Everlovin' Antichrist said:Ohhh, they have too. Sweet.
:lol:
http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/160772/australias-ten-wins-2007-rugby-world-cup
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd. acquired the free-to-air rights for next year's Rugby World Cup in France.
Under the deal, Ten will broadcast 20 of the tournament's 40 group matches along with the quarter-finals, semi-finals, third-place playoff and final.
Ten won the rights after last month posting a 94 per cent drop in second-half profit as it lost ground in the advertising battle with commercial rivals Seven Network and Nine Network. Ten said rugby's world championship attracted a ``strong demographic.''
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Network-Ten-bags-Rugby-World-Cup-rights/2006/11/15/1163266619884.html
Network Ten has secured the free-to-air rights to the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
"Securing the rights to an international tournament on the scale of the Rugby World Cup gives Ten even further credibility as a major sports broadcaster," Ten's chief executive officer Grant Blackley said on Wednesday.
The rights to the tournament, which will be held in France (with some games in Wales and Scotland) from September 7, 2007, reportedly cost $A10 million.
ROFL
10 million?
How in God's name are they going to get 10 million back?
How in God's name are they going to get the money they paid for AFL back?
They're going to be broke inside 3 years...
El Diablo said:was anyone else bidding for them?
i seem to recall ages ago that 7 put in a bid but the ARU knocked it back as it was too low
El Diablo said:this is still one of the greatest calls though :lol:
http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/showthread.php?p=2477479#post2477479
Everlovin' Antichrist said:Doesn't seem to have been anyone else interested.
10 million is a pittance (what'd 7 bid, sixpence?), but I can't for the life of me see how 10 expect to get much of it back through advertising during live matches at 1 - 5am for a sport who's popularity is lower than a snake's ring piece....
Woods99 said:Channel Ten is apparently trying to move up-market, towards attracting people with real money to spend, and who can spell "whose".
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The Sunshine State said:You go Woods. You burned him by pulling apart his spelling man. He's probalby poor hey and uneducated. Hahaha.
I'd say at this point though 10 may be slightly more worried about the Wallabies current form than attracting an audience in Mossman. Where does it put them if the Wallabies exit the tournament early? That possibilty must terrifty them. "I can't wait for these semi finals featuring SA, France, NZ and Ireland" - These just aren't words that will come out of any australians mouth, union fans included.
The Sunshine State said:Who is Gort?
Everlovin' Antichrist said:Ohhh, they have too. Sweet.
:lol:
http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/160772/australias-ten-wins-2007-rugby-world-cup
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Ten Network Holdings Ltd. acquired the free-to-air rights for next year's Rugby World Cup in France.
Under the deal, Ten will broadcast 20 of the tournament's 40 group matches along with the quarter-finals, semi-finals, third-place playoff and final.
Ten won the rights after last month posting a 94 per cent drop in second-half profit as it lost ground in the advertising battle with commercial rivals Seven Network and Nine Network. Ten said rugby's world championship attracted a ``strong demographic.''
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Network-Ten-bags-Rugby-World-Cup-rights/2006/11/15/1163266619884.html
Network Ten has secured the free-to-air rights to the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
"Securing the rights to an international tournament on the scale of the Rugby World Cup gives Ten even further credibility as a major sports broadcaster," Ten's chief executive officer Grant Blackley said on Wednesday.
The rights to the tournament, which will be held in France (with some games in Wales and Scotland) from September 7, 2007, reportedly cost $A10 million.
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Woods99 said:If they had twice as much it would still be zero.
Woods99 said:Channel Ten is apparently trying to move up-market, towards attracting people with real money to spend, and who can spell "whose".
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The Original Eye said:Who in there right mind actually pays money for a newspaper anymore. The papers in the U.K. are full of................guess what ? If you don't like them, don't buy them.