Preseason televised?

[fruitbat]

I was hoping to watch the CCM Vs Roar on Fox but I gather it isnt televised.

Does anyone know how the anti-siphoning law works and why it cant be applied here? If Fox have the rights and choose not to televise the game, why cant SBS cover and broadcast it? Liistening to a radio broadcast is better than nothing but really, its the sort of thing you associate with a Test Match at Lords in the 1930's!

I must get our family to Bluetongue more often. We've only managed it about a dozen times since the '05 preseason ( an expensive outing for a family of 6), but our record is intact...The Mariners have never lost when we were in the crowd.

 

[Bex]

No, its not televised.

I'm not sure that the free to air stations have even woken up that there is a fair bit of interest in the PSC matches so I doubt they're even staking a claim for the right to televise.

 

[clarence]

I had a thought about this too, but then remembered that even the NRL pre season games aren't televised, and the NRL rates pretty well for the Pay TV folks. So if they won't dust off the OB trucks and cameras for them in pre season, why would they bother for the A-League?

Also, the Foxtel folks have a commitment to the NRL AND AFL when our pre season starts, and to ask them to drive to regional games, or even grounds they aren't familiar with in a capital city, during our pre season (particularly when there's a NRL or AFL match on the same date) might be a big ask, to be fair.

Doubt there'd be any great ratings coming out of any FTA A-League Pre Season comp., but you'd think that maybe SBS might wanna run with it for some Sunday games. Also doubt it would come under any anti siphoning law influence.

 

[~Floss~]

Good point, but i'd hope HAL PSC would rate just as highly as other stuff they televise on sat & sun arvo's, like club rugby or lawn bowls

 

[~Floss~]

......Liistening to a radio broadcast is better than nothing but really, its the sort of thing you associate with a Test Match at Lords in the 1930's!
.......

You know something we don't? (is there a radio broadcast???)

 

[clarence]

Good point, but i'd hope HAL PSC would rate just as highly as other stuff they televise on sat & sun arvo's, like club rugby or lawn bowls

I'm sure it'd rate better than those 2 you mentioned, but the cost of running a broadcast crew and finding the available equipment might be too much for the risk. Especially so with SBS and their tight (tighter than Janice Pietersen's  tops ) budgets.

 

[soccersensei]

Good point, but i'd hope HAL PSC would rate just as highly as other stuff they televise on sat & sun arvo's, like club rugby or lawn bowls

Exactly!

Oh and I've looked everywhere for news of a radio broadcast and turned up nadda obviously... I truly hate this...

I feell ike a blind deaf supporter whose just lost his ticket outside the ground...

 

[fruitbat]

Sorry for the bum steer on the radio broadcast-someone else told me it would be.

Its really frustrating not being able to see how they are going.

 

[Bex]

http://futbol24.com/f24_livenow/LiveNow.html

 

[FFC Mariner]

http://futbol24.com/f24_livenow/LiveNow.html

Sorry Bex, wheres this link again???

LOL

 

[Bex]

Here it is:

http://f**koffsmartarse.com      ;D

 

[soccersensei]

Sorry Bex, that link isn't working?
Do you have another perhaps?

;D

 

[marinersman]

The final is live on Fox Sports 3 at 5.30pm on Wednesday.

 

[bulldogmariner]

Thats awesome hopefully Kwasnik can score the winner!

 

[Mariner Girl]

"bout time the A-league was back on - been too long 

 

[JamesH]

The final is live on Fox Sports 3 at 5.30pm on Wednesday.

Really? Nice! I couldn't find it on the Fox schedule when I checked this morning. Looking forward to it!

 

[fedelta]

Search programs> By time> Sport> Blue Button ('Soccer')

IIRC

 

[kevrenor]

Search programs> By time> Sport> Blue Button ('Soccer')

IIRC

FOX Sports 3 (not 2 as in FFA media release) at 5:30pm, it is!  IQ programmed to record ... go Nix (except if Tommy P scores).

On another note .... does anyone know a good pest control company:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p38WjDIL3bM

 

[T]

It would be funny if both Kwas and Tommy end up scoring....

 

[Bear]

Cup final on at the CCLC....

http://marinators.net/forum/index.php?topic=2070.msg50183#new