perhaps nine were losing viewers well before the pandemic? Perhaps they are sht at their jobs? Perhaps their coverage of nrl has been so poor that it has driven Hundreds of thousands of viewers to other platforms? Perhaps they shouldn’t have signed a massive tv deal with nrl in 2015 if they couldn’t meet the contract?
Perhaps this is just the excuse they were looking for to screw the nrl?
Yes virgin were sht at their business, they were living on unsustainable debt, this was just the straw that broke the back of an unsustainable business model,
Not sure what rio having no ethics has to do with it but yeh I’d say that was a pretty sht act.
The bank stories are “could”. No ones losing sleep if banks only make $12billion profit instead of $24billion!
Thought I’d take a look to see how many other major sports had been threatened by their network partner to rip up the contract during covid. Guess what I found? not one.
Yes that’s right, across the entire planet with countries getting much harder hit than us and with much larger financial commitments I couldn’t find one tv partner saying they were considering walking away from their contract with that sport. Interesting hey?
As they are in fact ahead of ch7 in the overall ratings probably why they weren't fussed.about preparing to go to court for the NRL broadcasts. Which were down in ratings.And if you are down in TV ratings for a product, the incentive to pay more goes down, but to pay less especially in times like this.
They seem to get big ratings for trash TV.
Not arguing about their coverage, their promotion of the NRL always has been ordinary.Kayo no doubt has had an impact.
Sheesh 2015 is not 2020.The comparison is like comparing a gold ingot with a t*rd.Please show me the virus operating in 2015 and people losing jobs and the world economy up sh*t street without a paddle?
"Unsustainable debt" correct, and guess what 9 and Foxtel have huge debt which if it continues to rapidly increase would be
unsustainable. V'Landys would have realised that point. ch7 wasn't available to fill in the vacancy.
"Screw the NRL".as you are so full of knowledge of the actual deal ,please spell the actual figures out.No guesswork.
"No one loses sleep if Banks drop 50% in profit at times like these",That shows ,you are even more clueless than you project.People who depend on dividends from Banks in their retirement lose sleep.These dividends also filter into Super funds, of which we are probably all members,that effects balances.Staff in these Banks lose jobs due to cutbacks .Oh and interest rates are lows incomes for many are further reduced. The economy is not your strong point.
Seeing you are supposedly so diligent, have you checked worldwide and here ,to see if TV deals are being renegotiated to accomodate the huge loss in revenue ,they are being impacted by.
So for example, as Foxtel is talking about a reduced A League deal,AFL with ch7 and Foxtel and it happens, will you continue to display the usual ignorance .And Union has already been told to expect a lower deal next one.
