New Freeview TV Channel: Sommet Sports

Sommet are canvasing for which sports/ leagues you want to see this year. Post your suggestions here:

https://www.facebook.com/SommetSports

I am not on Facebook so won't vote, but here is my thought.  They may not be able to bid for A-League, as it is tied up, but they could get the HAL highlights show (I think it is a packaged show Foxtel offers to other networks). Won't cost much.

Sommet Sports should be coming to both Freeview and Sky satellite mid-March (will be ch. 69 on Sky). Will still be on UHF too.

England v Denmark friendly, Wembley March 6th NZT on Sommet Sports

Europa League Friday Sommet: 

6.50 am live Dnipro v Spurs

8.55 am live Swansea v Napoli

11 am Dynamo Kiev v Valencia

12.50 pm  Ajax v Salzburg

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 Sommet Sports

Sommet Sports now on Sky TV for Vodafone cable subscribers (Sky TV ch. 69)

Announcement about coming on to satellite will be made on March 20

oooo cannot wait!

Coming to sky and freeview satellite April 14.

FINALLY. Our coach is telling us to watch Liverpool and copy their game.

Any particular game?

Is the Coach lining up female versions of Suarez, Sturridge, Gerrard etc to help you copy their game?

On sky channel 69 now. and also freeview sattellite 

just watched a bundesliga game on sommet on ch69 on Sky...awesome

Watched the highlights on Freeview Satelite last night. DELIGHTED!

All good, I knew what you meant. :-)

It's a good coaching technique, let's players visualise what he's aiming for. Good luck for the season.

Now watching the Liverpool v City replay. Hey, Skrtl! He's the guy whom Ryan Nelsen put the fear of God into at the South Africa World Cup, right?

Not sure if trolling, but... we played Slovakia, Italy and Paraguay at the world cup. The warm-up was against Serbia, where we won 1-0 and there was a pitch invasion.

ah yeah that's true.

still can't find the thing you refer to about Skrtyl - although i did find a photo of Nelsen dressing down an italian player.

Sommet are currently canvassing for your opinions on what they can do to improve - get in and tell them what football you want to see, about scheduling, presentation etc.:

https://www.facebook.com/SommetSports

Not Sommet, but on AL Jazeera now there is a programme about Drogba halting civil war in his country.

... Very good.  Next week Socrates, Corinthians and democracy in Brasil.

You can find the whole series on demand on the Al Jazeera website.

Sommet have been dropping hints this week on their Facebook that Tottenham TV is about to join their lineup.

Just announced that Sommet are about to close - around about now - midday today.

Bummer

Sorry - link here

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c...

R.I.P. Sommet Sport

It was always going to be tough funding a free-to-air 24 hour sports channel in a small country like this.

Rights to major sports don't come cheap.

Was good while it lasted to get all the free football even if their scheduling was often haphazard.

Signs that they were struggling were there this year with reduced football coverage such as only one Premier League club channel.

I noticed thay had no Europa League games scheduled for this week when they normally carry them...

A shame there won't be much football on TV for those without Sky now...

Down to one EPL game a week on TV One and the EPL highlights at midnight on Wednesdays.

Clearly Sommet didn't make much impact if the journalist who wrote this (Duncan Johnstone, who's supposed to be a sports journalist) thinks "the operation lasted less than five months after being launched on July 18."

Burk - it  of course lasted 17 months after launching July 18 2013.

Lame. Might as well beef up my data and stream everything now.

https://www.facebook.com/SommetSports

PRESS RELEASE 12 December 2014 SOMMET SPORTS

As at 12.00pm today free-to-air sports channel Sommet Sports will cease transmission.
Launched 18th July 2013, Sommet Sports has delivered both live and pre-recorded sports on Freeview Channel 14, and Sky Channel 69. Funding initially understood to be available for the channel upon launch had largely never materialised and Sommet has been forced to attempt to deliver a full nationwide broadcast channel on one third of the finance.
“I am totally gutted at not being able to sustain something that we have long held a fervent desire to deliver to New Zealanders. Sommet was born from a dream to deliver free sports to all kiwis. Sadly this dream is not to be.” says Andrew Reeves, Director of Sommet Sports Ltd. “We have been blown away by the amazing support and consistently growing viewership that we gained in such a short time. We can only thank our loyal fans who have stayed with us until the end.”
“Being the ‘new kids on the block“, we also struggled to gain a strong foothold with most advertising agencies. This coupled with an acute funding shortage has left us with the sad reality of having to make the difficult call.”
“I would like to thank OMD, Spark, McDonalds, KFC and Fiat Chrysler group for their support and belief in our vision of delivering ‘Free Sports for Kiwis’ “.

genuinely gutted about this. But did feel like it was always going to struggle once it started up.

Ahhh shark fudge cod.

That is the WORST news for a long long time.

Last chance to show your appreciation for Sommet's effort on their Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/SommetSports

400 comments posted in the two hours since the announcement on their Facebook.

I hope the Premier League Pass boys get A-League. Sky can fudge right off with their strangle hold on everything.

The problem is production facilities which Coliseum Sports Media would have to contract out.

Sad to seem them go but from the time they started I always thought funding would be an issue. 

If that happened, I would be saving $70 per month without any form of Sky tevelivision. That would be brilliant.

No more bundesliga 😢