- Feb 21, 2009
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Hey all, had a thought.
With the introduction of services such as Kayo and the increased ability to stream games on the internet, is there any merit in looking at altering the standard non holiday weekend fixture timeslots?
Take for example the NBAs Christmas Day scheduling, they essentially go game after game for 10-12 hours with no concurrent games. I know blah blah why copy Americans... But it gives a national audience to every game.
This allows everyone to watch every game live. It also allows the leauge to get even longer time on TV.
Thursday and Friday night could be left alone though there's scope for a b2b game depending on venue/time. Saturday could begin mid day and work it's way to 10.30ish. Likewise Sunday. Or push a game to Monday night as a possibility.
Just seems long term FTA isn't the likely format choice. As the next media rights kick in it'll only erode more anyway.
Having 2 games simultaneously only limits national audience and exposure.
Thoughts?
With the introduction of services such as Kayo and the increased ability to stream games on the internet, is there any merit in looking at altering the standard non holiday weekend fixture timeslots?
Take for example the NBAs Christmas Day scheduling, they essentially go game after game for 10-12 hours with no concurrent games. I know blah blah why copy Americans... But it gives a national audience to every game.
This allows everyone to watch every game live. It also allows the leauge to get even longer time on TV.
Thursday and Friday night could be left alone though there's scope for a b2b game depending on venue/time. Saturday could begin mid day and work it's way to 10.30ish. Likewise Sunday. Or push a game to Monday night as a possibility.
Just seems long term FTA isn't the likely format choice. As the next media rights kick in it'll only erode more anyway.
Having 2 games simultaneously only limits national audience and exposure.
Thoughts?
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