RLWC TV Rating Thread

[DC_fan]

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I suppose the difference when comparing Foxtel viewer numbers to free-to-air, is that unlike FTA, Foxtel is not in every home in the country.

I have thought for sometime that Australia is not the big sports loving nation that we like to think we are. That we are more a big events loving nation. TV ratings and attendance figures I believe go along way to support this. I have no doubt the final between Australia and New Zealand will rate highly. Not because it’s rugby league, or an international game. But because it is a World Cup final. Now if we could only get league fans to think of all World Cup games to think that way.

 

[Raiderdave]

I suppose the difference when comparing Foxtel viewer numbers to free-to-air, is that unlike FTA, Foxtel is not in every home in the country.

I have thought for sometime that Australia is not the big sports loving nation that we like to think we are. That we are more a big events loving nation. TV ratings and attendance figures I believe go along way to support this. I have no doubt the final between Australia and New Zealand will rate highly. Not because it’s rugby league, or an international game. But because it is a World Cup final. Now if we could only get league fans to think of all World Cup games to think that way.

there is no comparison when its 450K to 90K fta to pay
& certainly when its games involving foreign sides playing , up against our national union side.
wouldn't matter if they were reversed on the platforms , the league would flog union & soccer further enforcing the proof of leagues popularity.
And aussies know which sports we like & don't , no country on earth can be called ... sports loving... in that they tune into anything & watch it, we're no different.

 

[Disinterested third party]

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So weren't you just arguing no one cares?

 

[Raiderdave]

So weren't you just arguing no one cares?

cares to actually attend

 

[Disinterested third party]

Cmon mate you sound confused

 

[DC_fan]

there is no comparison when its 450K to 90K fta to pay
& certainly when its games involving foreign sides playing , up against our national union side.
wouldn't matter if they were reversed on the platforms , the league would flog union & soccer further enforcing the proof of leagues popularity.
And aussies know which sports we like & don't , no country on earth can be called ... sports loving... in that they tune into anything & watch it, we're no different.

Not denying that league is more popular here then both Union and Soccer combined. Just saying that their their is approximately 25 million potential fta viewers in comparison to the much smaller numbers with access to Foxtel.

Sports fans attend and tune into what attracts them at any given time, and that is usually a big events. I think the Olympics back in 2000 proved that. If Australia had soccers World Cup played here, their crowds and TV ratings would destroy RLWC17 figures. Not because we are bigger Soccer fans then league, we are not, but because it would be a big event and we would see 30 or so of the worlds top soccer nations playing.

 

[Jim from Oz]

So … any TV ratings figures yet for sat's games?

particularly keen to see how Samoa v Tonga rated…

 

[Raiderdave]

Cmon mate you sound confused

im quite unconfused
not my fault you can't follow : )

 

[Raiderdave]

So … any TV ratings figures yet for sat's games?

particularly keen to see how Samoa v Tonga rated…

I think you asked where the ratings are & were shown last week

 

[thorson1987]

So … any TV ratings figures yet for sat's games?

particularly keen to see how Samoa v Tonga rated…

 

[Jim from Oz]

Thanks!

That seems excellent (especially for for something on 7Mate), yes?

So they are higher figures than last Sat, yes? (want to make sure we're comparing apples with apples)

 

[Disinterested third party]

im quite unconfused
not my fault you can't follow : )

Might sound that way to you not anyone else tbh

 

[Jim from Oz]

ok now have found the 5 metro score from last week to compare:

Mediaweek‏@MediaweekAUS
Sat TV #RLWC2017#7mate#PNGvWAL 130k (Syd 57k Mel 18k Bri 38k Ade 5k Per 12k)

Mediaweek@MediaweekAUS
Sat TV #RLWC2017#7mate#NZLvSAM 249k (Syd 110k Mel 20k Bri 90k Ade 7k Per 22k)

Mediaweek‏@MediaweekAUS
Sat TV #RLWC2017#7mate#FIJvUSA 245k (Syd 98k Mel 30k Bri 89k Ade 8k Per 20k)


So 5 metros on the first Sat combined was : 624k

5 metros on the second Sat combined was : 710k

So ratings increased week on week.

 

[whall15]

7mate outrated 7 in Sydney last night and 7mate almost outrated all 3 Channel 10 channels (10,11 and 1) combined nationally.

 

[Jim from Oz]

7mate outrated 7 in Sydney last night and 7mate almost outrated all 3 Channel 10 channels (10,11 and 1) combined nationally.

Wow!

 

[Disinterested third party]

Ratings have been excellent. Better strategy around venues and publicity would still do wonders for attendances in Australia.

 

[yakstorm]

Sunday Ratings:

 

[Perth Red]

Good perth figures, up there with melbourne

 

[Jim from Oz]

Sunday Ratings:

Thanks. Now does anyone have last Sundays ratings so we can compare and contrast? Thanks

 

[Jim from Oz]

BTW from today’s Sydney morning Herald:

TV ratings have exceeded almost all expectations at the World Cup – the opening night was the most watched Friday night league match in Australia this year and it's estimated as many as two million people watched Australia-France across all of Channel Seven's platforms.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...ar-about-offkilter-scots-20171105-gzf93v.html