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@Rapido said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
They'll turn plenty of excellent timed broadcasts into just a bit too late (plus drag of adds)
What are bars/pubs going to do? Is there a separate arrangement for them? You can't have it on delay there with twitter etc.
It's a bit of a shame really - when living in Aus/NZ it's always a treat when a big tournament of any code is in primetime - I have very fond memories (and lack therof) of the 2003 and 2011 tournaments.
@rotated said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Rapido said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
They'll turn plenty of excellent timed broadcasts into just a bit too late (plus drag of adds)
What are bars/pubs going to do? Is there a separate arrangement for them? You can't have it on delay there with twitter etc.
It's a bit of a shame really - when living in Aus/NZ it's always a treat when a big tournament of any code is in primetime - I have very fond memories (and lack therof) of the 2003 and 2011 tournaments.
My memory of the 2003 world cup in Australia , was that the timezones during the pool stages were quite annoying.
Nz went to daylight savings time about 3 weeks before Australia , so all these midweek pool games were 11pm starts. I'd fall asleep half an hour into each match.
Seen the kickoff times for this tournament and there are lots of tasty 10:15pm kickoffs. Fuck waiting until 11:30 or12:00 to watch on delay.
The pool stages of this tournament are shaping up great for 3 out of 4 pools, unlike the aforementioned 2003 version where I would wait up late and give up at 28-nil after 20 minutes ... biggest gap between tier 1 and tier 2 pro and amateur, back in 2003.
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@Machpants said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Interesting stuff, as airways, by 1014. Worked fine Chrome cast from my PC
Just watched it, interesting reveal at the end
Good episode, and it was just 2 men pointing at numbers ....@Rapido said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Machpants said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Interesting stuff, as airways, by 1014. Worked fine Chrome cast from my PC
Just watched it, interesting reveal at the end
Good episode, and it was just 2 men pointing at numbers ....Yeah, aside from the amazing 2015 winning team, the rest of the wining teams of the pro era were very similar statistically - caps, age, time together (1 game as same 15 during the year leading up to final!), lost last time's QF, etc
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Bought the early bird. Excited for the commentary team as Marshy won't be there. Excited for the RWC in general. Hate the business practices of Sky so stoked they don't have it. Though I do wish it would just be free to air anyway but unfortunately that's not how business works.
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Got it earlybird. No brainer - streaming is the future, it's useful to get others on there (will be helping at least one older person get it rolling)
@nzzp said in [Poll] Will you use Spark to watch RWC?:
Got it earlybird. No brainer - streaming is the future, it's useful to get others on there (will be helping at least one older person get it rolling)
Yep, and a I’m confident the coverage will be far superior to anything Sky has delivered just for the fact that you can watch any game or highlights on demand at your leisure. Good on Spark for taking a risk and paving the way forward.
My only consideration is for some folk in rural areas that pay insanely high prices for dodgy internet, not sure if they’ll realistically be able to get on board.
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With MySky I can watch any game on demand at my leisure. I'm not sure how having Spark will make that any better.
In general I much prefer to watch sport on MySky, because the TV remote allows more control with going forward and back at speed than I have ever been able to muster off my phone.
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With MySky I can watch any game on demand at my leisure. I'm not sure how having Spark will make that any better.
In general I much prefer to watch sport on MySky, because the TV remote allows more control with going forward and back at speed than I have ever been able to muster off my phone.
@Chester-Draws said in [Poll] Will you use Spark to watch RWC?:
With MySky I can watch any game on demand at my leisure. I'm not sure how having Spark will make that any better.
In general I much prefer to watch sport on MySky, because the TV remote allows more control with going forward and back at speed than I have ever been able to muster off my phone.
I like the fact that I can watch any game on demand on any device. If I am somewhere in the house away from the decoder I am not limited. I wonder if CF Snr will be able to use my spark account too? I assume it's ok, it would only be two devices running at the same time.....
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Day 2 (Saturday) of the world cup is gong to be massive.
3 crunch pool games one after the other.
Australia v Fiji at 16:45 (the not-quite pool of death, potential ripper)
France v Argentina at 19:15
NZ v South Africa at 21:45Then on Sunday, there is
Ireland v Scotland at 19:45
and potential banana skin in the actual pool of death England v Tonga at 22:15Tournament starts off with a bang.
If you wait to see how it pans out with the streaming, you'll be missing out.
BTW, I do not work for Spark ..... just genuinely excited by the pool stages, RWC has now reached that point.
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Day 2 (Saturday) of the world cup is gong to be massive.
3 crunch pool games one after the other.
Australia v Fiji at 16:45 (the not-quite pool of death, potential ripper)
France v Argentina at 19:15
NZ v South Africa at 21:45Then on Sunday, there is
Ireland v Scotland at 19:45
and potential banana skin in the actual pool of death England v Tonga at 22:15Tournament starts off with a bang.
If you wait to see how it pans out with the streaming, you'll be missing out.
BTW, I do not work for Spark ..... just genuinely excited by the pool stages, RWC has now reached that point.
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@nzzp said in [Poll] Will you use Spark to watch RWC?:
Got it earlybird. No brainer - streaming is the future, it's useful to get others on there (will be helping at least one older person get it rolling)
Yep, and a I’m confident the coverage will be far superior to anything Sky has delivered just for the fact that you can watch any game or highlights on demand at your leisure. Good on Spark for taking a risk and paving the way forward.
My only consideration is for some folk in rural areas that pay insanely high prices for dodgy internet, not sure if they’ll realistically be able to get on board.
@No-Quarter said in [Poll] Will you use Spark to watch RWC?:
@nzzp said in [Poll] Will you use Spark to watch RWC?:
My only consideration is for some folk in rural areas that pay insanely high prices for dodgy internet, not sure if they’ll realistically be able to get on board.
They're saying you need 15Mbs download speed, so I'm not even close.
I've been a Sky customer for 20 years and a Spark/Telecom customer for 20 years and let me tell you that my satisfaction rating for these two companies is presently well below zero. Spark hasn't even bothered to send me a "Sorry loyal customer for f*cking you" email, let alone offer some discounts.
I'll be watching at friends/family/the pub - saving my money to spend on beer - which has never let me down!
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No, because I can’t.
Live 15 minutes from Whangarei and we are on shitty bloody rural broadband, which is not fast enough.
F Spark and F the people who gave them the rights to it.
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will this end up like for the Soccer world cup in Aus where Optus' streaming service completely collapsed, and the entire thing ended up being delivered free-to-air by SBS?
