I'd like to congratulate Mr Eve on an ability to loathe what he professes to take an interest in. A complete tool.

There's never been more rugby league on Sky and there is no useful comparison. We haven't got to the business end of the season yet and the biggest indicator isn't this years drop but the one between 2013 and 2014. This year is likely to catch up with last year. No, the big drop is the previous year, so what factor could there have been? Perhaps BT Sport coming along?

Mr Eve, if you are going to attempt to somehow vent your spleen, for reasons best known only to yourself, think it through. For me, the sport will lose nothing by being one spectator down, so with pleasure, goodbye.

That and the fact he only seems to post late night / early morning NZ time.

In fact it's not just odd, it's a bit sad too that someone has to go to those lengths to troll a message board on the other side of the world.

You mean i type with my fingers and use smileys like millions of other people on the internet? That probably is odd in your world

You and Mr Churchill seem to stick up for each other alot including this thread, it's almost as if you are the same person

Please stop it, you're just embarrassing yourself.

One of you is more than enough.

No, i'm embarrassing you Mr Churchill/Loonier81

well this hasn't gone off topic ( as usual) has it?

i noticed earlier that next week there is only 1 scheduled live game on sky which is wigan v leeds but no game on the friday, as it is, there is only 1 game on the friday , saints v huddersfield, have i missed something? why is the friday night game not on tv?

started watching the wakey-hull game online, ..is it my volume settings or do the group of hull fans who i assume are under the commentary position, just sound like drunks chanting and singing in the kebab shop after a night on the town

I am sure SKY know what they are doing, but it does seem strange to pay millions for access to a sport that delivers decent eyeballs and yet they seem content to stick it on at random times on random stations.

The reduction is entirely due to the absence of Bradford Bulls

You know what? That's not halff as daft a concept as it seems.....just you got the team wrong.

According to the RFL [urlhttp://www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/about_the_rfl[/url

.........London not on the Box and TV figures are down. Coincidence?

Average viewing figure has edged down to 113k after latest BARB figures are included...

Thu 18 Jun - 121k
Fri 19 Jun - 90k
Sat 20 Jun - 95k

All above broadcast on Sky Sports 1 too.

Oh dear.....

Oh No!

well, i suppose some may read that and be heading straight for the razor blades. however, others may be on their way to Headingley for a few drinks in the sun, a near as damn it capacity crowd, and with a top match between the top 2 to look forward to.

Whilst I'll be watching it with an Aldi cider in hand on an illegal stream as Sky is too expensive because they overpay for the football TV rights, which may explain where the rest of the viewers have gone.

There will also be some truth in that. I know some people who do that, but not me of course.

Looking at the new figures for SL and looking at the Aviva Prems figures rising nearly 50% in 2 years on BT, maybe Koukash was right when he said signing up until 2021 with SKY was the wrong deal and should have gone out to tender. With no football on and SKY getting more subscribers, the SL figures should be much higher. At the current rate of decrease they will be below 100,000 in a few years!

Don’t worry, after tonight’s veritable feast, with it been a top of the table clash and all, new & lapsed viewers will be flooding to watch the game.

For me, this is simple. The game is a fine spectacle (generally), but the commentary that goes with the live games is appalling.

Almost all reading this will attend live games, and live/breathe the tension and admire the skills/abilities/fitness of the players that take to the field of play.

I record all SL games, but tbh only watch a small proportion of them. Lack of spare time is a factor for me (and a daughter that commandeers the remote!), but the same old, same old, comments don't really make it compelling watch.

Tbh, watching on TV is a very poor experience compared to "being there"!

You make some good points but to say 10s of 1000s of viewers have stopped watching all of a sudden because of poop commentary doesn't ring true as haven't they always been poop?

You make a good point, what I say is a personal opinion (which results in me not viewing that many SL games, even though I have them on Sky plus)!!

Fair play. Sky should do a red button/crowd only thing like they did for football years back.

People still watch rugby league on sky? I thought everyone used an F5 box or Kodi?

Regards

King James

The commentary does given an awful impression of the sport, especially the addition of awful, inarticulate pundits Barrie and Terry to almost every SL match. I tend to enjoy games far more when Brian Carney is on commentary rather than McDermott/O'Connor, and I'm pretty sure it's not a coincidence.

Why does any sport on TV need commentators?

To provide a career path for old has-beens who would never make it as coaches

I was going to comment, but I'm not sure what we would be talking about.

Shame the figures are down, but do those averages include the GF. Not sure how much of a boost that gives to the end of season figures.