New NRL TV rights deal about to kick off!

[Beaussie]

Tell me xman .
If someone goes off topic as dumbo & swines do ,& I answer ...also off topic then ban anyone who goes off topic .

Dumbo on the odd occasions he stays on topic ,makes some ludicrous claim .
I reply with an answer ,& straight away its off topic ,with the usual garbage .deflect deflect deflect from what he posted .



Some threads end up an attack on RD even when he's not posting or has nothing to do with the topic .

But I forgot .
You fumblers seem to think that it's a RL poster problem .

Like any troll just ignore him and he will stop. Seriously, if I see a thread with either of you posting I now just ignore it. It's too much

From now on I'm just deleting posts on sight that aren't on topic. Mainly the rubbish posted by LIC and Aflcrap.

[pussycat]

High-powered sport the key to Ten and Foxtel's tie-up


by
James Thomson
John Stensholt

It is closing in on three long and mostly barren years since Ten Network's then chairman Lachlan Murdoch's fateful and unsuccessful decision to throw all the broadcaster's efforts into winning rugby league rights.

Then, Murdoch ignored AFL – Ten had rights to some live matches and finals – and went all out for the NRL. He lost out to Nine Entertainment and Fox Sports, and Ten's ratings arguably have never recovered.

Which is why two things underline the importance of Ten Network's deal with Foxtel – the side-deal involving Foxtel's advertising sales company, Multi Channel Network, and the very fast cars that race in Formula One. Not to mention rugby union prop forwards, netballers and potentially A-League footballers, the AFL and NRL.

Confirmation that Foxtel (which is owned by News Corporation and Telstra) will finally take a 14.9 per cent stake in Ten Network has been a long time coming. The Australian Financial Review broke the deal on November 5, 2014 and confirmed the details in Street Talk on Monday.
MCN's ability to sell advertising across two networks will have NRL and AFL bosses buoyed by the prospect of a Foxtel-backed Ten emerging again as a serious rights bidder. MCN's ability to sell advertising across two networks will have NRL and AFL bosses buoyed by the prospect of a Foxtel-backed Ten emerging again as a serious rights bidder. Getty Images

Clearly, the cash Ten will receive here – $77 million from Foxtel and as much again from a rights issue to a Ten's existing shareholders including Murdoch, James Packer, Gina Rinehart and Bruce Gordon – will help give the company much-needed stability.

But it is notable Ten is appointing MCN to act as its ad sales representative and taking a 24.99 stake in Foxtel's sales company.

One area where the MCN arrangement is likely to offer a big advantage is in the lifeblood of television, and the one thing viewers can't fast-forward – live sports. The same sales company will now sell packages that will allow advertisers to access pay television and free-to-air television audiences in one transaction.

Ten and Foxtel, or Fox Sports, already cover Formula One in tandem and the local V8s series as well. They also cover rugby union together, with a new deal pending that will see Ten show one Super Rugby game each week on replay.

The duo could bid jointly for sports rights and then divvy up those rights such that the FTA coverage is used as a way to tempt viewers to subscribe to Foxtel for extended coverage – and there's also two balance sheets to apportion costs to. Perhaps Ten would be amenable to allowing higher-quality games to be pushed to subscription TV as well.

One deal in the short term could be A-League football. Already covered by Fox Sports, Football Federation Australia want a free-to-air partner to take over from SBS. Ten could be the solution.

And now, of course, MCN would be able to sell advertising across both networks, giving advertisers the best of both worlds.

A Ten-Foxtel rights arrangement will almost certainly be pitched for a slice of the AFL and NRL rights. The chief executives of both sports much be licking their lips at the prospect of a Foxtel-backed Ten emerging again as a serious bidder for these rights.

Ten isn't out of the woods yet, but this deal gives it a shareholder with plenty to gain from making it a strong network again.


http://www.afr.com/business/media-and-m ... f3?stb=twt

[leagueiscrap]

Yawn, all just speculation

[post_hoc]

That is all that is around until the deal is done LOL, it is like transfer season in Football

[ParraEelsNRL]

I have noticed the NRL seems to be getting mentioned quite a bit more than the AFL in regards to TV negotiations, hehe

[leagueiscrap]

I have noticed the NRL seems to be getting mentioned quite a bit more than the AFL in regards to TV negotiations, hehe

That's because your probably trolling mainly nrlol forums

[ParraEelsNRL]

Hmmm you could be right, or maybe just maybe, the NRL rights look the bigger prize :>::

[AFLcrap1]

Maybe because RL has so many levels to sell off

[Xman]

I have noticed the NRL seems to be getting mentioned quite a bit more than the AFL in regards to TV negotiations, hehe

maybe because they're negotiating first?

[AFLcrap1]

Tell me xman .
If someone goes off topic as dumbo & swines do ,& I answer ...also off topic then ban anyone who goes off topic .

Dumbo on the odd occasions he stays on topic ,makes some ludicrous claim .
I reply with an answer ,& straight away its off topic ,with the usual garbage .deflect deflect deflect from what he posted .



Some threads end up an attack on RD even when he's not posting or has nothing to do with the topic .

But I forgot .
You fumblers seem to think that it's a RL poster problem .

Like any troll just ignore him and he will stop. Seriously, if I see a thread with either of you posting I now just ignore it. It's too much

From now on I'm just deleting posts on sight that aren't on topic. Mainly the rubbish posted by LIC and Aflcrap.

Looks like you're full of biased shit .
Plenty of off topic posts yet they stay .
Typical .

[ParraEelsNRL]

I have noticed the NRL seems to be getting mentioned quite a bit more than the AFL in regards to TV negotiations, hehe

maybe because they're negotiating first?

Well boofhead, they weren't first but did move them forward didn't they?

Dunno about being first as I was of the thinking it was moved to around the same time as the AFL so they wouldn't get the jump, plus the fact there is nothing anywhere stating anyone has to sign anything before any bloody date. as they could negotiate for as long as it takes.

[Xman]

I have noticed the NRL seems to be getting mentioned quite a bit more than the AFL in regards to TV negotiations, hehe

maybe because they're negotiating first?

Well boofhead, they weren't first but did move them forward didn't they?

Dunno about being first as I was of the thinking it was moved to around the same time as the AFL so they wouldn't get the jump, plus the fact there is nothing anywhere stating anyone has to sign anything before any bloody date. as they could negotiate for as long as it takes.

The AFL werent really in negotiations yet so there was little in the media about it. Now the NRL are in negotiations, hence the media coverage. Simple enough for you?

[Swans4ever]

Personally the NRL going first is a good thing - the NRL got the deal they did because of the AFL's TV rights - AFL will know how much more it can get if NRL is awarded first

[AFLcrap1]

Personally the NRL going first is a good thing - the NRL got the deal they did because of the AFL's TV rights - AFL will know how much more it can get if NRL is awarded first

Oh my .

[Swans4ever]

Personally the NRL going first is a good thing - the NRL got the deal they did because of the AFL's TV rights - AFL will know how much more it can get if NRL is awarded first

Oh my .

Didn't the NRL themselves gauge what they could ask for by what the AFL got??? I mean I'm sure I saw an article prior to them having TV rights negotiations in 2012 where there was a presentation given to all the NRL clubs about where they valued the NRL TV rights - that presentation was based on the AFL broadcasting deal which had been finalised.