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With any other sport, you would expect a massively improved TV deal. With Rugby League...
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Rugby League rules Pay TV!
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Posted 08 November 2010 - 03:19 PM
Of the top 50 shows, 39 are rugby league. Of the top 100, 73 are from the NRL. Next best is cricket with 11 games in the top 100, split between Twenty20 and one-day cricket. Only nine AFL games make the cut, although the sport has a greater presence on free-to-air television than the NRL.
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With any other sport, you would expect a massively improved TV deal. With Rugby League...
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With any other sport, you would expect a massively improved TV deal. With Rugby League...
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 08 November 2010 - 03:29 PM
I know, I know ...
On the other hand this article paints such a positive picture that even even if the game was run by a group of monkeys the cost of RL to the media should climb enormously on the back of such figures.
Hold on though ...
On the other hand this article paints such a positive picture that even even if the game was run by a group of monkeys the cost of RL to the media should climb enormously on the back of such figures.
Hold on though ...
Edited by G Las D, 08 November 2010 - 03:29 PM.
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Posted 08 November 2010 - 11:34 PM
from what I have been reading the NRL are expecting to hit a home run with the next tv deal. Union is dying a slow death in Australia.
Edited by liger05, 08 November 2010 - 11:48 PM.
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Posted 09 November 2010 - 05:51 PM
At present AFL has more games on free to air TV than NRL - that's something that needs looking at. Maybe one of the Saturday games should be available for free to air. The NRL might also be better served not going with just one fee to air channel. It's looking hopeful that Channels 7 and 10 might be interested this time. If nothing else a bit of competition might up Channel 9's game.
The NRL also needs to make sure that Melbourne Storm games are shown as live in Victoria - not some time after midnight. I'm fairly sure the Swans AFL matches are all shown live in Sydney - it's part of the contract. The NRL has a great product that TV companies want - they need to start using their strong barganing power to get a better deal for RL fans.
The NRL also needs to make sure that Melbourne Storm games are shown as live in Victoria - not some time after midnight. I'm fairly sure the Swans AFL matches are all shown live in Sydney - it's part of the contract. The NRL has a great product that TV companies want - they need to start using their strong barganing power to get a better deal for RL fans.
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Posted 19 November 2010 - 03:50 PM
Interesting stuff, with some different takes on revenue figures.
No easy answer to the $1billion question
No easy answer to the $1billion question
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A senior TV executive recently told NRL boss David Gallop of the AFL's expectation of its next broadcasting contract: ''No one at the AFL wants to accept the fact that they got hit on the **** by a rainbow with their last contract.''
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore
"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes
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Posted 19 November 2010 - 04:03 PM
QUOTE (Futtocks @ Nov 19 2010, 03:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Interesting stuff, with some different takes on revenue figures.
No easy answer to the $1billion question
No easy answer to the $1billion question
Hit on the what? And is being hit there a good or bad thing?
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Posted 20 November 2010 - 11:03 AM
The NRL needs to get an additional 2 teams up and running by 2013,to offer an additional slot for Pay Tv.Then and only then can they stake a claim for $1b big ones for 5 years.
This time it is rugby league's turn to get a rainbow to hit its backside.
Las time the AFL got $780m over 5 years ,and the spin doctoring coming out of their head office had to be seen and heard to be believed.
This time it is rugby league's turn to get a rainbow to hit its backside.
Las time the AFL got $780m over 5 years ,and the spin doctoring coming out of their head office had to be seen and heard to be believed.
Rugby league :If it was art, it would be a Monet.
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Posted 20 November 2010 - 10:09 PM
The NRL has one thing that that the TV companies really want; State of Origin. What can the AFL offer in comparison?
The AFL deal, no doubt made Gallop and Co. how low they values the last TV rights deal.
The AFL deal, no doubt made Gallop and Co. how low they values the last TV rights deal.
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