More than a million watched Bledisloe cup game on telly NZ

[ParraE]

More than one million watch All Blacks beat Wallabies






More than a million viewers tuned in to watch the clash between the All Blacks and Wallabies last night as the lead up to the 2011 Rugby World Cup intensifies.


536,120 viewers tuned in for the game live on Sky Sport 1 while the delayed coverage on Prime from 9pm drew 474,010.
In comparison, the first game of the 2010 season between the two rivals which was played in Melbourne on July 31 drew 512,050 on Sky and only 207,040 on Prime. The Christchurch game the following week drew 534,880 viewers on Sky and 345,320 on Prime.

Thats massive for a country with a population of 4 million.

 

[Te Kaha]

Thats massive for a country with a population of 4 million.

Four and a half million.. and its not the highest rating game... over one and half million watched the lions games a few years ago.

 

[ceagle]

What else is there to do in NZ?

 

[Te Kaha]

What else is there to do in NZ?

Plenty... unless you are brain dead... ahhhhh i see your problem.

 

[ParraE]

Four and a half million.. and its not the highest rating game... over one and half million watched the lions games a few years ago.

Do you have a link for this Te Kaha? I heard the same for All Blacks games back in the late 80's and early 90s when the population was just over 3 million.

 

[Te Kaha]

Do you have a link for this Te Kaha? I heard the same for All Blacks games back in the late 80's and early 90s when the population was just over 3 million.

They didnt publish the ratings back then... they barely do now... not that it matters...

 

[ParraE]

They didnt publish the ratings back then... they barely do now... not that it matters...

i used to buy the nz herald alot when i lived in auckland and i remember massive figures for all blacks games mention back then. might just visit the auckland library when im in nz for the world cup and check it out.

 

[Te Kaha]

i used to buy the nz herald alot when i lived in auckland and i remember massive figures for all blacks games mention back then. might just visit the auckland library when im in nz for the world cup and check it out.

You are paying money to attend the world cup, from another country, and you are going to spend time in a library looking up tv ratings??? So which banned troll are you? come on.. fess up... it will save time until you are found out and banned .. again.

 

[Parra]

Four and a half million.. and its not the highest rating game... over one and half million watched the lions games a few years ago.

All on the one telly ?

 

[Te Kaha]

All on the one telly ?

No.. we arent all inbred relatives like Aussie... well outside of Southland anyway... each family has at least one tv... so generally they watch them on their own.