In our guide to watching this year’s grand final broadcasts, we noted that there were no live HD broadcasts taking place, with both Nine and Ten electing not to simulcast on their existing HD channels. But just how many people were watching the programming which did show up on those channels instead? More »
Can you watch the AFL Grand Final in HD? Can you catch the NRL Grand Final from overseas? From free-to-air to internet, here are the options (such as they are) for catching the sporting action this weekend. More »
This weekend sees the grand finals for both the AFL and NRL, so the topic of football is going to be hard to escape. Here are a few basic conversational gambits if you have no interest whatsoever but don’t want to confess your ignorance. More »
Want to get your geek on while cheering on Australia in the 2011 Rugby World Cup? Microsoft’s Excel Blog highlights a free Excel tracker template which you can use to highlight games for any country and track scores as the tournament progresses. [Excel Blog]
It’s a subject we return to time and again here at Lifehacker: given how popular sport is, why won’t the networks make any effort to show high-definition broadcasts? Ten is the latest offender, dropping HD versions of its AFL broadcasts in favour of standard-definition matches on its main channels. More »
Outside of neglecting HD output, perhaps the most common complaint for sports-loving Lifehacker readers is the failure of networks to broadcast sporting matches live. So the news that Seven will show all Wimbledon matches live (including for WA), largely on 7TWO, is a welcome step in the right direction (even if that does mean no HD again). The broadcasts begin from June 20. [TV Tonight]
The State Of Origin NRL series between NSW and Queensland is invariably one of the top-rated TV broadcasts of the year. Despite that, however, broadcaster Nine is not offering the option of watching it in high definition. More »
When we asked readers last week why they chose pay TV, the most popular response was not to have pay TV at all. But amongst those who were paying, the chief reason was sporting access — a finding which matches up with the ratings for pay TV generally. More »
Yesterday, Telstra coughed up $155 million for the right to broadcast AFL matches to mobile phones and Internet-enabled TVs. That means more flexible options for viewers, but the flexibility won’t come for free. More »
