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[Underarm]

Koch looks very creepy in that second photo.

He's trying to figure out how he can buy the rights to putting the Port Adelaide scarf on the top.

 

[NoobPie]

It's fair to say that the Foxtel ratings are substantially down on last year (an aggregate of 2 million in round 1 last year compared with about 1.5 million this year)

 

[NoobPie]

It's fair to say that the Foxtel ratings are substantially down on last year (an aggregate of 2 million in round 1 last year compared with about 1.5 million this year)


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In regards to the discussion in the other thread, it certainly looks like the NRL and A League are both down as well this weekend which suggests that there had been a significant impact from the GO and the cricket

I know the A League has been affected by the lack of a contest for the top two spots but its 5 games this weekend averaged just 37k. Surely this is the worst ratings STV it has got for a round in the WSW era, Wookie?

 

[The_Wookie]

 

[The_Wookie]

 

[RodneyMaynard]

I wonder what caused the drop in STV ratings? More people watching on Telstra? the Grand Prix?

 

[The_Wookie]

I wonder what caused the drop in STV ratings? More people watching on Telstra? the Grand Prix?

3 different games classing with foxfooty matches doesnt help

 

[bigleague]

fta total is down ~-4.6%, you averaged 2017 by 8 games instead of 9.

same issue with fta metro.

 

[NoobPie]

I wonder what caused the drop in STV ratings? More people watching on Telstra? the Grand Prix?

I reckon the Grand Prix and the cricket mainly I would think...also the fact that the arvo saturday game was pushed back to twilight would have meant more overlap than usual

...but the NRL was only down 11% on last year. It could also be having most the Vic teams play in Melbourne had an impact as well

 

[NoobPie]

fta total is down ~-4.6%, you averaged 2017 by 8 games instead of 9.

same issue with fta metro.

He is comparing the averages

Last year every game in the first round was on FTA in at least one market but as one of the fox games involved two melbourne teams (Melbourne saints) it wasn't on FTA at all

 

[The_Wookie]

fta total is down ~-4.6%, you averaged 2017 by 8 games instead of 9.

same issue with fta metro.

And id do it again!

 

[Ian Dunross]

Small sample group of one

I got rid of foxtel

I can't justify $1k a year just for fox footy

Went w AFL subscription instead

Can't watch live games, but have radio

 

[The_Wookie]

This also wont give you figures from Foxtel Play or the live apps - theres been a fair amount of promotion around Foxtel Play and it IS cheaper than Foxtel.

 

[Our Game]

I reckon the Grand Prix and the cricket mainly I would think...also the fact that the arvo saturday game was pushed back to twilight would have meant more overlap than usual

...but the NRL was only down 11% on last year. It could also be having most the Vic teams play in Melbourne had an impact as well

I reckon the Grand Prix and the cricket mainly I would think...also the fact that the arvo saturday game was pushed back to twilight would have meant more overlap than usual

...but the NRL was only down 11% on last year. It could also be having most the Vic teams play in Melbourne had an impact as well

Yep there was the Test Cricket,2 AFL matches, FI GP, RU, RL and,A League to choose from no wonder they are all down.

 

[NoobPie]

More than anything to allay miss-guided bravado of the League oiks, I hope that they don't persist with reporting the regional figures for League but not for the AFL (like they didn't in yesterdays game)

 

[bigleague]

And id do it again!

Yeah, my bad, I didn't notice one game wasn't on fta.

 

[The_Wookie]

More than anything to allay miss-guided bravado of the League oiks, I hope that they don't persist with reporting the regional figures for League but not for the AFL (like they didn't in yesterdays game)

they've been doing it that way for some years now.

 

[manicmagpie]

It's paywalled, but the Herald Sun is reporting the Western Force will be the team to be axed from Super Rugby.

 

[The_Wookie]

 

[The_Wookie]

It's paywalled, but the Herald Sun is reporting the Western Force will be the team to be axed from Super Rugby.

 

[The_Wookie]

AFL

• Crowds up 11%, metro TV up 15%, Fox ratings down 24%. That last might be cause for some concern.
• THE inaugural AFLW Crows premiership co-captains should have their names adorned on an Adelaide Oval grandstand, the SA Tourism Minister says.
• The AFLW Grand Final between Brisbane and Adelaide drew a bigger crowd than the QClash
  
• The decision to hold a joint investigation with ASADA into the biggest sports scandal in Australian history has been fully endorsed in a special report sent to AFL clubs.
  
• Woolworths is showing its support for the AFL with an ad spot celebrating the foods eaten while watching the game.
• A bouncing football causing unpredictable accidents at the AFL is the focus of QBE Insurance’s new work to promote its ongoing sponsorship of the Sydney Swans.
  
• Tyrepower will be the official showdown partner of Australian rules football team Port Adelaide after agreeing a two-season partnership. The independent tyre retailer will get branding across the Australian Football League (AFL) team's Adelaide Oval stadium on gamedays against local rivals Adelaide Football Club.
  
• North Melbourne have agreed a partnership with clean energy provider Hello Solar. The utilities company becomes the official shorts sponsor of the Australian Football League (AFL) club for the next three seasons, until the end of 2019, with its logo worn on the team's training and matchday playing shorts.
  
• St Kilda has signed their first shorts sponsor since 2015 by signing a deal with tyre brand Hankook. Hankook’s branding will feature on both the club’s home and away playing shorts.

A-league

• crowds barely up (0.5%), Fox ratings still up 8%
• Capital Football chief Phil Brown confirms Canberra A-League bid rumours. Capital Football chief executive Phil Brown confirmed he had been approached by a group of people about gathering information for a third-party bid.

NRL

• Crowds down 13%, Metro down 7% Fox down 1%
  
  Fox League no.1, Foxfooty no.2 for STV channels in Wk 12. Historically, the AFL has dominated when the season starts
  
  The NRL’s leading players emerged from a landmark meeting of the players union last night offering a conciliatory tone — albeit with a warning that they have ways to strengthen their voice — as they reiterated their desire to secure a fixed percentage of revenue without causing a major fracture within the game.
  
  There will be no return trip to the US for a State of Origin game, despite the jewel in rugby league’s crown needing “a home” come 2020
  

Soccer

• Victoria University has announced a five-year strategic partnership with A-League club Melbourne Victory. This partnership will see the pair link up to share learning experiences and sport science opportunities.

Super Rugby

• ARU to announce 2016 surplus amid Super Rugby silence and uncertainty. Fairfax Media understands the ARU will announce a 2016 surplus of about $3 million at its annual general meeting on April 10. It will be the first time the code has been in the black since the Lions delivered a $19.5 million surplus in 2013 and the best result outside that once-in-12-years tour since at least 2006
  
• Although the Australian Rugby Union hasn’t made a definitive call – and won’t until it is confirmed that the Super Rugby competition next year will be reduced from the existing 18 teams to 15 – the Force is believed to have been earmarked to be culled.
• The Western Force say they are in the dark about reports they will be axed from Super Rugby should the competition partners agree to move to a 15-team model.
• Rugby gets kicked again as AFL publicity machine wins best on ground

 

[Garlic muncher]

Just on that last link that states a roar article claiming just 55,000 rugby players from a Roy Morgan poll, i have long thought Roy Morgan polls are just a waste of time.

Polling a few people by phone, gets you nowhere, the codes themselves have the correct numbers, or very close to it, if they are broken down via school, club, non club etc then that gives a great snapshot, not Roy Morgan.

Claytons poll would be a better name for Roy Morgan.

 

[Gigantor]

Just on that last link that states a roar article claiming just 55,000 rugby players from a Roy Morgan poll, i have long thought Roy Morgan polls are just a waste of time.

Polling a few people by phone, gets you nowhere, the codes themselves have the correct numbers, or very close to it, if they are broken down via school, club, non club etc then that gives a great snapshot, not Roy Morgan.

Claytons poll would be a better name for Roy Morgan.

That's probably true as a general rule, although in this case, it's definitely tapping into what most rugby fans have been feeling deep down for a very long time.

 

[Old_Man_James]

Foxfooty should go to number 1 STV channel from this week. People watching replays and other programs on foxleague from Mon-Thurs may have got them over the line, where as this week Foxfooty will have all the previous weeks replays too for a like for like comparison.

Concerning if foxtel numbers drop off too much seeing as foxtel was mainly responsible for the massive increase in the last broadcast rights deal.

 

[NoobPie]

Foxfooty should go to number 1 STV channel from this week. People watching replays and other programs on foxleague from Mon-Thurs may have got them over the line, where as this week Foxfooty will have all the previous weeks replays too for a like for like comparison.

Concerning if foxtel numbers drop off too much seeing as foxtel was mainly responsible for the massive increase in the last broadcast rights deal.

At least we have the cashola for 6 years locked in!