Basketball as Ch 9s major sport!
Perhaps not

go back to the ABC i say.

gotta start somewhere.

Channel ten will ruin the cricket coverage, they have more than destroyed their "all sport channel" so unless they go back to showing sport 24 hours a day on ONE then I don't see much hope for more NBL games.

I hope to god Channel 10 doesn't get the rights. The only thing they've done somewhat right is the motor sport. When they stopped caring about AFL their coverage turned crap, IPL they didn't bother showing, Swimming got relegated, basketball got screwed twice, netball they bailed on. Ten have the reputation of very easily not caring and doing a crap job of sport. They'll try to start with a bang, and in the mid-last few years of the contract when they realise the cricket isn't as profitable for them as they thought they'll cost cut and stop caring about the coverage knowing they'll bail.

Channel Nine on the other hand do an amazing job of the cricket, they actually develop technology to improve the broadcasting coverage. They have plenty of commentary rotations and put the effort in for the lunch break show and make sure to show the coverage on GEM when the news is on. Their pre-match coverage is great as well, particularly their theatrical trailers. No other channel comes close at doing cricket around the world, not even Sky in the UK.

Channel 10 will mess it up they once had a sports channel now its just shit. Abc is a good start eventually lead to a deal with foxtel and find some GOOD commentators

Well said KET. Any sports head should be very wary of a channel 10 bid given their terrible reputation of giving up on the sport half way through their contract. This has been the case for many years with many sports.

Don't fret folks, I expect Cricket Australia know that Nine needs cricket over summer and that cricket is best to stay with Nine. They'll simply be in a position to press Nine for a little bit more money if Ten are really serious about bidding. Cricket will come out in front.

I wouldn't be surprised to also hear Ten making a play for the Aussie Open when the opportunity presents.

I don't believe Ten really want these things, I think they just want to make them more expensive in the hope it might weaken the other network's programming commitments.

Imagine Carfino calling the cricket

As a Network 10 shareholder I hope they get the cricket rights at the right price, however I see a lot more value getting the Australian Tennis Open. more chance to sell advertising and also promote the key ratings TV shows coming up. I also would rather see 10 become the home of motorsport, get the V8's back and show the F1, Moto GP and V8's. they don't need to chase a lot of sport and then get their programming sorted at a cost base which enables revenue to be greater then expenses and therefor make me a Dam Profit and pay my arse some Dividends

Ten should be the favourite to win it. As they made a $500 million bid and I think CA needs a change of broadcasters which they should do

Cricket Australia launched legal action against Channel Nine to figure out what the status of the Big Bash League is. Nine are not happy jan!

Sitievni, I though you owned Network Ten? Along with the Dodgers and a part share in Wimbledon FC?