World Cup on SBS?

[Pommygranite]

Does anyone know if the World Cup matches will be live on SBS?

I'm having trouble finding info.

Cheers

[motomk]

Quite hard to find it on there. Found it eventually after a lot of searching. I guess it is hard to find, because every match is live on SBS1/SBS HD or where there are 2 matches on at the same time the other match will be live on SBS2.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1186490/Brazil...

http://media.sbs.com.au/theworldgame/upload_media/...

[Pommygranite]

Cheers Moto.

Strange isn't it. We're less than 50 days out, they spent $40m on sole rights and not a peep from them.

[Hasbeen]

WOW! What a huge waste of money.

Still it is only taxpayers money, so plenty to waste.

[Jader1973]

Where as if it was 7, 9, or 10 we would have been hearing about it for months by now. With all sorts of incessant cross promotion on "My Block Rules the dheads Master Kitchen" or whatever ste they are pumping out these days.

"Today, Traceee and her fkwit husband, Brad, have been told, sorry decided, to do a Brazilian themed chicken dish with an Aussie twist, while Ahmandah and Britny are renovating the kitchen using astroturf and line paint. If they win they'll get an all expenses paid trip to Rio to see the World Cup final! Don't forge that those of you who aren't desperate enough to prostitute yourself on this show can watch the World Cup right here, kind of live and interrupted, on 7."

Then, when it started, every 5 minutes there would be an ad break telling us what ste was starting after the World Cup was over - like it is some massive inconvenience to have to interrupt "normal" programs to show the sport they've outbid everyone else to get.

This is not made up, it is exactly how they behave during the tennis every year.

I'm just glad a channel that actually understand soccer has got the rights

[PomBstard]

Jader1973 said:

Lots of true stuff

Yep, any major sporting event shown on 7, 9 or 10 is simply seen as interrupting the game show du jour. Don't know why they bother even bidding for stuff.

Always look forward to the World Cup

[Jader1973]

WeirdNeville said:

I've just got to decide who to support!

Easy! My order of precedence is:
1. Scotland (who don't think the competition is important so aren't going)
2. Australia
3. Whoever is playing England

[Pommygranite]

Jader1973 said:

WeirdNeville said:

I've just got to decide who to support!

Easy! My order of precedence is:
1. Scotland (who don't think the competition is important so aren't going)
2. Australia
3. Whoever is playing England

See you were alright till then...

WN as embarrassing as it is it has to be England given you haven't yet mastered saying 'ya farkin carrrntttt', you dont have an Aussie Passport and you like Hob Nobs*

On a serious note Hasbeen that $40m is for 3 world cups and they'll probably make it back in commercial sell on revenue.

• I made this up but every Englishman likes Hob Nobs.

[Bibbs]

So it's totally on SBS?

Great stuff .. I can bypass it entirely then