Nine Sports Broadcasting

Yeah, I got that. Was more that most of the time TV Networks only mention the 5 capital city metro schedule without any obvious care for anywhere else. Would be much easier if Networks (and the NBL in this case) posted that Friday’s were live into NSW/ACT/Vic/Tas/WA (9GEM live and replay on 9Go it seems) and delayed into SA/Qld/NT.

O.I.C.

Nine are the only network that mention Darwin in any schedule info.

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Because they are the only Free to Air network in Darwin owned solely by the channel themselves.

DDT (Ten) is owned by SCA and Nine Darwin.

Seven is owned by SCA.

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THE NBL GRAND FINAL SERIES

The Hungry Jack’s NBL Grand Final Series is here on Nine, with all games LIVE on both 9GO and 9Now .

Defending champions Melbourne United will take on the Perth Wildcats in a best-of-five game series starting tonight at 10.00 PM AEDT at RAC Arena in Perth.

The Grand Final series will mark the climax of an exciting NBL season that featured one of the closest finishes in the league’s 40-year history, and record crowds at stadiums around Australia and New Zealand.

All eyes will be on Perth’s 2018 NBL MVP Bryce Cotton, and Melbourne’s 2019 NBL MVP runner-up Casper Ware who will hold the key to this highly anticipated matchup between the top two ranked teams.

The addition of a battle between Melbourne sharpshooter and last year’s Grand Final MVP Chris Goulding , and veteran Perth and Australian Boomers star Damian Martin makes this a must-see series for any sports fan.

NBL GRAND FINAL SCHEDULE

Game 1 – Perth v Melbourne, Friday 8th March

Melbourne – 9GO 10pm *Live

Sydney - 9GO 10pm *Live

Brisbane – 9GO 10pm *Delayed

Adelaide – 9GO 10pm *Delayed

Perth – 9GEM 7pm *Live

Game 2 – Melbourne v Perth, Sunday 10th March

Melbourne – 9GO 2.30pm *Live

Sydney - 9GO 2.30pm *Live

Brisbane – 9GO 1.30pm *Live

Adelaide – 9GO 2.00pm *Live

Perth – 9GO 11.30am *Live

Game 3 – Perth v Melbourne, Friday 15th March

Melbourne – 9GO 10.15pm *Live

Sydney - 9GO 10.15pm *Live

Brisbane – 9GO 10.15pm *Delayed

Adelaide – 9GO 10.15pm *Delayed

Perth – 9GEM 7.15pm *Live

Game 4 (IF NEEDED) – Melbourne v Perth, Sunday 17th March

Melbourne – 9GO 2.00pm *Live

Sydney - 9GO 2.00pm *Live

Brisbane – 9GO 1.00pm *Live

Adelaide – 9GO 1.30pm *Live

Perth – 9GO 11.00am *Live

Game 5 (IF NEEDED) – Perth v Melbourne, TBC

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Game 5 of NBL Grand final series will be held at Perth’s RAC Arena next Sunday (March 24) starting at 3pm AEDT (12pm Perth time) and will be shown live on Fox Sports and 9GO!. Melbourne United must beat Perth Wildcats in game 4 tomorrow to keep the series alive, after losing game 3 in Perth late last night.

Game 5 is a noon local time tip off.
http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/grand-final-schedule-game-5

Game 4 of NBL Grand Final was shown live on the main channel in Perth today.

The final two episodes of Women’s Footy will be shown on 9Gem today and next Sunday, to make way for the second hour of AFL Footy Show.

US Masters Golf

9Gem

AEDT:

Thur 11 April
05:00 am Par 3 Competition
Nine’s Wide World of Sports is incredibly proud to be partnering with Augusta National Golf Club to once again broadcast the U.S. Masters Golf, live and free from Augusta, Georgia.

From Friday 12 April
05:00 am U.S. MASTERS GOLF 2019
Nine’s Wide World of Sports is incredibly proud to be partnering with Augusta National Golf Club to once again broadcast the U.S. Masters Golf, live and free from Augusta, Georgia

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The Masters

The Masters is back on Nine’s Wide World of Sports, with the best golfers in the world descending on Augusta National from April 11 to 15, live on 9Gem and 9Now.

Tiger Woods returns to Augusta chasing his fifth green jacket. The 14-time major champion won the first major of his career at Augusta in 1997 and has had 13 top-10 finishes at the Masters in 19 appearances as a professional.

Other tournament favourites include Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Justin Rose. Australian viewers will get to watch local heroes Cameron Smith, Jason Day, Adam Scott and Marc Leishman vying for the prestigious green jacket.

The host broadcast will be headed by Jim Nantz, Scott Van Pelt, Nick Faldo, Curtis Strange, Ian Baker-Finch, Frank Nobilo, Verne Lundquist, Peter Kostis, Bill Macatee, Dottie Pepper, Tom Rinaldi and Amanda Ballionis.

Nine’s Director of Sport, Tom Malone, says golf fans will be in the box seat to watch one of the best Masters fields in history.

“Viewers will be spoilt for choice with five different channels to choose between on 9Gem and 9Now,” he said.

Coverage will commence on Thursday, April 11, with the traditional Par 3 Competition, with wives and girlfriends, children and grandchildren all happily caddying in a family affair for the US Masters players.

Day 1 of competition commences on April 12 from 5.00am AEST through to 9.00am nationwide on 9Gem. There will also be four digital streams available on 9Now including Amen Corner, Holes 15 and 16, The Leaders, and Featured Groups.

Sports reporter Neil Breen will provide round-the-clock coverage from Augusta National on Nine News, Today, Sports Sunday and the Wide World of Sports digital and mobile platforms.

Last year Patrick Reed surprised all when he captured the Masters crown. Who will it be in 2019?

Get ready: The Masters, is coming, Live and Free, on Nine’s Wide World of Sports.

Disgraceful that it is not in HD but on Gem.

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To protect the ratings of Today perhaps?

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At least the online streams of 9Gem are in 720p.

Of course main channel/HD coverage would be better, but Nine cancelling Today for overseas sports coverage just won’t happen in the multichannel era.

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I was unaware. At least that’s a reasonable option. The Masters really needs to be shown in HD to get the full impact of Augusta.

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A few parts of Australia (e.g. Regional WA, Regional SA, remote Australia) can see the golf on 9Gem in HD in 1080i.
But some people can watch the Masters live on Fox Sports and Kayo in HD.

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A sign of things to come when The Ashes starts in July. live and exclusive, most likely on Gem

At a lousy 25fps and bitrate. Yes, still better than the shit served up by 7plus/10play/iView/SBS but others like Kayo are streaming near flawlessly at 1080p50

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The difference being that Kayo is User pays whereas the others are free.

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Meh, I’ll still be watching on GEM as Foxtel uses the world feed which has the same monotone guy who likes to cut off the commentary from CBS and ramble on. They tend to cut interviews as well which is annoying.