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@Stargazer quoted in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Former Sky Sports presenter Scott Stevenson will be a central figure in Spark's coverage, Latch confirmed, with "a mix of leading rugby personalities" to be unveiled within the next month or so.
Not sure I like that much as most of the rugby personalities running around add nothing of any benefit. In fact they often detract from it.
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@Stargazer said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Not really to do with the RWC, but I didn't know where else to post this.
I was about to sign up to Fanpass but the very day I started the process, they whacked the price up to $99/month.
I'll probably give the $38.99 package for 6 months min a go as a result of their price drop.
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If they did full games available on replay, not their shit 10 mins build up, 10 mins post match, 5 mins highlights it might be coming close to worth it.
I will stick with rugbypass which has pretty much every game on the planet, in full (or decent length highlights), for whenever I want to watch it, including a back catalogue of a year. For less.
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@Machpants that sounds decent, might check it out ta!
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@Machpants said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Bones You'll need a VPN, configure it for HK or the like, but such a good deal. Max 720P and via VPN (so live is a good 30 sec delayed) but soooooooooo much rugby. Owned by some kiwis
Yeah I just had a quick look but it's really unclear what matches you might get and where. I'm off to oz for a few weeks so looking for something temporary and decent to keep up with super rugby.
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You get everything around the world, all tournaments, but you need a VPN Premiership, Top14, Pro 14, Super rugby, all the internationals. They haven't got RWC sadly. But you need a VPN, set it to HK or Singapore and you're good to go. When looking at the page get your VPN on, cos it doesn't give all the options if you're showing an NZ IP
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@Machpants said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
You get everything around the world, all tournaments, but you need a VPN Premiership, Top14, Pro 14, Super rugby, all the internationals. They haven't got RWC sadly. But you need a VPN, set it to HK or Singapore and you're good to go. When looking at the page get your VPN on, cos it doesn't give all the options if you're showing an NZ IP
I've, um, heard that a lot of the decent streams available to those rascals who might want to watch illegitimate coverage for free online come straight from Rugbypass. Quality is fine and the price is excellent for those scoundrels, apparently.
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@Machpants said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
Pretty good deal when they were talking around a hundy
chatting to a mate in that general industry (who used to work there) he said they're really keen to get into the sport business, and are investing heavily in the infrastructure. Reckons they'll take a bath on the $$$, but see it as an investment.
Makes some sense. Sky is at its weakest at the moment, and once streaming works for folk, the only differentiator will be an outside broadcasting unit.
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People will be able to watch the entire Rugby World Cup on Spark Sport for $59.99 if they take advantage of a "super early bird special" that will go on sale next month, Spark has announced. More games than previously signalled will also be available free-to-air on TVNZ. The price to watch all 48 matches live and "on-demand" on Spark Sport increases to $79.99 if rugby fans leave buying a pass until June, and Spark will bump the price up to $89.99 during the nine days before the tournament starts on September 20. The pricing is designed to encourage fans to sign up to watch the RWC on Spark Sport early, its head Jeff Latch said. But all the prices are below the $100 that managing director Simon Moutter suggested the event could cost when Spark first confirmed it had won the rights to the tournament a year ago. As an alternative to buying a pass, people will be able to pay $24.99 to watch individual matches online once the tournament starts. Twelve matches including all All Blacks' pool games and its quarter-final – assuming the team qualifies – as well as the semifinals and final will also be broadcast free-to-air on TVNZ 1. The semifinals and final and four other games will be shown live by TVNZ, with the other five "free" matches, including the All Blacks' pool games and a potential quarterfinal screening with a one-hour delay. Those 12 matches plus two others will also be available free online through Spark Sport.There had been concerns tens of thousands of homes without high-speed broadband might not otherwise be able to watch the All Blacks play at the tournament in Japan. As well as being able to watch matches live and on-demand, RWC pass-holders will also be able to watch replays and highlights for 30 days following each match. Internet users do not need to have their broadband with Spark to use Spark Sport. Spark said most commercial premises, which include bars, would be able to buy access to the RWC at the same price as consumers, describing that as "a special one-off offer".Spark said it could also switch any other matches live to TVNZ's Duke channel "at a few minutes' notice" if there was a "widespread and significant issue" streaming them through Spark Sport. While Spark was not expecting problems, it was better to have a back-up plan, Latch said.Latch said people who bought Spark Sport RWC passes once they went on sale in May would get immediate access to content such as matches from past tournaments so they could "relive the excitement of previous years".FREE GAMES ON TVNZ 20 September, Japan v Russia: Live 21 September, NZ v South Africa: Delayed by 1 hour 28 September, Tonga v Argentina: Live 2 October, NZ v Canada: Delayed by 1 hour 4 October, South Africa v Italy: Live 6 October, NZ v Namibia: Delayed by 1 hour 9 October, Fiji v Wales: Live 12 October, NZ v Italy: Delayed by 1 hour One quarter final: TBC, but will be the NZ match, assuming the team progress past the pool stage: Delayed by 1 hour 26 October, semi-final: Live 27 October, semi-final: Live 2 November, final: Livehttps://www.stuff.co.nz/business/111932929/5999-to-watch-rugby-world-cup-on-spark-sport
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Fair enough, will jump on the early bird package. The only thing I care about is if it actually bloody works - good to hear they've been investing heavily. Something Sky could learn from with regards to online streaming.
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