Raiderdave wrote:Xman wrote:Raiderdave wrote:NZ's regionals, or ratings etc were never discussed in this manner and therefore not compared.
Fact is the AFL is worth more to Ch7/Foxtel than the NRL is to Ch9/Foxtel. This is exactly what were were saying!

so
Ch 7 & foxtel paid 950 Million in cash & another 150m in contra for ..... 594 hours of VFL a year
&
Ch 9 & foxtel paid 925 Million in cash & another 100m in contra for ..... 384 hours of NRL a year
I'd say the 2 bottom carriers feel the NRL .... is far ... far more valuable
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As Pies said, almost every AFL game is shown concurrently against another game, splitting the ratings. In effect there are only 6 individual AFL games shown per weekend compare to the NRL's 8.
Who's got the better value?

we still do
414 hrs for the VFL
384 for the NRL
but its actually 7 games a week for us .. not 8.. as we have 2 running concurrently on Sat nights usually
so its
414
to
336
and we've gone from ...... the NRL simply can't get the same money as us .. 6 months ago
to
reasons why they did

[/quote]With far more of the AFLs games outside prime-time.
But but but Dave
The simple fact is we got more money
and better coverage. Your claim of more per minute is laughable and suggests three possible scenarios:
1. Your managment is moronic for not selling more minutes
2. the networks didnt want more minutes
3. Your aim was more money per minute irrespective of the crap FTA coverage and less money overall. Well done on this one! =D> =D>