The TV rights thread part II

[El Diablo]

He just looks like a fat Victorian Merkin.

makes me wanna puke

hope he gets hit by a f**king bus

 

[Billythekid]

So basically even if you ignore NZ we still smashed the AFL. We should be getting just as much as them.

 

[jimmee007]

So basically even if you ignore NZ we still smashed the AFL. We should be getting just as much as them.

Forget being on par with them, we deserve to be getting much more.

Then add the New Zealand money with the perfectly time resurgance of the warriors it should be more again

 

[Perth Red]

“There will be a strong focus on getting a whole of game strategic plan in place,” he said.

“It is important that as we look towards a significant growth in revenue that there is a strategy that underpins the way that money is used.

“The Commission is a unique opportunity to review existing plans without the constraints of the game’s previous structure.”
The meeting today looked closely at marketing and new media strategies as well as a close analysis of Rugby League’s development figures.

This gives me hope the IC won;t just throw all the money at the NRL clubs and that a good % of it will be used to further grow the game at all levels.

Aside from the TV rights there is also main sponsorship naming rights and internet rights up for grabs. Those two alone could pay for expansion of two teams or a massive increase in development officers in every affiliated state!

Then I hope they look at other areas of income and find out how the AFL earns double the income of the NRL outside of the media deals.

 

[Goddo]

http://www.qrl.com.au/default.aspx?...45459&title=conference-highlights-codes-power

Similar article in SMH today

League wins battle with AFL for TV viewers

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...-tv-viewers-20111129-1o58v.html#ixzz1f7kgYZDe

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Similar article in SMH today

League wins battle with AFL for TV viewers

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...-tv-viewers-20111129-1o58v.html#ixzz1f7kgYZDe

That will have the inmates at "The Big FOODY Home for the Mentally Challenged" frothing at the mouth.

 

[Goddo]

That will have the inmates at "The Big FOODY Home for the Mentally Challenged" frothing at the mouth.

Victorian mentals will have their usual melt down, disregarding the RL figures with the same old arguments; because it was a full moon last week, Rep football doesn't count (because the AFL has none), SoO is a gimmic and doesn't count, NRL ratings are skewed because of the schedule, some sort of rant about regionals...:lol:

 

[Rockin Ronny]

So basically even if you ignore NZ we still smashed the AFL. We should be getting just as much as them.

But these figures are nothing new. TV has always had it over AFL as a TV sport.

the difference is that the AFL have professional, effective business people running their sport who have negotiated great TV rights outcomes for their game.

Rugby league has abunch of pocket-lining, seat warming nuffies who have a News Limited-appointed CEO (1) dealing with News Limited on TV rights and 92) talking the game down at every opportunity.

Yet - we crap on here about why we don't get the best deal. THEN, we have an Independent Commission which keeps the same News Limited bloke as CEO. fair dinkum.

 

[BuffaloRules]

Rugby league has abunch of pocket-lining, seat warming nuffies who have a News Limited-appointed CEO (1) dealing with News Limited on TV rights and 92) talking the game down at every opportunity.

Yet - we crap on here about why we don't get the best deal. THEN, we have an Independent Commission which keeps the same News Limited bloke as CEO. fair dinkum.

Ronny - unfortunately News Ltd have previously owned 50% of the game since 1998 and the ARL members have been weak merkins...

We can only hope that things have changed...

 

[Raiderdave]

But these figures are nothing new. TV has always had it over AFL as a TV sport.

the difference is that the AFL have professional, effective business people running their sport who have negotiated great TV rights outcomes for their game.

Rugby league has abunch of pocket-lining, seat warming nuffies who have a News Limited-appointed CEO (1) dealing with News Limited on TV rights and 92) talking the game down at every opportunity.

Yet - we crap on here about why we don't get the best deal. THEN, we have an Independent Commission which keeps the same News Limited bloke as CEO. fair dinkum.

Love Davey G

will make sure the Bears won;t get a look in
so he's done his job as far as I'm concerned

that is all ;-)

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

The difference is that Gallop has been answering to News Ltd, when the IC hits he'll be answering to them..

If he f**ks the TV rights up, he'll be looking for a new job.

 

[taxidriver]

RUGBY league's new Independent Commission will demand a full-season schedule from its new television rights partner in 2013 after yesterday's chief executives conference revealed rugby league as the highest ratings sport on Australian TV, outweighing the AFL by 12 million viewers this year.
In the first annual chairmen and chief executives conference involving the incoming commissioners, plus representatives from all major state and national leagues, the 2011 season review revealed rugby league had a cumulative audience of 134 million viewers, without including a further 12 million in New Zealand.
The NRL also won the battle against the AFL on highest average ratings, taking out the top rankings on free-to-air and pay television, while audiences grew on both mediums by 1.3 per cent and 16 per cent respectively.
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The results impressed the soon-to-be-commissioners, all of whom agreed with the clubs that the new TV rights deal needed to reflect rugby league's television audience dominance.
"They are a powerful set of results across the coverage of the game," NRL chief executive David Gallop said. "As we look towards media negotiations in the months ahead they are a reminder of rugby league's value in the market."
Commission chairman John Grant was just as buoyant and was confident that once the new body was in place television rights would be the first matter on the agenda to develop the game.
"It is important that as we look towards a significant growth in revenue that there is a strategy that underpins the way that money is used,'' he said.
The meeting involved lengthy discussion of TV rights negotiations, reiterating that they would start after the commission officially took control.
The commission and the clubs would strongly pursue the concept of a ''full-season'' schedule with days and time slots determined at the start of the year, unlike the rolling schedule that exists at present


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...-tv-viewers-20111129-1o58v.html#ixzz1f8aobxkC​

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

How would this give the game more amo?

Seriously I can't believe some goons on here want tonnes of more $ and then expect us to dictate how which ever network we get shows the game.

Wake up peeps!

 

[Joker's Wild]

About f**king time too

Interstate fans like myself get the rough end due to the bullshit demands of the TV stations.

 

[Stagger Lee]

This is issue #1 for me

How can the game promote itself fully when they don't even know when the game is going to be played until a few weeks prior.

As a shift worker (as so many people are these days) how can I plan to go to games and book time of work / organise shift swaps if I don't know when the game is going to kick off?

The situation we have now is a cancer on the game

 

[Ronnie Dobbs]

I work in the same industry as John Grant. IT & Telco has some very sharp business minds (not mine) and they know how to negotiate hard, unlike the gimps at the NRL who are former refs, tafe trained accountants, ex players and lawyers.

We'll get our dough and they'll be able to spend it where its needed.

 

[El Diablo]

That will have the inmates at "The Big FOODY Home for the Mentally Challenged" frothing at the mouth.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=893849

:lol:

 

[docbrown]

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=893849

:lol:

:lol:

Like clockwork they start harping on about Origin and Toyota Cup.

Regular NRL home and away season games have a higher per game viewing average across all combined Australian markets than their AFL counterpart.

That's even after considering that the NRL has less games on FTA and are screened at poor times in three of the metros.

It also doesn't include the New Zealand NRL numbers. What are the AFL's New Zealand ratings? They should know because they can count it with their hands.

 

[nrlnrl]

:lol:

Like clockwork they start harping on about Origin and Toyota Cup.

Regular NRL home and away season games have a higher per game viewing average across all combined Australian markets than their AFL counterpart.

That's even after considering that the NRL has less games on FTA and are screened at poor times in three of the metros.

It also doesn't include the New Zealand NRL numbers. What are the AFL's New Zealand ratings? They should know because they can count it with their hands.

I think you're giving them too much credit

 

[matrightyeh]

all games on 9 for sure