Next TV rights deal

[I Bleed Maroon]

"He has to face the consequences".

Lol oh really Mrs. Bourbon? And what consequences would those be?

 

[carlosthedwarf]

The stench of fear from the News Ltd journalists around losing rugby league is incredible

 

[elbusto]

"He has to face the consequences".

Lol oh really Mrs. Bourbon? And what consequences would those be?

A hangover and and a pause before you know fir sure where you slept last night

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Roy Masters also said today that nine just got non exclusive rights to online.... so basically they can show the games on 9 jump in , or maybe stan etc...

NRL will still be selling an online app for the whole 8 games ie - Digital pass etc for upto $100 a year to subscribers..

it is worth $50 M a year in rights, to the app developer, eg - telstra, optus, voda, or go it alone...

This will add $250M to the deal... and takes us to $1.2B at the moment...

If we can squeeze $150M a year from pay we are basically set

Could Saturday go 4pm (fox) , 6pm (fox) , 8pm (nine)

to add a better prime time value to fox also a 6.30 pm sunday on fox will surely add $$ value

 

[reanimate]

AFL?s TV rights deal makes NRL CEO Dave Smith?s Channel Nine agreement look like an ?own goal?

http://www.news.com.au/national/afl...like-an-own-goal/story-e6frfkp9-1227490104634

Becky needs one of these for when she's about to submit an article.

 

[T to the T]

The fear and desperation :lol: We have got then where we want.

 

[carlosthedwarf]

The best part is that they've still got almost two years to sort it out. Imagine how desperate News Ltd will be in late 2016 if there's nothing signed

 

[insert.pause]

first deal in two decades where News Corp didn't have f&l rights and they throw a massive tantrum, Gilligan fell arse backwards into a massive deal motivated by News Corps resentment toward the NRL for their deal with 9.

In saying that I still have a nagging feeling of doubt about whether the NRL get what they want.

Perhaps the NRL never intended on scraping MNF, as early reports of 5-nights a week suggested, and Smith is just playing a gigantic bluff trying to force News Corp to pay through the nose for its return? essentially taking something away from them to make them pay up to get it back, rather than just allowing them to take it for granted.

 

[carlosthedwarf]

Somewhat related, the fear is everywhere

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2015/8/19/media-and-digital/netflix-cant-compete-foxtel

“Presto, thanks to the program acquiring strength of Foxtel and Seven, has the best and most recent range of content of any of the SVOD services."

:sarcasm::lol::lol:

 

[Cumberland Throw]

first deal in two decades where News Corp didn't have f&l rights and they throw a massive tantrum, Gilligan fell arse backwards into a massive deal motivated by News Corps resentment toward the NRL for their deal with 9.

In saying that I still have a nagging feeling of doubt about whether the NRL get what they want.

Perhaps the NRL never intended on scraping MNF, as early reports of 5-nights a week suggested, and Smith is just playing a gigantic bluff trying to force News Corp to pay through the nose for its return? essentially taking something away from them to make them pay up to get it back, rather than just allowing them to take it for granted.

Very true about Monday... .

Eg - What happens to easter monday ? or Queens birthday ??

Are we not gonna play a game on these mondays

 

[Edwahu]

Somewhat related, the fear is everywhere

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2015/8/19/media-and-digital/netflix-cant-compete-foxtel



:sarcasm::lol::lol:

Who wants to show this guy Netflixes market cap?

 

[carlosthedwarf]

http://www.afr.com/brand/rear-windo...news-corps-nrl-threat-20150819-gj2sax?stb=twt

That's certainly the view of prominent media analyst (and league commentator) Ray Hadley, as we discovered during our morning trip on the Murrays bus.

"I think Mr Murdoch is simply tormenting the NRL," said Hadley on his 2GB morning radio show. "At the end of the day, in my opinion, Fox needs the NRL much more than the NRL needs Fox."

Even Ray knows the game

 

[insert.pause]

Fox can't pay for the AFL rights without subscribers in NSW & QLD, and the only way they maintain them is with NRL, it's as simple as that. Sounds like the NRL is willing to play a long game to get what they want, not sure foxtel have that sort of patience, particularly with Google, FB & SVOD services advancing and they would also be wary of the NRL throwing them for shock over the secret Nine deal, they just can't afford to underestimate them by trying to play games. it's going to be fascinating to see who wins the stare down.

 

[Last Week]

first deal in two decades where News Corp didn't have f&l rights and they throw a massive tantrum, Gilligan fell arse backwards into a massive deal motivated by News Corps resentment toward the NRL for their deal with 9.

In saying that I still have a nagging feeling of doubt about whether the NRL get what they want.

Perhaps the NRL never intended on scraping MNF, as early reports of 5-nights a week suggested, and Smith is just playing a gigantic bluff trying to force News Corp to pay through the nose for its return? essentially taking something away from them to make them pay up to get it back, rather than just allowing them to take it for granted.

I'm convinced that Monday night football is gone. I've heard a whisper that it was actually John Grant who insisted on it going if Thursday night is going to be a permanent feature.

 

[nrlnrl]

"He has to face the consequences".

Lol oh really Mrs. Bourbon? And what consequences would those be?

Ummm, do you think the shoulder charge fiasco is going to earn someone a promotion ? Obviously unrelated to the broadcast rights, but there will be heads rolling for the judiciary mess.

 

[Canard]

Ummm, do you think the shoulder charge fiasco is going to earn someone a promotion ? Obviously unrelated to the broadcast rights, but there will be heads rolling for the judiciary mess.

Not even remotely anything to do with this.

 

[Billythekid]

So now that the dust has settled a bit has everyone finally calmed the f*ck down? Seriously this whole thing has been blown way out of proportion and there is going to be quite a few people on here feeling very stupid when the full details of both tv deals come to light.

Right now our FTA portion of the deal sees the NRL getting more money than the AFL. On top of that we're now getting more FTA coverage and all games live. We have managed to reduce the season by 1 game paving the way for more international games which is awesome. We're also moving towards a system that should hopefully start to reduce the impact that SOO has on the season.

In terms of scheduling so far Monday seems to be gone and it sounds like the NRL will have more control over the schedule which is great.

The only thing the AFL has so far that we don't is extra money and favourable coverage from ruperts cronies. Once our full deal is done i.e Telstra, fox, NZ, international and the nines, we will end up getting a very similar amount per year. We will almost certainly end up with fox getting simulcast for all games which is awesome as well.

The whole thing about fox and the AFL taking over NSW and QLD is nonsense. The AFL have been pouring millions into trying just that for years and have gotten nowhere. In terms of the media it's not like the AFL haven't been given a free leg up for years anyway, nothing will change there. The only thing that has changed is that the NRL is now also doing incredibly well and can take the fight back to the AFL.

My only complaint about all this is that so far expansion seems to be getting ignored and that's a big mistake. I just can't buy the argument that the money isn't there. Our tv deal is looking to be worth 2 billion over 5 years, just compare that to where we were just 4-5 years ago, it's staggering. That plus Brisbane 2 is unlikely to need a huge amount of support and Perth has shown that it's in a much better place than someone like the storm when they were admitted. There is also the benefit we get in terms of scheduling and being able to offer a 9th game. Our clubs are much cheaper to run than an AFL club and we should be able to expand.

If it doesn't happen in 2018 than the ARLC need to outline a plan for when it will happen and I mean name the teams and exactly when they're coming in.

Overall though the NRL is in the strongest position it's basically ever been and there is no need for people to be panicking.

 

[T to the T]

I'll reiterate, NRL will get over a billion from ScrewsCorp (Over $2bn overall), we'll have 18 teams and FREEDOM

Ignore the useless, soon to be unemployed hacks who are trying to put a downer on the NRL's deal. Anyone who purchases a Screws rag needs their head checked anyway but print media is becoming more irrelevant by the day;-)

Hopefully RL fans won't forgive scabs and traitors to the game, Kent, Rothfield et al, for drinking the Screws kool aid and bagging the sport they apparently 'love'.

We need a shitlist for those who have dissed our great game:evil:

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

I am positive the AFL has a full time 'media and propaganda unit' who's sole job is to put a positive spin on everything AFL and a negative spin on everything NRL.

These so called NRL journos are all AFL puppets.

 

[bobmar28]

Haha the VFL has their big deal and it's all doom and gloom for the NRL and Rugby League in general supposedly yet all they are talking about is Rugby Leagues TV deal. You can see deep down they are very worried and you can also see it by reading any of their forums/blogs/AFL press releases of how much they are obsessing over a so called sport they have supposedly just crushed by constantly having to look over their shoulder at the big bad RL and justify what they got and supposedly how much better their deal is before they even know what the other has got.

Wow what delusion, the FTA deal already favours the NRL as we all know, fox will come to the party because they need content, we have international rights and NZ with sky sports and all the other stuff to go with it, how the hell couldn't the NRL make it up?

The VFL has no Internationals to sell, NZ will not give them $5 let alone the 100 million the NRL already gets from them in the current deal and this is all without mentioning the expansion word that not a single fumbler has mentioned because they are either thick, or they know deep down the NRL is in the box seat and will make News pay for any expansion they will want because of extra content and an exclusive game they might pay to slot in somewhere.


(Tell uncle Rupes if he doesn't pay $2 billion for the NRL pay TV rights and make a public apology on the Footy show to all Rugby League fans about what he stated and the way his company has treated the fans of the game over the last 20 years, he can stick it where the sun don't shine and if he thinks he can get the rights next time, the starting price is $4 Billion just for him, and a discount for anyone else)

VFL has no internationals but Gillon Mclachlan yesterday on the National Press Club (ABC) said NZ was the next expansion.