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[Mother Nature's Son]

Good point about ten

I’ve never thought they would bid

They did offer afl 600 million pa so if they offer that for nrl it will be interesting how nine and dazn respond

Nine and fox losing rugby league could be a good thing both their coverage is a bit stale or in nines case just embarrassing

Out of interest was there any particular reason why you think that 10 won`t bid on the NRL broadcast rights.
I know that you`re not a massive fan of the Perth bid but given the article mentions the importance of cross-promotion between FTA and streaming services, which is probably the only way FTA will survive, I would have that only underlines the importance of the NRL having minimum one team in all our capital cities so that we get channel`s like 10 bidding.

Regards the coverage, I don`t find Kayo coverage too bad, Nine, yeah you`re right, apart from a couple of bright spots like Slater, I don`t mind Freddy, the rest are god-damn awful.
One thing interesting though which shows they maybe not beyond help, I saw both Cherry-Evans and Papenhausen interviewed at the Oz open, the sort of players who present an intelligent respectable face to our game and who we want to see being promoted by Nine on their other high rating programmes, I like to think they were both there as guests of Nine specifically so they could be used in a bit of cross-promotion. Dream on... maybe.

 

[Wb1234]

Out of interest was there any particular reason why you think that 10 won`t bid on the NRL broadcast rights.
I know that you`re not a massive fan of the Perth bid but given the article mentions the importance of cross-promotion between FTA and streaming services, which is probably the only way FTA will survive, I would have that only underlines the importance of the NRL having minimum one team in all our capital cities so that we get channel`s like 10 bidding.

Regards the coverage, I don`t find Kayo coverage too bad, Nine, yeah you`re right, apart from a couple of bright spots like Slater, I don`t mind Freddy, the rest are god-damn awful.
One thing interesting though which shows they maybe not beyond help, I saw both Cherry-Evans and Papenhausen interviewed at the Oz open, the sort of players who present an intelligent respectable face to our game and who we want to see being promoted by Nine on their other high rating programmes, I like to think they were both there as guests of Nine specifically so they could be used in a bit of cross-promotion. Dream on... maybe.

Ten didn’t bid last time for the nrl showed no interest then bid for the afl

I think seven at least showed interest bidding for origin with Foxtel even though it was lowball

I think nine are our best chance for competition in the tv rights. They get how important league is to their network

Having Amanda Laing there as boss of broadcasting being an ex commissioner is an excellent sign of how important they see league

Huge step up from the days Eddie McGuire was nine boss or even Hugh marks he was awful

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Lol, all of a sudden Amanda Laing is wbtiktok's best mate.

 

[SirPies&Beers]

Lol, all of a sudden Amanda Laing is wbtiktok's best mate.

alwaysloser, just can’t help himself. Wb says nothing of the sort but alwaysloser needs the attention.

Can`t win with you Red, if they had three you`d be saying 4`s a minimum.
Buying and selling cattle I`ve been to thousands of auctions, trust me you only need two, especially if they are keen.

you should know by now that whatever Perthwrongs says will end up being wrong. Dude can’t help himself making statements that always come up wrong.

Ten didn’t bid last time for the nrl showed no interest then bid for the afl

I think seven at least showed interest bidding for origin with Foxtel even though it was lowball

I think nine are our best chance for competition in the tv rights. They get how important league is to their network

Having Amanda Laing there as boss of broadcasting being an ex commissioner is an excellent sign of how important they see league

Huge step up from the days Eddie McGuire was nine boss or even Hugh marks he was awful

wouldn’t surprise me if ten bid this time. They current have nothing.

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

Ten didn’t bid last time for the nrl showed no interest then bid for the afl

I think seven at least showed interest bidding for origin with Foxtel even though it was lowball

I think nine are our best chance for competition in the tv rights. They get how important league is to their network

Having Amanda Laing there as boss of broadcasting being an ex commissioner is an excellent sign of how important they see league

Huge step up from the days Eddie McGuire was nine boss or even Hugh marks he was awful

Thanks mate, that`s a good point about Laing, it`s not uncommon for companies to bring people on board who have expertise in areas they are interested in and have served in senior roles accordingly.

 

[The_Wookie]

Ten didn’t bid last time for the nrl showed no interest then bid for the afl

NRL rights extension was done in 2020, they didnt show any interest in the AFLs extension either which was also done in 2020. The next AFL bidding was in 2022 - it may have been about timing - they took over Ten in late 2017, they may just not have been ready in 2020. They took the Aleague in 2021.

They bid for Cricket in 2022 and got knocked back as well.

I think seven at least showed interest bidding for origin with Foxtel even though it was lowball

Seven always pipe up about Origin every time. Its inevitable - like speculating about amazon or netflix.

I think nine are our best chance for competition in the tv rights. They get how important league is to their network

Having Amanda Laing there as boss of broadcasting being an ex commissioner is an excellent sign of how important they see league

I doubt it means much at all. she was eminently qualified for the role after working at Foxtel. They also appointed a guy from paramount to head up public affairs.

 

[Wb1234]

NRL rights extension was done in 2020, they didnt show any interest in the AFLs extension either which was also done in 2020. The next AFL bidding was in 2022 - it may have been about timing - they took over Ten in late 2017, they may just not have been ready in 2020. They took the Aleague in 2021.

They bid for Cricket in 2022 and got knocked back as well.



Seven always pipe up about Origin every time. Its inevitable - like speculating about amazon or netflix.



I doubt it means much at all. she was eminently qualified for the role after working at Foxtel. They also appointed a guy from paramount to head up public affairs.

Hey it’s better than Eddie McGuire or Hugh marks

But if you see no connection between a former nrl commissioner being appointed to run nine broadcasting good for you

I see it as a sign nine will be bidding for the lot

 

[Diesel]

I hope 7 get origin, I’m sick of hearing about origin on nine’s coverage in round 1

 

[The_Wookie]

Hey it’s better than Eddie McGuire or Hugh marks

But if you see no connection between a former nrl commissioner being appointed to run nine broadcasting good for you

I see it as a sign nine will be bidding for the lot

I think Nine would have bid for the lot regardless. Its the key to Stans long term survival.
The question for me is how much they can bid.

 

[Wb1234]

I think Nine would have bid for the lot regardless. Its the key to Stans long term survival.
The question for me is how much they can bid.

They bid 500 million for the afl last time

If that’s their opening bid for the nrl then it’s going to force Foxsports to beat that figure

That puts nrl already at probs mid 500.

If Stan tops what Foxsports offer initially then Foxsports is looking at a loss of around 70 percent of its valuation of 3.5 billion ie around 2.5 billion of its value will have gone

The timing for rugby league is quite fortuitous

Probably never better

 

[The_Wookie]

They bid 500 million for the afl last time

If that’s their opening bid for the nrl then it’s going to force Foxsports to beat that figure

That puts nrl already at probs mid 500.

lots changed in 4 years - and theres some doubt that Nine were ever serious about it in 2022, These days Nine are all about making "economies" - Stan has recently been merged with Nines fta operation, theres been job cuts all over the place. Time will tell whether any of this means anything

If Stan tops what Foxsports offer initially then Foxsports is looking at a loss of around 70 percent of its valuation of 3.5 billion ie around 2.5 billion of its value will have gone

Thats something of what we call a "wild ass guess" with no basis in known facts.

The timing for rugby league is quite fortuitous
Probably never better

Regardless of all the above, this is probably true to an extent.