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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    AFL might not be responsible for the adoption of the Reach standard but they're not exactly oblivious to the potential benefits for their organisation. And they've long got away with another form of ratings chicanery by sometimes combining figures for different games in the one "Seven's AFL...
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Fox or Nine?
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Let's hope you're right. And your forecast for the next NRL deal proves more reliable than your forecast for the last AFL deal. You said in another post that nobody notices if AFL consistently tops the ratings tables. Their CEO noticed. And urged others to notice in an ABC interview. Patently...
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Which to a considerable extent must be based on speculative perception. Precisely the sort of speculative perception that FTA broadcasters are trying to broaden among would-be advertisers by adopting Reach as the standard measurement of viewership.
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Not sure what I've done to deserve all the Stream AFL ads. Would be interesting to find out whether visitors to Fox Fumble get ads for NRL at the same unforgiving rate.
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    Female Refs

    No way to disprove this claim of yours without looking at specific instances. On the basis of evidence from England, France, NZ, PNG, and one other country, I stand by my contention of general logical consistency. Most NRL games involve misdiagnoses by commentators. Generic terms like "holding...
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Perfectly true I'm not conversant with the minutiae of algorithms. However, I know that when I see ads for RU or AFL, it's not the result of an entirely random process. Someone, somewhere down the line, made a programming decision based on their perception of how popular or prestigious those...
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Are you available to negotiate the next TV deal?
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    The ratings tables on media websites are not posts from a random on Twitter. This is official data, copyright OzTAM and Regional TAM 2024. Previously ordered by Average, now ordered by Reach. Advertisers are human. They make value judgements. Their decisions can be influenced by perception and...
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Job for you in financial services. New York, London, Singapore, Frankfurt, world is your oyster.
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Is that allowed?
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Will you notice if sportsindustry declares AFL the most watched sport in Oz at the end of the year?
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    Female Refs

    I would say the exact opposite. The ruck laws are applied with remarkable consistency at all levels of the game in the 5 main RL nations. Genuine deficiencies are only conspicuous in developing areas. I suspect those who rail against inconsistency have never read, much less understood, the...
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Look at Thursday night's FTA ratings table. AFL in 3rd with Reach 1.794, Audience 598. NRL in 4th with Reach 1.650, Audience 721. Ranked by Audience, NRL would be 4th, AFL would be 11th. These tables, and the accompanying write-ups on media sites, function like headlines. Week after week...
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    Nine commentary and presentation

    Thompson's a strange one. Try commentaries oscillate wildly between ear-splitting euphoria and perfunctory anaesthesia. Seems to correlate more with his mood than the action on the field. As though he's randomly mixing uppers and downers throughout the game.
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    The sentence referred to the AFL's affection for Reach. Which is hardly surprising when, for instance, it enables their CEO to claim top spot in the ratings three nights in a row. Your personal stance appears ambiguous. Hard to reconcile the clarity of "Reach sucks" with fuzzy sentiments along...
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Think you misconstrued that sentence. By "notes", I meant "makes mention of" i.e. your Twitter page acknowledges AFL's self-serving preference for Reach over Average. It's nice to know BigFooty contributors are unhappy. Not sure it tells us anything significant. Afaik, data on Reach was...
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    Joy overfloweth. Alternative diagnosis - enlarged prostate.
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    2024 Crowd Watch

    Variety of backdrops and atmospheres enhances the competition for all spectators and viewers. Nobody would argue that revenue forgone is a short-term downside. Sharks and Dolphins prioritizing loyal local fans is a long-term investment.
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    2024 TV and Streaming Ratings Discussion

    Excerpt from another thought-provoking Twitter exchange re ratings - NRL fan - "It's your post, what isn't entirely correct about the stats you have put up showing the NRL total TV average smashing the AFL total TV average?" sportsindustry - "Averages aren't everything. In terms of average...

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