Basketball on Pay TV here in Australia

by **Choppies** on Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:38 pm

I cant beleive this!!!
I found out that the NBA On ESPN has been cut back from 2 games a week to 1

and I for one am pissed off about it
and our mid week game has been replaced by NFL

I mean why cant they show 2 games a week?
Why cant they show one less soccer game a week?
or less darts or less bull riding?

same goes for Fox sports 1 and 2
Im sure people wouldnt miss the 47th division 3rd tier Brazilian soccer game every week

its a disgrace

by **Arcane** on Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:25 pm

your fucking kidding me thats unbelievably gay no one watches soccer here or nfl or baseball and haha darts. It's all because we get the pacific area gets and soccers pretty big....i dunno why it's boring as hell.

by **Fresh8** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:12 am

haha.. actually depends on wat soccer ESPN shows.

more ppl watch soccer than NFL, Baseball and 'darts' in Australia... actually more ppl watch soccer than basketball which is a shame..

of well.. i dont have cable so i will always rely on the internet and NLSC

by **SkipToMy_Lou** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:00 am

Umm, maybe you should check again. Games are now shown on Thursday and Saturday (not wednesday and saturday) So the Cavs and the Suns are playing tommorow.

by **Arcane** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:10 am

ohh phewww thanks had a heart attack.

by **Carmo** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:45 am

they actually have games on thursdays and saturdays. that is two games per week.
edit: sorry, didn't see that post up there :oops:

by **Choppies** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:54 pm

SkipToMy_Lou wrote:Umm, maybe you should check again. Games are now shown on Thursday and Saturday (not wednesday and saturday) So the Cavs and the Suns are playing tommorow.

I just checked ninemsn.com.au 's TV guide and there is no NBA on Thurs

by **SkipToMy_Lou** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 1:07 pm

Just watch ESPN tommorow, and you will see the Cavs and Suns game.

by **Choppies** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:00 pm

I hope your right mate

by **Larry Legend** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:21 pm

Sorry to bust the nuts of the Aussies on the board, but here in the Philippines, we get to watch 14 NBA games in a week! And that's not thru some special access, that's just through regular cable TV subscription. Here's the breakdown:

Solar Sports (7) - one game everyday of the week plus a lot of NBA features and classic games thru a show called "Hardwood Classics."

Channel 9 (3) - This is on free TV, games are shown on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Sports Plus (2) - That's an Eastern conference game on Tuesday and a Western conference game on Wednesday.

Star Sports (1) - Every Friday. We probably get to watch the same game on this channel.

ESPN (1) - Ditto but on a Saturday.

I didn't add a Japanese channel, BS 1, that also airs some random NBA game. Can't hold of their skeds 'coz it's in Japanese.

now playing: CRADLE OF FILTH - Filthy Little Secret

by **Fresh8** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:19 pm

Even Asian Countries show more NBA game sthen us.. i remmebr in China they always had a daily NBA show... I think.. cant remmeber!

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:29 pm

Back in October I would check ahead daily on Foxtel's website and they had a fairly consistent NBA schedule set for this year. However, it has been somewhat erratic since the season began. A couple of times NBA Action has been scheduled to be shown and has been replaced at the last minute by such programs as the Spinvitational Tour and F1 racing.

They've done in once again: NBA Action was supposed to be shown at 11:30 AM tomorrow and it's been replaced by an NFL Films production. International Rugby has been scheduled for 12 PM, originally that slot was to be filled with the Suns vs Cavs game. They've also been showing the 2003 World Poker Championships - 2003! That slot could surely be given to the NBA.

I too am somewhat disappointed with this turn of events - as if putting the price up $3 per month wasn't bad enough (I know that doesn't sound like much, but I am on a somewhat strict budget at the moment). I still haven't received my November magazine either, and I am paying for it. It's still worth the investment, but they've been pretty slack lately.

by **Fresh8** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:30 pm

Can any of u guys write iun and complain?

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:33 pm

A petition would probably more effective, but I still doubt that anything would be done.

by **Fresh8** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:45 pm

It would help but not much lol... u'd have to get a large ammopunt of ppl which i doubt isnt possible...

by **Arcane** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:53 pm

It might work my friends bitched enough to optus about somethings they did it...it's worth a try.

by **SkipToMy_Lou** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:36 pm

I still haven't received my November magazine either, and I am paying for it.

I gotta agree with you and say Foxtel is getting very slack recently, I haven't recieved my magazine for 2 whole months

So will the Cavs vs Suns game be shown tommorow ?

by **Arcane** on Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:41 pm

I still haven't recieved my bigpond net bill with the installation fee yet and that was 6 or so weeks ago.

by **Matt** on Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:50 am

back in Europe i had cable (illegal of course) and DSF showed 2,3 Live games a week plus the normal TV channel had NBA Action and a game a week (the owners were NBA fans).....that was great...saw practically all the Bulls games

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:20 pm

SkipToMy_Lou wrote:
I still haven't received my November magazine either, and I am paying for it.

I gotta agree with you and say Foxtel is getting very slack recently, I haven't recieved my magazine for 2 whole months

So will the Cavs vs Suns game be shown tommorow ?

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I was at work so I can't say for sure, but the 8 PM replay slot is showing International Rugby (which was advertised live at 12 PM, billed about a month ago as the Live: NBA Wednesday slot), so I'm guessing it wasn't. A glance ahead at the Foxtel website also shows no more NBA after this Saturday until December 3rd: I seriously hope this is a mistake.

By the way, NBA Action is scheduled for 7:30 PM tomorrow and 1:30 AM Saturday morning. Last week both slots were replaced at the last minute by something else. Let's see if it happens again. :roll:

by **SkipToMy_Lou** on Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:00 pm

Yep, the live game or replay wasn't on. To watch the basketball was really the main reason why I have Foxtel, and if they stop showing it I dont see why I'll continue with it.

by **Choppies** on Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:34 pm

A glance ahead at the Foxtel website also shows no more NBA after this Saturday until December 3rd: I seriously hope this is a mistake.

what are they replaying the poker championships from 2001? :evil:

by **Old School Fool** on Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:37 pm

I'm from the USA but they show Poker too much on ESPN. DIE POKER! :evil:

by **Arcane** on Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:42 pm

good old poker, is anyone willing to start or sign a petition to optus and telstra to get more nba games and less soccer or other shit sports shown on espn, cause i'm down for trying to see if it will work.

by **Choppies** on Fri Nov 12, 2004 5:02 am

yeh whats a petition site?
where you can start one up
I reckon that if we dont voice our opinion basketbal might go forever on ESPN :cry:

we should also send an email with a link to not only ESPN but FOX Sports as well

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