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<blockquote data-quote="MikeTheNative" data-source="post: 901272" data-attributes="member: 74084"><p>Pro 14 have officially announced Premier Sports as the English language partner for the UK(native language discussions are still ongoing and as yet unannounced)</p><p><a href="https://www.pro14rugby.org/2018/04/30/premier-sports-freesports-to-broadcast-every-guinness-pro14-game-from-2018-19/" target="_blank">https://www.pro14rugby.org/2018/04/30/premier-sports-freesports-to-broadcast-every-guinness-pro14-game-from-2018-19/</a></p><p></p><p>As correctly predicted above there will be one game a round shown on the free sports channel available to all. The headline of this deal is that every single game will be shown(in HD as well), so I can be disappointed by the Dragons every week. Also coming is a highlights show, extended pre and post match analysis and also a mid week rugby magazine show, I assume like BT's rugby tonight.</p><p></p><p>For me I'm happy paying that £10 a month to watch all the Welsh games and the interesting fixtures each round. However considering on my current Sky deal I get sky sports for £15 it doesn't seem like an amazing deal as there isn't too much other sport that interests me on the channel. Bar the odd French and Italian summer tour game. </p><p></p><p>I also don't think this is the best for the sport's health. I doubt you casual Welsh viewer will tune into a sports channel they have never heard of to watch a game between two Irish sides that has been picked as the 'feature' game (vice versa). I can justify paying an extra £10 a month to watch a few rugby games but there are a number of households that can't and that will only decrease the interest in the league if you can't catch any of the games. It's not been announced but I really hope that Scrum V keeps it's Welsh highlights show, not as it's the best quality wise but it's at least some exposure on a main channel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeTheNative, post: 901272, member: 74084"] Pro 14 have officially announced Premier Sports as the English language partner for the UK(native language discussions are still ongoing and as yet unannounced) [URL]https://www.pro14rugby.org/2018/04/30/premier-sports-freesports-to-broadcast-every-guinness-pro14-game-from-2018-19/[/URL] As correctly predicted above there will be one game a round shown on the free sports channel available to all. The headline of this deal is that every single game will be shown(in HD as well), so I can be disappointed by the Dragons every week. Also coming is a highlights show, extended pre and post match analysis and also a mid week rugby magazine show, I assume like BT's rugby tonight. For me I'm happy paying that £10 a month to watch all the Welsh games and the interesting fixtures each round. However considering on my current Sky deal I get sky sports for £15 it doesn't seem like an amazing deal as there isn't too much other sport that interests me on the channel. Bar the odd French and Italian summer tour game. I also don't think this is the best for the sport's health. I doubt you casual Welsh viewer will tune into a sports channel they have never heard of to watch a game between two Irish sides that has been picked as the 'feature' game (vice versa). I can justify paying an extra £10 a month to watch a few rugby games but there are a number of households that can't and that will only decrease the interest in the league if you can't catch any of the games. It's not been announced but I really hope that Scrum V keeps it's Welsh highlights show, not as it's the best quality wise but it's at least some exposure on a main channel. [/QUOTE]
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