You would think if 10 are paying for nbl they would have an interest in developing the league to increase ratings?!?

Easy to have a four hour block as they have teams from Perth and New Zealand. The time differences should allow for a lot of live coverage.

Yet they're still obligated to go to all the trouble of actually filming the games with commentary (unless those costs are covered by the league) so Alexkrad's point is that given those costs, wouldn't they want to make the most of their investment.

I guess this is the 'sunk cost fallacy' - if smart, they would need to look at this as a clean slate. If they are contractually obligated to film the games, then that's a given no matter what decision they make about broadcast times. That money is done so realistically it's a non-issue, though an easy thing to forget.

They would be looking at this as simply as: which rates better out of NBL and COPS & co? Should we invest time in the NBL if we're only going to ditch it later? I'd guess that COPS (consider it an umbrella term for the NBL's televised competitors) is a simple purchase of rights with no costs to film or crew and commentators to deal with. It's easier to buy rights to Big Bang Theory than it is to create a new local show that could very well bomb.

One thought I had today is that if the ratings gap between NBL and COPS is not huge, then the NBL could look to pay to overcome that and/or deliver a live-game sponsor to One HD. Of course, finding sponsors is going to be difficult but surely a Footlocker would get more mileage out of a season of NBL than they did with High Stakes Hoops?

I wish the ABC could have a channel dedicated to Australian sport, specifically those that can't quite crack the big networks, but which do promote well-being and provide professional pathways to younger athletes - SANFL, NBL, baseball, lacrosse, etc.

the ethos of One hd is being destroyed because it was eating into foxtel.
I know when they asked me why i was quitting foxtel i said because i have one hd now.
This is purely an insurance play by Murdoch and Packer to proetct their massive investment in foxtel. also remember they paid huge money to the a league so it is also convenient to protect that at the same time

This three hour loophole people are talking about.. is the NBL considering shifting Saturday/Sunday games to earlier? I think Shane Heal or maybe someone else tweeted something to that effect.

Sunday games are usually 4 anyway.. 3 hour delay puts that starting at 7.. up against some tough competition but at least its not 1030.

What about games in the eastern states being televised in Perth? not sure who has daylight savings but 730 tip off + 3 hour delay - 3 hour time difference = 730 on TV in Perth?

Alexkrad, I think that was just someone suggesting that as a joke. Could work for a Sunday afternoon, but can't see them considering it otherwise.

Sunday games are usually early any way? wouldnt they rather play them live in the arvo than 3 hours delayed at prime time?

For those interested, I just emailed the NBL and confirmed that One HD do indeed pay for production (camera operators, commentators, etc) of the NBL games they broadcast.

How much would production of a game cost?

What if NBL fronted 50% (thanks iinet?) if ONE agreed to show the three games a week live or one hour delay.

Make it 66%, then One would only be paying for one game a week ?