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Wookiee

Years ago

Kestelman 60-40 confident of securing TV deal

I love the game too, but that doesn't mean that I should be commentating... At least I wouldn't be talking footy for half the broadcast though...

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Bear

Years ago

Not a fan of B.T.

Sorry, but if he has anything to do with NBL commentary I am switching off, completely!

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Dave

Years ago

For FTA TV we need a sponsor that will guarantee the network "$x" of advertising revenue or do what netball do and pay to have the games televised, at least for next year.

The level of basketball with the imports coming through is going to be good so hopefully with the right advertising the viewer base for the future will grow.

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Wookiee

Years ago

When someone comes in and says "this is my priority" you sort of get your hopes up that that person can achieve that goal they've set...

I've been pretty glass half full with LK coming on board and pretty hopeful that he knows what he's doing, but if he doesn't get at least SOMETHING in place, I'm leaning towards agreeing with the OP in that it would be the first big failure... I think more so because he's been involved in the NBL and would have been aware of the struggle to get it on the tv before now...

If LK takes over and we can't even get what we had with Ch 10 previously, the knives will be out, even if the live streaming option is of a higher standard, as above posts have been right, there's no growing the league if it's not on some form of channels... FTA needs a much better partner than Ch 10, but Foxtel also limits who can view it (eg. I'd have to get Foxtel installed in our new place as with netflix & existing Optus fetch, it was redundant), so I certainly hope he hasn't underestimated the effort involved...

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Anonymous

Years ago

Has he tried the ABC. Even the WNBL and Aboriginal comp seem to get more coverage.

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Matthew

Years ago

ACtually with the huge amount of people taking up Netflix in Australia, would be crazy to ignore this as a service to people. Its uptake has been far quicker than Foxtel ever way

(and the icing on the cake here is that IInet and one other provider whose name currently escape me do not include Netflix towards their cap)

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Bulldog

Years ago

I read this article from Boti and thought I have already read this article. Almost the same thing published in Sydney Morning Herald a week ago.

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/larry-kestelman-looks-to-expanded-digital-services-for-newlook-nbl-20150717-gif0gq.html

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Bear

Years ago

While I understand the thoughts on NBL fans and existing die-hards who love to read and watch anything basketball related online or on supporting networks like the up and comming 'Netfilix', it is only possible to expand our sports popularity among the broader community by providing decent air time-slots on FTA TV...

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RMQ

Years ago

Source Bra - did u get your info from a tweet or article?

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