Eels vs Raiders the only match this weekend, instead of another NRL match Setanta opted to show 2 AFL games.

boo

We need to show the ludicrous response letter to crucrucrusaders to higher Setanta authorities, to show them what morons they have on staff.

I only renewed my subscription last week after a couple of years to find on week 2 I have one live game.

I have emailed them with my complaint/cancellation and also will be contacting offcom, as I renewed with the guarantee of 2/3 live games a weekend.

I know I shouldn't have renewed but I need my fix !!! I awiat their five day response which will be the same as last time I cancelled ie they have magners rugby or aussie rules or something..

Same reply I had, except it was NFL all the way through.


ESPN has NFL rights in most of our territories, but unfortunately we do not have rights for games and highlights in certain countries that receive the version of ESPN available in UK, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Turkey and the Nordic countries and several other Eastern European territories. We are always speaking with the NFL about expanding our coverage, but the NFL has rights agreements in place across Europe that prohibit some of our negotiations from progressing until such rights deals expire.

Pretty much what i put in my email. By them now only showing one game a week , Does this render my contract void ? As I'm a new customer and have to subscribe to Setanta for at least three months .

so you want me to look for links and facts to back up your claims?
jog on petal

just got my reply today with same rubbish in it, except NRL in first line. it is pretty ridiculus that they have bought the rights to live games and dont show them live or on delayed broadcast. clearly whoever wrote the reply needs to revisit primary school and learn the difference between R and F

More to the point, we read 3 identical (automated) responses instead of answering our own individual e-mails. So they have a set response whenever anyone complains about NFL and say "send em that, it'll do"


Pathetic Setanta, I hope they go bust.

FYI

So far Setanta have shown the teams you suggested in weeks 1-2
Broncos twice
Storm once
Cowboys once
Bulldogs twice

Bulldogs exciting, Kimmorley/El Masri arent exciting players to watch... I'd rather a fair share of the teams anyway.

According to the listings I am looking at (from radiotimes.com), there's 1 live game this weekend (Storm v Titans Saturday morning), then 2 live games next weekend 10th & 11th April, teams as yet unspecified.

Where did this statement about only 1 game to be shown? Is it someone on here going off on one on the basis of 1 week's listings and assuming a pattern? Surely not

How about looking [url=http://www.setanta.com/uk/TV-Listings/here[/url, Setanta's own listings.

HTH

I've all sorts of trouble when asking about the scheduling of the NRL, 9 times out of 10 I seem to get through to an Indian call centre.

First call, I was told about NFL, then magners league. Eventually they said they don't show NRL.



Second Call, after not understanding "NRL" i said "Australian Rugby League"...the reply was "yes we have magners league". This went on 3 times before I gave up and tried again another day.





Third call, speak to an Irish bloke who answered my original question. Finally!!

Why do people come on here and show off what they know about the NRL. Especially when you can't spell El Masri! He's only the competitions top points scorer ever though I suppose. Also, those teams are your personal preferances. Why should those teams be on more than Gold Coast, Penrith and Canberra for example. We are lucky to get ANY NRL in the UK to be honest, Sky dumped it because it was so unpopular. Be grateful.

No they didn't dump it, they got out bid by Setanta, Sky were willing to pay a maximum price and Setanta were prepared to pay more. The same happened with one of the Premiership Football contacts, sky will sooner lose it than pay over the odds. Its seen as a long term business strategy, be prepared to lose some sporting events in the short term, let a weaker rival pay over the odds. No wonder Setanta are finding things difficult in the present economic climate when they are paying over the odds for rights to some of the sporting events they show.

Next season don't be surprised to see it back on Sky.

nope. i'd rather see 2 or 3 on sky and not pay an extra £12.99

I got a personal call from setanta today (nothing to do with my email just a questionaire) as I'm a new victim.

I told the guy I would be cancelling if the NRL wasn't sorted, he agreed one game wasn't right and would voice my concerns.

I felt better anyway, now I await my "nfl" email

My reply:


If I was paying for Setanta I'd demand a refund. As it is, I get it courtesy of Virgin.

im just surprised you dont pay much attention here, especially as the thread was in the last month.

and its not as if SL is my domestic RL competition

Don't hold your breath - facts and Dally are not comfortable bed fellows

footy show on now

Brian Carney's certainly gone down in the world.

Have those who e-mailed in had a reply yet...I haven't after 9 days

I've not had a reply to email i sent earlier this week.

I got the standard reply of " Due to technical difficulties Blaa, Blaa, Blaa....They will be back to 2+ games in may.