NRL 2017 TV RATINGS!

[El Diablo]

i wonder how many weeks it would have won if it had started at the beginning of the year

it was started not too long after the 9's IIRC

 

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it's interesting that it's winning despite saturday night simulcast on FTA the last two weeks.

If it weren't for origin sucking the life out of the comp for a couple of months it would probably win a lot more weeks.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Does anyone else regret that merkin Smith allowing terms in the contract that enabled Nine to weasel out of season long Sat nights broadcasts?

 

[El Diablo]

the only person who doesn't regret Smith going rogue is Gyngell

 

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Does anyone else regret that merkin Smith allowing terms in the contract that enabled Nine to weasel out of season long Sat nights broadcasts?

He didn't allow anything, Grant was forced to give permission for Nine to sell the game back to fox after they had to renegotiate the entire deal again in an attempt to fix the mess Smith made.

 

[BuffaloRules]

He didn't allow anything, Grant was forced to give permission for Nine to sell the game back to fox after they had to renegotiate the entire deal again in an attempt to fix the mess Smith made.

Smith allowed Nine the option of selling thie Sat game onto Fox, along with the option for Fox to simulcast all the games...

It was only the Sat game that had this option...

 

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Smith allowed Nine the option of selling thie Sat game onto Fox, along with the option for Fox to simulcast all the games...

It was only the Sat game that had this option...

Any move to hand the Saturday match back to Fox Sports, which holds the existing rights under the 2012-17 contract, needs Mr Gyngell to sell the wholesale rights back to the NRL, which gave them away in the new contract.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...e/news-story/100ca7fad7e39b1494edf6b67fc69723

 

[El Diablo]

more importantly

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...cliffe-resign-from-panel-20170118-gttmx8.html

Fairfax Media has been told Samuel's disenchantment with rugby league decision-making began with the sale, by former chief executive, Dave Smith, of broadcasting rights to Channel Nine

 

[Perth Red]

Really the only negative in the smith deal was the Thursday night game. $'s were great, better than afl's fta deal, four fta games a week great. The option to sell sat back to fox seemed a bit murky in who and when that became an option. Where they went wrong was in not blinking in the fox deal, or having a ninth game to include in the fox package and then giving nine the chance to get rid of Saturday night. And agreeing to every ga,e being live which has given us 5 more years of sht crowds.

 

[El Diablo]

you are clueless

after all the work getting rid of first and last rights removed your mate Smith goes rogue and was played by Gyngell and butchers it

 

[taipan]

And I'll stay it til I'm as flushed in the face a Slothfield,by Smith going rogue he cost us at least $100m over 5 years ,maybe even $200m over the same period.that money could have been put into expansion.

Instead we get the inflated dregs, as Rupert spat the dummy, threw the toys out of the cot, and promised he's promete Awful in the Nth States,which he has done.

Samuels is no dummy ,he could see a debacle in the millions of dollar mark.

 

[Perth Red]

And I'll stay it til I'm as flushed in the face a Slothfield,by Smith going rogue he cost us at least $100m over 5 years ,maybe even $200m over the same period.that money could have been put into expansion.

Instead we get the inflated dregs, as Rupert spat the dummy, threw the toys out of the cot, and promised he's promete Awful in the Nth States,which he has done.

Samuels is no dummy ,he could see a debacle in the millions of dollar mark.

Given the commission would have been the ones setting the strategic direction for the negotiations and and an exec of the board signing off each step of the way (anyone who has dealt with a board will understand what the actual process in these types of decisions are) then it was in all likelihood decisions of Smith and the commission to take this approach. Not to mention the NRL paid a company many millions to negotiate the deal and that company would have been taking direction from the commission and Smith
Why they would do so remains a mystery, did they have a real alternative to Fox lined up so felt they could pss them of? Did they want to make a statement that they would no longer be dictated to be News ltd now they were independent? Did they think that the simulcast and the option to buy Saturday back would make Fox happy so just focused on getting the massive Nine deal over the line? I guess none of us will ever know but to suggest this was Smith's sole decision is very naïve of the mechanisms of business and governance.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

FoxLeague was the highest rating channel on STV for third consecutive week.

Fox footy has had some dog shit ratings on Saturday as they have 5 games across 9 hours some weeks

But a lot is on seven mate

And the familys can actually attend

I'd rather that set up any day

They are getting more $ off fox than nrl for coming second anyway so do you reckon they care

 

[El Diablo]

Fox footy has had some dog shit ratings on Saturday as they have 5 games across 9 hours some weeks

But a lot is on seven mate

And the familys can actually attend

I'd rather that set up any day

They are getting more $ off fox than nrl for coming second anyway so do you reckon they care

lol

Tosser doesn't like it when his beloved AFL loses to TGG

and your mob are getting the same money you flog

still waiting for your Swannies to get 120k on FTA in Sydney which you said happened every week

so far 0 games

 

[Perth Red]

Gets more money
Gets much better fan friendly game times
Gets lower ratings

Geez we are sht at negotiating deals!

 

[El Diablo]

there's that word "we" again lol

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...n/news-story/a814d4bc2711543591d5b43d77ae62d5

North Queensland Cowboys the most popular NRL team on Fox Sports, thanks to Johnathan Thurston

Phil Rothfield, The Sunday Telegraph
44 minutes ago

THE Cowboys are the NRL’s most popular team on pay television this season … thanks to one player.

Like in the days when Andrew Johns was working his magic and the Newcastle Knights were the highest rating side on TV, immortal-in-waiting Johnathan Thurston has done the same thing.

A Fox Sports TV ratings analysis reveals the Cowboys have attracted most viewers for the first time in the club’s history, even without their champion playmaker for six weeks.

Fox Sports head of television Steve Crawley has no doubt it’s Thurston’s extraordinary popularity and hero status with younger fans.

“The kids love JT,” Crawley said,

“When Joey Johns played the Knights were the top rating team. When he quit they dropped to third- last in the rankings.

“Same with Freddie Fittler at the Roosters in 2002 when they won the comp and rated highest.

“There’s no doubt the superstar players and kids controlling the remote are the major reason.”

The support they picked up from winning the 2015 grand final built an even stronger support network in North Queensland.

“They are absolutely fanatical,” Crawley said, “They’ll drive six hours to watch their team play. They won the comp in 2015 in a thriller and picked up lots of admirers.”

Another reason is that TV production costs in Townsville are almost double that of a Sydney game and Channel Nine often avoids their home matches to leave Fox Sports to show them exclusively.

Melbourne is up very high because of Cameron Smith, Cooper Cronk and Billy Slater.

Cronulla is the highest-rating Sydney club on the back of winning last year’s premiership. The analysis shows pay TV viewers also love the adventurous attacking style of the Canberra Raiders, who are third-highest in the competition.

The surprise is Penrith rating poorly despite having the most exciting young side in the competition.

 

[grouch]

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...ue-world-cup-pay-dispute-20170819-gy02xd.html

International rescue

Who would have thought 15 years ago that a trans-Tasman league Test would trounce the Bledisloe Cup in TV ratings?

This year, the Anzac Test from Canberra attracted 860,000 metro free-to-air viewers and the rugby union Test on Saturday night just 371,000. Yet league continues to pay mainly lip service to international competition when it is clearly a profitable and popular property.

In further evidence of the benefits of expansion, the league Test out-rated the union in Melbourne but union remained ahead in Adelaide and Perth, where there is no NRL team. Saturday night's rugby union audience was comparable to Penrith-North Queensland the previous weekend.

If you add the pay TV audience for the Bledisloe, it comes out at 600,000 which is still well short of the Canberra Test (not live on pay TV).

 

[colly]

The TV ratings figures for Sunday football AFL is a CON. Different games different channells, multi channels.
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2017/07/sunday-16-july-2017.html
In SYD Melb it's one game in Melbourne, for Perth (different time zone) it's anther game. But they combine two different games and so out-rate NRL. AFL Fake Figures.
Go Beau show those AFL Fu##e#s.

Looking at the numbers at the 5 cities does not match up with the actual populations.
I have followed cites population by the ABS. For example Sydney went past 5 million recently. Melbourne contrary to boosters is always 400k behind. Also the central coast is included in the ABS figures but Newcatle is not. As Geelong is not included in Melbourne. Also Adelaide population is 1.3 million according to ABS
http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/3GBRI?opendocument
http://www.oztam.com.au/TheOzTAMPanel.aspx
Sydney 2016 4.8 million 1475 Households
Melbourne 4.4 ml 1475 Households
Brisbane 2.2 ml 1000 H/holds Note coverage maps include GOLD/c 500k and Sun/c 350k
Perth 1.9 ml 650 Households
Adelaide 1.3 ml 650 Households
So Adelaide is over represented by (maybe someone could do the math?) by 20 to 30 percent.
Also Sydney in UNDER represented in raw numbers (by 15%) AND they could include say either Illawarra/Wollongong or Newcastle as Melbourne adds Geelong on the coverage map. So the rating are geared against Nine and NRL by over representation OF Adelaide and Under representation of Sydney. Brisbane which includes in it's coverage map the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast looks lite with a thousand also. This further disadvantages the NRL.
Most of the AFL wins are on the back of fraudulent numbers from Adelaide and over representation of Melbourne. Combine this with a big increase in NRL national ratings if say Newcastle was included. /or Wollongong / Illawarra

 

[The_Wookie]

Looking at the numbers at the 5 cities does not match up with the actual populations.
I have followed cites population by the ABS. For example Sydney went past 5 million recently. Melbourne contrary to boosters is always 400k behind. Also the central coast is included in the ABS figures but Newcatle is not. As Geelong is not included in Melbourne. Also Adelaide population is 1.3 million according to ABS
http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/3GBRI?opendocument
http://www.oztam.com.au/TheOzTAMPanel.aspx
Sydney 2016 4.8 million 1475 Households
Melbourne 4.4 ml 1475 Households
Brisbane 2.2 ml 1000 H/holds Note coverage maps include GOLD/c 500k and Sun/c 350k
Perth 1.9 ml 650 Households
Adelaide 1.3 ml 650 Households
So Adelaide is over represented by (maybe someone could do the math?) by 20 to 30 percent.
Also Sydney in UNDER represented in raw numbers (by 15%) AND they could include say either Illawarra/Wollongong or Newcastle as Melbourne adds Geelong on the coverage map. So the rating are geared against Nine and NRL by over representation OF Adelaide and Under representation of Sydney. Brisbane which includes in it's coverage map the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast looks lite with a thousand also. This further disadvantages the NRL.
Most of the AFL wins are on the back of fraudulent numbers from Adelaide and over representation of Melbourne. Combine this with a big increase in NRL national ratings if say Newcastle was included. /or Wollongong / Illawarra

Adelaide includes a large swathe of SA regionals - SA also doesnt have regionals reported.