The bad:Big Phil wrote:For those that wont get the live Channel 7 coverage will be pleased to know they can still watch the game on the SANFL website, the day after the game...
From the SANFL twitter account earlier tonight...
@SANFLnews wrote:The @Ch7Adelaide #SANFL match of the round will be available to watch the following day on the SANFL website this season.
1. This seems to be confirmation that SANFL won't be broadcast nationally on 7 Mate. (Even though asking for a national live broadcast of SANFL was probably a stretch, I would have thought there's no reason not to do the ABC 2013 thing of 7 Mate replaying it nationally at, e.g., 2:30am on Tuesday—I suppose there's still a small chance they might do this.)
2. Not available on the 'net live.
The good:
1. If they really do get it on the site the next day, without fail, they'll be doing a fair bit better than ABC iView which (even though it stepped up its game late in the piece) would regularly not load matches until Tue/Wed night.
2. It's free? (Sure, the tweet doesn't say it's free, but I'm guessing 'cos equally it doesn't say that it costs.)
The unknown:
1. How long will each game stay up for?
2. Will it only be streaming, or will it be possible to download the games? (iTunes style, for later viewing on devices that aren't in a wi-fi area and are either offline, or have a 'net speed too dodgy for streaming.)
Seeing that $ has been a big issue in getting this TV deal up, I was thinking/hoping that they'd try to get another revenue stream going by saying 'if you're not in the broadcast area, you can watch the SANFL match of the round live on the internet on a PPV basis'. Seeing that at least Port Pirie, Port Lincoln and Broken Hill are getting SANFL on 7 Mate, maybe they just thought there weren't enough warm bodies interested to make it worth their while.
