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Sky Sports "Cricket"
- Thread starter Niall
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fredfertang
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Couldn't agree more - also find it difficult to believe that the cost of it could exceed the advertising revenue they would get - sums involved must be small anyway
Woodster
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Yes it’s a frustration with so much cricket going on around the world that they can’t broadcast some of it. I appreciate we’ve had the monsoon-affected one-day series in SL recently, but it is a channel dedicated to the sport and other channels are currently showing the Caribbean 50-over competition, the Afghanistan T20 tournament, I’m sure if they put something on such as the Sheffield Shield it’ll go some way to justifying the name of the channel. I love watching some of the older stuff aswell but when it’s repeat after repeat it can get a tad tiresome.
cpr
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Do they charge for the cricket channel separate like they do with the F1 channel? I just get the sports package on NowTV so I'm not sure whats what with Sky direct. If they are charging for it, then yeah, bit rubbish really, especially as everything major you want to watch ends up on main event anyway.
YorksLanka
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a massive zebra
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I completely agree.
There is not much point having a channel dedicated to cricket if more often than not a days coverage consists of nothing but 24 hours of repeats, even when multiple international matches are ongoing. I thought Sky Sports was much better when they didn't have any channels dedicated to particular sports but all five channels had live sport on throughout the peak time hours.
There is not much point having a channel dedicated to cricket if more often than not a days coverage consists of nothing but 24 hours of repeats, even when multiple international matches are ongoing. I thought Sky Sports was much better when they didn't have any channels dedicated to particular sports but all five channels had live sport on throughout the peak time hours.
cpr
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The F1 channel seems to be surviving and this week is a busy one with races on consecutive weekends for once!
How much is Sky Sports these days? I think we pay about £30 a month with Now TV and get the full lot. (Well my dad pays it, he only watches it through the box, leaving me to steal his other 3 logins). Seem to remember it being a stupidly expensive package to add in the past
Stace
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SKY sports have just agreed a deal to show the NBA for the next 4 years and will show 170 games THIS SEASON!! https://www.freesupertips.co.uk/news/sky-sports-nba-agree-4-year-broadcasting-deal/
How can they waste so much time and money on a bloody American sport, surely the demand isn't that high. They always seem to be showing tennis and golf non stop too.
Thank god BT are showing Australia's LO series with SA and India, even though the comms and presentation aren't great.
How can they waste so much time and money on a bloody American sport, surely the demand isn't that high. They always seem to be showing tennis and golf non stop too.
Thank god BT are showing Australia's LO series with SA and India, even though the comms and presentation aren't great.
Niall
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The tennis coverage is so-so, they did not show Edmund winning his first ATP event the other day which I am sure would have annoyed a lot of people. Thy have lost the rights to Amazon for all the men's stuff while the ladies is on BT Sport. BT show plenty of rugby along with terrestrial who still have the rights to big international events.
I think the only sports they seem they really seem to have on lock are darts and golf.
I think the only sports they seem they really seem to have on lock are darts and golf.
fredfertang
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So the 3rd ODI between India and WIndies isn't likely to be the most gripping match of the year, but **** me it would get a bigger audience than a rerun of the second SL/Eng ODI, wouldn't it?
It's so **** here atm. The only cricket we've had to watch recently is the sl England series where every game has been rain affected, the pak Aus years which I found out half way through was on a random Asian channel and the wi domestic which has actually been very good but 2nd innings finishes about 3am.
andmark
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In fairness, ITV have made some progress in getting darts events. It's good to have some good quality darts on free-to-air rather than just the BDO once a year.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Haha you're ****ing kidding right
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
NBA is huge at the moment. Easily the second most popular sport going and it's massive with the younger crowd.
a massive zebra
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On what basis is basketball easily the second most popular sport in the UK? According to Sport England, Basketball is the 8th most played sport in the UK (cricket is 4th), and according to Sky, Basketball isn't among the top 10 most viewed sports on Sky Sports (cricket is 4th).
andmark
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Am I right in thinking that Sky doesn't show much basketball? If that's right, then it could be interpreted as either it doesn't get views because it's not on, or it's not on because it doesn't get views.