Peter V'landys - New NRL/ARLC Chairman

[T-Boon]

It would be interesting if Stan/9 or Paramount/10 got everything then I believe they would be allowed to put everything behind a paywall and could show things on the anti siphoning list on a few hours delay, horrible for people that can’t afford it but would drive subscriptions

That sounds like what has lead to the death of Super 10s and ALeague.
The NRL needs more games live on FTA not less.

 

[Trifili13]

Let's say Nine and Stan win the rights. While the anti-siphoning laws are worded such that Nine doesn't have to show the GF or SOO live and waits till games are over and shows them first on Stan to try and drive up subscriptions before they are shown free on Nine the following day. Can you imagine the backlash from supporters? Most would somehow find out the result and people may in protest not watch it except for supporters of the wining team. Also, the ARL can have in its tv contract that the free to air operator must show the games live in certain markets (eg NSW, QLD) where the game is the market leader. Although no fault of the NRL, it would be a PR disaster for all involved if GF and SOO not shown live.

 

[colly]

Let's say Nine and Stan win the rights. While the anti-siphoning laws are worded such that Nine doesn't have to show the GF or SOO live and waits till games are over and shows them first on Stan to try and drive up subscriptions before they are shown free on Nine the following day. Can you imagine the backlash from supporters? Most would somehow find out the result and people may in protest not watch it except for supporters of the wining team. Also, the ARL can have in its tv contract that the free to air operator must show the games live in certain markets (eg NSW, QLD) where the game is the market leader. Although no fault of the NRL, it would be a PR disaster for all involved if GF and SOO not shown live.

However the NRL GET to decide what goes behind paywalls and what goes on FTA. In fact they are the FINAL decion maker on this. Vlandy is also on about what percentage ( The NRL decides) that goes behind paywalls BUT the price of that (subscription) will be, with in business obligations. The reason is to make it accessible ( which is interesting as this lowers the final price paid by media buyers.
So if a FTA gets all the package it would come with many sub clauses about this issue.
Why not sell it to both FTA , 2 games each each paying $110m each for a total of $220m, and the rest to payTV.

 

[T-Boon]

Not like the nrl set record crowds this year

Where do you see the growth in clubs crowds given so many poor timeslots for crowds and the game set up to maximise tv ratings

I’d say one BIG area is fan engagement. NRL clubs are way behind AFL and even P4P the A-league in this area.
The clubs are bone lazy.
I have no idea how the Knights get the crowd they do as they are non existent in Newcastle area in terms of fan engagement.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Bollocks.

 

[Trifili13]

While people point to the NFL and how it is shown by different stations, breaking up the TV rights across multiple platforms and providers in Australia might not be as lucrative or viable. The issue is Australia's population vs the USA. It obviously is economically viable for all parties in the USA but maybe not in Australia due to our smaller population. Also, while some on here might be happy to pay multiple subscriptions to watch all games, there will be many that only choose 1 PTV provider due to cost and hope their team. I am sure the NRL will be doing their sums and speaking to the relevant experts of what is viable and what isn't.

 

[Jetka100]

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Let's say Nine and Stan win the rights. While the anti-siphoning laws are worded such that Nine doesn't have to show the GF or SOO live and waits till games are over and shows them first on Stan to try and drive up subscriptions before they are shown free on Nine the following day. Can you imagine the backlash from supporters? Most would somehow find out the result and people may in protest not watch it except for supporters of the wining team. Also, the ARL can have in its tv contract that the free to air operator must show the games live in certain markets (eg NSW, QLD) where the game is the market leader. Although no fault of the NRL, it would be a PR disaster for all involved if GF and SOO not shown live.

There is no way NRL goes back to delayed telecasts on FTA. Have people forgotten how rubbish it was when there was the delayed Sunday 4pm game and the second Friday night game which seemed to end at midnight. The NRL needs to actually get a FTA game every Saturday night for every round once they go to 18 teams. Still gives Pay TV 5 exclusive games per week. Make it the last game of the night, so people watching on Pay TV initially will likely remain there.

 

[Captain Apollo]

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There is no way NRL goes back to delayed telecasts on FTA. Have people forgotten how rubbish it was when there was the delayed Sunday 4pm game and the second Friday night game which seemed to end at midnight. The NRL needs to actually get a FTA game every Saturday night for every round once they go to 18 teams. Still gives Pay TV 5 exclusive games per week. Make it the last game of the night, so people watching on Pay TV initially will likely remain there.

Worswe with delayed games, was when Channel 9 acquired the rights from Channel 10 in 1992, they used to not show the entire game. We'd get abou 47 minutes of the actual game shown. It was so bad, Andrew Denton was running a "bring back the 33" campaign on the ABC in relation to the missing 33 minutes of the game. This was because Nine wanted to cram the match in before the 6pm news.