Talking Footy

What will this mean for sport in Australia - will it impact future negotiations re: TV rights ?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/ ... P=aus_bsky

Another article

https://stocks.apple.com/AoyKiyZXJTMKqZKKa6giqzQ

Foxtel are ripe to be taken down by competitors

The NRL rights deal to be negotiated soon & starting in 2028 will be the battle zone & the NRL will be the winners
If Stan /Ch9 want to cover all of the sports content & take foxtels highest rating sport off them , the damage would be fatal, so watch the new owners fight tooth & nail to keep the NRL rights.

The nations most watched sport is in the box seat

Most watched (on tv) . But yes. Think this could be good for negotiations.

Fred wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 1:52 pm

Most watched (on tv) . But yes. Think this could be good for negotiations.

when its nearly 40 million more sets of Australian eyes , its ... the most watched fullstop fwed
a few more vicdumbians at the grounds screaming baaawwllll for 3 hrs is pretty much irrelevant when the gap is sooooo vast

AFL sell outs Australia wide. Anyway, it was a bit of baiting on my end - and that’s wrong of me - but you make it do damn easy lol. I guess everyone has their thing and yours, to your last dying breadth, will be to spread the gospel of the NRL….. well not even that … it will be “nrl is better than AFL”lol

Anyway - it was my bad but let’s get back to the sale of Foxtel/

Fred wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2024 8:50 pm

AFL sell outs Australia wide. Anyway, it was a bit of baiting on my end - and that’s wrong of me - but you make it do damn easy lol. I guess everyone has their thing and yours, to your last dying breadth, will be to spread the gospel of the NRL….. well not even that … it will be “nrl is better than AFL”lol

Anyway - it was my bad but let’s get back to the sale of Foxtel/

RL sellouts Australia wide too fwed


the carry on from derpballers about their bumbling crap is quite something to behold , like its quite ridiculous
so don't lecture me pal..

but...the fumbling game isn't even the most watched sport in the only country on earth it has any presence in...
& I love reminding them about that
very sobering

So Foxtel being sold hey ?

Fred wrote: Wed Dec 25, 2024 12:57 pm

So Foxtel being sold hey ?

Yes, to a sports orientated British entity.
First major task, I would think, is the NRL new broadcasting deal.
I wonder what would happen if no Australian companies put in a bid?

Quolls2019 wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2024 10:25 am

Fred wrote: Wed Dec 25, 2024 12:57 pm

So Foxtel being sold hey ?

Yes, to a sports orientated British entity.
First major task, I would think, is the NRL new broadcasting deal.
I wonder what would happen if no Australian companies put in a bid?

yes
Australian companies wouldn't be interested in the most watched sport in Australia would they ?




oh dear god
the derp
the unbridled derp

What the new owners will be doing is having a very close look at a sport that has zero presence outside of Australia & is easily outrated by another in Australia.
They will be looking at what they're paying in this present deal & who needs to be moved on from their roles for signing a sport up that performs very poorly , & make an appropriate offer next time round

Quolls2019 wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2024 10:25 am

Fred wrote: Wed Dec 25, 2024 12:57 pm

So Foxtel being sold hey ?

Yes, to a sports orientated British entity.
First major task, I would think, is the NRL new broadcasting deal.
I wonder what would happen if no Australian companies put in a bid?

The NRL is kicking off its next rights negotiations early, chasing major dollars before the bubble bursts on the value of sports rights. Foxtel has the AFL locked in until 2031, and the same goes for its deal with Cricket Australia.

Whichever way you shake it, the AFL is the larger sport in Australia. Its total average audience per game and viewership for the grand finals exceeds that of the NRL. The code also boasts a higher on ground attendance.

As for the NRL, it is streamed for free by more Australians than are games in the AFL. That’s largely because it’s been available for free on Nine’s video on demand service 9Now for quite some time. The AFL has only recently started streaming on Seven Network’s free digital on demand platform, 7Plus.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/compani ... 5l0c9.html

what a pathetic article.

Its well known the NRL Average is Higher than AFL on FTA AND FOX and Streaming..

how he goes on about NRL is only higher for streaming on FTA because 7plus was not available yet.

chasing Sporting deals before they burst *NETFLIX" hello paying record dollars for NFL"

kicking off its negotiations early ?? AFL signed 3 year advance too..

this bloke should be replaced by AI

FOX being sold was prob the best thing to happen for Australia in TV in recent memory..

Beaussie wrote: Sat Dec 28, 2024 4:42 pm

Quolls2019 wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2024 10:25 am

Fred wrote: Wed Dec 25, 2024 12:57 pm

So Foxtel being sold hey ?

Yes, to a sports orientated British entity.
First major task, I would think, is the NRL new broadcasting deal.
I wonder what would happen if no Australian companies put in a bid?

The NRL is kicking off its next rights negotiations early, chasing major dollars before the bubble bursts on the value of sports rights. Foxtel has the AFL locked in until 2031, and the same goes for its deal with Cricket Australia.

Whichever way you shake it, the AFL is the larger sport in Australia. Its total average audience per game and viewership for the grand finals exceeds that of the NRL. The code also boasts a higher on ground attendance.

As for the NRL, it is streamed for free by more Australians than are games in the AFL. That’s largely because it’s been available for free on Nine’s video on demand service 9Now for quite some time. The AFL has only recently started streaming on Seven Network’s free digital on demand platform, 7Plus.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/compani ... 5l0c9.html

1st piece of BS in that BS article
The NRL had 160 million viewers for its 213 games in 2024 on Ch 9 & the foxtel group
Average per game
751K

the fumbling mess from Vicdumbia had
142 million for its 216 games
657K a game

RL can add another 20 million for its rep season , origin womens & men , pacific championships etc
the NRLW easily outrated the fumbing women too

all FTA streaming is free on 9 & 7 , what the eff has that got to do with anything
And where did this knob mention the hundreds of thousands of free kayo subscriptions with a AFL club membership , no doubt contributing hugely to the increase in fumbleballs ratings in 2024.
Not a word



there isn't a debate
skinnywhitetwerpball is so far behind the NRL & RL in general it isn't funny