2025 Streaming and TV Ratings Discussion

[The_Wookie]

Those are awful numbers for the fumblers for their season opener snd involving those clubs

No wonder why channel 7 is in so much trouble

iIts 30k lower than last year. The NRL ratings on Nine for their vegas opener had a bigger gap from last year, where were you on Nines impending demise?

 

[Wb1234]

iIts 30k lower than last year. The NRL ratings on Nine for their vegas opener had a bigger gap from last year, where were you on Nines impending demise?

Nine would be thrilled with the Vegas and Thursday night games trumping the afl numbers

Fta used to be the one area that afl dominated since they are in five metros

Yet league with two metros won two out of three games

 

[Wb1234]

Dead set you`re right they are awful numbers for a season opener, pretty sick when you compare it to the world-wide number we got for our opening game.
Even last night where we had two teams that didn`t make last season`s eight and played in front of an empty stadium rated as well, even better with Fox and Kayo.

It’s lucky for the fumblers Foxtel won’t be releasing any pay tv numbers this year

Imagine seeing nrl dominating 80 percent of those together with these kind of fta numbers

It would be too much

 

[DIOGENES]

Storm/Panthers 2024 (a preview of the GF) 580K

Phins/Rabbits 2025 600K

Given the teams I think that is a bid jump

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

Storm/Panthers 2024 (a preview of the GF) 580K

Phins/Rabbits 2025 600K

Given the teams I think that is a bid jump

Excellent observation.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

It’s lucky for the fumblers Foxtel won’t be releasing any pay tv numbers this year

Imagine seeing nrl dominating 80 percent of those together with these kind of fta numbers

It would be too much

And Seven having streaming rights this year is only going to take viewers off Fox and Kayo.

 

[Diesel]

With everything going on in SEQ with cyclone Alfred, the NRL numbers would be down, whether people are busy prepping, or just don’t have electricity to watch it

 

[The_Wookie]

Saturday, March 8 #AuSporttV
#HorseRacing
Seven Network
Average 274k (Rch 1.706m)

#RaceOfChampions
Network Ten
Average 134k (Rch 710k)

Football not in the nationals or the demos this week.

Data: VOZ
Note: Fox/Kayo/SkyNZ data unavailable for the NRL. Paramount+ data unavailable for Aleague.

 

[The_Wookie]

Sunday, March 9th #AUSportTV
#AFL
Seven Network
Giants/Pies
Average 603,000 (BVOD 44,000)
Reach 1.478m

#NRL
Nine Network
Storm/Eels Average 516,000 (BVOD 70,000)
Reach 1.366m

Sunday FOoty Show 151k (Rch 906k)
Offsiders 366k (765k)
WWOS 312k (682k)
NRL Kickoff 201k (656k)

Data: VOZ
Fox/Kayo/SkyNZ unavailable.

 

[The_Wookie]

Sunday, March 2nd
#AuSporTV
Consolidated 7+ Ratings
#NRLVegas
Average 718,000 (BVOD 83,000)
Reach 1.497m

Data: VOZ (Cons+7)

 

[The_Wookie]

On Nine the first four matches of the season had an aggregated audience of 2.62m – up 17% from 2.329m in 2024.

Vegas Opener rated 715,000 (down 10% from 796,000 in 2024) – and consolidated to 718,000.

Thursday Night rated 789,000 (BVOD 130,000) with a reach of 1.893m (up from 505,000 in 2024). This was standalone as the AFL was cancelled due to a cyclone.

Friday Night rated 600,000 (BVOD 90,000) with a reach of 1.441m. (Up from 576,000 in 2024).

Sunday Afternoon rated 516,000 (BVOD 70,000) with a reach of 1.366m (up from 452,000 in 2024)

In NZ, SkyNZ reported that Warriors fans tuned in in huge numbers for their initial game, with 402k people watching the Raiders v Warriors match from Las Vegas on Sky and free-to-air on Sky Open. A further 91k watched on Sky Go and 64k on Sky Sport Now. For further details on the Vegas ratings including overseas broascasts, please see here.

Data for Foxtel, including Kayo and set top boxes, is not available at this time and may not be in the future. Data for skyNZ outside of Vegas maches is also not available.

Crowds and Ratings - NRL Round 1, 2025 - SportsIndustryAU

Round 1 of the 2025 NRL season was attended by 145,288 including 45,209 attendees in Las Vegas for the season opener, this figure is down 21% on the 183,554

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