NRL to reap $1.2b from TV rights

[eelofwest]

Looks like we have a winner.

Dean Ritchie just tweeted that 10 and 7 have been told today that Fox and 9 have retained the rights for the next 5 years.

Nooooooooooooooooo........ anything bar channel nine.....

[Xman]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nine-a ... 6454690915


EXCLUSIVE: Rival networks Ten and Seven have been told this morning that Nine and Fox Sports have retained the NRL broadcasting rights for the next five years.

[Xman]

Looks like we have a winner.

Dean Ritchie just tweeted that 10 and 7 have been told today that Fox and 9 have retained the rights for the next 5 years.

Nooooooooooooooooo........ anything bar channel nine.....

[Xman]

Doubts over pay TV sport
Date
August 21, 2012


Julian Lee
Media writer


Sporting chance?

AS NEGOTIATIONS for the broadcast rights for the NRL get under way in earnest, analysts and the media industry are questioning whether sport can deliver the numbers for pay TV.

Despite outlaying about $625 million for the AFL rights to 2016, Foxtel's subscriber numbers are lower than the market expected.

In the six months to the end of June, it signed up 20,000 new subscribers, despite offering sports lovers a dedicated AFL channel that could broadcast every game live and uninterrupted.

At the time Foxtel chief Kim Williams said the deal would be ''a very compelling proposition for our existing and potential subscribers'' and that it would ''lead to refreshed growth in the year ahead'' though he was careful not to quantify it. But at its annual results earlier this month there was no mention of the AFL.

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Now as it backs a reported $1.1 billion bid for the 2013-18 rugby league broadcast rights, some in the industry are asking whether that last remaining weapon in Foxtel's armoury - sport - can lift subscriber numbers.

Although the Olympics was a critical success for Foxtel, it has come at a cost, with $20 million understood to be the amount it lost on the Games. The company says it won't know for a few more weeks if the Olympics delivers new subscribers or stops existing ones from cancelling their subscription.

A media analyst said the figures and 13 per cent churn rate among subscribers ''debunked the myth'' the AFL was driving growth. ''And now they are going to blow their brains out by doubling their bid for league,'' he said. ''The only thing it's going to do is drive up its costs.''

If Foxtel is unable to drive its penetration rates beyond 26 per cent of households it needs to lower the churn rate, attract more lower-paying customers or extract more revenue from its existing users, analysts say. The last option is proving harder as households cut back on discretionary spending and cheaper options such as broadband internet player iiNet offering IPTV and Apple and Google TV's pay-per-view models challenge Foxtel's subscription model. Foxtel would not disclose how many people had signed up for its cut-down services such as those available through Microsoft's Xbox and Telstra's T-Box.

Foxtel chief Richard Freudenstein was unavailable for comment but a spokesman said its business was affected by the general economy and market-specific factors, which have occasionally resulted in ''below trend growth''.

He said that its slower growth was not from greater competition but consumer caution, pointing out that just 10,000 of iiNet's 824,000 subscribers had signed up to its internet TV service. ''The AFL deal requires far fewer incremental subscribers than you indicate and was always assumed to build over time rather than provide a one-off step change,'' he said.\

http://www.smh.com.au/business/doubt...#ixzz246QoSCyK




Only 20k new subscribers from AFL states.........Fox got ripped off........

NRL KING ON PAY TV....... =D> =D>

With such a good FTA deal its no surprise new AFL foxtel subscriptions were low. However they could still inbcrease. It was hardly going to happen over night.

[eelofwest]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6454690915

EXCLUSIVE: Rival networks Ten and Seven have been told this morning that Nine and Fox Sports have retained the NRL broadcasting rights for the next five years.

The NRL will hold a press conference this morning to announce the deal worth $1 billion.

Under the new agreement, Nine will retain all representative games and three free-to-air matches.

Fox Sports will continue with five games, including Monday Night Football.

Ten and Seven were buoyant about their chances of pinching the rights but the ARL Commission has decided to continue using the incumbent broadcasters.

Looks like we got 1 billion but were are the details?

Looks like we have 1 billion for a 16 team competition......nice work john grant. =D> =D>

But were is our extra game on FTA???

[eelofwest]

Doubts over pay TV sport
Date
August 21, 2012


Julian Lee
Media writer


Sporting chance?

AS NEGOTIATIONS for the broadcast rights for the NRL get under way in earnest, analysts and the media industry are questioning whether sport can deliver the numbers for pay TV.

Despite outlaying about $625 million for the AFL rights to 2016, Foxtel's subscriber numbers are lower than the market expected.

In the six months to the end of June, it signed up 20,000 new subscribers, despite offering sports lovers a dedicated AFL channel that could broadcast every game live and uninterrupted.

At the time Foxtel chief Kim Williams said the deal would be ''a very compelling proposition for our existing and potential subscribers'' and that it would ''lead to refreshed growth in the year ahead'' though he was careful not to quantify it. But at its annual results earlier this month there was no mention of the AFL.

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Now as it backs a reported $1.1 billion bid for the 2013-18 rugby league broadcast rights, some in the industry are asking whether that last remaining weapon in Foxtel's armoury - sport - can lift subscriber numbers.

Although the Olympics was a critical success for Foxtel, it has come at a cost, with $20 million understood to be the amount it lost on the Games. The company says it won't know for a few more weeks if the Olympics delivers new subscribers or stops existing ones from cancelling their subscription.

A media analyst said the figures and 13 per cent churn rate among subscribers ''debunked the myth'' the AFL was driving growth. ''And now they are going to blow their brains out by doubling their bid for league,'' he said. ''The only thing it's going to do is drive up its costs.''

If Foxtel is unable to drive its penetration rates beyond 26 per cent of households it needs to lower the churn rate, attract more lower-paying customers or extract more revenue from its existing users, analysts say. The last option is proving harder as households cut back on discretionary spending and cheaper options such as broadband internet player iiNet offering IPTV and Apple and Google TV's pay-per-view models challenge Foxtel's subscription model. Foxtel would not disclose how many people had signed up for its cut-down services such as those available through Microsoft's Xbox and Telstra's T-Box.

Foxtel chief Richard Freudenstein was unavailable for comment but a spokesman said its business was affected by the general economy and market-specific factors, which have occasionally resulted in ''below trend growth''.

He said that its slower growth was not from greater competition but consumer caution, pointing out that just 10,000 of iiNet's 824,000 subscribers had signed up to its internet TV service. ''The AFL deal requires far fewer incremental subscribers than you indicate and was always assumed to build over time rather than provide a one-off step change,'' he said.\

http://www.smh.com.au/business/doubt...#ixzz246QoSCyK




Only 20k new subscribers from AFL states.........Fox got ripped off........

NRL KING ON PAY TV....... =D> =D>

With such a good FTA deal its no surprise new AFL foxtel subscriptions were low. However they could still inbcrease. It was hardly going to happen over night.

Fox needed a minimum of 60k at this stage of the year......looks like AFL product is not what they thought it was....

[Xman]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6454690915

EXCLUSIVE: Rival networks Ten and Seven have been told this morning that Nine and Fox Sports have retained the NRL broadcasting rights for the next five years.

The NRL will hold a press conference this morning to announce the deal worth $1 billion.

Under the new agreement, Nine will retain all representative games and three free-to-air matches.

Fox Sports will continue with five games, including Monday Night Football.

Ten and Seven were buoyant about their chances of pinching the rights but the ARL Commission has decided to continue using the incumbent broadcasters.

Looks like we got 1 billion but were are the details?

Looks like we have 1 billion for a 16 team competition......nice work john grant. =D> =D>

But were is our extra game on FTA???

Wow, if that is true NRL fans around Australia have been screwed!!!

The same number of FTA and payTV games. No expansion plans. All this and theyll still get less than the AFL!

[eelofwest]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6454690915

EXCLUSIVE: Rival networks Ten and Seven have been told this morning that Nine and Fox Sports have retained the NRL broadcasting rights for the next five years.

The NRL will hold a press conference this morning to announce the deal worth $1 billion.

Under the new agreement, Nine will retain all representative games and three free-to-air matches.

Fox Sports will continue with five games, including Monday Night Football.

Ten and Seven were buoyant about their chances of pinching the rights but the ARL Commission has decided to continue using the incumbent broadcasters.

Looks like we got 1 billion but were are the details?

Looks like we have 1 billion for a 16 team competition......nice work john grant. =D> =D>

But were is our extra game on FTA???

Wow, if that is true NRL fans around Australia have been screwed!!!

The same number of FTA and payTV games. No expansion plans. All this and theyll still get less than the AFL!

Yes sounds like we got 3 games FTA..........key word Xman sounds...

But the fact we can get 1billion for a 16 team competition is great.

[eelofwest]

i am hoping that this rumore is true....

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/n ... 6454725883

he NRL will this morning announce it is returning its broadcast rights to a consortium of Nine and Foxtel.

However, in a significant twist, rumours are swirling that the Ten Network could also be in on the deal, capturing a package of games.

A spokesman for the NRL said that it would be making a statement shortly, however insiders have suggested that it will be to announce the deal rumoured to worth around $1bn.

[Xman]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6454690915

EXCLUSIVE: Rival networks Ten and Seven have been told this morning that Nine and Fox Sports have retained the NRL broadcasting rights for the next five years.

The NRL will hold a press conference this morning to announce the deal worth $1 billion.

Under the new agreement, Nine will retain all representative games and three free-to-air matches.

Fox Sports will continue with five games, including Monday Night Football.

Ten and Seven were buoyant about their chances of pinching the rights but the ARL Commission has decided to continue using the incumbent broadcasters.

Looks like we got 1 billion but were are the details?

Looks like we have 1 billion for a 16 team competition......nice work john grant. =D> =D>

But were is our extra game on FTA???

Wow, if that is true NRL fans around Australia have been screwed!!!

The same number of FTA and payTV games. No expansion plans. All this and theyll still get less than the AFL!

Yes sounds like we got 3 games FTA..........key word Xman sounds...

But the fact we can get 1billion for a 16 team competition is great.

so the NRL got $900M from the Austrlian contract, plus 3 FTA games, plus 5 foxtel games, 1 live, no Saturday FTA?

Compared to the AFLs 1.253M, 4 live FTA, all live foxtel?

:D :D :D

This cant be it surely! there must be more than that! That is a crap crap deal!!

[eelofwest]

$925M cash, $100M contra, NZ deal not included in that.

Fixed schedule for first 20 rounds, last six rounds to be fixed by round 16.

Excellent details so far.
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[Xman]

$925M cash, $100M contra, NZ deal not included in that.

Fixed schedule for first 20 rounds, last six rounds to be fixed by round 16.

Excellent details so far.
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LOL really?

1 live FTA game a week is excellent?

almost 0.25B less than the AFL is excellent?

A fixed schedule isnt excellent. It means by round 20 youll have a far better chance of less interesting games being shown on FNs.

do tell......

[pussycat]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6454690915

EXCLUSIVE: Rival networks Ten and Seven have been told this morning that Nine and Fox Sports have retained the NRL broadcasting rights for the next five years.

The NRL will hold a press conference this morning to announce the deal worth $1 billion.

Under the new agreement, Nine will retain all representative games and three free-to-air matches.

Fox Sports will continue with five games, including Monday Night Football.

Ten and Seven were buoyant about their chances of pinching the rights but the ARL Commission has decided to continue using the incumbent broadcasters.

Looks like we got 1 billion but were are the details?

Looks like we have 1 billion for a 16 team competition......nice work john grant. =D> =D>

But were is our extra game on FTA???

Wow, if that is true NRL fans around Australia have been screwed!!!

The same number of FTA and payTV games. No expansion plans. All this and theyll still get less than the AFL!

How do you work that out? It seems they've got ther Billion dollars without having to make any changes, they've got all the changes still up there sleeve for the next contract - and the one after that.


Have a look at the top rating FTA matches, who gets less? (3 matches compared to 4 and a bit).

Have a look at the top rating PTV matches, there's no need to bother :D It's not even close

[Xman]

If its a decent deal why is LU in MELTDOWN???

Youve been screwed. Fox and 9 obviously refused to pay decent money to go simulcast like the AFL have.

This left you with 20% less money than the AFL but with only 1 live game on FTA per week and the same foxtel schedule!

SO essentially all you ended up with is more money.....

Just like the majority of people on LU, you guys should be furious!!! Too funny.

[piesman2011]

What is the news on the broadcasting into Vic, WA, SA and Tas? Is it with Gem?

Whats the Fox / 9/ Testra? breakdown?