Weekend Sports TV Ratings, State of Origin
Weekend Sports TV Ratings Wrap, thanks to @TV_Blackbox https://t.co/P5bP0nGI9q — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) June 12, 2019 https://t.co/TVfdelRvrv — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) June 6, 2019
PGA Tour of Australasia secures broadcast rights with Foxsports, Kayo and Nine/9NOW
In a major coup for golf fans, the PGA Tour of Australasia has secured a broadcast rights deal for the summer of golf that delivers access to more golf content than ever before. Millions of Australian golf fans will have access to the nation’s biggest golf tournaments, the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and the ISPS…
2020 AFL and NRL Grand Final Ratings
AFL 2020 AFL Grand Final National 3.812m Metro 2.979m Regional 833k) Metro – Syd 413k, Melb 1,583m, Bris 383k, Adel 265k Perth 335k Reg – QLD 141k, NNSW 131k, SNSW 120k, Vic 260k, Tas 98k, WA 82k OZtam Prelim Overnight Data AFl Grand Final Ratings up 29% on last year. Metro audience of 2.979m outrated…
AFL and NRL Weekend Crowds and Ratings
At the close of round 8 of the 2017 NRL season, crowds are down -5% to 1,020,313 and a 15,942 average. pic.twitter.com/YlxlfMCgQK — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) April 25, 2017 At the end of Round 5 of the 2017 AFL, Crowds are up 3% after the 2nd highest round aggregate total ever at 391,980 pic.twitter.com/KxE5wHDLin — sportsindustry…
Burswood Stadium could get lonely as WA footy fans go missing
Fairfax reports that there are about 8,000 empty seats at Subiaco each weekend and as many as 14,000, having only reached capacity once since 2010.
A-League can trump AFL with a mid-week grand final
Francis Leach writes on the ABC website that the Aleague has the opportunity to stage a unique midweek Grand Final to get around the AFL, citing the success of Origin as a template for the event.
Friday Night Crowds
Fri AFL – Crows v Bullddogs – Official crowd: 41,948 at Adelaide Ovalhttps://t.co/jFtsJYM7ll — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) July 7, 2017 Fri NRL – Roosters v Rabbitohs – Crowd: 16,245.at Allianz Stadiumhttps://t.co/xiWTzwZYQZ — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) July 7, 2017 Fri Super Rugby – Reds v Brumbies – 13,264 at Suncorp @au_sport https://t.co/1WmB29Ndy4 — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) July 7, 2017…
Domain not happy with Sponsor conflicts at Subiaco
Domain.com.au is reported in The West Australian as being rather unhappy with the Eagles being sponsored by realestate.com.au. Domain has naming rights to Subiaco worth $600,000 per year, with its name displayed in large lettering at three high-profile points inside the stadium and also on the outside of the venue, while the Eagles deal is worth…
NRL may sign new TV deal with two years left to run on current contracts
News Limited is reporting that the NRL may try to sign its next media deal two years early, which will evidently give it some advantage over the AFL.
Advertisers refuse to fund sports rights inflation
The Financial Review reports that Australias leading advertising agencies are baulking at having to pay more to cover the cost of the ever increasing hikes in tv rights across the major sports codes. “The AFL, NRL and Cricket Australia are getting to the point that if they don’t moderate their aggression for increased valuation on their…
Essendon extend Toll deal
Source: Sports Business Insider Essendon have extended their deal with Toll Holdings for another two years. Toll have been an Essendon partner since 2011. Toll Group Managing Director Brian Kruger commented on the partnership extension: “This new partnership ensures both organisations are able to add value to each other through the sharing of knowledge and experience….
Industry News – Weekend Update – Sunday, June 25th, 2017
AFL THURSDAY night football has proven a ratings winner for Channel Seven, with an average of 731,000 free-to-air viewers switching on to its seven games in the timeslot this season. The delicate art sports sponsorships: AFL star Matthew Pavlich on the balancing act RICHMOND and Greater Western Sydney are pushing to play a game for premiership…
October 2016 Sponsorship/Partnership Announcements – AFL, NRL, HAL..more
Australian Football League The National Australia Bank will expand its significant support of the AFL to be the naming-rights partner of the NAB AFL Women’s League next year. The three-year deal, with the option of a further three years, is believed to be worth $2 million-$3 million a year. NAB will also extend its partnership…
2016-2022 A-league Media Rights
Free to Air Coverage The deal is for 2 years. Network Ten will show the 7.30pm live game on Saturday night on secondary channel One, as well as all finals. Harvey Norman has come on board as a sponsor of Ten’s Saturday Night coverage. Network Ten will also show Socceroos friendlies from 2018 (rights currently…
AFL/NRL Grand Final Weekend Crowds and TV Summary
AFL Attendance The 2018 Grand Final crowd broke the MCG record (under its current configuration) by one person — 100,022, beating the 2017 mark of 100,021. The AFL finishes the season with a total attendance of 7,509,302 and an average of 36,687. Total AFL attendances across AFL, JLT (89,014), AFLX (42,730) and AFLW (174,012) were 7,900,058…
Origin rules in Canberra for 2016
Seven of the 10 most-watched shows in Canberra this year were sports telecasts, led by the first two State of Origin matches (back when WIN showed Nine’s programs). Cronulla’s NRL grand final win and the AFL grand final were also popular.