by SnookerFan » 08 Sep 2018 Read
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by Holden Chinaski » 08 Sep 2018 Read
Let's put some shrimp on the barbie.
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by Alex0paul » 09 Sep 2018 Read
Bring back the Australian Open mate
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by Holden Chinaski » 09 Sep 2018 Read
I loved that movie back in the day. Me and a friend in school constantly did Dumb an Dumber jokes.
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by SnookerFan » 09 Sep 2018 Read
I like it a lot.
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by SnookerEd25 » 25 Feb 2020 Read
Eurovision
Eurosport
They won't be happy until they're in the EU
(I hear there's a vacancy...
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by SnookerFan » 25 Feb 2020 Read
Yeah, I never got Australia's inclusion in Eurovision.
It's a rather liberal interpretation of what counts as Europe.
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by HappyCamper » 25 Feb 2020 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Yeah, I never got Australia's inclusion in Eurovision.
It's a rather liberal interpretation of what counts as Europe.
The Australian broadcaster is an associate member of the EBU and Eurovision is popular there. The contest has never been restricted to Europe.
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by McManusFan » 25 Feb 2020 Read
Eurosport Australia is a pale imitation of the stuff you lot get in Europe - no Eurosport player, no Eurosport 2 and it's exclusive to a single cable provider. If they had the player over here I'd snap that up in a heartbeat, I'm sick of dodgy streams!
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by Holden Chinaski » 25 Feb 2020 Read
McManusFan wrote:Eurosport Australia is a pale imitation of the stuff you lot get in Europe - no Eurosport player, no Eurosport 2 and it's exclusive to a single cable provider. If they had the player over here I'd snap that up in a heartbeat, I'm sick of dodgy streams!
I don't understand why the player isn't available worldwide.
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by McManusFan » 25 Feb 2020 Read
Holden Chinaski wrote:McManusFan wrote:Eurosport Australia is a pale imitation of the stuff you lot get in Europe - no Eurosport player, no Eurosport 2 and it's exclusive to a single cable provider. If they had the player over here I'd snap that up in a heartbeat, I'm sick of dodgy streams!
I don't understand why the player isn't available worldwide.
Must be a rights issue. For instance Eurosport have the Australian Open (sorry to bring up tennis) in Europe, but that's on free to air TV here. In principle they could just make the stuff they can show available, but I guess they can't be bothered to update the player for different regions.
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by Holden Chinaski » 25 Feb 2020 Read
McManusFan wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:McManusFan wrote:Eurosport Australia is a pale imitation of the stuff you lot get in Europe - no Eurosport player, no Eurosport 2 and it's exclusive to a single cable provider. If they had the player over here I'd snap that up in a heartbeat, I'm sick of dodgy streams!
I don't understand why the player isn't available worldwide.
Must be a rights issue. For instance Eurosport have the Australian Open (sorry to bring up tennis) in Europe, but that's on free to air TV here. In principle they could just make the stuff they can show available, but I guess they can't be bothered to update the player for different regions.
Yes, but if Eurosport doesn't have the rights to snooker in Australia then who does? I take it it Eurosport are the only ones showing snooker in Australia, so surely they could offer the player like they do anywhere else?
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by McManusFan » 25 Feb 2020 Read
Holden Chinaski wrote:McManusFan wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:McManusFan wrote:Eurosport Australia is a pale imitation of the stuff you lot get in Europe - no Eurosport player, no Eurosport 2 and it's exclusive to a single cable provider. If they had the player over here I'd snap that up in a heartbeat, I'm sick of dodgy streams!
I don't understand why the player isn't available worldwide.
Must be a rights issue. For instance Eurosport have the Australian Open (sorry to bring up tennis) in Europe, but that's on free to air TV here. In principle they could just make the stuff they can show available, but I guess they can't be bothered to update the player for different regions.
Yes, but if Eurosport doesn't have the rights to snooker in Australia then who does? I take it it Eurosport are the only ones showing snooker in Australia, so surely they could offer the player like they do anywhere else?
Yeah nobody else shows the snooker, so yes the could certainly broadcast that but they don't, I'm guessing because of other sports they don't have the local rights to.
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by Holden Chinaski » 25 Feb 2020 Read
McManusFan wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:McManusFan wrote:Holden Chinaski wrote:McManusFan wrote:Eurosport Australia is a pale imitation of the stuff you lot get in Europe - no Eurosport player, no Eurosport 2 and it's exclusive to a single cable provider. If they had the player over here I'd snap that up in a heartbeat, I'm sick of dodgy streams!
I don't understand why the player isn't available worldwide.
Must be a rights issue. For instance Eurosport have the Australian Open (sorry to bring up tennis) in Europe, but that's on free to air TV here. In principle they could just make the stuff they can show available, but I guess they can't be bothered to update the player for different regions.
Yes, but if Eurosport doesn't have the rights to snooker in Australia then who does? I take it it Eurosport are the only ones showing snooker in Australia, so surely they could offer the player like they do anywhere else?
Yeah nobody else shows the snooker, so yes the could certainly broadcast that but they don't, I'm guessing because of other sports they don't have the local rights to.
That sucks. I have the player and it's great. I wonder if you could get the player some way using those vpn things that hide or change your location. I don't know anything about that but maybe that could work.
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by McManusFan » 25 Feb 2020 Read
Yeah I could definitely get a VPN, but you'd have to pay for that on top of the player and then it starts getting a little expensive. Not sure that would help for this tournament as it's on ITV anyway.
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by Prop » 25 Feb 2020 Read
I’ve got a friend in Oz and apparently he gets all the Premiership and Champions League football on normal TV? Not a bad silver lining.
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by HustleKing » 25 Feb 2020 Read
Prop wrote:I’ve got a friend in Oz and apparently he gets all the Premiership and Champions League football on normal TV? Not a bad silver lining.
Depends what the commentary teams are!
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by McManusFan » 26 Feb 2020 Read
Prop wrote:I’ve got a friend in Oz and apparently he gets all the Premiership and Champions League football on normal TV? Not a bad silver lining.
Really? I don't think I've ever seen that on the free to air TV. That said I rarely watch any channel other than the ABC, or maybe it's just because it'll be on at an ungodly hour over here.
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by Alex0paul » 26 Feb 2020 Read
Was hoping the Australian Open was returning
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by McManusFan » 26 Feb 2020 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Was hoping the Australian Open was returning
Me too, it was bloody annoying that they dropped it in the year I moved out here! It'd be great if they put it on instead of the China open this year, but that ain't happening.
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by SnookerFan » 26 Feb 2020 Read
I'd be surprised if the Australian Open returned.
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by SnookerEd25 » 26 Feb 2020 Read
Compromise : restore it to the calendar, but play it in Barnsley. Sorted.
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by Alex0paul » 26 Feb 2020 Read
I’m sure they played it in Hong Kong one year
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by SnookerFan » 26 Feb 2020 Read
Alex0paul wrote:I’m sure they played it in Hong Kong one year
What? The Australian Open?
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by SnookerEd25 » 26 Feb 2020 Read
No, the Barnsley Classic.
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by SnookerFan » 26 Feb 2020 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:No, the Barnsley Classic.
For clarity, which Barnsley are we talking about?
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