Cricket TV rights

[herbert henry1908]

There is plenty of ex crickters doing the rounds that would do a job for 10.

A mix of. Hayden, Ponting, Symonds, Martyn, maybe Dean jones or Matthews for some older experiences.

There's plenty around. Certainly can't be worse then 9.

There's heaps of cricketers , but not many with experience.


I can't imagine they would put in all rookies.

 

[herbert henry1908]

What is it about TV cricket commentary that its seemingly a prerequisite to have played cricket at a high level?

I can't think of any other sport where this is the case.

Obviously there is a very technical side to cricket. But there have been a lot of radio commentators that haven't played.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Domestic dispute puts CA and Nine on brink of split
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May 10, 2013
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The 36-year relationship between Australian cricket and Nine is in danger of splitting after the sport's ruling body launched legal action against the network.

Fairfax Media has learnt that Cricket Australia, which derives an estimated 80 per cent of its income from television rights to cricket coverage, has filed a writ against Nine, the rights holder to broadcast the sport on TV in Australia.

While the dispute centres on the broadcast of domestic cricket on free-to-air TV, at stake is the rights to Test cricket, including future Ashes series between Australia and England.

International cricket is the bedrock on which Kerry Packer famously built his Nine television empire in the 1970s and 1980s. One of the major shareholders of Ten, which is challenging Nine for the rights to the sport, is Packer's son, billionaire James Packer.

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''When you have been partners for more than 30 years, you have to be backed into a corner to take such dramatic action as a law suit,'' said a party close to the negotiations. ''Talks broke down, and this was the only course available.''

The writ, lodged by Cricket Australia, follows months of simmering tensions between the partners over the broadcasting rights worth an estimated $350 million.

Cricket Australia has been locked in intense negotiations with free-to-air and pay-TV operators over a series of deals to broadcast the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League along with other domestic and international matches.

Nine - which has broadcast live cricket since 1977 - has a clause in its contract that allows it to match any final bid from a rival.

Ten has been negotiating with Cricket Australia for the TV rights since March, and its exclusive negotiating period ended last week.

It is believed Nine is willing to match the dollar offer made by Ten, but talks with Cricket Australia broke down last week over the issue of domestic cricket.

Under the terms of the existing agreement, Cricket Australia cannot force a broadcaster to screen live coverage of its domestic one-day competition, the Ryobi Cup, or the Sheffield Shield final.

Nine will not budge on its refusal to screen domestic cricket, other than the popular Big Bash League, which gets better ratings than the other local competitions.

Cricket Australia lodged the writ in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Monday, only days after talks with Nine broke down.

The legal file has been sealed by order of a Supreme Court judge, because of the commercially sensitive material contained within.

Cricket Australia will argue in court that Nine has not matched the offer made by Ten, due to its stance stance on domestic cricket.

The negotiations come at time when the networks are slashing costs, and ratings and attendance for some major cricket competitions are falling.

Last year, Nine was part of a $1.1 billion five-year deal for the broadcast rights to rugby league, along with its Pay-TV partner, Fox Sports.

The embattled Nine network is now debt-free, after negotiating a deal with its financiers last October.

Neither Nine nor Cricket Australia would comment on the case on Thursday night.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket...nk-of-split-20130509-2javo.html#ixzz2So3CCt8s

 

[herbert henry1908]

Nine being merkins again.

Couldn't they just broadcast the domestic comps on one of the digital channels?

 

[franklin2323]

There's heaps of cricketers , but not many with experience.I can't imagine they would put in all rookies.

No but they get someone like Jim Maxwell etc to host with the above expert commentators. If they get a few recycled from 9 they will bring stale ideas needs a mix of old & new

As for why ex playing helps every pitch plays different. It's good to have someone that knows how it's different. How to prepare differently for the pitch etc.

 

[juro]

Come on, Cricket Australia. Time for a change! Cricket is getting so stale on Nine!

 

[herbert henry1908]

No but they get someone like Jim Maxwell etc to host with the above expert commentators. If they get a few recycled from 9 they will bring stale ideas needs a mix of old & new

As for why ex playing helps every pitch plays different. It's good to have someone that knows how it's different. How to prepare differently for the pitch etc.

I wouldn't want them to bring in channel nine people , just wouldn't surprise me is all.


Obviously having some ex cricketers as commentators is important , but if you look at TV cricket commentary in this country , every single one of them is an ex player. No other sport is like this.

 

[Timbo]

But that's because cricket doesn't need a match caller like football.

Having said that my favourite commentators are the ABC guys who never played the game. So I hope 10 take it down that road.

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.afr.com/p/business/marketing_media/ten_bid_to_bowl_nine_out_v7hfOt5xg7YzQsoFuT2PZP

Ten bid to bowl Nine out
PUBLISHED: 12 hours 40 MINUTES AGO | UPDATE: 0 hour 45 MINUTES AGO

John Stensholt

Ten Network has lodged a hefty final bid with Cricket Australia worth $500 million in cash over five years that will put pressure on the network’s *balance sheet and on incumbent *broadcaster Nine Entertainment Co.

Nine has four weeks to decide whether it will match the bumper offer under its “last rights” agreement with Cricket Australia. Ten’s offer, which was lodged earlier this week after a four-week exclusive negotiating period, includes $50 million in contra *advertising over five years and is not expected to make money for the free-to-air broadcaster.

The Ten offer for all Test and limited-over matches and domestic competitions such as the Big Bash League is well above the $45 million Nine paid annually for the past seven years for inter*national matches and the $12.5 million Fox Sports Australia has paid for the Big Bash and other domestic cricket, including the 50-over Ryobi Cup and Sheffield Shield final. Ten is likely to pay about $20 million a year on top of this in production costs.

It isunderstood the offer values Test and other international cricket at $80 million annually and the domestic cricket rights at $20 million. Although Nine still has the right to match Ten’s huge offer, there would be concerns about the cost given cricket attracts about $60 million in advertising each year on free-to-air television. Nine and Fox Sports also now pay about $20 million each year in production costs.

Ten has struggled in the ratings in the past two years due to a string of failed shows. New chief executive Hamish McLennan is said to be keen to secure a major sport to bolster its *audience.

If Ten’s offer is not matched by Nine, the 2013-14 season, which features an Ashes Test series against England, would be the first not broadcast by Nine since 1977.

A winning bid by Ten would also lock Fox Sports Australia out of domestic cricket, although Ten could still attempt to sub-licence some formats of the sport to other free-to-air or pay television networks.

A Cricket Australia spokesman would not comment on Ten’s offer but confirmed a decision would probably be made in early June. Nine would not comment and neither would Ten.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Friday morning that Cricket Australia’s and Nine’s 36-year relationship was in danger of splitting after CA launched legal action against the broadcaster.

The Australian Financial Review understands the legal action centres around whether the rights to the Big Bash League and other domestic cricket should be included in Nine’s “last rights” contract.

Cricket Australia has argued they should not be included as the Big Bash did not exist when Nine’s last contract with Cricket Australia was signed in 2005.

If the Big Bash and domestic cricket rights are left out, it would pave the way for the governing body to sell them in a separate deal to Ten, should Nine choose to match the bid for the international cricket rights.

Ten’s exclusive negotiating period with Cricket Australia began last month when it had a $350 million five-year offer accepted by the governing body, after which Ten has upped its offer and started talks on broadcasting logistics.

Cricket Australia’s negotiating team has been led by chief executive James Sutherland, and includes general manager media rights Stephanie Beltrame, legal head Dean Kino and chairman Wally Edwards. It has also been advised by investment bank Credit Suisse.

Having all forms of cricket on free-to-air television will also be a boost for Cricket Australia, even though it had originally hoped to received $25 million annually for the Big Bash.

It is understood Ten will show the Big Bash on its primary channel, but is yet to confirm its plans for the other domestic cricket forms.

The bid also includes digital rights, which Telstra chose not to bid for. Cricket Australia is understood to have received a $2 million bid from Perform Media, which broadcasts National Basketball League matches via the internet, before accepting the Ten bid.

The first Ashes test in Australia begins in Brisbane on November 21. The Big Bash is scheduled for December and January along with one-day and Twenty20 international matches.

Cricket Australia is also set to announce a new major sponsorship deal with Commonwealth Bank, reportedly worth about $50 million over four years.

 

[Mr Saab]

I cant blame Ch9 with this one. Why would you want to show the Sheffield Shield Final on TV. It would rate worst than the re runs of Skippy at 3am

 

[herbert henry1908]

I cant blame Ch9 with this one. Why would you want to show the Sheffield Shield Final on TV. It would rate worst than the re runs of Skippy at 3am

They could show it on their 3rd channel though. No big deal surely.

They could even open up their 4th or 5th channel for it.

 

[Cletus]

I cant blame Ch9 with this one. Why would you want to show the Sheffield Shield Final on TV. It would rate worst than the re runs of Skippy at 3am

It would be good daytime content for One though. Is love to see Ch Ten get the rights if they're going to show everything. Nine won't match it and Cricket Australia would be mad not to accept it.

 

[Timbo]

The thing is, if they showed it on Go! GEM, CA would back down.

Who watches re-runs of Gilligans Island anyway? What's the difference with putting it on the third channel and putting general entertainment on the primary and secondary?

 

[Xfactor1979]

Go the same way in England / the U.s with sport on TV

Put it all on cable TV!

 

[juro]

So Nine have 2 channels (94 and 95) dedicated to home shopping but can't be bothered to show domestic cricket?

 

[DC_fan]

So Nine have 2 channels (94 and 95) dedicated to home shopping but can't be bothered to show domestic cricket?

I think this shows how poorly domestic cricket rates.

As a very long time cricket fan I have real doubts about its long term future.

 

[Timbo]

CA eye more than money in TV rights deal



AAP
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has hinted money won't be the sole consideration when it comes to finalising the sport's lucrative new media rights deal.
The Nine Network has held the rights for the Australian summer for 36 years, but are now in real danger of losing their staple to rivals Network Ten.
Reports suggest Nine have about four weeks to match a massive $500 million offer put forward by Network Ten, if they wish to continue televising cricket for the foreseeable future.
The financial windfall from the broadcast deal will set cricket up for the next five years, and as the AFL and the NRL could attest to, the bigger the deal the better.
Some critics argue cricket is so much a part of Nine's DNA the network will do whatever it takes to retain the rights, but other insiders say the asking price is proving too much.
If Ten was to steal the rights, it would present the biggest shift in Australian sports broadcasting.
Of course CA could settle for less money from either party if they felt the package offered was better.
It's up to CA to decide whether they are willing to move away from such a long-term partner.
CA boss Sutherland wouldn't comment on details, but did say the importance of the media rights deal is more far-reaching than a financial boon.
Sutherland said CA were committed to ensuring whoever broadcasts cricket, does it in the right way.
"It's a huge foundation stone for us," Sutherland said.
"In a commercial sense it's really, really important. It's probably 40 plus per cent of our total revenue over the next five years will come from that.
"... But it's also the way in which the vast majority of the Australian population connect with our sport.
"The (broadcast) partner and the quality of that relationship and the quality of their broadcast is so important as well.
"It wouldn't be appropriate at this stage to speculate ... or even go into our relationships."
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God I hope it goes to Ten...

 

[herbert henry1908]

I think this shows how poorly domestic cricket rates.

As a very long time cricket fan I have real doubts about its long term future.

Shield cricket has never rated in recent times. It's pretty much never even been on TV.

Doesn't mean it's going to be scrapped.

Same will go for the one dayers.



For domestic one day cricket they should be taking it exclusively to regional venues.

Forget north Sydney , bankstown etc.

Play at wagga , Bathurst , Newcastle. So many of our cricketers come from there , it's time to give back.

 

[Green and Gold Machine]

God I hope it goes to Ten...

lol it's hilarious how many people think who ends up getting the TV rights actually matters. At the end of the day it won't matter which one because we'll still be stuck with CA and things will still be in the shitter.

But no everybody, lets whinge about which commentators we don't like. :roll:

 

[Timbo]

lol it's hilarious how many people think who ends up getting the TV rights actually matters. At the end of the day it won't matter which one because we'll still be stuck with CA and things will still be in the shitter.

But no everybody, lets whinge about which commentators we don't like. :roll:

Well, this thread isn't about CA management. It's about broadcasting.

I don't like the current broadcasters and I would like to see change.

So yes, on that front it does matter.