Next TV rights deal

[Last Week]

If expansion were to happen during the next deal the time slot for the 9th game would likely be a return to Friday double headers, which would allow Nine to willingly give up Saturday nights. Seems like pretty good motivation for fox to convince the NRL to expand.

So we would have a Thursday night and 2 Friday night games?

 

[Dogs Of War]

If expansion were to happen during the next deal the time slot for the 9th game would likely be a return to Friday double headers, which would allow Nine to willingly give up Saturday nights. Seems like pretty good motivation for fox to convince the NRL to expand.

I'd prefer a televised double header on Sunday . Get rid of The channel 9 Saturday night game. Fox can have 2 sat 7:30pm or sunday midday warriors home games for the extra fixture

 

[BlueandGold]

If expansion were to happen during the next deal the time slot for the 9th game would likely be a return to Friday double headers, which would allow Nine to willingly give up Saturday nights. Seems like pretty good motivation for fox to convince the NRL to expand.

We will already have 4 games in prime time, the extra game should be in a family friendly time slot.

 

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So we would have a Thursday night and 2 Friday night games?

I am only speculating, but why not, Smith already indicated Nine were looking at a multichannel strategy around Friday nights, looking to get the delayed game on live on Gem.

I don't buy into the whole family friendly slots bs, the games we have on now during daytime ostensibly don't draw anymore attendance than Friday nights do. I get that we need to get more kids & families to games but it's a trade off like everything else and Fox having a monopoly on NRL games played on Saturdays may be worth substantially more.

You could argue viewer burnout, but most don't watch the second friday game now anyway, so they would still be watching at least one of the friday games and likely a more attractive fixture.

I think if given the option Nine would prefer two Friday games to a Saturday night game.

 

[Last Week]

I am only speculating, but why not, Smith already indicated Nine were looking at a multichannel strategy around Friday nights, looking to get the delayed game on live on Gem.

I don't buy into the whole family friendly slots bs, the games we have on now during daytime ostensibly don't draw anymore attendance than Friday nights do. I get that we need to get more kids & families to games but it's a trade off like everything else and Fox having a monopoly on NRL games played on Saturdays may be worth substantially more.

You could argue viewer burnout, but most don't watch the second friday game now anyway, so they would still be watching at least one of the friday games and likely a more attractive fixture.

I think if given the option Nine would prefer two Friday games to a Saturday night game.

The original idea for the two Friday games was to broadcast the local team into the local market (NSW and Qld) in order to maximize ratings for said market. Now I was under the impression that both Nine and the NRL wanted to move away from this because the second game just wasn't rating well enough. I understand that having the second game on Gem or Go is still live matches, but the games are then competing against each other. It would decrease the value of the advertising space in broadcast because the target audience will be divided between two matches.

I struggle to see how doing that is advantageous for Nine at all.

The most likely outcome I see Nine doing in giving up the Saturday night game is either it gets sold on to Ten or they get two Sunday matches.

 

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The delayed game still rates respectably for that time of night, Nine can package ad spots across both live games and then still pack the delayed game full of ads.

Saturday's are a bit of a dead zone for FTA.

 

[russ13]

I'd prefer a televised double header on Sunday . Get rid of The channel 9 Saturday night game. Fox can have 2 sat 7:30pm or sunday midday warriors home games for the extra fixture

That's why a 2nd NZ team should be a priority. A live game could be televised into Australia between 12noon & 2 pm every Sunday.

 

[Perth Red]

or a perth team would give you a live 9 or 9.30pm kick off Saturday night game every other week. Scheduling alternate Warriors and perth home games would give a rotating flexible time option for Fox on a Saturday, Warriors one week early live game, perth following week late live game. Gives Fox back its super Saturday feel.

 

[El Diablo]

 

[Perth Red]

haha the irony from a troll like you.

 

[BlueandGold]

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[Haffa]

Aren't those saturday games bad for the Warriors though? For most of the season they're up against the Toffball and competing for bums on seats and TV viewers.

 

[Johnny88]

Dave Smith has said judge me on my tv right deals looks like he wont get to see this one out.

 

[NrlCoach]

looks like we will be bending over for Newsmerkin. Why would your CEO quit before the TV deal

 

[RL The greatest game]

looks like we will be bending over for Newsmerkin. Why would your CEO quit before the TV deal

Correct , We will now settle for what ever uncle Rupert and his merkins want to offer us.
Trust me we will be sold short again and won't get within light years of the aFL deal.
This will be noted in Rugby League history as the day Australian Rugby League rolled on its back and let News tickle its belly.

 

[Perth Red]

Again

 

[Bronco18]

A couple of thoughts...

(1) Pretty disappointing for this to be the legacy with Smith. I expected more growth under him, while TV audiences and crowds by and large plateaued. Also I would've like to see some big calls on the number of Sydney teams and expansion, although he might have been waiting on Richardson's report for such. I like that he finally dragged RL administration into the 21st C by corporatising its offices, although the success of his appointments has varied...
I've been a bit of a Smith defender because I've thought his legacy was always going to be made (or unmade) by this deal, which either it turns out the powers that be know he bungled, or he was playing a too risky strategy.

(2) The sky isn't falling in. We're not going to "bend over" to Newscorp. Grant negotiated the last deal with Fox and Nine and nearly doubled our revenue from it, putting us roughly on par with the AFL. Let's face facts, we're not going to reach the AFL's price on this deal. This is why an experienced player like Grant has tapped Smith on the shoulder.
But we still have extra exposure now on FTA, control of our schedule to empower poorer clubs AND 2 years left to negotiate. We still have cards up our sleeves in expansion, streaming services and simulcast rights.

 

[Packy]

Nah this is good. Rupert comes in and can safely talk to new CEO without losing face to Smith who is parasailing in tahiti.

 

[DiegoNT]

Still a long way to go.
Every subscriber fox loses to the likes of Netflix makes their need for nrl stronger

 

[RL The greatest game]

Nah this is good. Rupert comes in and can safely talk to new CEO without losing face to Smith who is parasailing in tahiti.

Still a long way to go.
Every subscriber fox loses to the likes of Netflix makes their need for nrl stronger

Don't hold your breath. Rupert won't offer us what we are worth.
Its going to be back to the Gallop days and be short changed.