Outrage tomorrow

[DiscoMick]

That's what is predicted when people turn on their TVs on Sunday to watch the first one-dayer between South Africa and Australia and can't find it because the ODIs are only on pay TV.
Shock horror, what is the world coming to?

Cricket viewers in for a shock with Australia-South Africa ODIs behind paywall
Cricket fans beware — Australia v South Africa ODIs won't be on free-to-air TV - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-03/cricket-viewers-in-for-a-shock-with-one-dayers-behind-paywall/10461746)

[weeds]

Yep, not ideal.......

So long as the tests stay on free to air.......I’ll be happy

[d2dave]

Yes that sucks. I like my cricket and I can't afford to own Landrovers and have pay tv at the same time.[smilebigeye]

[trog]

That's what is predicted when people turn on their TVs on Sunday to watch the first one-dayer between South Africa and Australia and can't find it because the ODIs are only on pay TV.
Shock horror, what is the world coming to?

Cricket viewers in for a shock with Australia-South Africa ODIs behind paywall
Cricket fans beware — Australia v South Africa ODIs won't be on free-to-air TV - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-03/cricket-viewers-in-for-a-shock-with-one-dayers-behind-paywall/10461746)

If so hopefully there won’t be as many ad and cross promotion breaks as on free to air.

[p38arover]

Who cares!

[harro]

:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:
Got to be kidding!
So how much revenue is enough?
Professional sport is now driven by greed, onwards and upwards.
what does the CA CEO get paid now I wonder.

Eventually Local Tests will disappear behind a paywall as well.
And considering the recent cheating fiasco the timing is very poor but of course we the mug punters will just forget and move on.......

[ramblingboy42]

And this is part of the problem with Australian cricket at the moment

The decision to make the ODI's only available on pay tv is another one which was done without true consultation of of cricketing supporters.

I won't be making Foxtel richer by watching the cricket there, most of us will be poorer for it.

Why does this corporate world believe that we all subscribe to pay tv and push and poke our fingers around on mobile phones?

[solmanic]

So, first the team kills off part of their support base through cheating, then Cricket Australia aims to finish the job through a boneheaded pay-TV deal. It's like no one learnt anything from the local basketball league fiasco. When they went away from free-to-air match broadcasting everyone, and I mean EVERYONE lost interest. The number of spectators at actual games is directly proportional to the mass visibility of the sport.

[trog]

GIve it back to the ABC. Widespread coverage and no ads . Win win

[weeds]

GIve it back to the ABC. Widespread coverage and no ads . Win win

Didn’t realise the ABC televised limited over games.

[Zeros]

Pyjama cricket has been all about tv revenue since Kerry Packers World Series in the mid 70’s. It was the beginning of the end IMO. Before that it was real cricket on the ABC. Its logical destination was always going to be pay tv. It’s kinda like fake baseball, with none of the longevity or tradition. ...I’d be surprised if Fox revenue increases much, especially considering the trend of bringing in pyjama cricket ‘specialists’ who don’t play in the real game - tests. Even then I’ve lost interest as it all becomes commercialised entertainment, rather than sport.

AFL is in danger of becoming a pay TV only sport too. The rampant commercialisation of everything that used to be free family entertainment will backfire one day, especially if the ridiculous cost of living in Australia continues to rise unchecked. A Foxtel caused recession? Probably not but it all contributes to the teetering tower of cards we’re all living under.

Cricket results? People will lose interest the more expensive and inaccessible it all becomes.

[Homestar]

If so hopefully there won’t be as many ad and cross promotion breaks as on free to air.

If it’s like anything else Foxtel, they’ll be far more. They don’t have to follow the same guidelines as FTA so they generally pack in more ads. They certainly did when I had Foxtel but wouldn’t touch them now.

Interestingly they were saying on the radio the other day that now all Cricket in England is pay, that interest in the game has dropped dramatically and uptake by younger people has fallen off too. Who would have thought...

[incisor]

If it’s like anything else Foxtel, they’ll be far more. They don’t have to follow the same guidelines as FTA so they generally pack in more ads. They certainly did when I had Foxtel but wouldn’t touch them now.

Interestingly they were saying on the radio the other day that now all Cricket in England is pay, that interest in the game has dropped dramatically and uptake by younger people has fallen off too. Who would have thought...

yeah

don't know how many times this has to happen before sports administrators are forced to look at the long picture instead of their next years bonus etc etc

oh well... i get to do more fishing and wheeling i suppose [biggrin]

[trog]

The free to air AFL coverage is crap , with all the ads. Pay to watch all the other games during the season, then the glut of ads for stuff I don’t want . I would rather pay a few bucks be it subscription or via the tax dollar on ABC.

[DiscoMick]

Most people prefer Netflix to Foxtel, so the audience can only drop.
I see the CEO of CA resigned the other day for other reasons. Interesting.

[d2dave]

GIve it back to the ABC. Win win

With a camera at one end only, so you see every second over from behind the stumps.

I am/was a big fan of V8 supercars. Due to half of the races now only on Foxtel I am slowly losing interest in the sport.

I fear the same will happen with cricket.

[p38arover]

Pyjama cricket has been all about tv revenue since Kerry Packers World Series in the mid 70’s.

I remember watching an episode of Midsomer Murders where the locals were upset over this new form of cricket from Australia being played in their village.

145717

[DiscoMick]

Meanwhile cricket would be on every TV in India and Pakistan, cricketers are hugely popular - one is now PM of Pakistan - and they are flogging us on the field. So how is that 'win at all costs' approach working for CA?

[Zeros]

It’s better on ABC radio anyway...and it’s free.

Exactly Mick. In India it’s still the peoples’ game.

[Zeros]

The free to air AFL coverage is crap , with all the ads. Pay to watch all the other games during the season, then the glut of ads for stuff I don’t want . I would rather pay a few bucks be it subscription or via the tax dollar on ABC.

Unfortunately Foxtel is more than just a few bucks. ...maybe if nbn connections + mobile phone plans weren’t so expensive.

[DiscoMick]

'My sleep hasn't been good': Taylor quits Cricket Australia board in wake of review
Mark Taylor becomes latest Cricket Australia figure to stand down following Longstaff Review - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-05/mark-taylor-becomes-latest-cricket-australia-figure-stand-down/10466020)

[Zeros]

Either he’ll go to Foxtel and channel nine is a cover, or he’s a genuine guy who’s over the bs.

[DiscoMick]

He's going to be a Channel 9 reporter so he has to be able to criticise CA publicly, which he can't do as a board member of CA.

[Zeros]

He's going to be a Channel 9 reporter so he has to be able to criticise CA publicly, which he can't do as a board member of CA.

Thats what the article says.