Got the reply I knew I'd get from Seven Perth. Still doesn't answer why they aren't using the HD channel to show it live. Channel 10 show live sporting events on their HD channel and delay it on their Digital Channel. Seven really needs to work out that they can send two different things over the seperate channels... o yeah they've got the funky TV guide channel.
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Thank you for your email concerning our rugby telecasts.
When scheduling programs on television, we attempt to please as many people as we can, but unfortunately we will never be able to cater for everyone's taste in programs at the same time.
I can understand your disappointment with the telecast time however whilst there is a following for rugby in WA, unfortunately this doesn't ever seem to translate into a sizeable audience on television in Perth. We need to be very mindful of what the majority of our viewers want to watch and In the past when we have telecast Rugby live in Perth it has been the least watched program in its timeslot, being beaten by programs on all the other stations at that time. It is a different story in New South Wales and Queensland which are traditional rugby states and where rugby telecasts are strongly supported by viewers.
I have a feeling that none of it will make a difference to how you feel about our schedule of rugby telecasts. You are obviously passionate about the subject and good on you for it however, as I said before, unfortunately we can't please everyone all the time, we try to please the most amount of people we can.
Thanks for taking the time to contact us.
Kind regards
PROGRAM DEPARTMENT