2016 - NRL - Rugby League Crowds and TV Ratings [Running season tally in OP]

[Xman]

one thing you fail to consider is the AFL only show 1 live game on FTA to every city each round. All the rest of the games are split. Your code has 3 live games to your entire audience per round. The NRL have a far bigger advantage not the other way round

Wrong it works out better splitting the live games for overall ratings

Live game into adelaide maxing the audience
Live game into perth maxing the audience
Live game into melbourne maxing the audience

Then all other states see it on FOX

So on one saturday night you can get
Adelaide v collingwoood
And west coast v sydney

All played live into each state on FTA
its a great plan

And thats what the nrl should be doing.

Its like what the nrl did with two games on friday
Maxing the ratings

But the AFL does it on Saturday and sunday

no, if you count ratings by games, as Wookie does, it works out far worse.

By splitting games into different cities every city only sees 4-5 AFL games. The NRL cities get to see all 8 games. This clearly affects the total figures for the year

Yes but at the same time
Each state is seeing its home team
Therefore guranteeing high ratings
For example
Eagles,crows,port,freo,
Sydney gets fta every week
And melbourne get there big sides
A few games a week.

We only get 3 FTA games
Rest are on fox

We are limited.. the AFL has a better tv model.
Evening knowing some games are overlapped and played at the same time..

For example
West coast v sydney
Perth ratings 200k sydney 80k
Collingwood v crows
Melbourne ratings 350k adelaide 220k
Played at same time
Into 4 different markets
While also being on fox.

10 of the 18 AFL club come from VIC, and they definitely do not see their team each week. In fact my team gets barely any FTA coverage into Melbourne this year.

Sure, we have a good TV model, but if youre looking at total TV ratings for the year, showing all but one game concurrently each weekend is the worst way to show total ratings. As I said, 4-5 games total for each city over 23 rounds is around 100-120 games per year on TV for each market. The NRL show 8 games for 25 rounds, so 200 games

[pussycat]

Carlton vs Richmond opening game of 2015 rates 1.1m for an opener (which is shyte btw) up against the 50Cricket world cup.

Whenever you are up against Cricket you are going to take a hit.

if you knew how shit Carlton were last year youd know 1.1m was a miracle. Carlton were by far the worst team last year and were smashed during every FN game.

Our games have been pretty one sided . But 1st game got 1250 without SKY how that compare?

Bris v warriors got over 1m. Add NZ numbers they would have got a heap more. All games would be over 1m.

youve shown your better teams, not the duds that the AFL showed for most of last years FN games. As for NZ ratings, who gives a shit? We dont live in NZ, we live in Australia. Why not then add all the live apps subscribers to both codes from overseas?

You don't even want to include the Warriors audience You wont play your bottom sides of a weeknight and you criticise us- what a joke.


Last year Parramatta, Penrith nor the Warriors made the 8 , Canterbury only just made it. While Roosters are without half there side from last year. So think up another but but excuse.

[leeroy*NRL*]

NRLKnightsRaiders 217k

NRLPanthersBroncos 303k

9:35pm kick off in sydney
8:35pm kick off in qld
#NRLTitansTigers 212k

[Xman]

I predict the AFL season opener will rate under 1m. Ratings killer Carlton are playing again, and Perth get the game on 7mate at 4.50pm. Could even rate below 900k

[pussycat]

Getting those but, but excuses ready are we X Man.

[Xman]

Getting those but, but excuses ready are we X Man.

just being honest. They couldnt have picked a worse opening game to be honest, and daylight avings just adds to the lack of viewers in Perth

[leeroy*NRL*]

I don't know what to say about this game..
except it was wet lol

Still awaiting regionals ..
Sun TV #NRL Nine/Gem #NRLDragonsSouths 292k (Syd 196k Bri 66k Mel 9k Ade 8k Per 13k)
Sun STV #NRL #FoxSports #NRLDragonsSouths 221k


Pretty good for a 2pm kick off (not including N.Z Figures)
Sun STV #NRL #FoxSports #NRLWarriors vStorm 201k

[eelofwest]

Thu TV #NRL Nine/Gem #NRLCowboysRoosters 470k (Syd 274k Bri 159k Mel 15k Ade 9k Per 12k) Regional 206k .

Pretty fair for the No1 code.

There regionals seem off again.

Fox numbers are climbing,

LIVE: NRL COWBOYS V ROOSTERS 223,000

Second mistake in 3 weeks for Mediaweek, might have to keep track of ratings from now on. They cannot be trusted.

Thu TV #NRL Nine/Gem #NRLCowboysRoosters 470k (Syd 274k Bri 159k Mel 15k Ade 9k Per 12k) Regional 277k #FoxSports 223,000 = 970k

http://www.thinktv.com.au/SiteMedia/W3S ... 202016.pdf

[leeroy*NRL*]

that's a big mistake 71k difference.

[leeroy*NRL*]

Mon STV #NRL #FoxSports #NRLManlySharks 290k

another 4 million week.

[eelofwest]

So without regional Sunday FTA and Monday night PTV of 290k its safe to say the NRL ratings including NZ sky ratings would be up about %25.

Smashing it.

[eelofwest]

Okay so about %28 with NZ added from last year.

I remember AFL fans on this site saying the NRL would not get a huge increase with Simulcasting.... :D :D

[eelofwest]

yep and i was one of those who believed that the dilution of the fta viewership would not be overcome. I appear to be wrong, happy to be so.

That said, whether it means anything to fox is another thing since fox is about subscribers, not ratings.

Well thats true it is about subs for Fox.

NRL is currently averaging 248k on Fox in 2016 compared to 211k last year.

That is a huge uptake for Fox.

Fox have known all along that a lot of NRL fans dislike C9 comentary. Looks like the Gamble of using there own team for the simulcast games has paid dividends.

Does Fox use its own team for the Simulcast AFL games wookie?

Seems like i dont here to much talk of AFL fans disliking C7 comentary team like i do C9 for the NRL.

[pussycat]

Yes they use there own team. With Ray Warren about to retire I'm not sure what c9 are going to do. Nobody can stand Gould's and Andrew Johns isn't much better.

At the moment thought, Fox aren't picking up as much of the ch9 market as they did with the channel 7 last year. Maybe this will change its only been 3 weeks.

[Xman]

Havent they had more thursday live games this year? Wouldnt that be the reason for the increase?