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Thursday Industry News – March 21, 2024
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State of the Game: Australian Cricket
Heading into the 2023-24 Summer season, Cricket found itself having to answer a number of questions – what is the BBLs place in the world with burgeoning developments in South Africa, and rumoured expansion of the IPL on the horizon. Can Test cricket remain relevant in the modern era of fast paced cricket and international…
Foxtel reports total closing paid subscribers in December 2023 were over 4.3 million, flat compared to the prior year
Revenues of $470 million in the quarter increased $8 million, or 2%, compared with the prior year, driven by higher revenues from Kayo and BINGE from increases in both volume and pricing, despite a more difficult Summer sports season and inflationary pressures, partially offset by the impact from fewer residential broadcast subscribers and a $6…
Attendance records keep tumbling at the Tennis
With the Australian Open breaking the million barrier for the first time, its worth noting that attendance at the various International tour events around the country have been going gang busters since the United Cup started in Perth. The Australian Open was attended by 1,020,763 at an average of 68,051 per day. (up 21% on…
So far this summer, Seven’s Test and BBL coverage has reached a combined 10.5 million Australians nationally, including 7.1 million in the capital cities
The 2023-24 cricket season has made Seven #1 so far this summer, with a 43.2% all people commercial audience share – its highest ever share at this point in summer. Seven also ranks #1 in people 25 to 54. The three Australia v Pakistan Tests reached 8.75 million people nationally (5.8 million in the capital…
Test Cricket Lives! Attendances and TV Ratings v Pakistan 2023-2024
Test crickets much speculated future appears to be in good hands if the first series of the summer is anything to go by with record crowds, and excellent tv ratings, despite no Test lasting into the fifth day. The series was attended by 349,252 at an average of 29,104 across 12 match days. The total…
Privately Owned Sports Stadiums in Australia
So today, the A-leagues noted that the upcoming stadium in Tarneit would be the “first privately owned stadium” in Australia. This is not entirely true – the following venues are used by the major professional competitions in the country and are all privately held. Ballymore Stadium – Brisbane, QLD Owned by the Queensland Rugby Union…