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Next TV rights deal part 2

Are you happy with the new TV deal?


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Netflix launched this year, SBS now have a food channel, Nine are about to launch a Lifestyle channel, Optus pinched the EPL, Nine pinched an extra NRL FTA game, in a single year foxtel have lost plenty of reasons for people to subscribe.

Newscorp spruiked their big proposal like it was a done deal a week after losing the EPL to Optus and the ARLC didn't even flinch. There's a very good reason why they are getting so anxious about this NRL rights deal and it's because they can't predict what the ARLC are doing or what they will do, they have demonstrated that they can do these deals and keep it quiet, they have also demonstrated a willingness to do things that may upset Newscorp. I can only imagine the grin on Graeme Samuel upon reading that article this morning, whether Optus are a genuine player or not, the ARLC have generated enough self-doubt in Newscorp to have them genuinely worried they could be.
 

Chief_Chujo

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Meanwhile, at ARLC HQ
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It appears that the NRL are doing something about NewsCorps spin, @NRLMedia launched today and has already rebuked NewsCorp reports about the chairman's meeting.

https://www.twitter.com/nrlmedia


2h2 hours ago
NRL Media ‏@NRLMedia
@1EyedTEZZA The NRL has two years to secure new pay television rights. Our obligation is to get the best outcome for the whole of game

3h3 hours ago
NRL Media ‏@NRLMedia
@JamesSmith1001 The meeting with the clubs yesterday on a new funding model was very positive. Herald story was spot on.
 

j5o6hn

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The Clubs lost $40 Million and they want the NRL to bail em out they dont know what they can do well for one they can start to act like professionals,stop landing there mates well paid sinecures.get people who know how to run a business into the club to run it,have we learned nothing from the old mates act of the past. Tell em to sink or swim, and if they want money desperately the NRL will give to them but the NRL must be allowed to go over the books install a businessman to run it who know how to count
 

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WTF? foxsports control it too & the new deal doesn't kick in until 2018.
The Daily Telegraph can reveal Canterbury has asked NRL officials to schedule two games at Belmore in 2016 against Canberra and Thurston’s Cowboys.

It will be 12 years next season since Thurston last played at Belmore, Canterbury’s spiritual and famous home ground.

Thurston snuck back just once in that time for secret night-time contract talks during the 2012 season.

Canterbury also plan to play a game in Wellington, New Zealand, next season and then nine home games at ANZ Stadium. The NRL is yet to finalise the draw, which should be released in around a fortnight.

Both Belmore games will be sellouts, especially if the NRL approves a game against the defending premiers. Club requests may be easier to fulfil now with the NRL taking control back from Channel Nine of the season draw.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...belmore-fixtures/story-fni3g67w-1227615748423
 

carlosthedwarf

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I think they mean Nine controlled it by way of picking the top games and Fox Sports choices falling after that. Might be wrong though
 

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http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...g-pressure-on-fox-sports-20151119-gl37ii.html

Optus joins race for NRL broadcast rights, increasing pressure on Fox Sports

Date
November 19, 2015 - 10:00PM

Brad Walter
Sports Reporter

Optus has confirmed its interest in the NRL broadcast rights in a move that increases pressure on Fox Sports to secure a deal for the remaining four matches per week.

After initially talking down the value of the pay TV rights following the NRL's decision to sell four free-to-air games per week to Nine, News Corp is now back at the negotiating table with a radical proposal that includes a match each Friday at 6pm on Fox Sports.

While there has been speculation the resignation of NRL chief executive David Smith was the key to rekindling talks, the offer from Fox Sports coincides with Optus snatching the rights to English Premier League for three years from next August.

The shock return of Optus to the sports market is believed to have sparked fears within News that the telco would buy the NRL rights and on-sell them to Fox Sports for a premium.

Another possibility is Optus again becomes a serious pay TV rival to Fox Sports and either broadcast matches through Fetch TV or seeks to have a channel on the Foxtel platform, which is operated by Telstra.

As a result, News is seeking to speed up negotiations but the NRL does not see the need to rush any deal and has been speaking to other parties, including Optus.

It is unclear whether Optus would be willing to pay the estimated the $700 million the NRL is seeking for the five-year deal but a spokesperson told Fairfax Media the telco was interested in securing more premium content.

"Content is key to Optus' strategy of delivering Australians with more entertainment," the spokesperson said. "Our focus is on opportunities that make commercial sense, add value to the Optus brand, and help build a bigger, better mobile experience for our customers."

The NRL's decision to look at alternatives to Fox Sports in a bid secure more money for the game appears to be causing frustration within News ranks, which has led to speculation about a breakaway competition if a deal isn't finalised soon.

However, the latest Fox Sports bid is dependent on Nine selling back the Saturday night match it has purchased for five years from 2018, which the free-to-air network has indicated it would be willing to do for $200 million – about $50 million more than News has indicated it would pay.

Should the deal proceed, it has been estimated that News could pay up to $950 billion for five games per week and the right to simulcast the remaining three shown by Nine.

With the digital rights and New Zealand rights included, it is predicted the total value of the NRL broadcast rights could be as high as $1.85 billion over five years – a figure comparable to the $2.508 billion, six-year deal the AFL recently negotiated with Seven, Fox Sports and Telstra.

News Corp's decision to surrender its first and light rights option for the rights as a condition of the current broadcast deal, combined with the emergence of streaming, has created competitive tension in negotiations that has not existed since before the Super League war.

Optus was heavily involved in the game during that period and broadcast matches on Optus Vision through its allegiance with the then Nine boss Kerry Packer, who held the pay TV rights to rugby league and cricket.

Packer had initially been part of a consortium with News and Telstra that became Foxtel and his decision to switch camps and provide content for Optus was a catalyst for the Super League war.

Under the terms of the peace deal in 1998 that led to the formation of the NRL, News Corp had the first and light right of refusal for the broadcast rights until 2022 and that term was extended until 2027 as a key condition of the media company handing control of the game to an independent commission in 2012.
 

gUt

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Just remember any peons that work for news and troll this board looking for content: YOUR pathetic articles will be a factor in most of us gleefully unsubscribing from Foxtel the instant the NRL decides to shut you out.
 

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The NRL's decision to look at alternatives to Fox Sports in a bid secure more money for the game appears to be causing frustration within News ranks, which has led to speculation about a breakaway competition if a deal isn't finalised soon.

love the dig at davidson's article
 

El Diablo

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Just remember any peons that work for news and troll this board looking for content: YOUR pathetic articles will be a factor in most of us gleefully unsubscribing from Foxtel the instant the NRL decides to shut you out.

qft
 

tumbidragon

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This is truly going to be the gift that keeps giving over the next 12mnths or so :lol::lol:
Seriously, f**k you fox. Right from the heart :lol:
 

Cumberland Throw

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surely the possibility of super league 2 is dead in the water...

wasnt there a heap of contracts signed as part of the peace deal, that it couldn't ever happen again...
 

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http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...-for-500000-each/story-e6frexnr-1226196058578

The Daily Telegraph understands one of the key sticking points between News Limited and the ARL concerning a "non-compete clause" has been resolved.

The ARL had wanted the clause - preventing the media company from forming a new competition - put in place until 2027 when News Limited's first-and-last rights on free-to-air, pay TV and online rights ended.

It is believed a compromise has been struck in principle for the non-compete clause to stay in effect until 2018.
 

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surely the possibility of super league 2 is dead in the water...

wasnt there a heap of contracts signed as part of the peace deal, that it couldn't ever happen again...
it's nonsense, they are just trying to exploit the beef between the clubs and the ARLC over funding, knowing it's tied to the rights deal. Although, the NRL can still reach an agreement with clubs based on a percentage of revenue, if the game can get that funding issue sorted out and the clubs united publicly behind the ARLC it takes away Newscorp's ammunition, even if it was empty anyway.
 

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