Why the hell will payTV number get an overall increase for the NRLs fn games? You already get Live games!Raiderdave wrote:he'd be adding pay tv numbers .. & i agree... i think he's a little ova the topXman wrote:I'd love to know how he thinks the NRL can get 1.8m viewers for a FN game and 1.3 for a delayed game.justanotherleaguefan wrote:Also this was posted at LU by Docbrown he had some interesting points
* Friday night Football is capable of drawing 1.6-1.8 million in 7-9pm simulcasting slot and 1.3 million in a 9-11pm follow on
* Sunday football doubleheaders are capable of drawing 1.2-1.4 million nationallly in a 1:30pm-6:00pm simulcasting slot
* In both case the same footage is used twice for no extra production cost - meaning there is added value for advertising over the main & secondary F2A channels
* All the networks have short to long term plans to buy part or all of their regional affiliates
* Within 10 years the larger regional concentrated markets with populations approaching/exceeding 500,000 will be given their own Oztam catchements
* Nobody was expecting Optus to win the follow up case
* Whoever fails to pick up the F2A NRL rights out of 9 or 10 will be left to the scrapheap for at least 5 years
* Halos work as long as there's regular week-in week-out content
* State of Origin will get bigger
* The NRL can add a 9th game and it will be as competitive as the rest
* The NRL can add a pre-season competition structure and can add or retool any number of other previous or new club or rep structures (World 7s, WCC etc)
* The NRL has barely tapped its in-game and buffer ad potential
* Foxtel needs to reach a 50% saturation level in NSW & QLD within 10 years
The NRL average about 1.2 nationwide for their live targeted fn game, and almost half that for their delayed game.
Where is this increase coming from.
His points are just his opinion, and most are hysterical!
1.5 Million would be nearer the average mark with the addition of pay tv veiwers & about 1.2 Million for the 2nd game
& about 1.8 Million for a block buster FN game.. 1.4 million for game 2 if it is also a big targeted encounter.
far in excess of the present VFL ratings
the rest is just scary .. scary reading for singletball fans
This is the reason the AFL figures have increased. We have never had live games, especially in WA where the game was 3 hours delay. So the increase would have been there for the AFl even if it was FTA only. Where as the NRL audience that would watch the payTV live would already be watching the live ch9 coverage so the FTA coverage would decrease.