Talking Footy

Description Network Reach Average BVOD

SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE -VEGAS OPENER Nine 1,686,000 796,000 80,000

SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL LIVE -POST MATCH Nine 896,000 506,000 48,000

NRL: PENRITH PANTHERS ‘UNDISPUTED’ Nine 785,000 151,000 11,000

SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRL KICKOFF Nine 655,000 384,000 32,000

Sunday Afternoon NRL Live - Vegas Opener was broadcast to a National Total TV Reach of 1.686 million and a Total TV National Audience of 796,000. It was the No.2 program in Brisbane with Total People and the No.3 program in Sydney.


The NRL’s venture into Las Vegas turned into a television ratings bonanza for Fox League with the season-opening Sea Eagles-Rabbitohs and Roosters-Broncos matches at Allegiant Stadium the most-watched games on Fox League to date.

South Sydney’s 36-24 win over Manly pulled in a remarkable 838,000 viewers on TV screens and on Fox Sports’ streaming service Kayo.

Fox League had 786,000 people tune into the Roosters and Broncos clash compared to Channel 9’s 784,000 viewers on Sunday night.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport ... bdf87a7b5d

the remaining 6 NRL games in round one could attract some great ratings as well
3 of them are on FTA & pay tv , theres 3.5 Million
the other 3 are exclusive pay 1.5 Million

the opening round might top............... 7 million for the round
holy good night

WowRL. still kicking arse I see, Beau!

US tv ratings for Fox Sports 1 are out.

so at the same level as afl in NSW & QLD
the bigger half of the only country that game is played in & after having teams in those states for 42 years

generally speaking they're very solid numbers for a first go at it
over 100K yanks watching
the 2nd game finishing on the East coast after midnight

Soccer & union get similar numbers here in Aust & both get around 40 mill pa for their media rights

the same figure FOX USA looks like it will pay to cover the NRL

azif wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:46 am

generally speaking they're very solid numbers for a first go at it
over 100K yanks watching
the 2nd game finishing on the East coast after midnight

Soccer & union get similar numbers here in Aust & both get around 40 mill pa for their media rights

the same figure FOX USA looks like it will pay to cover the NRL

I think the population of the two countries need to be considered when comparing the figures - they aren't great figures for Australia if it was played here and I know AFL gets some low figures which are as bad - but in the context of the population of the US this is extremely low - I think it would be on par with an NRL game getting 3000 viewers in Perth for a game - which happens from time to time.

any idea how Big Streaming is in USA

FOX Streaming numbers would need to be added to this number (they are just cable numbers)

( i wonder what the NRL was hoping for as a passable number to provide FOX)

Fred wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:56 am

azif wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:46 am

generally speaking they're very solid numbers for a first go at it
over 100K yanks watching
the 2nd game finishing on the East coast after midnight

Soccer & union get similar numbers here in Aust & both get around 40 mill pa for their media rights

the same figure FOX USA looks like it will pay to cover the NRL

I think the population of the two countries need to be considered when comparing the figures - they aren't great figures for Australia if it was played here and I know AFL gets some low figures which are as bad - but in the context of the population of the US this is extremely low - I think it would be on par with an NRL game getting 3000 viewers in Perth for a game - which happens from time to time.

quick note FOX is a cable channel in the USA
it is not FTA
you actually need to pay for it.

Fred wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:56 am

azif wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:46 am

generally speaking they're very solid numbers for a first go at it
over 100K yanks watching
the 2nd game finishing on the East coast after midnight

Soccer & union get similar numbers here in Aust & both get around 40 mill pa for their media rights

the same figure FOX USA looks like it will pay to cover the NRL

I think the population of the two countries need to be considered when comparing the figures - they aren't great figures for Australia if it was played here and I know AFL gets some low figures which are as bad - but in the context of the population of the US this is extremely low - I think it would be on par with an NRL game getting 3000 viewers in Perth for a game - which happens from time to time.

100K for a sport that has never been played in the US before ( half the US had the 2nd game finishing after midnight)
100K in NSW & QLD where another sport has always been played & has had teams for 42 years

I think the figures are .... just fine

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/ ... eague-2024



highest ratings for the day on FOX were NASCAR achieving 1million viewers.

Owner of SportsMediaWatch.com, Jon Lewis,
Anything below 100k viewers on CABLE is low
you want to get above this mark.

as a comparison

The NBA game shown at the same time as the NRL , between the Lakers v Nuggets
( LA V Denver)
so a catchment of over 30 million people & one of their marque sports & a vital clash in this comp
rated
1.6 Million .... thats all
so it would seem people weren't interested in any sport ova there Sat night

162k for Xavier/Georgetown

these are the figures of a basketball match before the NRL started.
on FOX

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:20 am

162k for Xavier/Georgetown

these are the figures of a basketball match before the NRL started.
on FOX

yea
no one was watching anything it seems

azif wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:46 am

generally speaking they're very solid numbers for a first go at it
over 100K yanks watching

The spin is hilarious here… and the delusion is real folks. They are not 100k unique US viewers in your 100k figure. Most are the same people watching a double header.

61k and 44k