Revenues of $470 million in the quarter increased $8 million, or 2%, compared with the prior year, driven by higher revenues from Kayo and BINGE from increases in both volume and pricing, despite a more difficult Summer sports season and inflationary pressures, partially offset by the impact from fewer residential broadcast subscribers and a $6…
With the Australian Open breaking the million barrier for the first time, its worth noting that attendance at the various International tour events around the country have been going gang busters since the United Cup started in Perth. The Australian Open was attended by 1,020,763 at an average of 68,051 per day. (up 21% on…
The 2023-24 cricket season has made Seven #1 so far this summer, with a 43.2% all people commercial audience share – its highest ever share at this point in summer. Seven also ranks #1 in people 25 to 54. The three Australia v Pakistan Tests reached 8.75 million people nationally (5.8 million in the capital…
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…
So today, the A-leagues noted that the upcoming stadium in Tarneit would be the “first privately owned stadium” in Australia. This is not entirely true – the following venues are used by the major professional competitions in the country and are all privately held. Ballymore Stadium – Brisbane, QLD Owned by the Queensland Rugby Union…
A-league Men Round 2 of the 2023-24 Aleague Mens season was attended by 52,731 at an average of 8,789 per game (28% cap) This season 107,025 have attended at an average of 8,919 per game. This is down 3% on the first two rounds of the 2022-23 season AFLW Round 9 of the 2023-24 #AFLW…
Background After 20 odd years of involvement with the AFL at headquarters in one position or another, Gillon Mclachlan has finally stood down as AFL CEO a year after it was first announced. Here we take a brief look at his accomplishments and whether or not the league has been better for his appointment. In…
On April 29, 2022 Peter V’landys urged the NSW Government to develop suburban grounds around the state instead of using the money on Accor Stadium at Homebush, stating that rugby league needs the ‘tribalism’ that the smaller grounds present. A handshake deal was allegedly done at this time, pending formal paperwork by both organisations. The…
The all-time Liberty A-League attendance record for a single round was broken just two games into the 2023-24 season, with more than 17,000 fans attending the F3 Derby and Sydney Derby combined. Four records were broken on the league’s opening night, headlined by two standalone Liberty A-League Women’s attendance records and two all-time round attendance…
Three weeks into the new season, the Hungry Jack’s National Basketball League (NBL) is as hot as ever, with broadcast numbers, attendances, and digital engagement continuing to rise at unprecedented rates. Broadcast audience has increased by more than 40% year-on-year, with more people locked into the NBL on ESPN. The international footprint of the NBL’s…
The Australian Professional Leagues (APL) has announced its inaugural ‘Unite Round’ in partnership with the NSW Government and Destination NSW (DNSW). Heres what has been reported today. Between Friday January 12 and Sunday January 14, Sydney will play host to all 12 Isuzu UTE A-League Men and Liberty A-League Women matches, as the A-Leagues become…
The Big news today coming from the A-league with their announcement of the cancellation of the A-league Grand Final deal and the new announcement of the A-League United round. More details in the dedicated news post. Meanwhile the rest of todays news
After a record breaking season and a huge grand final, its time to wrap up the season with a nice big bow, with new records set in Membership, Attendance and tv ratings. Social Media Collingwood leads all comers in the social media stakes with 390,000 followers on facebook, 368,000 followers on instagram, 157,000 on twitter…
Well after one of the best grand finals seen in many a year, its time to say goodbye to the NRL season and hello to the forthcoming internationals, but first we take a good look at the metrics from what was a record breaking season for the National Rugby League. Attendance its all good news…
There was barely a spare seat to be found as the first knock out stage of the Womens World Cup saw venues filled to capacity in both Australia and New Zealand. The Group of 16 matches were attended by 310,706 people at an average of 38,838 per match across 7 venues in 2 countries using…
Tournament organisers have announced that they are aiming for a worldwide audience of 2 billion, surpassing the 1.19 billion FIFA claims watched the 2019 edition of the Womens tournament. So lets have a look at how the ratings are going around the world. Australia The World Cup is being shown on Seven and Optus Sports…
Crowds at this Womens world cup so far total 1.065m….and will pass France19 by the end of the group stage in 2 days time, will overtake China 2007 by the end of the first weekend (on aggregate not average), and hurtle USA 1999 at Accor Stadium on Monday night (again on aggregate not average) when…
A massive weekend in sport with the first Womens World Cup in play and we enter the back end of the AFL and NRL seasons. AFL Round 19 #AFLCrowds totalled 320,653 at an average of 35,628 per game, using 61% of available capacity. Round 19 was up 16% on the same round in 2022, while…
AFL CEO-Elect Andrew Dillon has today announced a new all-time AFL Club membership record of 1,198,833* members (year to date). The 1,198,833 number surpasses the record of 1,190,671 that was set in 2022. One in 22 Australians is a member of an AFL club. AFL club membership has increased 30 times in the past 32 years, with the exceptions…
The Matildas’ opening match against Ireland in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ was an out-of-the-park hit with viewers, reaching 4.88 million people across the screens of the Seven Network. The tense game, which saw the much-loved Matildas triumph over Ireland 1-0 in front of a sold-out crowd of 76,000 at Stadium Australia, attracted an average audience…