premier Sports channel an Irish sports channel then ?

I asked earlier but nobody will answer me.

LordDowlais wrote:Audiences will be lost trust me, viewing figures for BBC Wales are 100,000+. Pay per view TV will not get that audience.

Stop asking us to trust you lord Trump

LordDowlais wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:The Welsh and Scottish look set to be shafted unless something changes. Unsurprising, but true.

Is this Premier Sports channel an Irish sports channel then ?

I asked earlier but nobody will answer me.

Yes.

Eir Spoirts is Irish owned
Premier Sports is Irish owned
FreeSport is Irish owned

What a turn up for the books!

And what will sa s have to pay? And Italians? Watch it online on a dodgy stream if you want. Move to italy while you still can. Move to northern Ireland. It can't come as a shock to you that different places have plusses and minuses? Even on a one channel.pay to watch deal you will have people paying different amounts.

munkian wrote:

LordDowlais wrote:Audiences will be lost trust me, viewing figures for BBC Wales are 100,000+. Pay per view TV will not get that audience.

Stop asking us to trust you lord Trump

FFS, once a muppet always a muppet, go an hang out on your Newport thread.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-43302261

Notice this bit:-

"Pro14 matches get audiences of 100,000 people and more in Wales. Satellite channels just don't get that for ordinary club matches. wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:And what will sa s have to pay? And Italians? Watch it online on a dodgy stream if you want. Move to italy while you still can. Move to northern Ireland. It can't come as a shock to you that different places have plusses and minuses? Even on a one channel.pay to watch deal you will have people paying different amounts.

You're not getting it. It's the amount of subscriptions required. Not a fluctuation in currency.

RugbyFan100 wrote:

LordDowlais wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:The Welsh and Scottish look set to be shafted unless something changes. Unsurprising, but true.

Is this Premier Sports channel an Irish sports channel then ?

I asked earlier but nobody will answer me.

Yes.

Eir Spoirts is Irish owned
Premier Sports is Irish owned
FreeSport is Irish owned

What a turn up for the books!

Well feck me.

That's it then, so the league, that is not supposed to be everything for the Irish, is going to shaft everyone outside of Ireland, yet we are always making up conspiracy theories.

And? It's not hard to sign up. There seems to be a fair few links online as well should you be inclined. This just gives you more choice.

LordDowlais wrote:

That's it then, so the league, that is not supposed to be everything for the Irish, is going to shaft everyone outside of Ireland, yet we are always making up conspiracy theories.

"Dowze arr de ownli anglz we have Giorj"

No 7&1/2 wrote:And? It's not hard to sign up. There seems to be a fair few links online as well should you be inclined. This just gives you more choice.

I've tried and once again failed, I'm sorry. Over to someone else.

Oh. I get it. This is a whine about the Irish.

Good job you don't want to jump in bed with the English then. They'd proper have you over a barrel!

I think PRO14 have dropped a bollock in not letting SKY get UK and Ireland.

RugbyFan100 wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:And what will sa s have to pay? And Italians? Watch it online on a dodgy stream if you want. Move to italy while you still can. Move to northern Ireland. It can't come as a shock to you that different places have plusses and minuses? Even on a one channel.pay to watch deal you will have people paying different amounts.

You're not getting it. It's the amount of subscriptions required. Not a fluctuation in currency.

Why does this member, who claims to be English always concern himself with our league ?

He is always all over the Welsh international threads as well.

He must just have something against the Welsh, do yourself a favour, because he will hound you until you give an answer that suits his agenda, do what I have done and put him on ignore.

munkian wrote:I think PRO14 have dropped a bollock in not letting SKY get UK and Ireland.

You reckon.

The Pro14 probably did that because they wanted to look after the Irish audiences. If they had one ounce of a brain though, they would probably realise that loads of people in Ireland already have SKY so that they can watch Liverpool FC and MUFC.

I'm a rugby fan ld. You'll find I don't just post on a couple of things. I however ain't the one complaining about a set of fans. You shouldn't block me either as.you'd have learned a little quicker about the Welsh language bids. Not as fast as if you'd read the first link granted.

Marty you seem more up on tender and bids etc than me. Is there a non discrimination law.on these tv bids which would.ensure you can't favour say the Irish over the Scottish?

Doesn't it just bring everyone in the UK and Ireland under the same rules for watching Pro 14?

I assume EIR Sports is pay TV (correct me if I'm wrong), and under this deal Premier Sports is pay tv for all 3 countries

Why is this shafting any of the nations more than another?

LordDowlais wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:And what will sa s have to pay? And Italians? Watch it online on a dodgy stream if you want. Move to italy while you still can. Move to northern Ireland. It can't come as a shock to you that different places have plusses and minuses? Even on a one channel.pay to watch deal you will have people paying different amounts.

You're not getting it. It's the amount of subscriptions required. Not a fluctuation in currency.

Why does this member, who claims to be English always concern himself with our league ?

He is always all over the Welsh international threads as well.

He must just have something against the Welsh, do yourself a favour, because he will hound you until you give an answer that suits his agenda, do what I have done and put him on ignore.

He's very odd isn't he / she.

He. Rugby.

BamBam wrote:

Why is this shafting any of the nations more than another?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh

Because Irish rugby fans get everything with BT Sports. All 4 provinces home games covered - Euro and league. 1 SUBSCRIPTION.

Welsh and Scottish will have to pay for BT Sports AND Premier sports and if there is now a 3rd pay service picking the BBC games up, that too. At least 2 subscriptions which means extra cost.

Why is this so difficult?

RugbyFan100 wrote:

marty2086 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

profitius wrote:They wanted the irish subscribers and pulled out when they were offered the UK only.

I doubt the pro14 will reveal it's tv deal figures anyway, which will be telling.

Why will it be telling? The AP don't reveal theirs

https://www.premiershiprugby.com/community/bt-and-premiership-rugby-in-exclusive-live-broadcast-deal/

I love how Marty just completely ignores the posts where he's proved wrong. Like they didn't happen.

What about sa and italy. Why are yu making this purely about ireland?

No 7&1/2 wrote:What about sa and italy. Why are yu making this purely about ireland?

Because they have different broadcasters.

What channel is FreeSport on SKY, I will have to check the old SKY Q later I suppose. How much is the subscription, or is it actually FREE ?

I know NOTHING about this channel, will I have to buy Premier Sport as well ? How many new channels will I have to subscribe to just to watch the regions on tele ?

How do I know, that an Irish sport network, made for Ireland, for the Irish audience, will show any of the Welsh regions on these channels ?

Will I only be able to watch the Welsh regions when they are playing the provinces ?

RugbyFan100 wrote:

marty2086 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

marty2086 wrote:

You said they weren't comparable, are you now saying you don't know the figures but are saying it isn't comparable despite not knowing if it was or it wasn't?

I'm saying sky and eir sports bid for different things. Therefore not comparable. I think you've lost the plot.

So there weren't separate tender processes for both then?

One for Irish rights and one for Uk and Irish rights that included both Eir Sports and Sky Sports ?- not that I'm aware of. Again, if you can show me that there was - I will gladly accept that I've learnt something today.

Errmm no I meant one for the UK and one for Ireland since you can't have two processes bidding for the same thing

Bit of a cop out that isn't it rugby fan? So you're not bothered about being out of pocket potentially to sa and italy but you're worried that the Irish may get cheaper rugby than you?

RugbyFan100 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

marty2086 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

profitius wrote:They wanted the irish subscribers and pulled out when they were offered the UK only.

I doubt the pro14 will reveal it's tv deal figures anyway, which will be telling.

Why will it be telling? The AP don't reveal theirs

https://www.premiershiprugby.com/community/bt-and-premiership-rugby-in-exclusive-live-broadcast-deal/

I love how Marty just completely ignores the posts where he's proved wrong. Like they didn't happen.

Ignore what, just because I don't immediately respond doesn't mean I'm ignoring, can you please tell me what the current deal is worth?

LordDowlais wrote:What channel is FreeSport on SKY, I will have to check the old SKY Q later I suppose. How much is the subscription, or is it actually FREE ?

I know NOTHING about this channel, will I have to buy Premier Sport as well ? How many new channels will I have to subscribe to just to watch the regions on tele ?

How do I know, that an Irish sport network, made for Ireland, for the Irish audience, will show any of the Welsh regions on these channels ?

Will I only be able to watch the Welsh regions when they are playing the provinces ?

I have Virgin Media. FreeSports isn't even available on it!

LordDowlais wrote:Audiences will be lost trust me, viewing figures for BBC Wales are 100,000+. Pay per view TV will not get that audience.

That's how it tends to work but it's still worth more in tv and advertising revenues for everyone because those spending money in theory therefore have more disposable income and are worth in the eyes of marketers

You start off by saying that increased money was a great thing. Now its the Welsh need to pay equal price for the tv rights on average as the Scottish and irish but not sa and Italians.

RugbyFan100 wrote:

BamBam wrote:

Why is this shafting any of the nations more than another?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh

Because Irish rugby fans get everything with BT Sports. All 4 provinces home games covered - Euro and league. 1 SUBSCRIPTION.

Welsh and Scottish will have to pay for BT Sports AND Premier sports and if there is now a 3rd pay service picking the BBC games up, that too. At least 2 subscriptions which means extra cost.

Why is this so difficult?

Well in England, we've spent the last few years needing to pay for both Sky and BT, I don't recall English fans being up in arms that Wales/Scotland get free to air games, its just been accepted and we get on with it

Premier League football has been split amongst two broadcasters for many years

Why are Wales rugby fans so special that they deserve one subscription for everything? Seems like you wanted Sky to get UK and Ireland rights just so the Irish would have to pay more, it makes no difference to you whether you pay for Sky (Pro14) and BT (Euro) or Premier Sports (Pro14) and BT (Euro)

Either way you're paying two subs, who cares what Ireland are doing?

Wait a minute. The Welsh are complaining that its going off free to air TV? Are they coming out of the closet as pro14 fans?!

marty2086 wrote:

LordDowlais wrote:Audiences will be lost trust me, viewing figures for BBC Wales are 100,000+. Pay per view TV will not get that audience.

That's how it tends to work but it's still worth more in tv and advertising revenues for everyone because those spending money in theory therefore have more disposable income and are worth in the eyes of marketers

I'm sorry, but seriously, you need to re-engage your brain.

What you are trying to tell me is, that marketers, will pay more, to market their products, to a smaller market audience.

Come on.

marty2086 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

marty2086 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

profitius wrote:They wanted the irish subscribers and pulled out when they were offered the UK only.

I doubt the pro14 will reveal it's tv deal figures anyway, which will be telling.

Why will it be telling? The AP don't reveal theirs

https://www.premiershiprugby.com/community/bt-and-premiership-rugby-in-exclusive-live-broadcast-deal/

I love how Marty just completely ignores the posts where he's proved wrong. Like they didn't happen.

Ignore what, just because I don't immediately respond doesn't mean I'm ignoring, can you please tell me what the current deal is worth?

£42m per annum.


Now were you wrong, given the link I posted above?

The AP don't reveal theirs

profitius wrote:Wait a minute. The Welsh are complaining that its going off free to air TV? Are they coming out of the closet as pro14 fans?!

We are complaining because we have to buy about another 3 channels just to watch the Pro14 that might not even show the Welsh regions.

BamBam wrote:

Well in England, we've spent the last few years needing to pay for both Sky and BT, I don't recall English fans being up in arms that Wales/Scotland get free to air games, its just been accepted and we get on with it

Erm, that's because Welsh and Scottish fans have also had to get Sky sports and BT Sports because of pro14 and Europe!

BamBam wrote:

Why are Wales rugby fans so special that they deserve one subscription for everything?  

Not special. Just want a fair choice across the board and at fair prices. That won't be happenning from next season as Irish fans will get everything via 1 subscription (that's the 5th time I've posted that now).

It's your choice. Watch it online. Go down the pub..move.

LordDowlais wrote:

marty2086 wrote:

LordDowlais wrote:Audiences will be lost trust me, viewing figures for BBC Wales are 100,000+. Pay per view TV will not get that audience.

That's how it tends to work but it's still worth more in tv and advertising revenues for everyone because those spending money in theory therefore have more disposable income and are worth in the eyes of marketers

I'm sorry, but seriously, you need to re-engage your brain.

What you are trying to tell me is, that marketers, will pay more, to market their products, to a smaller market audience.

Come on.

Is it market quantity or quality? If I'm marketing a high end product, there's no point me sticking up a billboard in some deadbeat area, I want my advert to be in affluent areas

Similarly, advertising to a more targeted base could pay off for marketing companies.

You are assuming you know more than the very smart people who work in commercial finance for these companies, they haven't just bid for Pro 14 rights because it will pee off RugbyFan and Lord Dowlais on 606v2, they obviously think there is a commercial opportunity to generate revenue through subscriptions and advertising

RugbyFan100 wrote:

BamBam wrote:

Well in England, we've spent the last few years needing to pay for both Sky and BT, I don't recall English fans being up in arms that Wales/Scotland get free to air games, its just been accepted and we get on with it

Erm, that's because Welsh and Scottish fans have also had to get Sky sports and BT Sports because of pro14 and Europe!

No one forced them to - they had the option of just watching the FTA games

We didn't have that in England

marty2086 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

https://www.premiershiprugby.com/community/bt-and-premiership-rugby-in-exclusive-live-broadcast-deal/

can you please tell me what the current deal is worth?

That deal ran out last season I believe. Hard numbers for the extension (to 2021) are not available but indications are an increase of 80%

RugbyFan100 wrote:

BamBam wrote:

Why are Wales rugby fans so special that they deserve one subscription for everything?  

Not special. Just want a fair choice across the board and at fair prices. That won't be happenning from next season as Irish fans will get everything via 1 subscription (that's the 5th time I've posted that now).

Sure, its a fair market price for the UK - Ireland can do as it pleases

Why aren't you complaining that SA fans will get all the rugby they could ever want through SuperSport?

BamBam wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

BamBam wrote:

Well in England, we've spent the last few years needing to pay for both Sky and BT, I don't recall English fans being up in arms that Wales/Scotland get free to air games, its just been accepted and we get on with it

Erm, that's because Welsh and Scottish fans have also had to get Sky sports and BT Sports because of pro14 and Europe!

No one forced them to - they had the option of just watching the FTA games

We didn't have that in England

You were forced to buy sky sports and bt sports?

By who? I've no idea what you're on about. If you want to watch your team in all gamesyou had to watch via bt sports and sky sports. same as me.

BamBam wrote:

Why aren't you complaining that SA fans will get all the rugby they could ever want through SuperSport?

I have no clue as to what is on supersport. As it is completely irrelevant to the market my team is in.

SuperSport shows the Pro14, why isn't that relevant? South Africa is another country which features teams in the Pro14, its just as relevant as Ireland is surely?

Swap South Africa/SuperSport for Italy/Eurosport, still applies

RugbyFan100 wrote:

marty2086 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

marty2086 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

profitius wrote:They wanted the irish subscribers and pulled out when they were offered the UK only.

I doubt the pro14 will reveal it's tv deal figures anyway, which will be telling.

Why will it be telling? The AP don't reveal theirs

https://www.premiershiprugby.com/community/bt-and-premiership-rugby-in-exclusive-live-broadcast-deal/

I love how Marty just completely ignores the posts where he's proved wrong. Like they didn't happen.

Ignore what, just because I don't immediately respond doesn't mean I'm ignoring, can you please tell me what the current deal is worth?

£42m per annum.


Now were you wrong, given the link I posted above?

The AP don't reveal theirs

Where did the AP announce what their current deal is worth?

And apologies I did say they don't reveal theirs knowing full well they had announce that, so I was wrong to phrase things that way knowing they were wrong after all that isn't acceptable here unless it's you. I should have said they didn't announce the current figure

BamBam wrote:SuperSport shows the Pro14, why isn't that relevant? South Africa is another country which features teams in the Pro14, its just as relevant as Ireland is surely?

Supersport is not a broadcaster in UK and Ireland, which is the market we are discussing. Because that's where our teams play.

LondonTiger wrote:

marty2086 wrote:

RugbyFan100 wrote:

https://www.premiershiprugby.com/community/bt-and-premiership-rugby-in-exclusive-live-broadcast-deal/

can you please tell me what the current deal is worth?

That deal ran out last season I believe. Hard numbers for the extension (to 2021) are not available but indications are an increase of 80%

They didn't see out that deal sure, they renewed it a few years early in 2015

marty2086 wrote:


Where did the AP announce what their current deal is worth?

I have no idea, sorry.

And apologies I did say they don't reveal theirs knowing full well they had announce that, so I was wrong to phrase things that way knowing they were wrong after all that isn't acceptable here unless it's you. I should have said they didn't announce the current figure

Thanks