ABL The new owner of the Adelaide Giants has outlined his vision to make Adelaide the country’s baseball capital with a new multi-million-dollar stadium at the centre of his ambitious plans. AFL Both Optus Stadium and Adelaide Oval have been part of “very compelling pitches” to host the grand final ahead of the imminent venue…
The Hungry Jack’s National Basketball League (NBL) has struck a history-making media partnership that will elevate the competition to new levels and deliver fans with unprecedented access and coverage. ESPN and Kayo A new, groundbreaking three-year deal with ESPN will see every game of the Hungry Jack’s NBL season and finals broadcast live on ESPN…
Aleague – Ten/Paramount + 2021-2026 The A-league has announced that it has signed a $200 million, 5 year deal with the CBS Viacom for A-league and W-league matches on Ten and Paramount+. A-League live and free every Saturday night on 10 and 10 Play on demand. Every Saturday night during the season is Football Night…
10 ViacomCBS and Football Australia announce largest Socceroos and Matildas broadcast deal ever. A new era for Australian football begins. While US streaming giant Amazon Prime Video, in partnership with free-to-air broadcaster SBS, was considered to be the favourite to secure the next broadcast deal, the Nine owned Stan platform also became a contender. Network 10 and Paramount+ are set to be the new…
The Northern Territory will launch a bold bid to establish an AFL team when the league grants its next licence. The team would be based in Darwin with plans already drawn up for a new stadium to be built in the city’s CBD. Games would also be played in Alice Springs, with options for matches…
The A-league has announced that it has signed a $200 million, 5 year deal with the CBS Viacom for A-league and W-league matches on Ten and Paramount+. The deal does not include the FFA Cup or Socceroos and Matildas matches, as these are sold separately by the FFA. The A-League and W-League has signed a…
In 1984, John Elliot was concerned. As the Carlton delegate to the VFL all he could see was delegates interested in how things affected their individual clubs. He was dismayed at the overall lack of direction for the VFL itself. Nothing of value was done during the delegate meetings, deals were done outside them, and…
Another year of the AFLW is now complete with the Lions winning their first premiership in their third attempt, running out victors in front of 22,934 people at Adelaide Oval. 14 teams420 players9 home-and-away rounds3 weeks of finals120,000 attendees13 sell outsRecord memberships sold A game moved to a different state within 12 hours, a game…
AFL Sydney Kayo will stream AFL Sydney’s match of the round in the Men’s and Women’s Premier Division competitions live and on-demand throughout Season 2021. Two AFL Sydney matches a week will be accessible via Kayo Freebies NPL (football, various states) NPL matches in various states and territories are streamed on Facebook, Youtube and NPL.TV….
A-league, Football Australia and Affliates Football Australia Melbourne Victory AFL, Clubs and Affiliates 2020 AFL Club Financials Tracking Sheet AFL AFL (Concise) AFL Stadia Adelaide Brisbane Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast GWS Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs SANFL WAFL Cricket Australia Cricket Australia 2020…
Crowds and TV Ratings – March 25th AFL – Carlton v Collingwood 51,723 at the MCG This is the largest crowd in the Southern Hemisphere since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Total national TV audience of 932,000 (7 metro 522,000, 7 regional 177,000, Foxfooty 233,000) NRL – Penrith v Melbourne 14,077 at Bankwest Stadium…
Industry News – Thursday, March 25th Sydney chairman Andrew Pridham has called for the Swans and Giants to be given an additional “housing allowance” for football staff and coaches as part of the soft cap on football spending. Adidas is ditching niche sports like lacrosse + Australian rules football and paring back on cricket +…
The opening round of the 2021 AFL Premiership Season on the Seven Network was a very welcome return for sports fans, winning its timeslots and cementing the AFL’s standing as the #1 winter sport. The four blockbuster games on Channel 7 and 7mate reached 3.8 million viewers nationally, including 2.84 million in the capital cities. Seven’s…
All Victorian AFL clubs have now reported for the year. Revenues dropped 28% to 451m across all 10 clubs, which made a combined operating loss of -2.59m, but a combined operating profit of 9.75m for 2020 Victorian clubs took a hit to membership and gate revenues of 35.64% down to 111.04m for 2020. St Kilda…
The AFL has signed a 2 year extension with Foxtel and Telstra which will see the league recieved $946 million over the final two years, when combined with the previous Seven Network extension. Asked if the deal was an increase on what the AFL was receiving in the pre-COVID-adjusted arrangement, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan said…
State of Origin This years state of Origin series rated a total of 7.54m viewers, down 15.12% (1.344m) on the 2019 Origin series. Ratings were up in Adelaide (12%), but down in every other FTA segment with Sydney down 15.98%, Brisbane down 18% and Perth down 48% on last years series. Origin 1 National peak…
Basketball Australia (BA) has announced new broadcast arrangements for the 2020 Chemist Warehouse WNBL season, providing the league with more visibility than ever before. The agreement with partners the Foxtel Group and the ABC will see all 60 games of the 2020 season available LIVE across Australia. Fox Sports will broadcast LIVE four games per…
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…
https://twitter.com/footyindustryAU/status/1237512153604603904https://twitter.com/footyindustryAU/status/1249650835211956229Ive been asked to do this a few times, so here we go. In fact, the Melbourne Storm had the best Foxtel viewing average of both the NRL and AFL. NRL sides with the 9 best average results, Collingwood with the top AFL average in at #10. pic.twitter.com/2t6aOkYiv4 — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) September 29, 2020 …
With the penalties handed down to Parramatta in the National Rugby League yesterday, Ive laid out a ranking of the top penalties for salary cap breaches in Australian sport. 1. The Melbourne Storm (NRL 2010) Unquestionably the king of salary cap penalties, the Melbourne Storm were heavily penalised after the National Rugby League uncovered breaches estimated…