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…

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06.05.2023 – Weekend News Updates from the A-league, AFL, NRL and more

Welcome to another big weekend in sports news as we head into the A-league finals, and NRL Magic Round. A-league Australian Professional Leagues (APL) today announced an official partnership with SEIKO, the global precision timepiece manufacturer. Discontent provides standard backdrop to Sydney derby laden with symbolism Eurosnobs will never believe it but the current A-League…

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Weekend Attendances 9/11-11/11 – ABL, AFLW, ALM, WNBL, Rugby League World Cup, T20 World Cup

ABL R1 of the 2022-23 ABL season had 10,503 spectators (with three Adelaide games still to report), at an average attendance of 808 per match, using 21% of capacity. AFLW AFLW Semi Finals weekend attracted 4,915 people at an average of 2,458 per game (38% capacity). The Finals series so far has seen 19,023 people…

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Nine deal brings the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup including every Australian game and the finals Live and Free on Channel 9HD, 9GemHD and 9Now.

Watch every Australia game and finals live and free. Home soil, defending champions, one of the best cricket tournaments in the world – it doesn’t get any better than that. Be prepared to be hit for six when cricket’s ultimate prize will be up for grabs. The 9Network will bring the biggest and best matchups…

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Cricket Australia announces 5.5m loss for 2021-2022

Cricket Australia have reported a deficit of 5.5m for 2021-2022, and a comprehensive loss of 10.655m on revenue of $391.004m. Notably there was a $51m drop in the media, broadcasting and marketing sector, while match income rose 25m. Sponsorship was up slightly to 69m. The BBL averaged 500,000 viewers per fixture, streaming not included. 44…

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Wednesday, May 6th | News Wrap | Nine Media War with the NRL continues, Storm have Albury troubles, Rugby board member resigns and more news

Its a little later in the day than normal but lets dive in to todays news as Nine conducts negotations with the NRL via its Media arms as Foxtel watches on. The Storm have a minor hiccup on Albury, the AFL gets a new sponsor and a Rugby Australia board member resigns – and plenty…

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Tuesday, May 5th | News Wrap | 2019 Ausplay survey released, Storm relocate to Albury, A-league prepares for August restart, New Rugby CEO? and much more

Its a massive day for sports news of all varieties. The 2019 Ausplay survey has been released, The Storm relocate to Albury, while the A-league prepares for August restart and theres some Rugby CEO speculation thrown in to a big news mix, 2019 Ausplay Survey The latest Ausplay Survey data has been released by Sport…

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News Wrap | Monday, May 4th | Vlandys tells broadcasters to pay up, Sport expected to lose $200m, New World Rugby Chairman, CA gets a loan

Plenty of news for followers of all codes today as Peter Vlandys takes on his broadcasters, even as sport nationwide stands to lose $200m. Racing declines to take a back seat to the AFL, and what can a new World Rugby chairman do? A-league and football THE light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel…

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