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[Simon Kerr]

After months of rumours regarding the NRL team the $1 billion tv deal has reportedly been agreed.

http://www.nzherald....jectid=10828419

The NRL has reportedly secured a $1 billion broadcast deal for the next five years.
News Limited has reported that incumbent broadcasters, the Nine Network and Fox Sports, have retained the rights for five years.
The NRL will hold a media conference today to announce the deal.
Under the new agreement, Nine will retain all representative games and three free-to-air NRL matches each weekend.
Fox Sports will continue with five games, including Monday night football.

Edited by Simon Kerr, 21 August 2012 - 01:19 AM.

[Bourbon Rat]

Mission acomplished


Same useless ###### - Different decade - Realistically NOTHING has changed
People who cannot afford Foxtel,or live in the many areas not serviced by cable have again been shafted
Rugby League fans outside of the 'alleged' heartland states of NSW / QLD have also been shafted

Gyngell spells it out in this paragraph -

Nine will continue to show different live Friday night games in the NSW and Queensland markets and the second game on delay rather than utilise their second digital channel.
"I'm unapologetic about not showing both Friday night games live on our digital channels. When you pay this much for the exclusive rights you run it to a commercial advantage," Gyngell said.
"We are a broadcaster not a narrow caster and we cater for the majority. Queensland wants to watch Queensland games and NSW want to see NSW games. I don't apologise for that."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.a...l#ixzz249wp8yhN

[kioli]

Realistically NOTHING has changed

Except we're getting twice the $$$ we were getting, but for 5yrs instead of 6
First 20 rounds set in stone
Nation-wide FTA coverage
Two hours of football EVERY DAY on FTA
FTA coverage of the QLD Cup
Most importantly C9 and Fox/News Ltd have given up their first and last rights for any future deals (2018 & 2027 respectively).




I find it really hard to talk this down considering where we were coming from.

Edited by kioli, 21 August 2012 - 11:01 AM.

[Bourbon Rat]

Except we're getting twice the $$$ we were getting, but for 5yrs instead of 6
Considering the pittance paid for TV rights over the previous three deals this is only finally paying what the rights are worth
First 20 rounds set in stone
Again Nine have been allowed to dictate & 'pick the eyes out of games for far too long
Nation-wide FTA coverage
OK as long as you have access to digital channels outside of NSW / QLD
Two hours of football EVERY DAY on FTA
Going on current scheduling I'm guessing outside of NSW/QLD this will be an after midnght event
FTA coverage of the QLD Cup
Can't comment as never had access & since I live in a 'non cabled' area I won't get access to Foxtel's non NRL coverage
Most importantly C9 and Fox/News Ltd have given up their first and last rights for any future deals (2018 & 2027 respectively).
Saw a comment elsewhere that given tech advancement,by then the NRL may launch their own IPTV,which would make deal rights secondary ?




I find it really hard to talk this down considering where we were coming from.

So for me as a none NSW / QLD RL fan Not a lot has changed from what is currently provided.
The questions I have are ...............................
Can Nine be trusted to continue providing what they are promising ? In the past none adherence has gone un punished ?
What do the ARLC intend to do with this alleged cash bonanza ?
Will they lift the profile of Rugby League on a nationwide basis ?
Will the underpin grass roots development on a nationwide basis ?

[R L Winger]

I'd of liked to see the games shared between 9,7,10, SBS, ABC and Foxtel.

I remember back in the 1980's the games were shared by 9, 10 and the ABC

[Bourbon Rat]

Looks like the ARLC have shelved the idea of 'expansion'.

One of the key elements to arise from the $1.025 billion broadcast deal announced on Tuesday was the apparent disinterest from rights holders for more games.
"The indication through the discussions was that there was minimal value that we would see come through broadcast deal as a result of introducing two new teams," ARLC interim chief executive Shane Mattiske said.
"The fact that there isn't additional value that will come through the broadcast deal for a ninth game is a factor in the consideration of expansion.

[The 4 of Us]

Not necessarily so. They just won't have expansion for expansion sake.

They can now take a measured approach. If you read fully what was said rather than a couple of paragraphs in isolation , theyve talked about prioritising the stability of existence clubs and looking in greater detail at the viability of new ones.

In short they can now afford to be picky.

[kioli]

Except we're getting twice the $$$ we were getting, but for 5yrs instead of 6
Considering the pittance paid for TV rights over the previous three deals this is only finally paying what the rights are worth
First 20 rounds set in stone
Again Nine have been allowed to dictate & 'pick the eyes out of games for far too long
Nation-wide FTA coverage
OK as long as you have access to digital channels outside of NSW / QLD
Two hours of football EVERY DAY on FTA
Going on current scheduling I'm guessing outside of NSW/QLD this will be an after midnght event
FTA coverage of the QLD Cup
Can't comment as never had access & since I live in a 'non cabled' area I won't get access to Foxtel's non NRL coverage
Most importantly C9 and Fox/News Ltd have given up their first and last rights for any future deals (2018 & 2027 respectively).
Saw a comment elsewhere that given tech advancement,by then the NRL may launch their own IPTV,which would make deal rights secondary ?

Roy Masters is saying that the tv deal would've been over 1.5B if we hadn't got rid of the first and last rights. I think it shows how important the ARL thought it was to get rid of them.

Everyone has access to the digital channels and they go nationwide, so whatever is on GEM in Brisbane is on GEM in Broome and Hobart at the same time. In fact as of 2014 no-one in Australia will be watching tv on analog tv... It's a non-issue.

It will be very interesting to see how the NRL handles the IPTV rights considering that Grant, the chairman, is the head of one of the biggest IT companies in Aus... We might even get some kind of NFL style GamePass. Who knows at this stage.

So for me as a none NSW / QLD RL fan Not a lot has changed from what is currently provided.
The questions I have are ...............................
Can Nine be trusted to continue providing what they are promising ? In the past none adherence has gone un punished ?
What do the ARLC intend to do with this alleged cash bonanza ?
Will they lift the profile of Rugby League on a nationwide basis ?
Will the underpin grass roots development on a nationwide basis ?

I think where Gallop may have failed to enforce agreements like the 'Before midnight into Melbourne' thing we'll see the ARL step up. People involved in the negotiations are saying it was the most torrid negotiation of their lives and nothing, not even the AFL rights, came close. This aggressiveness bodes well imo.

[Bourbon Rat]

Everyone has access to the digital channels and they go nationwide, so whatever is on GEM in Brisbane is on GEM in Broome and Hobart at the same time. In fact as of 2014 no-one in Australia will be watching tv on analog tv... It's a non-issue.

When Nine eventually started showing Friday games on Gem,(BTW As far as I know Friday games are shown on 9 in Sydney / Brisbane ?) I rang my kid brother to say how great it was. ERM ? Not for him ? He has a Foxtel box & it only shows 'select digital channels' ? Gem isn't one of them.
I don't know if this is a local problem or across the whole Foxtel network ?

Edited by Bourbon Rat, 23 August 2012 - 07:35 AM.

[Bourbon Rat]

Not necessarily so. They just won't have expansion for expansion sake.

They can now take a measured approach. If you read fully what was said rather than a couple of paragraphs in isolation , theyve talked about prioritising the stability of existence clubs and looking in greater detail at the viability of new ones.

In short they can now afford to be picky.

I did read the whole article !
They've complained for years about propping up failing clubs in Sydney & wanting to expand into new growth areas ?
Someone throws lots of money at them & says 'We really don't want to have more than eight games a week'
And it's suddenly 'let's prioritise' ?

There will be a lot of unhappy people in Central QLD - Perth - Brisbane - etc that have been dangled a magic carrot for a few years.

[kioli]

When Nine eventually started showing Friday games on Gem,(BTW As far as I know Friday games are shown on 9 in Sydney / Brisbane ?) I rang my kid brother to say how great it was. ERM ? Not for him ? He has a Foxtel box & it only shows 'select digital channels' ? Gem isn't one of them.
I don't know if this is a local problem or across the whole Foxtel network ?

Yep that's right, NSW/QLD get them on the main (SD) channel.

At the moment the networks are allowed to make state specific programming for the main channel (ie: it might be showing NRL in QLD/NSW but in Vic/WA they'll show something different) but the others (like GO! and GEM for C9) must have the same programming nationwide.

That will change in 2014 when the final switch over occurs though