'Super Rugby' 2021
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I guess you probably wouldn't notice not being particularly interested, but Fox have been aggressively working to reduce the market price of Rugby in Aus as it's still a major drawcard for the ailing Foxtel network.
Initial lowball offer for the rights, endless hatchet jobs in Ruperts rag papers, sacked pretty much the entire commentary team except for the unbearable Kafe and Kearns, stripped away pretty much all advertising for the game even in NSW and Qld. Not to mention the 'captains' witch hunt (lead by bought and paid for Kearns) which got Raelene sacked and resulted in exactly nothing else happening.
Rupert's mad Raelene took the TV rights to market.
As an aside, Loige has spent more money than RA could ever could on trying to make rugby a thing in Melbourne and have largely failed, even with a very successful storm team. It's hard to undo a hundred years of history.
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
I guess you probably wouldn't notice not being particularly interested
This was discussed in depth on here.
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@antipodean What? so fox aren't driving down the price despite their actions resulting in exactly that because... they said so?
You must be quite the businessman.
@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean What? so fox aren't driving down the price despite their actions resulting in exactly that because... they said so?
So Fox talking up products they'll want to secure again in the near future is what exactly? It's not difficult for most people to determine value by crowd attendances and viewership. Apparently Fox and Optus et al have people who have some experience and capability in the field.
You must be quite the businessman.
I bow to your expertise.
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean What? so fox aren't driving down the price despite their actions resulting in exactly that because... they said so?
So Fox talking up products they'll want to secure again in the near future is what exactly? It's not difficult for most people to determine value by crowd attendances and viewership. Apparently Fox and Optus et al have people who have some experience and capability in the field.
You must be quite the businessman.
I bow to your expertise.
@antipodean right, and cutting advertising funding for a product will do what to viewership numbers?
As someone above said, there is next to no visibility for Rugby in Aus. I don't think it's particularly crazy to suggest that it's to Fox's advantage to keep it that way until they secure the rights again.
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@antipodean right, and cutting advertising funding for a product will do what to viewership numbers?
As someone above said, there is next to no visibility for Rugby in Aus. I don't think it's particularly crazy to suggest that it's to Fox's advantage to keep it that way until they secure the rights again.
@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean right, and cutting advertising funding for a product will do what to viewership numbers?
As someone above said, there is next to no visibility for Rugby in Aus. I don't think it's particularly crazy to suggest that it's to Fox's advantage to keep it that way until they secure the rights again.
Was it to Fox's advantage while they had the rights and people weren't watching nor attending?
How hard is it to understand Fox don't see the value? Apparently neither does any other broadcaster. Why would that be do you think?
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean right, and cutting advertising funding for a product will do what to viewership numbers?
As someone above said, there is next to no visibility for Rugby in Aus. I don't think it's particularly crazy to suggest that it's to Fox's advantage to keep it that way until they secure the rights again.
Was it to Fox's advantage while they had the rights and people weren't watching nor attending?
How hard is it to understand Fox don't see the value? Apparently neither does any other broadcaster. Why would that be do you think?
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@antipodean maybe you are right. But if so, why did they bid for it initially?
They still plumped for A-League who's figures are significantly worse than Rugby's. I'm not really convinced.
@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean maybe you are right. But if so, why did they bid for it initially?
They still plumped for A-League who's figures are significantly worse than Rugby's. I'm not really convinced.
where do you see the figues? i thought i had read A-League/football had overtaken rugby in the sport hierarchy
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@antipodean maybe you are right. But if so, why did they bid for it initially?
They still plumped for A-League who's figures are significantly worse than Rugby's. I'm not really convinced.
where do you see the figues? i thought i had read A-League/football had overtaken rugby in the sport hierarchy
@Kiwiwomble Just as an example: 'OzTam reported the A-League’s season restart saw just 12,000 viewers on Fox Sports for the Friday night matchup, followed by 9,000 the next day for the second matchup on Fox Sports.'
https://ministryofsport.com.au/a-league-ratings-are-disappointing/
Even the Rebels have been pulling 40-50k plus an additional (rumoured, no official figures) 25% -40% on Kayo.
I think the Semi-final attendance figure will be telling. It's reportedly open to 25k people. TV figures for the final will also be interesting. A-league final got about 84k supposedly.
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so, in short, there is absolutely nothing wrong with rugby in Australia, it's strong and peachy and a desirable product
it's all NZ's fault, and Foxtel's fault, and Rupert's fault, and the ex-Wallaby Captain's fault. If they all fucked off it would be the '90s again.
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so, in short, there is absolutely nothing wrong with rugby in Australia, it's strong and peachy and a desirable product
it's all NZ's fault, and Foxtel's fault, and Rupert's fault, and the ex-Wallaby Captain's fault. If they all fucked off it would be the '90s again.
@mariner4life fucken hell, i never said anything like that? There's loads wrong - the majority of it self inflicted by RA. I've never said anything other than this. Fox are being dicks though, and cutting a team won't fix the underlying issues.
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@Kiwiwomble Just as an example: 'OzTam reported the A-League’s season restart saw just 12,000 viewers on Fox Sports for the Friday night matchup, followed by 9,000 the next day for the second matchup on Fox Sports.'
https://ministryofsport.com.au/a-league-ratings-are-disappointing/
Even the Rebels have been pulling 40-50k plus an additional (rumoured, no official figures) 25% -40% on Kayo.
I think the Semi-final attendance figure will be telling. It's reportedly open to 25k people. TV figures for the final will also be interesting. A-league final got about 84k supposedly.
@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble Just as an example: 'OzTam reported the A-League’s season restart saw just 12,000 viewers on Fox Sports for the Friday night matchup, followed by 9,000 the next day for the second matchup on Fox Sports.'
That's misleading - those A-League games were also on free to air live in Australia so people just watched them on free to air instead of Fox.
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble Just as an example: 'OzTam reported the A-League’s season restart saw just 12,000 viewers on Fox Sports for the Friday night matchup, followed by 9,000 the next day for the second matchup on Fox Sports.'
That's misleading - those A-League games were also on free to air live in Australia so people just watched them on free to air instead of Fox.
@KiwiMurph It's not misleading when talking about the value to Fox - which is what we are discussing.
What do Fox care about FTA figures?
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@KiwiMurph It's not misleading when talking about the value to Fox - which is what we are discussing.
What do Fox care about FTA figures?
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@KiwiMurph It's not misleading when talking about the value to Fox - which is what we are discussing.
What do Fox care about FTA figures?
@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@KiwiMurph It's not misleading when talking about the value to Fox - which is what we are discussing.
What do Fox care about FTA figures?
I meant just in terms of overall numbers viewing - of course FFA would get broadcast $ from Free To Air too.
Regarding the A-League Grand Final ratings see below (the maths seem out by 1k though).
A Foxtel spokesman informed the Herald 151,000 people watched the match on Foxtel. Of those, 84,000 watched via the Linear box services while 66,000 watched on either Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go or their over-the-top sports streaming service, Kayo. -
@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@KiwiMurph It's not misleading when talking about the value to Fox - which is what we are discussing.
What do Fox care about FTA figures?
I meant just in terms of overall numbers viewing - of course FFA would get broadcast $ from Free To Air too.
Regarding the A-League Grand Final ratings see below (the maths seem out by 1k though).
A Foxtel spokesman informed the Herald 151,000 people watched the match on Foxtel. Of those, 84,000 watched via the Linear box services while 66,000 watched on either Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go or their over-the-top sports streaming service, Kayo.@KiwiMurph That's a way higher percentage streaming than i had heard previously, which is interesting.
It will be interesting to see how the semi-final and final of SRAu compare with those figures.
And, yes, i believe following Covid the TV deal for A-league was renegotiated from 50 odd to 25 odd million PA.
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@Kiwiwomble I can't really be bothered to reiterate why. I've said it before in this thread.
@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble I can't really be bothered to reiterate why. I've said it before in this thread.
But you've just massively, MASSIVELY contradicted yourself!
You can't be bothered reiterating why RA should persevere with the Rebels in Melbourne, but you admit the NRL is "pushing shit uphill" with massively superior resources and an already successful Storm side??
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@Derpus said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
@Kiwiwomble I can't really be bothered to reiterate why. I've said it before in this thread.
But you've just massively, MASSIVELY contradicted yourself!
You can't be bothered reiterating why RA should persevere with the Rebels in Melbourne, but you admit the NRL is "pushing shit uphill" with massively superior resources and an already successful Storm side??
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The thing is, I've advocated for the Rebels. But holy fuck, that was the mother of all contradictions.
@shark said in 'Super Rugby' 2021:
The thing is, I've advocated for the Rebels. But holy fuck, that was the mother of all contradictions.
AUSSIE RUGBY IS FINE YOU ARROGANT KIWI!!
VIVA LA FORCE!
