NRL Full lists of International Broadcast information

[storm fan]

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Region: Africa
Broadcaster: Setanta Sports
No. of Games on Pay (Live/Delay): Up to 5 per round
No. of Games on their online Platform (Live/Delay): Nil
No. of Games Free on Live-Stream: 8 per round
Replays available (Live-Stream or broadcaster site): Live-stream
Territories: Sub-Sahara Africa including Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo Democratic Republic, Congo Republic, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, , Central African Republic, Comoros, , Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, St Helena, Somalia, South Africa, , Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.


Region: Asia
Broadcaster: Setanta Sports
No. of Games on Pay (Live/Delay): Upto 5 per round
No. of Games on their online Platform (Live/Delay): all 8 games per round
No. of Games Free on Live-Stream: Nil
Replays available (Live-Stream or broadcaster site): Setanta-I.com
Territories: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China (People's Republic), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Taiwan (Republic of China), Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.


Region: Brazil
Broadcaster: SKY Brazil
No. of Games on Pay (Live/Delay): 2 per round
No. of Games on their online Platform (Live/Delay): all 8 games per round
No. of Games Free on Live-Stream: 6 per round
Replays available (Live-Stream or broadcaster site): TBC
Territories: Brazil


Region: Canada
Broadcaster: Rogers Sportsnet
No. of Games on Pay (Live/Delay): Upto 5 per round
No. of Games on their online Platform (Live/Delay): TBC
No. of Games Free on Live-Stream: TBC
Replays available (Live-Stream or broadcaster site): Roger Sportsnet
Territories: Canada


Region: France
Broadcaster: Be In Sport
No. of Games on Pay (Live/Delay): Upto 2 per round
No. of Games on their online Platform (Live/Delay): TBC
No. of Games Free on Live-Stream: 6 per round
Replays available (Live-Stream or broadcaster site): Live-stream
Territories: France


Region: Middle East
Broadcaster: Orbit Showtime
No. of Games on Pay (Live/Delay): 8 per round
No. of Games on their online Platform (Live/Delay): Upto 8 per round
No. of Games Free on Live-Stream: Nil
Replays available (Live-Stream or broadcaster site): OSN and Live-Stream
Territories: Afghanistan, the State of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharijah, Umm al-Quwain), the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Lebanon, the Republic of Yemen, the State of Qatar, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, the Republic of Chad, the Republic of Djibouti, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Somali Democratic Republic, Republic of the Sudan, the Republic of Tunisia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Iraq, and the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, West Bank and Palestine.


Region: Pacifc Isands
Broadcaster: Fiji TV, EMTV and SKY Pacific
No. of Games on Pay (Live/Delay): 8 per round
No. of Games on their online Platform (Live/Delay): TBC
No. of Games Free on Live-Stream: Nil
Replays available (Live-Stream or broadcaster site): Live-Stream
Territories: Fiji, the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, American Samoa, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Pacific Islands (being Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia).


Region: USA
Broadcaster: Fox Soccer
No. of Games on Pay (Live/Delay): 2 per round
No. of Games on their online Platform (Live/Delay): Nil
No. of Games Free on Live-Stream: 8 per round
Replays available (Live-Stream or broadcaster site): Yes
Territories: USA


Region: United Kingdom
Broadcaster: Premier Sports
No. of Games on Pay (Live/Delay): 8 per round
No. of Games on their online Platform (Live/Delay): Nil
No. of Games Free on Live-Stream: Nil
Replays available (Live-Stream or broadcaster site): No
Territories: United Kingdom


All other Territorries - every match avaliable live and via VOD

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I understand the rules regarding posting articles/stories etc. I'm oping the mods make an allowances for this instance due to all information being relevant and not the ownership of anyones.

 

[moto748]

Once again a worse deal for the UK than many other countries without a significant fan-base.

We have three or four digital platforms, either via satellite or 'cable'. But the Premier Sports outfit are only available on the Sky platform. A shame for likes of me who aren't prepared to do business with Murdoch (and plenty here feel the same). So at best I'll be reliant on, er, unorthodox methods to see the games. I shouldn't have known the good arrangement of the last few years was too good to last.

 

[robbieando]

I understand the rules regarding posting articles/stories etc. I'm oping the mods make an allowances for this instance due to all information being relevant and not the ownership of anyones.

No, no more than happy for this to be posted in full as I consider it more a reference than an article.

Seems like nothing much has really changed in the UK, but with France going with beIN for just two games is really surprising

 

[robbieando]

Once again a worse deal for the UK than many other countries without a significant fan-base.

We have three or four digital platforms, either via satellite or 'cable'. But the Premier Sports outfit are only available on the Sky platform. A shame for likes of me who aren't prepared to do business with Murdoch (and plenty here feel the same). So at best I'll be reliant on, er, unorthodox methods to see the games. I shouldn't have known the good arrangement of the last few years was too good to last.

It seems that deals have mainly been done with Premier Sports and their Setanta Sports off shoots in Asia and Africa. Can't believe that Sky Sports or BT Sports weren't at all interested

 

[storm fan]

Once again a worse deal for the UK than many other countries without a significant fan-base.

We have three or four digital platforms, either via satellite or 'cable'. But the Premier Sports outfit are only available on the Sky platform. A shame for likes of me who aren't prepared to do business with Murdoch (and plenty here feel the same). So at best I'll be reliant on, er, unorthodox methods to see the games. I shouldn't have known the good arrangement of the last few years was too good to last.

Can you explain to those of us who do not know how premier sports works and functions?

It seems that deals have mainly been done with Premier Sports and their Setanta Sports off shoots in Asia and Africa. Can't believe that Sky Sports or BT Sports weren't at all interested

Is there anything stating this or is this an assumption?

Perhaps they weren't willing to lay out as much cash for it as premier sports.

 

[||-GOB-||]

It seems that deals have mainly been done with Premier Sports and their Setanta Sports off shoots in Asia and Africa. Can't believe that Sky Sports or BT Sports weren't at all interested

If past deals are anything to go by then SkyUK probably just wanted the Finals/SoO and one or two games a week. Premier will show every game and are already doing lots of promo work, check out http://www.premiersports.tv and their ad

Slightly back on topic the NRL have updated the list so it's easier to understand what's on tv/online and have changed the name of the livestream channel to http://new.livestream.com/NRL


Region: Africa
Broadcaster: Setanta Sports
TV: Up to 5 per round
Online: Games not available on TV will be on live stream.
Replays: Live-stream
Territories: [snip]

Region: Asia
Broadcaster: Setanta Sports
TV: Upto 5 per round
Online: All games Live on Setanta-I.com
Replays: Setanta-I.com
Territories: [snip]

Region: Brazil
Broadcaster: SKY Brazil
TV: 2 per round
Online: Games not available on TV will be on live stream.
Replays: TBC
Territories: Brazil

Region: Canada
Broadcaster: Rogers Sportsnet
TV: Upto 5 per round
Online: Games not available on TV will be on live stream.
Replays: Roger Sportsnet
Territories: Canada

Region: France
Broadcaster: Be In Sport
TV: Upto 2 per round
Online: Games not available on TV will be on live stream.
Replays: Live-stream
Territories: France

Region: Middle East
Broadcaster: Orbit Showtime
TV: 8 per round
Replays: Live-Stream
Territories: [snip]

Region: Pacific Islands
Broadcaster: Fiji TV, EMTV and SKY Pacific
TV: 8 per round
Replays: Live-Stream
Territories: [snip]

Region: USA
Broadcaster: Fox Soccer
TV: 2 per round
Online: Live-Stream
Replays: Live-Stream
Territories: USA
NOTE: All games are on live stream regardless of being on Fox Soccer

Region: United Kingdom
Broadcaster: Premier Sports
TV: 8 per round
Online: NA
Replays: Premier Sports
Territories: United Kingdom

 

[robbieando]

Can you explain to those of us who do not know how premier sports works and functions?

It's a stand alone channel on the Sky platform, which you pay extra each month for. Those who use Freeview, TopUpTV, Virgin Media or BT can't access the channel. How Premier Sports come about was their owners started Setanta Sports and about 5 years ago got the Rights to the Premier League, but were never able to cover the costs and in the end the channel in the UK went bankrupt. ESPN UK was started to pick over the better rights they had plus attempt to break into the UK market against Sky Sports.

The former owners of Setanta Sports UK (because the likes of Setanta Sports Asia, Australia and Ireland stayed afloat) started Premier Sports to mainly cover the GAA and give sports like the NRL a home when they weren't picked up by either Sky Sports or ESPN. 10 months or so ago BT Sports successfully bid for the Premier League Rights that ESPN had plus one package of Sky Sports and then picked up all of the England Rugby Union rights. To top that off only last week BT Sport brought ESPN UK (mainly for content). So Premier Sports is a small sports channel on just one platform in the UK that gives a home to sports that don't find a home on Sky Sports or ESPN (and now BT Sports).

Is there anything stating this or is this an assumption?

Perhaps they weren't willing to lay out as much cash for it as premier sports.

I'm surprised thats all. I doubt it was a cash matter as either Sky Sports and BT Sports could ramp bidding up if they wanted to. Just they most likely didn't put in a bid to match the commitment to the NRL like Premier Sports did. This isn't about money for the NRL, BUT commitment. That would be a bigger factor

 

[moto748]

robbieando has explained that very well.

Bottom line: if you want to watch the NRL legally in the UK, you need a Sky satellite dish.

 

[Northern_Union]

SkyTV NZ have signed a short term deal for round 1 until the two parties can agree on a deal. Apparently SKY NZ wants to roll over the $14 million per season deal for a further 5 years while the NRL wants $25 million per season. The league is a corner stone product for Sky so we'll see a long term deal soon for sure.