a question for those bagging nine for not showing league live in melbourne

[Doug2234]

who cares about Nine.

They are a joke

 

[El Diablo]

spot on.

many on here would have you believe league would rate through the roof but nine has an anti league agenda in melbourne.

an agenda that would lead them to throw away millions in advertising revenue by showing lower rating programs

an we are the ones with the conspiracy theory :lol::lol:

oh tards

you do realise it's a non ratings week?

that's why there are repeats on at night this week

thread fail

 

[joshie]

league in melbourne should be shown i rekon.

lady gaga needs to tuck the big ones in some more.

and i liked the 99 grand final

 

[taxidriver]

you do realise it's a non ratings week?

that's why there are repeats on at night this week

thread fail

no your intelligence fails.

this isn't just about this week

 

[redvscotty]

The issue I would have thought, is that Channel Nein are not going to show it live into QLD or NSW.

Melbourne as a city, and the Storm have said theyd rather the telethon go ahead, then so be it.

 

[Ulysseus]

They don't do it because they believe that the ratings in Melbourne will not be good.

I wish they would just put league live into Victoriania for a while to shut everyone who says "oh it'd be great, it'd rate better than that Sigourney Weaver maathon they had on last week!" the f**k up once and for all.

If it rates like sh*t, I want everyone who said it would rate well to be f**ked in the arse by an angry giraffe.
A very very angry giraffe.

 

[Jason Maher]

Has there ever been a grand final that has broken as many minds as the 99 grand final. I know plenty of the old Tigers players go on about the 89 grand final, so the 99 grand final does have a bit of competition, but seriously people get over loved ones dying faster than these axe to grind Dragon supporters have dealt with the loss a f**king decade a go.

For the record I spent the entire decade watching the Storm thump my club game after game. I don't begrudge them a spot in the NRL because I am not an insular idiot who still weeps over a game that happened when I was in highschool.

EDIT

Maybe the independent commission will look at funding some therapy for Dragon supporters under the guise of advancing relations between supporters.

An interesting game to play is to look at a poster who wishes the Storm didn't exist and check to see if they have an avatar/post history/user name/signature dedicated to the dragons.

With all due respect, it's a little easier to cop being an opposition team's bunny when you've won 6 titles in the last 20 years, one of which was over said opposition.

I don't begrudge Melbourne their place in the competition, but I do hate the bastards, and I hate the way they were brought into the competition and given an unfair advanatage over other teams at a time of rationalisation. But that is past, and no purpose would be served by getting rid of them. Though one of the first duties of an IC surely has to be figuring some plan to make Melbourne self-sufficient. A good step in that direction might be damanding any rights holder under the new deal shows League at a reasonable hour into the Storm's market. Then we might finally get some idea of the real level of potential support for League in Victoria.

 

[m0nty]

To answer the OP in more detail: the commercial decision that others are talking about is Nine deciding to try to capture the female demographic on the night. A certain percentage of mostly male, some female viewers will watch football of some code or another, but there is a minority of mostly female viewers who want something that isn't sport.

That's why Ten fails so hard in Sydney with AFL on Saturday nights and gets beaten by Iron Chef - the blokes in Sydney are all watching one of two football codes, and the sheilas flock to the cooking show. Nine has decided it doesn't want to get beaten in Melbourne by some Japanese ponce in a pink lame jumpsuit, so it screens chick flicks and light entertainment against the AFL instead of NRL.

Demetriou was strong enough to force Ten into showing AFL in Sydney via contract, and actually get Ten to honour that contract. Gallop wasn't strong enough to enforce Nine's contract to show NRL in Melbourne. That's the real nub of the matter.

 

[BIKER_DRAGON]

The Easter Zombie will be flat out like a lizard drinking in the poison chocolate egg factory on Friday and wants to watch the game live.

DO NOT PISS OFF THE EASTER ZOMBIE OR MANKIND WILL PAY.

 

[Tweek]

To answer the OP in more detail: the commercial decision that others are talking about is Nine deciding to try to capture the female demographic on the night. A certain percentage of mostly male, some female viewers will watch football of some code or another, but there is a minority of mostly female viewers who want something that isn't sport.

That's why Ten fails so hard in Sydney with AFL on Saturday nights and gets beaten by Iron Chef - the blokes in Sydney are all watching one of two football codes, and the sheilas flock to the cooking show. Nine has decided it doesn't want to get beaten in Melbourne by some Japanese ponce in a pink lame jumpsuit, so it screens chick flicks and light entertainment against the AFL instead of NRL.

Demetriou was strong enough to force Ten into showing AFL in Sydney via contract, and actually get Ten to honour that contract. Gallop wasn't strong enough to enforce Nine's contract to show NRL in Melbourne. That's the real nub of the matter.

Sound spot on, and hopefully with the next deal Gallop shows some backbone and forces channel 9 Melbourne to show all games same time as Sydney, or goes to a channel that will.

 

[taxidriver]

so the answer is because it doesn't rate?

so what about these great inroads?

what about this massive interest?

what about this massive groundswell of support?

do they not have tv's or something?

 

[big country]

any programming executive from ANY channel would be committing career suicide if they broadcast live league in Melb - sad fact but true

 

[taxidriver]

any programming executive from ANY channel would be committing career suicide if they broadcast live league in Melb - sad fact but true

but why, haven't you heard that melbourne is the new frontier

 

[m0nty]

so the answer is because it doesn't rate?

so what about these great inroads?

what about this massive interest?

what about this massive groundswell of support?

do they not have tv's or something?

Newsflash, the Swans get two to three times the crowds of the Storm and they don't rate all that much in Sydney either. That doesn't mean you give up on the market altogether. Gallop has to harden up and force the networks to show league in RL to build the support and viewership. It's a chicken-and-egg situation - you don't get the support unless you get exposure, and you don't get exposure unless you get support. Gallop and/or the IC have to break that vicious cycle in the next broadcasting agreement.

Face it TD, the Storm will beat you on the field as they usually do, and they're not going away. I'm sure you'd love the bad old uncompetitive days of one club winning eleven premierships in a row, but that's ancient history now. Suck it down, sunshine.

 

[big country]

Newsflash, the Swans get two to three times the crowds of the Storm and they don't rate all that much in Sydney either. That doesn't mean you give up on the market altogether. Gallop has to harden up and force the networks to show league in RL to build the support and viewership. It's a chicken-and-egg situation - you don't get the support unless you get exposure, and you don't get exposure unless you get support. Gallop and/or the IC have to break that vicious cycle in the next broadcasting agreement.

Face it TD, the Storm will beat you on the field as they usually do, and they're not going away. I'm sure you'd love the bad old uncompetitive days of one club winning eleven premierships in a row, but that's ancient history now. Suck it down, sunshine.

we're not far off it what with the storm being in the last 4 grand finals and no one in Melb give a....:shock:

 

[Cletus]

spot on.

many on here would have you believe league would rate through the roof but nine has an anti league agenda in melbourne.

an agenda that would lead them to throw away millions in advertising revenue by showing lower rating programs

an we are the ones with the conspiracy theory :lol::lol:

oh tards

It will rate, not through the roof but it will rate a lot higher than Nine say it will. If it does rate then it will make a lie of the reasons why they can't show Storm games before 1am. And for content which is essentially free to Nine in Melbourne it will rate higher than whatever rubbish they are showing in it's place. I can understand that they don't want to show League in prime time down there and yes that is a commercial decision, but there is no reason they can't show Storm games at 10.30 when the AFL has finished.

 

[big country]

It will rate, not through the roof but it will rate a lot higher than Nine say it will. If it does rate then it will make a lie of the reasons why they can't show Storm games before 1am. And for content which is essentially free to Nine in Melbourne it will rate higher than whatever rubbish they are showing in it's place. I can understand that they don't want to show League in prime time down there and yes that is a commercial decision, but there is no reason they can't show Storm games at 10.30 when the AFL has finished.

with all due respect cletus - i'm not sure if it is going to rate just because you think it will - there are programming directors being paid very top bananas to schedule what they feel the audience will watch - for them to show league on the graveyard slot tells me their studies show it will not rate : Melbourne + League = FAIL.....oh wait but we have to 'let it grow' don't we

 

[Cletus]

with all due respect cletus - i'm not sure if it is going to rate just because you think it will - there are programming directors being paid very top bananas to schedule what they feel the audience will watch - for them to show league on the graveyard slot tells me their studies show it will not rate : Melbourne + League = FAIL.....oh wait but we have to 'let it grow' don't we

It has rated in the 200,000s when the AFL hasn't been on (before their season starts). I don't see why they wouldn't get the same tommorow since there is basically no other sport on FTA. And I don't think they should go head to head with the AFL normally, just something around 10.30 rather than 1am.
And do you think The Malmanado Miracle is going to rate higher than the Storm?

 

[Brutus]

why do you think they don't show it?

Why do they show the Iron Chef Swans in Sydney prime time?

 

[Brutus]

spot on.

an agenda that would lead them to throw away millions in advertising revenue by showing lower rating programs

an we are the ones with the conspiracy theory :lol::lol:

oh tards

The funny thing is, the Storm v Dragons would easily win the ratings in Melbourne if it was shown live at 2PM on Good Friday.

Only a dipsh*t wouldn't be able to see that.