NRL TV Deal Battle, Gould v Mal & Round 14 Preview
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What are the key issues in the NRL TV deal battle?
G'day and welcome to Kenti Blitz. Today we're back on a Thursday with the namesake of the show. He's back, Kenti. Welcome back, mate.
Yeah, thank you, mate.
How are you feeling?
I'm all right. It's gotten up for six a little bit.
What mistakes did Mal Meninga make in his recent comments?
Look, obviously my immunity is very low with all the chemo stuff I've had, so anything that goes around... I'm picking up, but I've been pretty careful about it.
Maybe going to the pub the other night for the Origin, maybe?
Oh, no.
How is player movement impacting the current season?
Well, it could have been. I don't know. I was gone by full time. Look, I don't know, mate.
What is the current state of the NRL game?
I'm shaking hands with people is the problem at the moment because I don't know what they're carrying.
Particularly around here, right?
I wasn't going to say, but it did cross my mind.
Hey, mate, what's the cancer treatment update?
I've had my final scan and I'm waiting for the results, which come next Tuesday, to be honest.
What can we expect in the Round 14 matchups?
So I'll know Tuesday. So I had to scan the whole body where you get radioactive and all the rest of it. So I'll find out then and either in the, clear for a little period or it's on again. So we'll wait and see.
Very good.
How does the NRL's future direction affect fans and clubs?
Obviously, everyone wishes you the best of luck, mate. Let's talk about a few things. Kenny, we missed you this week. Crawls has been amazing.
Well, I don't think you have missed me. He's been very good. Yeah, look, I knew that. I've known him since I was nine years old or something.
What are the implications of the new broadcast deal on rugby league?
You should hear the phone calls between us when we disagree. We were on about it last night. He wanted to write a column, and I said, mate, I don't agree. And it was on for about 25 minutes. Yeah, very good.
Well, just a little update. As of next week, I'm heading to the Football World Cup. We'll do next week. Soccer World Cup, we call it. Soccer World Cup, football. FIFA World Cup, we'll call it.
What are the predictions for the upcoming NRL matches?
And Crawls will be sitting here with Kenty. Which seat will we –
We'll stay where I'm used to this seat. Yeah, okay.
I'll keep it warm. He'll keep it warm. Maybe he won't keep it warm. Maybe I'll be gone when he gets back. Anyway, we're going to have a month of him, Krolls.
Yeah, me and him.
Him and I. That should be good. All right, let's get on to some news today with PVL stating that there's going to be 20 teams by 2029.
Yeah, I don't know if it's guaranteed. That's part of the conversations with the new broadcast deal coming up. One of the broadcasters has raised that prospect. I think they'll all be after it because it's an extra game. There's a lot happening there. It's fascinating that basically Nine and Fox have now basically put in their bid for – The entire game. Exclusivity. Exclusive. Now, Fox will have to on-sell that, though. They're not allowed to keep the origin games in certain – I think it's one or two games a week that have to be under the anti-siphoning laws.
And the grand final.
And the grand final. So they'll have to on-sell that. But they obviously need to go that route because – if they get left out, it could cripple Fox. If they lose the rights, the KO platform will be basically all I have really to sell. The only thing that's keeping it afloat at the moment, AFL and rugby league. The rest of it's just the movie channels and all that. They're all running at losses. So sport's the only part of the company making money. And the only part of the sport that's really worth anything is the AFL and the NRL. So if they lost that, it would be very interesting to see what happens actually. As far as the 20 teams, well, that just brings an extra game. The one thing I think we're starting to see is that the NRL will have – it will all go to one broadcaster.
I know that Prime and Paramount have looked to try and get one game a week. I don't think the NRL will do that. because that will just really piss off rugby league fans. Paying too many subscriptions. Well, mate, if you subscribe to get your footy, but you wanted to watch the Saturday night game and it's on Paramount and you've got to pay an extra $8 a month or whatever it is, it's just going to cause – Too many people have a bad taste in their mouth. There'll be a lot of backlash over that.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the key issues in the NRL TV deal battle?
0:01–0:15
2
What mistakes did Mal Meninga make in his recent comments?
0:15–0:31
3
How is player movement impacting the current season?
0:31–0:37
4
What is the current state of the NRL game?
0:37–0:58
5
What can we expect in the Round 14 matchups?
0:58–1:15
6
How does the NRL's future direction affect fans and clubs?
1:15–1:31
7
What are the implications of the new broadcast deal on rugby league?
1:31–1:55
8
What are the predictions for the upcoming NRL matches?
1:55–32:50
Speakers
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