CL Fixtures - not just yet!

cables · Post by **cables** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:27 pm

See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/4676559.stm

Good to see we may get back to Friday nights.

colinh · Post by **colinh** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:50 pm

More Irish games are set to be played on Friday for the sake of Setanta TV, although some will remain on Sundays.

Or maybe not .....

Colin

Mid-Terrace · Post by **Mid-Terrace** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:47 pm

What the feck are Setanta at?? NOW they want to have more Friday games, this, of course, is good news but why then did they c*ck-up everything last season??

ding dong2u · Post by **ding dong2u** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:34 pm

Because for the initial part of the season they didn't have a Friday night broadcasting slot but that changed around Xmas. CL still shouldn't have sold out to them as they don't reach anywhere near enough households.

Mid-Terrace · Post by **Mid-Terrace** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:13 am

ding dong2u wrote:Because for the initial part of the season they didn't have a Friday night broadcasting slot but that changed around Xmas. CL still shouldn't have sold out to them as they don't reach anywhere near enough households.

Let's keep it that way??

BR · Post by BR » Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:03 pm

ding dong2u wrote:Because for the initial part of the season they didn't have a Friday night broadcasting slot but that changed around Xmas. CL still shouldn't have sold out to them as they don't reach anywhere near enough households.

I don't think we can complain about their potential penetration, but at Â£114 for what looks like 3 (ulster) matches - there's not too many who could afford it.

ding dong2u · Post by **ding dong2u** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:01 pm

Ah but it is only potential and not actual. TG4 reached far more households when they had the contract even though the picture wasn't great and I couldn't understand a word of it