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sport on tv

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 9:44 pm
by stampy
i, like a lot of people have foxtel and find it annoying that they were not allowed to show the races live from flemington today, the same way they werent allowed to show the afl grand final live, and i guess the same thing will happen with the cup on tuesday, whats the go there?? i agree with the anti-siphoning laws but when these events are shown on free to air surely fox should be allowed to show them as well

Re: sport on tv

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:34 pm
by Phantom Gossiper
stampy wrote:i, like a lot of people have foxtel and find it annoying that they were not allowed to show the races live from flemington today, the same way they werent allowed to show the afl grand final live, and i guess the same thing will happen with the cup on tuesday, whats the go there?? i agree with the anti-siphoning laws but when these events are shown on free to air surely fox should be allowed to show them as well

I dont have foxtel, but i do empathise and agree with you - if it is on free to air then surely it should be shown on pay tv!?

Re: sport on tv

PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:35 pm
by Wedgie
Shits me even more when free to air have the first right to show stuff live and dont show it and Foxtel still can't show it, ie a lot of rugby league.

Re: sport on tv

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 1:43 am
by brod
While you're on it....******* Setanta (who has Sentanta) has coverage of the All Blacks Northern Hemisphere tour...again ******* Setanta :roll:

Re: sport on tv

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:07 am
by Sky Pilot
I agree with these comments, it is very frustrating the way simple solutions cannot be found for these stupid inconsistencies. I guess it is ego's, greed and plain incompetence getting in the way of common sense. I couldn't live without pay tv because of the current affairs, news and sports coverage.

Re: sport on tv

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:09 am
by mighty_tiger_79
stampy wrote:i, like a lot of people have foxtel and find it annoying that they were not allowed to show the races live from flemington today, the same way they werent allowed to show the afl grand final live, and i guess the same thing will happen with the cup on tuesday, whats the go there?? i agree with the anti-siphoning laws but when these events are shown on free to air surely fox should be allowed to show them as well


what i found interesting was at the races yesterday, sky racing world couldnt show the flemington races that were on sky racing 1 :oops: isnt it all the same?

Re: sport on tv

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 1:41 pm
by stampy
well i have t-box at one end of the house and foxtel up the other, t-box has TVN which showed the flemington races but the same channel werent allowed to show them on foxtel, that is well and truly effed

Re: sport on tv

PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 5:16 pm
by Bully
brod wrote:While you're on it....******* Setanta (who has Sentanta) has coverage of the All Blacks Northern Hemisphere tour...again ******* Setanta :roll:



i have setanta, and have since cancelled it. I rang up to cancel it, and the fella who answered the call basically refused to cancel it saying i could afford the $16 dollars a month for it, i had a good decent arguement and asked him was he my accountant, he was about to hang up after telling me i should just skip a lunch meal every week to afford it if i was in serious trouble, but i then asked to speak with his manager. The matter was sorted out within minutes....

Re: sport on tv

PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:16 pm
by Jim05
Bully wrote:
brod wrote:While you're on it....******* Setanta (who has Sentanta) has coverage of the All Blacks Northern Hemisphere tour...again ******* Setanta :roll:



i have setanta, and have since cancelled it. I rang up to cancel it, and the fella who answered the call basically refused to cancel it saying i could afford the $16 dollars a month for it, i had a good decent arguement and asked him was he my accountant, he was about to hang up after telling me i should just skip a lunch meal every week to afford it if i was in serious trouble, but i then asked to speak with his manager. The matter was sorted out within minutes....

Really, Ive had Setanta for years and have found them excellant.
Just need to get more soccer on there. Some league 1 or 2 would be great