Next TV rights deal

[Foreign Legion]

Cant forget kochi... and that all bag on 24 hour abc as the sports reporter. .. infact all the afl loving knobs on abc 24

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

SEVEN GETS JUMP ON NINE
WE were stunned to see Channel Seven?s very capable sports presenter Jim Wilson hosting the NSW State of Origin team announcement considering arch rival Channel Nine is so protective of its exclusive rights to the series.
It turns out the NSWRL invited Nine?s Today Show to host the breakfast announcement on Tuesday with Tim Gilbert but it didn?t even reply.
Seven?s Sunrise program was more than happy to step in and Wilson, as always, did a highly professional job with the team announcement and interviews with the stars.
We?re told Nine boss David Gyngell was not happy about the situation when he found out.
http://www.news.com.au/national/wha...ord-israel-folau/story-e6frfkp9-1227396361388

I reckon 9 never wanted it but just didnt expect the NRL to go to one of the other channels...

 

[Diesel]

It was well played by the NRL/NSWRL. Give that person a beer

 

[Perth Red]

What were you expecting?!?!
blowjobs on unicorns and santa wearing a hotdog suit at disneyland?



These stories are hardly going to be frontpage news now, are they....

Bigger crowds, bigger tv audiences, more stable clubs, better supported jnr and bush football, greater national expansion at all levels of the game, a national ins scheme, a national kit scheme, a national grants programs for new clubs starting up, more Kangaroo test matches, improved marketing, cheaper game tickets, a less reactive to media NRL, oh and yes the santa thing would have been nice lol

 

[Perth Red]

Getting scared the deal will be done without expansion in mind 'eh? Oh well, another few years of death riding for you. Suffer in your jocks.

Ive been saying 18months I doubt we will see expansion within another decade. Nothing Ive seen in the last 6 months makes me think any different. Such is the lot of being a RL fan lol.

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...treaming-service/story-fnab9kqj-1227397480524

Sports rights heating up

Television networks have begun their meetings with the AFL and NRL ahead of the sports rights bidding process. Bizarrely, the meetings are happening simultaneously.

On Friday, June 5, Nine chief executive David Gyngell, head of legal Amanda Laing and sports rights consultant Jeff Browne, fresh from important meetings in the French Riviera, had their first meeting with the AFL and are keen to telecast one game. The week before, they met with the NRL.

Fox Sports and Ten have both met with the NRL, and Foxtel has had a meeting with the AFL.

While no formal tender *process has begun, the AFL has appointed Macquarie Bank to *advise chief executive Gill *McLachlan.

Another big talking point is the stadium strategy of the NSW government. It is likely the SCG Trust and Stadium Australia Trust will merge with a super authority under SCG Trust chief executive Jamie Barkley or ANZ Stadium managing director Daryl Kerry. The big question is where the funding will be directed — a decision that every sports club involved is awaiting with baited breath.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

I wonder if the NRL and AFL would consider unionising just in terms of TV negotiations....

Together they would have a Duopoly on popular winter sports, and this kind of agreement seened to work for the TV networks back in the 80s (they agreed not to bid for each others sports to keep the prices down).

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Also, apparently Foxtel has officially bought a 15% stake in Ch10, so this could be an indication of where they will form their alliance.

If Fox is serious about showing every game live/similcasting with FTA, 10 seem most likely to agree....

 

[Chief_Chujo]

Foxtel to buy 15% stake in Ten

FOXTEL will take a 15 per cent stake in Ten Network as part of a long-awaited deal to strengthen the struggling free to air broadcaster.
TEN expects to raise $154 million through the issuance of new shares at 15 cents per share, with half of the offer being taken up by Foxtel and the remainder to be taken up by existing Ten shareholders.
Its shares were down one cent to 25.5 cents as on 1010 AEST.
The move will see Foxtel emerge with a roughly 15 per cent stake in Ten, while Ten will take a 24.99 per cent stake in Foxtel's advertising business, Multi Channel Network.
Ten will also have to option to become a ten per cent shareholder in Foxtel's online streaming venture Presto within two years.
Meanwhile, a representative of Foxtel will be appointed to Ten's board of directors.
Chief executive Hamish McLennan said the new arrangements would allow the third-placed free to air network to better compete with rivals.
"The board believes the agreements with Foxtel and MCN will materially enhance TEN's business and better equip it to respond to the challenges of the ever-changing media and advertising landscape," he said.
Mr McLennan said Ten's prime time audience share had increased 18 per cent on its main channel so far this year.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/foxtel-to-buy-stake-in-ten/story-e6frfkur-1227398194562

A step closer to a Ten/Fox multicast deal?

 

[insert.pause]

I wonder if the NRL and AFL would consider unionising just in terms of TV negotiations....

Together they would have a Duopoly on popular winter sports, and this kind of agreement seened to work for the TV networks back in the 80s (they agreed not to bid for each others sports to keep the prices down).

illegal price fixing

 

[Lockyer4President!]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...treaming-service/story-fnab9kqj-1227397480524

Fox Sports and Ten have both met with the NRL, and Foxtel has had a meeting with the AFL.

I guess this means no NRLonFOX channel?

Don't mind, just seems strange they negotiating with separate parties again.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

illegal price fixing

The legality of this would be more in the grey area :sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:

 

[Johnny88]

The tv rights is getting interesting now. Ten and Foxtel, Bet 7 and 9 are a bit nervous

 

[Diesel]

If 9's shitting themselves im happy.... Merkins

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Apparently the VFL is trying to get Google/Youtube to bid for their digital media rights.

 

[reanimate]

Apparently the VFL is trying to get Google/Youtube to bid for their digital media rights.

We need to be on that. Either that or Netflix.

 

[insert.pause]

Apparently the VFL is trying to get Google/Youtube to bid for their digital media rights.

won't happen. Sports rights are at a premium because TV networks need them to stop flow to SVOD, Google doesn't need it. AFL also offers no demand internationally.

 

[Canard]

The tv rights is getting interesting now. Ten and Foxtel, Bet 7 and 9 are a bit nervous

The power of advertising.

I read your post as saying "Bet 7" would be nervous.

I was suprised that sports bet company would be in the frame for the rights.

(Yes I know there isn't a company called that, but there is so many now)

 

[insert.pause]

story was wrong, it was NRL, not AFL. Im sure they arrogantly assumed it was AFL because the NRL has stigma from gallop days of sitting on hands.

 

[El Diablo]

story was wrong, it was NRL, not AFL. Im sure they arrogantly assumed it was AFL because the NRL has stigma from gallop days of sitting on hands.

http://mumbrella.com.au/nrl-approac...pped-to-split-games-across-tv-networks-299824

NRL approaches Google to bid for rights as code tipped to split games across TV networks

NRL4.05pm: Updated story, with comment from Google. Please note the correction at the bottom of story.

The NRL has approached online behemoth Google about lodging a potentially multi-billion dollar bid for the broadcast rights for the code.*

Media buyers have confirmed they are aware of talks between the parties which, due to anti-siphoning laws, would have to see the rights sold to Google, for use on its video platform Youtube, but then on-sold with individual NRL matches split across the TV networks in order to comply with legislation, requiring games to be shown on free-to-air.

One senior media buyer with knowledge of the confidential talks told Mumbrella: ?Google buying the rights, or even discussing buying the rights is interesting, because it declares their long term intention of distribution of live games through over the top (OTT) content.?

A spokesman for Google this afternoon confirmed recent talks but declined to be drawn on the detail saying: ?From time to time we do talk to organisations about what they might do in the online world.?

The NRL is rumoured to be seeking around a $1.5bn price tag for the rights, which if the online giant was successful would give them the ability to stream live games on its online video streaming platform Youtube. Telstra currently has the digital rights for the code.

Google has increasingly shown a willingness to bid for sporting rights. In 2013 it made a deal for the online broadcast of All Blacks games internationally and it has also previously signed deals to broadcast online the Twenty20 Indian Premier League competition.

All media buyers contacted declined to comment, on the record, due to their commercial relationships with Google and the TV networks but another senior media buyer with knowledge of the talks said: ?It would be huge if Google entered the fray and given the financial position of some of the TV networks on-selling/splitting the rights could work in their favour.?

Many buyers also noted that having the NRL on Youtube would help the online giant in its bid to be seen as a premium broadcast platform, and charge a higher advertising rate on its online videos.

Multiple sources have sought to play down the likelihood of the online giant entering the fray this time around, but have also expressed concern about the potential for it to be used by the code as a ?stalking horse? to force the networks to up their price or encourage the networks to launch a joint bid with the likes of Seven and Ten.

Media buyers have noted the potential for a network under a split rights scenario, to get ?footy nirvana? of AFL in the Southern states and NRL in the Northern states. The AFL would also be watching the potential to split rights with interest.

?Given their declining audiences overall I think there would be a number of TV execs who would do the maths on what could be footy nirvana for the networks,? said one agency boss.

In recent weeks attention has been on the financial state of all the TV networks. Yesterday pay-TV operator Foxtel bought 15 per cent of the cash strapped Ten Network, with the deal coming only a week after a major collapse in the Nine share price following an earnings downgrade.

In the wake of events at Nine, Seven felt the need to issue a statement reassuring the market about its earnings.

?Under the anti-siphoning laws Google can?t keep all the rights but how it would work is that they would have to split the rights across the free-to-air networks,? said a buyer, who noted that News Corp Australia has previously held the rights but then on-sold them to the FTA TV networks.

Another media buyer noted: ?This raises questions about whether the TV networks can or can?t afford these kinds of enormous sports franchises in the future and have to divide them up between them.

?I think the other key thing to this is that with increased shareholder pressure on return on investment for all the TV networks the question is what does this mean for them financially ? does their financial structures force them into broader, cheaper, less diverse programming.?

Nic Christensen

*Correction a previous version of this story stated the AFL was the sporting code involved. This was incorrect it is now understood that it was the NRL that approached Google. Comment is being sought from the NRL.