It was a massive weekend for attendances across the country, and no matter what code you support thats got to be a good thing. The A-league Mens finals were sold out at both venues on the Central Coast (20,059) and in Wellington where a record Phoenix home crowd of 33,297 attended. It is also the…
November 12, 2022 AFL The AFL has ended its 30+ year sponsorship with major beverage partner Coca-Cola. It is expected Schweppes will become new beverage partner from 2023. The league has been tipped to enter a new major deal with Schweppes Australia. A-league and Football Adelaide United is proud to announce it has partnered with PH8…
AFL AFLW 2017 – Melbourne v Carlton, Casey Fields – 3,965 AFLW 2017 – Brisbane v GWS, South Pine – 3,500 AFLW 2017 – Western Bulldogs v Collingwood, Whitten Oval – 6,733 Sat TV #AFLW #AFLWDogsPies Seven 132k (Mel) 7mate 50k (Syd 7k Bri 16k Ade 9k Per 19k) JLT 2017 – Melbourne v Carlton,…
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…
Background Television Nine had the No.1 “event” broadcast with the first QLD vs NSW State of Origin game pipping Seven’s AFL Grand Final. Top rating TV events, 2018 State of Origin Game 1, Nine, 3.44 million AFL Grand Final: West Coast vs Collingwood, Seven, 3.40 million AFL Grand Final presentations, Seven, 3.33 million State of…
Foxsports is reporting that Victory have signed a 10 year deal to play games at both Etihad and Aami Park. The A-League powerhouse has played five regular season games a year at the Docklands ground since 2010-11 and that will continue under the terms set in new 10-year deals signed with both of its grounds…
Source: Sportsbusiness Insider, The Age Channel Ten chief Hamish Mclennan has apparenrtly confirmed that Ten are interested in the next batch of AFl rights, depending on cost and availability. “Yes, we’re keen. All depends on what is on offer,” McLennan said. Asked what slots Ten would be interested in, McLennan said: “Depends on price etc,…
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With the AFL and state league seasons over, the centre of Australian football moves to London and the 2014 Axios IT Euro Cup. Ben McCormack, the CEO of AFL Europe, says that with 16 mens sides and 5 womens sides, this is the largest tournament since the competition was first held in 2005.. One of…
Test crickets much speculated future appears to be in good hands if the first series of the summer is anything to go by with record crowds, and excellent tv ratings, despite no Test lasting into the fifth day. The series was attended by 349,252 at an average of 29,104 across 12 match days. The total…
Steve Mascord writes in Fairfax media that making player salaries public knowledge is only a matter of time.
News Limited reports today say Peter Vlandys has plans for Perth to be a big part of the NRLs expansion plans, with the Bears likely to be put forward as the 19th team stationed in the West of the country. The NRL has established an expansion task force, which includes former Chair Peter Beatty, and…
A quiet day as both the AFL and NRL had shorter rounds, as the NRL head into Origin 1. In the AFL, the Demons took on the Dockers in front of 6,109 at Traeger Park in Alice Springs, and later the Suns faced down the Bombres in front of 21,759 at People First Stadium on…
Note: the below article was published on TV Blackbox on September 30th. Follow them on twitter at @TV_Blackbox At a time when many proclaimed that broadcast television was dying or dead, the Australian Football League held a steady ship, as 111.4 million people tuned in over the course of the year on the Seven Network…
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The Courier-Mail reports that Brisbane Roar have finally put their financial problems behind them after paying more than $5 million dollars in the past four months to clear their debts. Football Federation Australia confirmed that Roar owner Nirwan Bakrie met the January financial deadline he had been set to meet commitments or face the likelihood…
Fairfax reports today that the 10 Victorian-based AFL clubs managed to cut their debt levels but financial losses increased in 2015. An analysis of the annual reports lodged by the 10 clubs showed them making a combined loss of just over $2 million last year from revenue of $501 million. Better news was found in…
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:…
The FFA has today signed a Six year, 346 million deal with Foxtel for broadcasting – working out to 57.6 million annually. In a separate deal to be negotiated in the new year, for the first time ever a Hyundai A-League match will be also shown live on free to air television in prime time…
Phil Rothfield recently had an indepth discussion with Dave Smith, CEO of the NRL. Here are the parts relative to this website. BUZZ: I’m glad the grand final was at ANZ. Under your plan for a 60,000 seater in Moore Park, 25,000 fans would have missed seeing the best grand final ever. SMITH: What I’m…
