The Test produced by Amazon Prime was heralded as a huge success by audiences and critics for its fly-on-the-wall documentary about the Australian cricket team. The production was handed an all-access pass to film the trials and tribulations of the outfit over a calendar year, which included the 2019 World Cup and Ashes series in…
The A-League season made its long-awaited return in mid-July, and despite plenty of excitement amongst top flight soccer supporters, the audience ratings have been largely disappointing so far. Unfortunately, it was a far from triumphant return, with just 12,000 viewers tuning in to catch Sydney FC’s 3-1 victory over Wellington Phoenix. According to OzTam, even fewer soccer fans…
It was another big weekend on our sporting televisions with the A-league having a fairly quiet return, while the AFL had its second biggest weekend for the year, and the NRL its lowest. The highest rating fixture of the weekend was the Thursday night clash between Geelong and Collingwood which totaled in at 1.137m. It…
Work in progress, Ill add to this as I get time. 1952. The Australian RugbyLeague team refuses to allow the BBC to broadcasts its tour matches against England for fear of hurting gate attendances. 1969 -1970. Channel 9 has exclusive NRL rights. 1971. Seven offers $160,000 and Nine $150,000 for exclusive rights to the NSWRL…
In Mondays wrap, the details in Rugby Australias financials are revealed, the NRL is due to sign a bumper tv deal over 7 years and Victoria announces an exemption to allow professional sports teams to train together. General Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has declared his state is ready for footy to be back, announcing special…
ARU and Rugby Union Rugby Australia is forging ahead with a domestic competition restart in July that will include the Western Force. Broadcasting Rugby faces financial collapse as Optus and Fox Sports turn their back on the struggling code, leaving the game with few if any options for broadcasting beyond 2020. The big question doing…
In another big news day, the WA AFL clubs wont get home games early on, questions over Rugbys solvency, India still planning to tour Australia, Kayo subscriptions take a 30% dive and the NRL clubs ask the NRL for $100m. General Some young athletes will never return to their sports even after coronavirus restrictions are…
Despite several leagues now flagging restarts in coming weeks and months, theres still not a lot of live sport on offer on our televisions. With that in mind, heres how the weekend ratings went for the AFL replays, NRL highlights and last nighte Supercars E-Series. Note this article written for TV Blackbox and posted here….
According to its 3rd Quarter Financial Press Release Subscription Video Services Revenues in the quarter decreased $77 million, or 14%, compared with the prior year, of which $38 million, or 7%, was due to the negative impact from foreign currency fluctuations. Adjusted Revenues for the segment decreased 7% compared to the prior year. The remainder…
Another big day in Sports Industry news, with a new interim CEO at Rugby Australia, Vlandys says Nines talk is just noise and a deal is expected within the fortnight, and Optus nabs the rights to the K-league. A-league and Football Clubs are planning to train in July before a competition return in August, though…
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The A-league gets paid, the AFL gets an offer to play in the NT, and Nine eyes off the NRLs digital arm- all that and more in todays News Wrap. A-league Nine Media reports that The A-League has cleared a major hurdle for the resumption of the season after Football Federation Australia belatedly received its…
The National Cabinet has agreed the resumption of sport will be important in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic due to the health, economic, social and cultural benefits it brings. It has agreed the resumption of sport must: Not compromise the health of individuals or the community Be based on objective health information Only occur where activity-specific, stringent, public…
As published on TV Blackbox In another week of slow movement in the Australian sporting world, plans emerged for restarting the NRL in late May, with rumours the AFL could relaunch in June if it can only figure out how to do so. But here on television, there are some relatively small picking with replays…
After consultation with local, state and federal authorities as well as our clubs, the NBL have made a decision that the remainder of the NBL Grand Final Series between the @SydneyKings and @PerthWildcats will be closed to the general public #NBLFinals https://t.co/fO2WXsdL7Y — NBL (@NBL) March 13, 2020 Based on the announcement from the Federal…
NBA To Suspend Season Following Tonight's Games pic.twitter.com/2PTx2fkLlW — NBA (@NBA) March 12, 2020 Major League Soccer Suspends Season for 30 Days pic.twitter.com/P0HEPmsnkx — Major League Soccer (@MLS) March 12, 2020 The NHL pauses the 2019-20 season. pic.twitter.com/bCi776ZFqX — NHL (@NHL) March 12, 2020 pic.twitter.com/mmvs7SFd3Q — NASCAR (@NASCAR) March 12, 2020 In the light of…
The number of women and girls playing football has risen to record numbers, as football participation in Australia climbed to more than 1.95 million in 2019. https://t.co/DuSc4GZrPS — Football Australia (@FootballAUS) March 10, 2020 FFA 2019 National Participation: 1.957m with 543,159 (119,037 female) outdoor participants at 2,386 clubs. pic.twitter.com/sYLcfeJMcC — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 10, 2020…
Foxtel/Kayo Paying Kayo Subcriptions as reported in News Corp Quarterly results and the 2019 Annual Report. pic.twitter.com/QOavyHbA2S — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) February 7, 2020 As of December 31, 2019, Foxtel’s total closing subscribers were 2.952m, an increase of 3% compared to 2018, primarily due to subscriber growth at Kayo, partially offset by lower broadcast subscribers. As…
A-league and Soccer Rd 17 of the 2019-20 A-league season saw 45k people watch the ABC metro coverage on Saturday, with a season average of 49k. Fox coverage was watched by 91k, with an estimated season average of 28k. Rd 17 of the 2019-20 A-league season was attended by 37,738 people – the lowest 5…