Next TV rights deal

[Lockyer4President!]

If the NRL get as much as stated, they could actually throw a pittance into a London Franchise (compared to running an NRL club, about a quarter if that I think) and poach all the locals that come thru that are stands outs for the NRL plus send some of the better players to the team in their "last hurrah" from the NRL to keep the team at a competitive level thus helping RL in that area that has been chased to be cracked now since Sutherland? back in the 1930's from Sydney who wanted London propped up along with the soon to have been Pro/Semi Pro French League of the 1930's... I can understand people saying no let England and all the rest in that Hemisphere stand on their own but in a time like this when you actually have the finances, sometimes it's better to just get on with it because you may never have a chance again, and who knows if it works and works well, it'll have flow on effects right through the whole game not just in the South of England

*Should actually talk about this in the international section.

Can you imagine the reaction if that was officially proposed by Smith and the ARL? Random nuffies and parts of the media already throw fits over the idea of having to take the train to a stadium a couple of suburbs away...

 

[FlameThrower]

Well the most disappointing thing about all of this, is Chanel 9 mentioned countless times....as being part of the next TV deal...

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Can you imagine the reaction if that was officially proposed by Smith and the ARL? Random nuffies and parts of the media already throw fits over the idea of having to take the train to a stadium a couple of suburbs away...

It'd be worth it just to see the reaction, total and utter meltdown.

 

[Brutus]

f**king Ch 9.

 

[miguel de cervantes]

I wonder whether the other channels factor in the huge increase in ratings there would be if someone other than Ch9 is broadcasting. Definitely an overlooked selling point.

 

[DiegoNT]

From a person that only gets to watch nrl on tv,.Monday night Is great. By sunday you do have a but of fatigue from all the football on the week end, and unless my team is playing or its a blockbuster game I tend to skip one or both of the Sunday games. By Monday night you've recovered from that fatigue you go to work and then the Monday night game is a little bonus at the end of the round. It's probably the fixture I watch the most as a neutral fan. The problem of course is that it fails to attract a crowd. I don't see how moving it to Thursdays would help with crowds, but it might affect tv viewership

 

[AJB1102]

We should look to reduce the average working week down to Mon-Thurs. With Friday becoming part of the weekend, that should help the popularity of Thursday Night Footy.

 

[Heritage XIII]

Speaking of AFR hatchet jobs:

http://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/nothing-jolly-sporting-about-violent-nrl-20150722-giih50

The author is a Swans fan

 

[Nerd]

Speaking of AFR hatchet jobs:

http://www.afr.com/opinion/columnists/nothing-jolly-sporting-about-violent-nrl-20150722-giih50

The author is a Swans fan

You know AFL in Sydney is really struggling when AFL sycophants like Joe Aston feel the need to bag the NRL so much. Really trash journalism when he fails to mention that violence is probably as bad or worse in the AFL. Maybe he's auditioning for a job with a News Corp rag and wrote this piece to show his standard of writing is down there with the drivel served up by Rothfield and bourbon Bec etc.

 

[Johnny88]

State of Origin the key bargaining chip in NRL TV rights deal

CHANNEL 9 boss David Gyngell refused to let Fox Sports show every NRL game live in the last TV rights negotiations because he was concerned it would cannibalise his station’s audiences.

Three years later, digging in for talks with the NRL for the 2018-22 rights, Gyngell is closer to thinking it is a bargaining chip he needs to give up to maximise his NRL content and retain State of Origin.

It would also mean Foxtel would have to pay a bigger proportion of the total $1.5 billion deal, which some industry analysts believe will be the most likely windfall to the NRL, than the subscription service stumped up for 2013-17 programming. That was sold to Nine and Foxtel in 2012 for a total of $1.025 billion.

Gyngell is reported to be moving towards taking time off for family reasons and he will not want to become the man who lost the rugby league rights.

In 2012, the AFL rights were sold before the NRL negotiations were completed and Channel 7 agreed to let all AFL home-and-away matches be broadcast live on Fox Sports.

Fox Footy audiences for the key Friday night and Saturday games, also broadcast on free-to-air by Seven, pull in 150,000-250,000 for the pay television channel, partly through the benefit of being commercial-free during games.


Channel 7 has been touted for months as a rigorous challenger for NRL rights, particularly State of Origin, but recently there has been none of the buzz that surrounded the network’s hopes in 2012.

Retention of all or most free-to-air AFL rights, which will be knocked down for close to $2 billion when pay television rights are added, is Seven’s sporting priority.

A complication in the NRL’s ongoing rights talks is that clubs have made it plain to the NRL they do not want Monday night games from 2018 if they have to agree to more Thursday night fixtures.

Previously, it appeared almost certain Nine would have one Thursday night and one Friday night fixture in an eight-game round, and Ten would have the 7.30pm Saturday timeslot.

Now the 4pm Sunday timeslot is more up for grabs, with Nine mulling over what the ARL Commission would consider a winning bid for the Origin and major NRL timeslots.

Fox Sports’ number of exclusive games in an eight-game round would be reduced from five to four from 2018 but if they could telecast all NRL games, they would retain a big subscription driver.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/st...l-tv-rights-deal/story-fndujljl-1227471660404

 

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bs article, why would league get $1.5b and AFL $2b? makes no sense, they get basically the same now, but the NRL has far more going for it in a new deal than AFL, which doesn't have anything new to offer.

 

[Johnny88]

bs article, why would league get $1.5b and AFL $2b? makes no sense, they get basically the same now, but the NRL has far more going for it in a new deal than AFL, which doesn't have anything new to offer.

Yeah more speculation. AFL has a 9th game which may help.

 

[Johnny88]

SHOOSH
NOT only will Fox Sports show every game live in the next NRL television deal but the network will also produce a 24/7 dedicated rugby league channel, the same as the AFL’s Fox Footy.

http://www.news.com.au/national/mat...n-hits-the-beach/story-e6frfkp9-1227475417090

 

[Johnny88]

The Sunday Mail can reveal:
* The Nine Network will up the ante by more than $100m in its joint bid with Fox Sports. Nine paid $475m as part of the NRL’s landmark $1.025b deal in 2012;
* Rugby league’s showpiece, State of Origin, is valued at around $150 million, well shy of initial $500m estimates;
* Nine will consider taking on four games and screen one live on Saturday nights. Fox is bidding to show every NRL game live from 2018;
* State of Origin will not be sold as a stand-alone package as has been previously touted;
http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/da...repare-to-up-bid/story-fndv2us0-1227475426614

 

[docbrown]

Note for Rothfield:
You don't put a $$$ amount on a Brisbane expansion side unless you've been discussing it during negotiations...

The NRL is aiming to get enough extra overs for the 9th game that when combined with private funding means the 2 new teams have minimal impact to existing clubs.

 

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So Nine think that they will win the rights with a bid only $15m more annually than they pay now? an increase of only 16%?

Fox pay $110m now, 14% more than Nine, the same share would mean fox pay $125m, which would mean a deal worth $235m annually & 1.175b over 5 years. So only 15% increase overall?

Or maybe Fox will get simulcasting which would allow Nine to pay less, or maybe the new deal will start next year with Nine agreeing to terminate the current deal to avoid the NRL going to tender, which would put the deal over 7 years instead of 5?

 

[Foreign Legion]

Rugby league channel would be good idea... hopefully we get more super league coverage...

 

[BuffaloRules]

So Nine think that they will win the rights with a bid only $15m more annually than they pay now? an increase of only 16%?

Fox pay $110m now, 14% more than Nine, the same share would mean fox pay $125m, which would mean a deal worth $235m annually & 1.175b over 5 years. So only 15% increase overall?

Or maybe Fox will get simulcasting which would allow Nine to pay less, or maybe the new deal will start next year with Nine agreeing to terminate the current deal to avoid the NRL going to tender, which would put the deal over 7 years instead of 5?

Or maybe beetroot head is full of BS...

I don't see how you get to $1.7 Bil with 9 only paying $600mil.

 

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the projected figures were in the paper,

Nine $600m
Fox $800m
Telstra $120m
NZ $150m

Total $1.67b

Telstra is light imo, digital should be the largest increase, unless online rights remain with foxtel, but if that's the case then foxtel is light.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

So Nine think that they will win the rights with a bid only $15m more annually than they pay now? an increase of only 16%?

Fox pay $110m now, 14% more than Nine, the same share would mean fox pay $125m, which would mean a deal worth $235m annually & 1.175b over 5 years. So only 15% increase overall?

Or maybe Fox will get simulcasting which would allow Nine to pay less, or maybe the new deal will start next year with Nine agreeing to terminate the current deal to avoid the NRL going to tender, which would put the deal over 7 years instead of 5?

Im guessing ch9 just leaked their minimum to try to lowball the Deal...