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TV rights thread part 4

Moffo

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Grant and Mattiske...the vermin. They will go down in history as squibs I can assure you
 
Perth Red

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Edwahu said:
They got to keep Saturday and Monday as exclusive.
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yes but that isn't going to drive any new subscriptions. If you was fussed about seeing them you would already be a subscriber.

They might not lose any subscribers with this deal but they aren't going to pick any new ones up and they are paying double what they did last time.

Bodes well for the next deal I guess as there is still a lot of value add for Fox available on top of this deal.
 
Dogs Of War

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Perth Red said:
yes but that isn't going to drive any new subscriptions. If you was fussed about seeing them you would already be a subscriber.

They might not lose any subscribers with this deal but they aren't going to pick any new ones up and they are paying double what they did last time.

Bodes well for the next deal I guess as there is still a lot of value add for Fox available on top of this deal.
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I dont agree. Having the ability to stream games to an iPad or similar device is a big deal. I wouldn't be surprised if foxtel offered new subscribers a deal where they got done sort of tablet that they could stream games to for little additional cost or even free.

I know that I will watch a stream on my laptop now with the sound off so my partner can watch whatever show she wants to.

It would be interesting to see how they use the iptv rights
 
Brutus

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http://www.2ky.com.au/media/podcasts/mediafiles.php?pid=59

You can listen to the Mattiske interview here. It's near the end of the show.

I notice Dean Ritchie said Ch 10 had offered a four hour package for each of their games across the weekend. That would involve a pre and post game show plus the game. That's 16 hours of RL per weekend on free to air.

All this plus a special live broadcast of all Melbourne games into the Melbourne FTA market, with different commentators, different camera crew, the lot. All specific to the Melbourne market. That would have been awesome.

The belief seemed to be the 10 wanted a 5.30pm kick-off for their Sunday FTA game.
 
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Offsiders were very happy for the NRL and it was a great discussion. Don't let that get in the way of a good story though....
 
El Diablo

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Rosetta said:
Mattiske will be taking open questions on Sky Sports Radio this morning, I've asked for him to expand on what the plans are for the online rights, specifically whether it means the option of providing live streams into local markets such as those provided to overseas markets, let's see what he says.
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did he talk about it?
 
carlosthedwarf

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Perth Red said:
What really surprises me about the deal is how much Foxsports have payed for the same coverage. The new deal is not going to drive any subscription increase for them so no extra income coming there way from the deal. I'm still struggling to see what is in it for them, with no extra content it offers nothing more than they had before and is hardly going to get RL fans excited about subscribing to Foxsports. Maybe they think they have maxed out RL viewers as subscribers?
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It was about not losing what they currently have, as Edwahu said. Even one game on Sat or Monday night would have resulted in lost subscribers, or a lot of unhappy ones who would be paying the same for less exclusive coverage.

I'd also take the fact they paid more for the same coverage as an indication of how the AFL deal is going.

Maybe they are just hoping Ch9's coverage being so poor is going to drive people to Fox?
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Fox & Nine needed each other in this deal. Fox needed Nine to leave their current exclusive nighs alone and Nine needed Fox to not work with Ten.
 
applesauce

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Perth Red said:
What really surprises me about the deal is how much Foxsports have payed for the same coverage. The new deal is not going to drive any subscription increase for them so no extra income coming there way from the deal. I'm still struggling to see what is in it for them, with no extra content it offers nothing more than they had before and is hardly going to get RL fans excited about subscribing to Foxsports. Maybe they think they have maxed out RL viewers as subscribers?

I would have expected them to have gone for every game live and a 9th exclusive game on Sunday evening which would have probably convinced a lot more fans to sign up. Maybe they are just hoping Ch9's coverage being so poor is going to drive people to Fox?
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Go back a few pages and find an article about how the NRL was going with 10 but then 9/Fox offered the Billion and New offered no F&L to ensure the sale of Foxsports and Foxtel to NEWS LTD.

The far superior coverage was one the table but the commission wanted to break free of F&L to ensure NRL Internet Streaming could occur in future deals and get a pay day etc. etc.

Short term it doesn't look as good as TEN's bid but if we can get anything similar to TENS coverage in the next deal as well as a slight improvement on the $$$ we will be a lot further ahead than if we got the coverage now but FOX still had F&L for the next 2 deals.
 
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I just posted this in the Souffs/Eels gameday thread and thought I'd post this here as well:

Y2Eel said:
Yeah FFS get this shit out of the game...

also watched 13 minutes of footy on nien! over the ads Gyngel can eat a dick i am boycotting his channel...
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undertaker said:
watching live at the moment...with no ads:lol: I boycotted Nine's Sunday coverage after watching the game live last week. I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if next year Gyngell gets the message as more and more ppl either watch it live by other means or completely snob Ch9 and out of pressure, starts broadcasting the Sunday match live.
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Walt Flanigan said:
I'm loving hearing about Rab's doctor who has a simular name to Mullaney. Makes me excited to watch footy.
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undertaker said:
I was thinking the same thing when I heard that. And then Gus goes on about how Rabs has had many doctors over the years and must've worn all of them out:roll:

....only in the NRL and cricket do the broadcasters (e.g. Ch9) allow the commentators to talk about completely inane crap like that during the telecast that has nothing to do with the game. No coincidence that the common denominator between the NRL and cricket commentary is Ch9. You'd never hear or see anything like that in the AFL, Rugby Union, Soccer, or American sports.

Although the tv deal next year will be massive, the big winners in it are only the players who are already amongst the highest paid as they will simply get most of that excess money. The biggest losers though are the fans and one of the main reasons is that we will be subjected to more of Ch9's tripe over the next 5 years.
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Raiders_Premiers

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I'm not sure if this has been posted yet.

So, with this week's deal, Packer jnr receives $2 billion for an outlay that is probably 5 per cent of News's spending on the code, other than Packer's sponsoring the Melbourne Storm for $1 million through his ownership of Crown Casino.
And News? It has released the code of its hold over broadcasting rights, which was extended to 2027 as a condition of its exit from the NRL.
It was scheduled to surrender its half-ownership of the NRL in 2018 and entitled to receive $8 million a year over the next six years.
Now, it has released the code of all rights, declined $50 million of entitlements and will continue to fund the Storm for probably $4 million a year, although its other team, the Broncos, makes a $2 million profit.
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http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/leagues-super-fund-20120824-24rtz.html

Massive, massive outcome for the game.
 
El Diablo

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undertaker said:
I just posted this in the Souffs/Eels gameday thread and thought I'd post this here as well:
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woeful overage today

they must have shown a dozen replays of Inglis bumping off Sandow

meanwhile the game was continuing and Souths got a penalty

what it was for i'll never know as 9 never showed us as they were too busy replaying something we'd already seen
 
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