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ESL Average Viewing Figures

russ13

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SteveM said:
Have you actually checked the RU figures ?. As far as I can see RU out rates ESL on a regular basis.
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They don't. The ESL easily outrates the union premiership games.

Have a look at the TV Ratings thread on the Fight Club thread.

However, because the 6Ns is on free-to-air the some union internationals get audiences in the millions.
 
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SteveM

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russ13 said:
They don't. The ESL easily outrates the union premiership games.

Have a look at the TV Ratings thread on the Fight Club thread.

However, because the 6Ns is on free-to-air the some union internationals get audiences in the millions.
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Yes they do. ESL does NOT easily outrate the GP or HEC. In fact it is out rated on a regular basis. Check www.barb.co.uk.

All 6N's games rate in the several million. England vs Scotland has rated as high as 8.5 million viewers in the UK.

Then there is the viewing figures from Ireland,Wales and Italy to take into account as well.
 
Chook Norris

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SteveM said:
Yes they do. ESL does NOT easily outrate the GP or HEC. In fact it is out rated on a regular basis. Check www.barb.co.uk.
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perhaps you should post the figures, i'm struggling to find the figures right now..

i was reading the blogs and article comments on telegraph.co.uk and i've already read... [don't know how credible these are.. but i haven't seen anything about the GP getting more viewers..and i mean.. why would these guys lie? they wouln't]

As Telegraph readers I would hope you are more educated than the current postings seem to suggest.
Rugby League isn’t there to compete with rugby union (although 42% more TV viewers tune in to Super League than Guinness Premiership). This is the 21st Century and you can enjoy both league and union for their different merits.
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Congratulations,an interesting piece of research.You may wish to underscore the thread,by looking at the BARB viewing figures for Union Premiership,versus League Super League.
In broad terms,league attracts an average of 33% more viewers than the Union Premiership.
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I wouldn’t argue that your stats broadly indicate that attendance figures for Super League and Premiership,are roughly equal.Perhaps you should add to your research by comparing viewing figures from BARB - broadly speaking 200,000 plus for Super League and 125,000 ish for Premiership.
If only your paper allocated column inches on this basis.Assumimg you provide these figures to your Sports Editor,how does he justify the inequality of coverage?
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http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/garyslater/4068761/Super_League_slams_Premiership/
 
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SteveM

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Chook Norris said:
perhaps you should post the figures, i'm struggling to find the figures right now..

i was reading the blogs and article comments on telegraph.co.uk and i've already read... [don't know how credible these are.. but i haven't seen anything about the GP getting more viewers..and i mean.. why would these guys lie? they wouln't]





http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/garyslater/4068761/Super_League_slams_Premiership/
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You need to go to www.barb.co.uk and compare a season for each code.
 
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SteveM

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As Telegraph readers I would hope you are more educated than the current postings seem to suggest.
Rugby League isn’t there to compete with rugby union (although 42% more TV viewers tune in to Super League than Guinness Premiership). This is the 21st Century and you can enjoy both league and union for their different merits.

Congratulations,an interesting piece of research.You may wish to underscore the thread,by looking at the BARB viewing figures for Union Premiership,versus League Super League.
In broad terms,league attracts an average of 33% more viewers than the Union Premiership.

I wouldn’t argue that your stats broadly indicate that attendance figures for Super League and Premiership,are roughly equal.Perhaps you should add to your research by comparing viewing figures from BARB - broadly speaking 200,000 plus for Super League and 125,000 ish for Premiership.
If only your paper allocated column inches on this basis.Assumimg you provide these figures to your Sports Editor,how does he justify the inequality of coverage?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/g...s_Premiership/
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In fact ESL are being selective with their viewing figures. They compare the start of the ESL season when you expect higher figures with GP RU games during the 6N's when you expect lower figures. In addition I think HEC games are running at that time (Jan) as well so the GP takes a back seat.

A better comparsion would be to compare viewing figures over the whole season for each code.

http://www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=10137
 
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ParraEelsNRL

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As Russ said in TFC there is a sticky with TV ratings, in fact their are two and they have been going for about 3-4 years, over the years, I have only seen the union out rate the Super League on about 7 occasions, I remember Cas playing Hull or someone getting near 250,000 while the top of the table union game got 92,000 or so.

There we threads on TRL and a few other places.

Chris Irvine from the Guardian (UK paper) had this in a piece 3 years ago.

Here it is.

A record aggregate attendance of 186,057 for the first three rounds means the average crowd is holding up above 10,000 for the first time, and the viewing figures for Sky and the BBC's Super League Show have been excellent, with the opening match between Castleford and Hull comfortably outrating Gloucester-Leicester from the other code's Premiership, by 254,000 to 95,000 according to the Barb figures.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/mar/02/comment.sport


RL's ratings are still growing on sky.
 
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roughyed8

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SteveM said:
Yes they do. ESL does NOT easily outrate the GP or HEC. In fact it is out rated on a regular basis. Check www.barb.co.uk.

All 6N's games rate in the several million. England vs Scotland has rated as high as 8.5 million viewers in the UK.

Then there is the viewing figures from Ireland,Wales and Italy to take into account as well.
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Dont make me laugh, up till the last couple of months i reported the ratings in the tv ratings thread and ESL hammers the GP on viewing numbers.
Just as a sample in april this year well after the start of SL and approaching the climax of the GP and HEC,
W/E 12/4
Thurs 9/4 SL SS1 230,000
Fri10/4 SL SS1 270,000
sat11/4 HEC1/4 final 213,000 best of the 4 games televised.

W/E19/4
Fri17/4 SL 198,000
Sat18/4SL 154,000
Sat18/4 GP 152,000

W/E25/4
Fri23/4 sl not in top ten for SS1 cut off 207,000
Sat24/4 SL 122,000,
Sat24/4 GP116,00

note the sat teatime SL games generaly rate 40-50,000 less than friday.
and when the codes go head to head on fridays Union is obliterated :lol:

figs from www.barb.co.uk.

The figures for Wales and N Ireland are included in the barb ratings, as for Italy they struggle to get more than a couple of thousand to HEC cup games,so what makes you think they are sat at home in their millions watching.
 
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As I have said check out BARB over a season for each code. Comparing European Super League against the GP and HEC.

RU our rates RL on a regular basis.No way does ESL produce twice as many viewers over the course of a season.
 
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roughyed8 said:
The figures for Wales and N Ireland are included in the barb ratings, as for Italy they struggle to get more than a couple of thousand to HEC cup games,so what makes you think they are sat at home in their millions watching.
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I did'nt. I was talking about the 6N's UK rating's which are in the tens of millions.
 
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Chook Norris

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SteveM said:
As I have said check out BARB over a season for each code. Comparing European Super League against the GP and HEC.

RU our rates RL on a regular basis.No way does ESL produce twice as many viewers over the course of a season.
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you've been all talk... more posting figures

everything posted so far suggests SL out rates the GP
 
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roughyed8

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SteveM said:
As I have said check out BARB over a season for each code. Comparing European Super League against the GP and HEC.

RU our rates RL on a regular basis.No way does ESL produce twice as many viewers over the course of a season.
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Match for match The ESL outrates the GP and HEC for the vast majority of its games, you only have to read the barb site for that. week in week out the numbers for SL on sky are higher. the only nunber that would be higher would be the cumalative aggeragate total due to more games being broadcast and not average totals.
We all know that the 6 nations gets good ratings it would be a complete embarressment fot the BBC if they did not given the amount of hype and promotion they give it.
 
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roughyed8

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St.John said:
I don't think he was specifically referring to this year.
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He didnt mention any year or give any link, is it just another case of a unionista plucking numbers out of thin air:crazy:
Just thought i would put the correct numbers for this year with link.
 
Lambretta

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Channel 9 game this weekend for Super League is St Helens v Wigan

Bloody Saints and Rhinos every weekend.

C'mon Wigan.
 
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