Fight Club - Football TV Ratings (AFL vs NRL)

[Xman]

Top PTV matches.


NRL Rd5. Cron v Stg … 373
NRL Rd1. Pen v Canb … 343
NRL Rd1. Canb v Melb … 337
AFL Rd2. Geel v Haw … 334
NRL Rd5. Man v Pen … 332
AFL R3. Carl v Coll … 329
NRL Rd1. Sths Est … 321
NRL Rd5. Canb v NQ … 317
NRL Rd4 West v Canb … 310
NRL R2 .Parra v NZ … 307
NRL R3. NQ v Parra … 296
NRL Rd3. Gcst v Melb … 290
NRL Rd6. Gct v Est … 289
NRL R3. Cron v Manly … 289
NRL Rd 7. Melb. V Canb … 286
NRL R4. Stg v Manly … 283
NRL R2. Melb v Sths … 279
AFL Rd4. Stk v Free … 271
NRL Rd2. Canb v Stg … 270
AFL Rd1. Haw v Coll … 267
NRL Rd 5. Parr vg Manly … 266
AFL Rd1. Port v Stk … 260
NRL R7. Man v Gcst … 259
NRL Rd 7 Cron v Parra … 257
NRL Rd 5. Pen v Cron … 256
AFL Rd1. Syd v GWS … 251


Hmm, not much has changed here. Foxtel might also be facing a profit downgrade

Almost all of the AFL matches are shown against another foxtel AFL game and/or an AFL FTA game, yet they are still figuring regularly in the top list now. Plus they are averaged over 3 hours.

Foxt Footy is the number one channel on Foxtel. =D>

Plenty has changed and definately for the better!

[pussycat]

Mediaweek ‏ @MediaweekAUS

2012 Wed TV: #AFL Seven/7mate 1,030,000 (Syd 46k Mel 677k Bri 59k Ade 127k Per 121k)

Plus Foxtel numbers still to come!!! MASSIVE! =D> =D>

PayTv ratings for yesterday:339k

So all up: 1,369,000 without any FTA regionals. Plus over averaged 3 hours and NOT EVEN PRIME TIME!!!

This wiould easily be the most watched football game so far this year!

Got a link to the pay TV numbers

[Xman]

Mediaweek ‏ @MediaweekAUS

2012 Wed TV: #AFL Seven/7mate 1,030,000 (Syd 46k Mel 677k Bri 59k Ade 127k Per 121k)

Plus Foxtel numbers still to come!!! MASSIVE! =D> =D>

PayTv ratings for yesterday:339k

So all up: 1,369,000 without any FTA regionals. Plus over averaged 3 hours and NOT EVEN PRIME TIME!!!

This wiould easily be the most watched football game so far this year!

Got a link to the pay TV numbers

Same source: Mediaweek ‏ @MediaweekAUS

Impressive total hey? :D

[pussycat]

The highest rating PTV matches for 2012

NRL Rd8. Est v Stg ... 374
NRL Rd5. Cron v Stg … 373
NRL Rd8. Melb V NZ ... 352
NRL Rd1. Pen v Canb … 343
AFL Rd5. Coll v Ess ... 339
NRL Rd1. Canb v Melb … 337
AFL Rd2. Geel v Haw … 334
NRL Rd5. Man v Pen … 332
AFL R3. Carl v Coll … 329
NRL Rd1. Sths Est … 321
NRL Rd5. Canb v NQ … 317
NRL Rd4 West v Canb … 310
NRL R2 .Parra v NZ … 307
NRL R3. NQ v Parra … 296
NRL Rd3. Gcst v Melb … 290
NRL Rd6. Gct v Est … 289
NRL R3. Cron v Manly … 289
NRL Rd 7. Melb. V Canb … 286
NRL R4. Stg v Manly … 283
NRL R2. Melb v Sths … 279
AFL Rd4. Stk v Free … 271
NRL Rd2. Canb v Stg … 270
AFL Rd1. Haw v Coll … 267
NRL Rd 5. Parr vg Manly … 266
AFL Rd1. Port v Stk … 260
NRL R7. Man v Gcst … 259
NRL Rd 7 Cron v Parra … 257
NRL Rd 5. Pen v Cron … 256
AFL Rd1. Syd v GWS … 251


The highest rating FTA matches for 2012 (Metro Only)


AFL R5.Coll v Ess … 1030
NRL Test Aus v NZ … 1028
AFL Rd3. Car v Coll … 878
AFL Rd1. Haw v Coll … 806
AFL Rd4. StK v Fre … 781
AFL Rd1. Rich v Car…..756
NRL All Stars … 730
NRL Rd6. Wst v Bris … 721
NRL Rd3. Stg v West … 715
NRL Rd1. Newc v Stg … 710
NRL Rd7. Stg v Newc … 703
AFL Rd. 1 GWS v Syd …. 689
NRL R4. Parr v Penr … 647
AFL R2. Geel v Haw … 635
AFL Rd3. GCT v Ess … 613
NRL Rd1. Parra V Bris … 611
AFL Rd 2 Bris v Carl … 603
AFL Rd 4 WCE v Haw … 586
NRL R5. West v Sou … 580
NRL Rd6. Sou v Cant … 543
AFL Rd 1 Free v Geel …. 542
NRL Rd5. Bris v Stg … 539
NRL R2 Bris v NQ … 534
NRL City v Cty … 518

[Xman]

The highest rating FTA matches for 2012 (Metro Only)


AFL R5.Coll v Ess … 1030
NRL Test Aus v NZ … 1028
AFL Rd3. Car v Coll … 878
AFL Rd1. Haw v Coll … 806
AFL Rd4. StK v Fre … 781
AFL Rd1. Rich v Car…..756
NRL All Stars … 730
NRL Rd6. Wst v Bris … 721
NRL Rd3. Stg v West … 715
NRL Rd1. Newc v Stg … 710
NRL Rd7. Stg v Newc … 703
AFL Rd. 1 GWS v Syd …. 689
NRL R4. Parr v Penr … 647
AFL R2. Geel v Haw … 635
AFL Rd3. GCT v Ess … 613
NRL Rd1. Parra V Bris … 611
AFL Rd 2 Bris v Carl … 603
AFL Rd 4 WCE v Haw … 586
NRL R5. West v Sou … 580
NRL Rd6. Sou v Cant … 543
AFL Rd 1 Free v Geel …. 542
NRL Rd5. Bris v Stg … 539
NRL R2 Bris v NQ … 534
NRL City v Cty … 518

Nice!

The AFL have had about half the rounds but are dominating the FTA figures despite every game being simulcast on foxtel! In fact the only NRL games in the top 7 are rep games, not home and away games. =D> =D> =D>

[Xman]

42m Patrick Keane ‏ @AFL_PKeane
Anzac Day match between Collingwood/ Essendon set a new record as most-watched AFL home and away match since OzTam ratings began in 2001.

Patrick Keane ‏ @AFL_PKeane
Anzac Day audience 1.726 million viewers, beating 1.643 million in 2006 Anzac Day game. Previous best game 2012; Carl v Coll - 1.518m in rd3

Plus these ratings are for a 5 hour telecast!

[pussycat]

There certainly ahead on FTA but hardly dominating. You need to remeber these ratings have been put down as PTV figures . If I was to halve them or put them all in the FTA category, then you would have nothing in the PTV list. Earlier you were bragging about the PTV improvement?

That right, almost if you regard 15% as all, rep games are RUGBY LEAGUE matches and there's more to come - Jealous?

Dont forget though that 2/3 + gets added to NRL matches before you arrive at the real figure. =D> =D>

[Xman]

Anzac Day match was already 10th match this year to exceed ave audience of one million viewers, compared to 8 games for entire 2011 season.

Patrick Keane ‏ @AFL_PKeane

W.O.W!!! =D>

[Xman]

There certainly ahead on FTA but hardly dominating. You need to remeber these ratings have been put down as PTV figures . If I was to halve them or put them all in the FTA category, then you would have nothing in the PTV list.

WTF are you talking about??

[Xman]

Dont forget though that 2/3 + gets added to NRL matches before you arrive at the real figure. =D> =D>

Don't forget that 1/3 + gets added to the AFL figure, and that's not even including all AFL regional areas!

The AFL are that far ahead without regionals the difference will never be bridged by adding regionals only. :D

[pussycat]

Anzac Day match was already 10th match this year to exceed ave audience of one million viewers, compared to 8 games for entire 2011 season.

Patrick Keane ‏ @AFL_PKeane

W.O.W!!! =D>

Yes , congraduations, it narrowly shadded our test match - without regionals. Proving even losers get lucky sometimes

[Xman]

Anzac Day match was already 10th match this year to exceed ave audience of one million viewers, compared to 8 games for entire 2011 season.

Patrick Keane ‏ @AFL_PKeane

W.O.W!!! =D>

Yes , congraduations, it narrowly shadded our test match - without regionals. Proving even losers get lucky sometimes

Yep, beat your rep game, which is relevant to your entire fan base, and smashed every NRL home and away game to bits.

Plus it was a day game telecast out of peak, plus it was averaged over a 5 hour telecast! =D>

The Anzac Day match-up between Collingwood and Essendon, which finished in a dramatic one-point win to the Magpies, set a new record as the most-watched AFL home and away match since OzTam ratings began in 2001.

Wednesday’s match at the MCG drew a total average audience of 1.726 million viewers nationally

Yesterday’s average audience was broken down into 1.029 million metropolitan free to air viewers, 357,738 regional free to air viewers and 338,870 subscription viewers.

http://www.AFL.com.a...58/default.aspx

[Xman]

Seven West Media takes a bath on profit downgrade

by: John Durie
From: The Australian
April 26, 2012 1:20PM

THE surprise from Seven Media's profit downgrade was more around cost increases than the expected fall in advertising revenues.

As expected the stock took a bath today, down 15.9 per cent to $3.17 a share, in part because punters don't like companies playing games like releasing bad news after market ahead of a national holiday.

If lack of revenue was the only issue, then maybe Ten (down 0.6 per cent at 82 cents) and Fairfax (down 2.8 per cent at 70c) would have been down more.

Seven is investing in television programming with the AFL to cost another $100 million this year, which on Deutsche Bank numbers means television costs are increasing by 8.3 per cent.

Without the AFL rights, the cost increase would only be 1.4 per cent, on Deutsche calculations.

Others misinterpreted early Seven guidance but, either way, Seven is pumping more money into programming just when a dismal economy is making it virtually impossible to recover costs.

That advertising revenues are down came as no surprise to anyone.

Ten reported earlier this month, so its numbers were well known and probably reminded the folk at Seven to re-check their figures.

Both Seven and Ten hit 52-week highs with the rest of the market at the end of April 2011, and at 82c, Ten is below the 12-month average of 95c while Seven at $3.17 is well above its 52c average of $2.50.

The bottom line to all this of course is this - if June year-end companies are issuing profit warnings in April, then it’s a tough market.

The peak warning month is June, but already some companies have thrown in the towel as far as meeting this year’s numbers and we still have nine weeks trading to go.

Thoughts?

This could have serious implications for the NRLs tv rights bid.

Will ch7 be prepared to make another costly bid for more sport when they already show plenty of sport? Will ch10 be prepared to spend big money when they are already cash starved?

This is not good timing!! :D

[pussycat]

Quiet the revere CH7 and the other networks will be desperate to invest in things that make money

[Xman]

Quiet the revere CH7 and the other networks will be desperate to invest in things that make money

What? Ratings are what makes money. We both know which code rates better, and for longer.

This report will scare the bejeezus out of all the networks and probably make them reconsider a large tv deal.

Sorry, poor timing indeed!