Nine’s broadcast of the Grand Final reached more than 930,000 people nationwide, making it the highest rating match of the 2020 season, with viewership within all key demographics up on the 2019 Grand Final.
The Super Netball grand final had a peak audience of 448,000. The average audience throughout the match was 303,659. The broadcast reached more than 930,000 people nationwide during the entire game.
Fans also tuned into the match on their digital devices, with the average audience of the Grand Final on the Netball Live Official App up by 30% on last year’s finale and streaming of the match on 9now up by 37%.
Across the season, more than five million people tuned into Suncorp Super Netball broadcasts on Nine and the average time spent viewing these matches increased by 16.18% compared to last year, and up 10 per cent in terms of the average audience over the whole season
Telstra’s streaming services also saw an enormous increase, with the Netball Live Official App average audience increasing by 30% on last year and viewership on Telstra TV increasing by 10%.
In total, there were almost 34 million minutes streamed across both the Netball Live Official App and Telstra TV throughout the 2020 season.
ref:
- https://supernetball.com.au/news/thrilling-grand-final-caps-season-viewership-growth
- https://www.theage.com.au/sport/netball/it-s-keeping-people-engaged-super-shot-lauded-as-grand-final-grabs-peak-audience-of-450-000-20201020-p566x4.html
