The TV rights thread part II

[Sleep]

Sunday afternoon footy has to be live FTA. It's a joke it hasn't been for this long.

Running in and out of the bottleshop of an afternoon or having people wandering past your house cursing/cheering while you're watching the game on TV is the worst.

 

[Perth Red]

NRL has to demand either that FTA show all the games nationally live either on main or digital channel OR they sell every game live to Foxsports. The FTA's can;t have it all their own way.

 

[juro]

I don't understand how the TV rights can be properly negotiated, with the anti-siphoning rules in their current ambiguous state. Or is it that, as long as FTA gets at least 3 matches per round, there is no risk?

 

[nrlnrl]

Sunday
17 Nine’s Sunday Football Nine 619,000 340,000 *** 278,000 *** ***
27 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 23: Melbourne Vs Gold Coast Seven 308,000 35,000 159,000 52,000 *** 62,000

Ratings for Sunday's NRL & AFL.

1.4 billion please

and also make sure that they don't screw around with timeslots, ie - show it LIVE ! ( plus don't treat states outside of NSW & QLD like rubbish ).

Obviously the money is important, but how the successful bidders use the "prize" is also vital.

 

[smithie]

NRL has to demand either that FTA show all the games nationally live either on main or digital channel OR they sell every game live to Foxsports. The FTA's can't have it all their own way.

There are two points that must be non-negotiable for the TV rights:
1. All games must be shown live nationwide regardless whether it's broadcast on FTA or payTV.
2. All games must be broadcast in high definition.

The NRL, and probably all sport, on FTA should be broadcast on the respective network's HD channel, exclusively. 2013 is the year the new deal will begin and 2013 is also the final year of analogue TV in Australia, meaning it won't mather if games are broadcast on a network's "main channel" or not. If people still don't have digital TV by the start of the 2013 season it's their own stupid fault. HD set-top boxes can now be purchased for under $40.

If the Nine Network want to continue to have the rights to NRL games they need to rebrand their hd channel, GEM.

 

[juro]

Not all tvs are HD, are they? I know mine is, but some people probably won't have access to HD, even after the analogue cut-off...

 

[Whos Ya Daddy]

Looking at the state of the game report, Fox need to cough up the big $ this time around.

 

[El Diablo]

Not all tvs are HD, are they? I know mine is, but some people probably won't have access to HD, even after the analogue cut-off...

pretty sure it's above 80%

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.nrl.com/nrl-ready-to-cas...spx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

NRL ready to cash-in on TV ratings

By Steve Jancetic AAP Wed, Sep 07, 2011 - 6:07 PM

NRL chief executive David Gallop claims the game has never been better placed to cash in on its increasing dominance of the Australian television landscape.

With negotiations for a new broadcast deal imminent, the NRL on Wednesday trumpeted stunning ratings results as part of its annual state of the game report.

There were increases across both free to air and pay television platforms, with rugby league responsible for 74 of the top 100 most watched programs on subscription television, while the State of Origin series was the most watched sporting event on free to air.

The figures are sure to put the NRL in a powerful position at the negotiating table - with some even predicting they could outdo the AFL's recent $1.25 billion deal.

"Pay television is a key revenue item for us going forward," Gallop said at NRL headquarters in Sydney.

"Live sport is something that everyone knows drives subscriptions in pay television and to have 74 of the top 100 shows, we'll be looking for value for that.

"We expect it to be priced very highly in terms of what it delivers in terms of people wanting to subscribe to pay television because of rugby league.

"The game is the best it's ever been and it needs to be because we're in a competitive environment.

"It's a critical year commercially for the game - we've got some big deals that we're ready to do ... it's a year of opportunity."

The biggest increase in ratings was for Saturday night matches, which received a 26 per cent boost on 2010 figures.

But with the possibility games could be sold off individually or as packaged deals, one timeslot which is sure to attract plenty of interest is Monday night football.

There was a 17 per cent increase in Fox Sports' ratings for Monday night matches in 2011, and there are already murmuring that OneHD could make a play for those games from 2013.

"We expect a contest for our rights across a number of timeslots," Gallop said.

"Monday night - if you look at 17 per cent growth in it - you'd have to be looking at that as a free to air broadcaster and wondering if you could get a slice of that."

Ratings increases were just one of a number of solid results for the NRL, which also produced solid performances in attendances and club memberships, which were up 28 per cent.

Crowds actually dropped by 0.6 per cent to 3.13 million, but they fared far better than some of their competitors with the AFL's crowds down 5.5 per cent, Super Rugby eight per cent and A-League 15 per cent.

 

[TheRam]

Fan-Fu*king-Tastic!!!

Now show us the money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Yep, pay up Foxtel you f**king leeches. We deserve a minimum 500 million from them

 

[nrlnrl]

pretty sure it's above 80%

don't think it's that high for "true HD" sets

 

[undertaker]

Sunday afternoon footy has to be live FTA. It's a joke it hasn't been for this long.

Running in and out of the bottleshop of an afternoon or having people wandering past your house cursing/cheering while you're watching the game on TV is the worst.

After watching that rare live Sunday arvo game a few days ago, it has all but confirmed to me that the Sunday arvo game needs to be shown live from 2013 onwards, no excuses. The coverage flowed so much more smoothly without having to put up with ads at inappropriate moments of the game, like when the game starts to build momentum and then Ch9 cuts to 3-4 mins of commercials. It was so much better to watch, rather than when it is delayed.

On top of this, whoever gets the FTA rights for the Sunday game in 2013 can do what Ch9 did last Sunday: have a pre-game show starting at either 3:30pm with kickoff at 4:05pm, or if Fox have a problem with this as it slightly overlaps with the coverage of their 2pm game, start it at 3:45pm with kickoff around 4:10-4:15pm leading directly into the 6pm news. Both ways, you can get approx 30 min of a pre-game show.

Last Sunday's game was the highest drawing Sunday arvo game during the regular season I believe (getting nearly 650000 viewers). Also, this is the third Sunday game Ch9 has broadcasted live that I can recall (the other two being Rd 1 2007 Gold Coast vs Dragons, due to the time difference in daylight savings, and the other being the Dragons vs Roosters ANZAC game last year)

 

[docbrown]

After watching that rare live Sunday arvo game a few days ago, it has all but confirmed to me that the Sunday arvo game needs to be shown live from 2013 onwards, no excuses. The coverage flowed so much more smoothly without having to put up with ads at inappropriate moments of the game, like when the game starts to build momentum and then Ch9 cuts to 3-4 mins of commercials. It was so much better to watch, rather than when it is delayed.

On top of this, whoever gets the FTA rights for the Sunday game in 2013 can do what Ch9 did last Sunday: have a pre-game show starting at either 3:30pm with kickoff at 4:05pm, or if Fox have a problem with this as it slightly overlaps with the coverage of their 2pm game, start it at 3:45pm with kickoff around 4:10-4:15pm leading directly into the 6pm news. Both ways, you can get approx 30 min of a pre-game show.

Last Sunday's game was the highest drawing Sunday arvo game during the regular season I believe (getting nearly 650000 viewers). Also, this is the third Sunday game Ch9 has broadcasted live that I can recall (the other two being Rd 1 2007 Gold Coast vs Dragons, due to the time difference in daylight savings, and the other being the Dragons vs Roosters ANZAC game last year)

That's the beauty of the double header. The buffers before and during the program make the fill and increase the advertising potential. You could schedule a panel coverage start with 1:50pm kickoff. Fox can then screen either the 12:00-1:45pm block on the occassion where they would be a midday game (or 2pm NZ game) - or - on holidays, special events, WA etc a Sunday evening game.

Depending on the network that wins it - but let's say 9 given their current set up

12:00pm The Roast
1:00pm Sunday Footy Show - panel live at the 2nd game ground
1:50pm First game kickoff
3:50pm Panel segment cross for the lead into the 4:05pm kickoff.

Basically a 6 hour block out of material that currently has a 3 hour break. They could then look at extending WWOS from 10-noon.

 

[Perth Red]

Yep, pay up Foxtel you f**king leeches. We deserve a minimum 500 million from them

Only way we will get that is if they get every game live, which I hope they do.

 

[NRL-TGG]

NRL's TV ratings bonanza



IT would appear rugby league can just about bank its $1 billion.
The NRL yesterday released extraordinary figures showing the game's dominance in television ratings over every rival Australian winter sport.

Amazingly, 74 of the top 100 pay-TV programs this year have been NRL games. The AFL had 14 in the top 100 shows, rugby union six, cricket four, soccer one and one non-sport show.

The Parramatta-North Queensland game in round four was the highest rating NRL program on Fox Sports after becoming the first subscription show to attract more than 400,000 viewers.

Free-to-air ratings for rugby league also increased by 1.3 per cent with last weekend's match between Manly and Brisbane dragging in a viewing audience of 1.07 million.

These ratings are a godsend for NRL chief executive David Gallop, who is about to embark on a new television deal where rugby league is searching for an elusive $1 billion pay packet.

"With 74 of the top 100 pay-TV shows, we are clearly the leading reason why people subscribe to pay television," Gallop said.

"That all goes well for our upcoming negotiations.

"Increasingly, things like television programs and movies are easily available but live, compelling sport is critically important to the future of these industries. That puts us in a great position."

Monday night ratings on Fox Sports increased by 17 per cent on last year while Saturday evening matches rose a whopping 26 per cent.

"The growth of pay television has even surprised us, particularly around Monday night football," Gallop said.

"Pay TV is a key revenue item for us going forward. Seventy-four in the top 100 - we'll be looking for value for that and we expect it to be priced very highly in terms of what it delivers for people wanting to subscribe to pay television because of rugby league. We expect our television deal to reflect what we're delivering at the moment."

There is a growing theory that the NRL wants a second free-to-air station to cover rugby league.

That could mean Channel 10 takes Monday-night football with Fox Sports retaining Super Saturday.

"It would double the promotion and double the sponsorships," said one well-placed television source.

Fox Sports executives were not commenting yesterday.

"The Monday night results has exceeded our expectations," Gallop said. "We expect a contest for our rights across a number of timeslots and Monday night - if you look at 17 per cent growth in it - you'd have to be looking at that as a free-to-air broadcaster and wondering if you could get a slice of that."

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrls-tv-ratings-bonanza/story-e6frexnr-1226131658084

 

[andrew057]

"Fox Sports executives were not commenting yesterday."

merkins.

 

[Perth Red]

Can't see Fox letting Monday nights go without a fight or Ch10 just going for a Monday night. Ideally it would be Fox sports all games live. Ch10 Fri 2 games, Sunday 2 games live. $1bill straight cash. Telstra can pay $400k for internet and mobile rights plus the NZ money.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Wonder how much UK rights for the NRL are worth?

 

[gUt]

"That all goes well for our upcoming negotiations.

Unless this is what Gallop actually said, I am shocked but not surprised that this got through the writing, then the editing stages of a major newspaper. There are probably 100 users of this site who could write better. Idiots.