Grand Final TV Ratings

[Chook Norris]

Would love to know the methodology they have for getting these stats. How exactly did they count the 150 people in the pub with me watching it on the big screen?

they dont

 

[pcpp]

I think the ratings are high enough to justify another Day Grand Final.

As long as it reaches 2 million Nine would be satisfied. Although I don't think it would reach 2 million if there was no Melbourne or QLD team.

 

[griff]

It seems that the grand final time slot makes no real difference in the number of people in RL areas that watch the game. If you are into RL, you will watch the game, whenever it is on.

In expansion areas, people will watch the Grand Final if it is on, but otherwise won't seek it out to anywhere near the extent. Since more people will watch TV at night than during the afternoon, then it will get bigger ratings in non RL areas.

For Melbourne, the figure is way down. Last time people were sitting at home and watched the GF because it was on, and Melbourne were in it. This time however, they would have had to make an effort, and change their regular viewing patterns. Notably the Melbourne figure peaked at 6.30, showing that people wanted to watch the News at the regular time they normally do, and then switched over to see the game.

 

[Ziggy the God]

Why should we give a toss about Ch Nein ratings in the Southern States for a single match (albeit the GF), when they don't put in the hard yards showing the game each week there????

If they showed it each week to grow the game, then they would deserve some compensation by having a night GF.

Nein can go and get pharked.

 

[Teddyboy]

I think the ratings are high enough to justify another Day Grand Final.

As long as it reaches 2 million Nine would be satisfied. Although I don't think it would reach 2 million if there was no Melbourne or QLD team.

It was Manly Sea Eagles not Manly Wynnum.

 

[Bring it home Knights]

I think what people enjoy but is the tradition of the day and chopping and changing every few years trying to predict what people will like better is crap.

Better just to say its gonna be 3pm Sunday or 7pm Sunday for the next 5 years..

I agree 100%!

 

[LRC]

The gap wont be all that great this year, last year including regionals we had 3.7mil (2.4 oztam), AFL had 3.3 mil (2.5 oztam). This year i think the AFL got just over 3 mil including regionals so with our oztam down we should be getting around 3.1-3.2. I can see nein pushing for a night grand final again soon.

And the NRL must be firm...the gap isn't wide enough to warrant a switch back to might time.
How many kids got to watch the game and experience a GF day for the first time...no advertising or TV dollars could match what this does for the future of our game and also the future pay TV subscribers.
Sometimes the TV guys need to realise that there may be some short term pain (500000 less viewers now)...but a new generation being hooked to our game!

 

[Chachi]

Apparently the figures across all capitals was down about 700,000 from last year. A massive drop - mostly Melbourne viewers, which is being blamed on the daytime kickoff.

Unfortunately I don't think the ratings take into account people who watch the game in large groups (such as daytime BBQ gatherings) as it just counts the number of TV's tuned into the show. If that's the case, night time ratings will always significantly exceed day time ones - which is very dodgy - and does not give a true indication of how many people are actually watching.

 

[Pig Champion]

If you've got kids and you want to watch the GF with them you stay at home for a night game, a day game means a BBQ at someones place or the local bowlo (our option). More viewers , less TVs. The TV ratings are rubbish. I know more families who had their kids watching this year compared to night games.

 

[Eagle_Rocker]

The Sydney ratings are pretty good but a bit puzzling. 30,000 more watching on TV but no sell out. Plus it started earlier and it was a huge blowout.

Good ratings in Perth considering the 2pm (I think) start in there.

Melbourne and Adelaide are a bit disappointing.

The game should have sold out, but to be fair there were probably 70,000+ Manly fans out of that 80,000. Usually grand finals have a decent contingent of fans from both teams. Last year I was surprised by the large number of Melbourne supporters at the game, this year I was surprised by how few there were.

 

[griff]

Apparently the figures across all capitals was down about 700,000 from last year. A massive drop - mostly Melbourne viewers, which is being blamed on the daytime kickoff.

Unfortunately I don't think the ratings take into account people who watch the game in large groups (such as daytime BBQ gatherings) as it just counts the number of TV's tuned into the show. If that's the case, night time ratings will always significantly exceed day time ones - which is very dodgy - and does not give a true indication of how many people are actually watching.

It's about 300,000 down on last time, as you say mainly due to Melbourne viewers.

The ratings do actually take into account visitors so it isn't to do with counting the number of TVs tuned in. Are you more or less likely to decide to have the BBQ at the guy's house who has the ratings box? I don't know.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Does anyone know anyone, or ever heard of anyone who actually has a ratings meter in their house??

 

[DangerMouse_007]

Very worrying Melbourne figures.

 

[beave]

Does anyone know anyone, or ever heard of anyone who actually has a ratings meter in their house??

My parents were asked in 1997 whilst they were living in Albury/Wodonga to have the box installed that does the ratings. She turned it down and a few weeks later, told me about it and I went off at her because from what I have heard, the more TV you watch, the more 'presents" you recieve from the respective ratings "Gathering" company. You watch late at night and it "Doubles" your "gift" points so to speak as well..................... so for every couple of hundred hours you get a "present" but watching late at night halves this time, but this is what I have heard through the grapevine, so not sure of it's accuracy but needless to say after this info was giving to the old girl, she slapped herself for not partaking in the process.

 

[flamin]

http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/new...-back-todaytime/2008/10/06/1223145262982.html

SUNDAY'S afternoon grand final has been declared a resounding success, with more Sydney viewers tuning in than last year and broadcaster Channel Nine trumpeting a national ratings win.

After a strong public campaign, backed by the Herald, to return the premiership decider to its traditional 3pm timeslot, the NRL and Nine compromised on a 5pm kick-off amid predictions that fewer people would watch the biggest match of the season.

But ratings figures released yesterday indicated that the television audience in Sydney was bigger than last year, with Manly's record 40-0 demolition of the Storm attracting an average of 942,000 viewers - up from the 935,000 who watched the same two teams in last year's grand final. The premiership decider was watched by a peak national audience of 2,465,000, with Nine's coverage averaging 2,074,000 viewers across the five mainland cities.

Despite being down by about 400,000 viewers on both last year's peak (2.86m) and average (2.48m) audiences, regional ratings figures released today are expected to show that the NRL grand final was watched by more people across Australia than the previous week's AFL decider.

In addition, more than 500,000 viewers tuned in to coverage of the match in New Zealand, with ratings figures suggesting that 9.9 per cent of the potential Kiwi television audience of 3.9m people watched the game live on pay TV at 7.15 pm and 8.3 per cent saw a replay three hours later on free-to-air broadcaster Prime. Not surprisingly, the biggest drop-off in viewers was in Melbourne - but the match still managed to draw an average audience of 492,000 in the Victorian capital after peaking at 587,000 at 6.30pm.

While down significantly on the 743,000 viewers who watched the Storm thrash Manly 34-8 in last season's premiership decider, the broadcast attracted 48.9 per cent of the Melbourne audience compared with a 36.3 per cent share when last year's grand final was shown in prime time.

In both Sydney and Brisbane, where the game drew an average 503,000 viewers and peaked at 595,000, the audience share was a massive 75.5 per cent.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Great news for AFL, 4 Rugby League games rated higher Australia-wide than the AFL Grand Final.

National game..... LOL

 

[Teddyboy]

http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/new...-back-todaytime/2008/10/06/1223145262982.html

SUNDAY'S afternoon grand final has been declared a resounding success, with more Sydney viewers tuning in than last year and broadcaster Channel Nine trumpeting a national ratings win.

After a strong public campaign, backed by the Herald, to return the premiership decider to its traditional 3pm timeslot, the NRL and Nine compromised on a 5pm kick-off amid predictions that fewer people would watch the biggest match of the season.

But ratings figures released yesterday indicated that the television audience in Sydney was bigger than last year, with Manly's record 40-0 demolition of the Storm attracting an average of 942,000 viewers - up from the 935,000 who watched the same two teams in last year's grand final. The premiership decider was watched by a peak national audience of 2,465,000, with Nine's coverage averaging 2,074,000 viewers across the five mainland cities.

Despite being down by about 400,000 viewers on both last year's peak (2.86m) and average (2.48m) audiences, regional ratings figures released today are expected to show that the NRL grand final was watched by more people across Australia than the previous week's AFL decider.

In addition, more than 500,000 viewers tuned in to coverage of the match in New Zealand, with ratings figures suggesting that 9.9 per cent of the potential Kiwi television audience of 3.9m people watched the game live on pay TV at 7.15 pm and 8.3 per cent saw a replay three hours later on free-to-air broadcaster Prime. Not surprisingly, the biggest drop-off in viewers was in Melbourne - but the match still managed to draw an average audience of 492,000 in the Victorian capital after peaking at 587,000 at 6.30pm.

While down significantly on the 743,000 viewers who watched the Storm thrash Manly 34-8 in last season's premiership decider, the broadcast attracted 48.9 per cent of the Melbourne audience compared with a 36.3 per cent share when last year's grand final was shown in prime time.

In both Sydney and Brisbane, where the game drew an average 503,000 viewers and peaked at 595,000, the audience share was a massive 75.5 per cent.

Half a million watch the game in New Zealand.Thats pretty good.

 

[Chook Norris]

While down significantly on the 743,000 viewers who watched the Storm thrash Manly 34-8 in last season's premiership decider, the broadcast attracted 48.9 per cent of the Melbourne audience compared with a 36.3 per cent share when last year's grand final was shown in prime time.

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ah thats excellent

i thought the massive drop of 400k was really a bad thing

but i suppose that^ explains it

 

[Perth Red]

Lies, damn lies and statistics! It's all b0ll0x, they really have no idea as the methodology used is so flawed it probably has an accuracy count of +/_ 250,000 anyway!

 

[KalgoorlieRed]

from the Footy ratings thread

this year



last year

Must be the credit crunch. People cannot afford the electricity this year. :roll: