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NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:06 am
by Beaussie
But, but, but our NRL friends only have de ratings, de ratings to cling too. Oh dear, crowds stagnate and tv ratings down again this season. :(/ :(/ :(/
NRL suffers another hit as TV ratings down for the second year in a row

Exclusive Josh Massoud
The Daily Telegraph
September 11, 2014 12:00AM


FOR the second year running, the NRL has suffered a major ratings hit with TV audiences down by another 3.6 million across Australia and New Zealand in 2014.

The NRL has also failed to reach its crowd target of 16,500 for this season, recording a 15,900 average that was almost identical to last year’s attendance result.

The Daily Telegraph yesterday obtained the final TV ratings figures for the 26-round regular season, which reveal significant drops for all three official broadcasters — Channel Nine, Fox Sports, and Sky New Zealand.

With fans increasingly turning to social and digital media, Nine’s lost an estimated 2.3 million viewers across all free-to-air slots for competition matches. That equates to a seven per cent slump on last year, which, in turn, was down 3.8 per cent on 2012.

Pay TV ratings are slipping away even faster, with NRL audiences for Fox Sports games on Saturday, Sunday and Monday down 10 per cent — a loss of 1 million sets of eyeballs across the regular season. The downward spiral continued from last year, when Fox Sports ratings suffered an 8.5 per cent slide from 2012.

And in New Zealand, where the Warriors failed to make the finals for the third straight season, ratings were down a whopping 21 per cent from 12 months ago.


The great irony of back-to-back seasons of plummeting ratings is their coincidence with code’s richest-ever broadcast deal — a five-year contract worth $1.025 billion. With television audiences down across the board thanks to the rise of new media, the pattern looks set to continue for the term of the contract, placing a major question mark over the NRL’s ability to match the current price when the current rights expire at the end of 2017.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 7054536927

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:04 pm
by Pete_09
Ouch!!!

Reading all the comments after the article from the Rugby League fans are interesting also. Sounds like the boring predictable game is dying.

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:52 pm
by sydneyfc
sinking ship

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:21 pm
by Raiderdave
meh :roll:

so a lot more people are now watching their NRL on other devices & medium forms
with NRL fans ....being smart tech savvy folk its hardly surprising :wink:

when data on these numbers can be collated it will confirm the NRL & RL is still the most watched sport in the land & still stomping on that bumbling Victorian trash from a great height
as it has been for years now :cool:

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:22 pm
by Raiderdave
sydneyfc wrote:
sinking ship

bouncing cockhead :cool:

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:27 pm
by sydneyfc
Raiderdave wrote:
meh :roll:

so a lot more people are now watching their NRL on other devices & medium forms
with NRL fans ....being smart tech savvy folk its hardly surprising :wink:

when data on these numbers can be collated it will confirm the NRL & RL is still the most watched sport in the land & still stomping on that bumbling Victorian trash from a great height
as it has been for years now :cool:
tech smart savvy folk like yourself? you're straight out of qbeeyen and rely on the wifi from your local mcdonalds to post on here. i think you're overestimating yourself(again) :lol:

"meh" is right. i bet reading that article really grinded your gears

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:01 pm
by piesman2011
At this rate the next NRL TV deal will be 20 percent less. They will need to make big money with their on line rights.

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:05 pm
by Raiderdave
piesman2011 wrote:
At this rate the next NRL TV deal will be 20 percent less. They will need to make big money with their on line rights.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :(/ :(/ :(/ :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<>
ah
ol pies

your avatar spiel
get it up quick now .... as it has you describing yourself & all fumblers to a tee

know nothing shit for brains wankers :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:23 pm
by cos789
At this rate the next NRL TV deal will be 20 percent less. They will need to make big money with their on line rights.

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:39 pm
by piesman2011
Is there an echo in here?

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:44 pm
by leagueiscrap
Raiderdave wrote:
piesman2011 wrote:
At this rate the next NRL TV deal will be 20 percent less. They will need to make big money with their on line rights.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :(/ :(/ :(/ :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<> :_<>
ah
ol pies

your avatar spiel
get it up quick now .... as it has you describing yourself & all fumblers to a tee

know nothing shit for brains wankers :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/
nice deflection dribble dick dave.

no comment about another drop in crowds and ratings :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/ :(/

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:46 pm
by leagueiscrap
down down the NRL ratings and crowds are down again
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Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:01 pm
by cos789
leagueiscrap wrote:
down down the NRL ratings and crowds are down again
coles2.jpg

How low can you go? As low as some rl supporters here perhaps?

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 1:21 am
by leagueiscrap
cos789 wrote:
leagueiscrap wrote:
down down the NRL ratings and crowds are down again
coles2.jpg

How low can you go? As low as some rl supporters here perhaps?
no comment from an NRL fan yet :-k :?

Re: NRL TV ratings down for second year in a row

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:36 pm
by NlolRL
The_Wookie wrote:
Before we gloat too much, Ive got AFL metro + fox ratings down a 1% (600k) on last year. Only Adelaide is up.

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Perth has been the killer given the poor ratings for 7mate