Participation figures over the years
The table above uses data from various studies including 2010 ERASS (Exercise, Recreation and Sport) Report “Over 10 million Australians play Commonwealth Games Sports – 7 million Australians make swimming Australia’s favourite” – Roy Morgan Participation in Sport and Recreation 2013/2014 – Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016 AUSPLAY Survey Note: the ERASS report…
Saturday AFL Crowds and Television
A big Saturday block of AFL matches played up and down the east coast with matches in Launceston, Melbourne, and the Gold Coast. Sevens Saturday night football was a combined ratings affair between the Tigers/Bulldogs and Suns/Roos matches with an average audience of 399,000 watching on free to air television, with a reach of 1.447…
AFl Womens 2018 Pay Structure
Total player payments will increase by $500,000 next year under a revised tiered payment system that sees the minimum wage of a senior listed player rise from $8,500 to $10,500. Tier 1 players have received an 17.6 per cent bump, from $17,000 to $20,000, Tier 2 rises from $12,000 to $14,500 (up 20 per cent)…
Friday Membership Updates
A-league Victory remain well clear at the top, but it was Central Coast and Brisbane who made decent gains in this weeks membership tally updates. The A-league added more than 1,500 members this week to its total. National Rugby League Canberra makes its debut on the 2017 tally list this week with a handy…
Thursday Crowds and Ratings – May 30th, 2024
In the AFL, the Power hosted the Blues at Adelaide Oval in front of 40,532. The match saw an average audience of 608,000 on the Seven Network, with a reach of 1.781 million. So far 8.021 million people have watched the AFL on Thursday night on Seven (cumulative average to date) at an average of…
Sports Industry News – Friday, February 1st
Crowds for Thursday, January 31 (thanks to @au_sport) ABL Championship Series: Brisbane d Perth. Crowd: 2,870 @ Baseball Park BBL: Adelaide Strikers d Hobart Hurricanes. Crowd: 13,836 @ University of Tasmania Stadium W-League: Melbourne City d Sydney FC. Crowd: 1,415 @ WIN Stadium TV Ratings for Thursday, January 31 (thanks to @MediaweekAUS and Mediaspy) BBL:…
Sports Industry 2019 Survey – How we watch sports, and how many took up Kayo?
Final Survey results for how we watch the football/netball.Thanks to everyone who voted! pic.twitter.com/Vq4NkhG0as — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) August 25, 2019 Kayo Survey Results – make of them what you willThanks everyone who participated. The other survey will finish later today@DeanRosario @kevinperry et al pic.twitter.com/8oMyOsOoEo — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) August 24, 2019
Is soccer in Australia undervalued relative to other sporting codes?
A Report in the Australian asks Is soccer in Australia undervalued relative to other sporting codes? While it acknowledges the greater TV rights and ratings, and likewise the greater attendances, the article seems to suggest that participation at grassroots should be considered a factor when determining the sports popularity. Note: Articles in The Australian can…
2019 TV Ratings – The 2019 AFL Annual Report
All data below lifted verbatim from the 2019 AFL Annual Report, pgs 55-57 Overall television industry ratings (free-to-air and subscription television) experienced a year-on-year increase of 2.2 per cent (3.969 million per home and away round, compared with 3.885 million in 2018). This number does not include digital viewership and occurred despite a decline in…
Concerning ratings
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AFL Clubs earn more than 1.1 billion in 2019
Total AFL Club earnings in 2019 were $1.109 billion. This includes AFL distributions of $314.6m. In total across the AFL and its clubs, consolidated revenue was $1.547 billion for 2019. The top earning AFL club in 2019 was the West Coast Eagles with 102m. Richmond came in second with $92 million. Three clubs failed to…
Swans post fifth consecutive profit
The Sydney Swans Football Club today announced a profit of $300,397 for the 2015 financial year. It is the Club’s fifth successive profit and was achieved on revenue of $45.5 million. The Club has no debt and net assets of $2 million, however Chairman Andrew Pridham noted that the Club would need to make a…
St Kilda closer to moving back to Moorabbin
News Limited reports that a $15 million redevelopment of facilities at Moorabin with funding from Kingston Council, the AFL and Victorian Government should see the Saints return to their traditional home. The facility is expected to be used by the St Kilda Football Club and its stand alone reserves, Sandringham Dragons U18s, Southern Netball League…
Friday Membership Update
A-league AFL NRL Note: Leagueunlimiteds membership tracker can be found here.
Weekend TV Ratings – AFL R9, NRL R11, Super Rugby
AFL Round 9 With Port and Gold Coast having the bye there was only 8 matches this week, all of which featured on Free to Air tv in various areas.. The top rating game on Free to air tv was Friday nights Geelong v Western Bulldogs game which attracted 676,000 metro and 255,000 regional viewers….
NBL strikes new tv deal, returns to Tens primary channel for first time in decade
The National Basketball League will be accessible to more sports fans after the League extended its partnership with ESPN, secured a new free-to-air broadcast deal with Network 10, with games to be played on its main channel, in High Definition (HD) and renewed its deal with News Corp Australia (NCA) to deliver deeper basketball coverage…