Australian Cricket Broadcast Rights 2018 - 2023

[Plugger35]

It gets worse. One international ODI and one BBL game on the same day, neither on free-to-air TV. Seven ****** their audience.

They are showing a WBBL game today to make up for it, I'm sure people will be tuning into that in droves, no BBL game today though, that's on Fox too.

Great deal.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Melbourne derby tonight, with Finch, Maxwell, Stoinis and plenty of stars rumoured to be back for both sides. Channel 7 showing The Peanuts movie.
This is deadset unbelievable. This coming from someone with access to Foxtel by the way.

 

[Kappa]

One of the worst deals CA could of agreed to, absolute stupidity. Cricket in this country is on the way down big time.

 

[ROOTA#6]

So my kids can't watch the biggest domestic cricket game this year

 

[Kappa]

So my kids can't watch the biggest domestic cricket game this year

Nor can Aussie kids watch ANY One day games. Will kids even remember they exist?

 

[ROOTA#6]

It's a ****in ridiculous deal. Absolutely ridiculous..

 

[JackOutback]

It’s fair to say, if you’re a fan of men’s cricket, 7’s international coverage is substantially worse than 9’s and its BBL coverage is worse than 10s’s.

 

[Badesumofu]

I am a bit torn over this. As a matter of principle I think it's wrong that so much of the cricket season is not accessible via free to air coverage. Sport should be for everyone to enjoy and we're not talking about niche stuff here. On the other hand the Fox coverage is just so much better than what 7 and 9 serve up. Same with the footy.

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

It’s fair to say, if you’re a fan of men’s cricket, 7’s international coverage is substantially worse than 9’s and its BBL coverage is worse than 10s’s.

I disagree a little. I think their coverage is light-years ahead of Nine's, but their BBL coverage a little behind Ten's. Aside from the amount of content they're able to show, I think they've been absolutely excellent.

 

[JackOutback]

I disagree a little. I think their coverage is light-years ahead of Nine's, but their BBL coverage a little behind Ten's. Aside from the amount of content they're able to show, I think they've been absolutely excellent.

I’m solely talking about content. No ODIs, no international T20, no BBL every weekend constantly breaking up the flow of the season. It’s shithouse and well behind what we were getting on 9 and 10.

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

I’m solely talking about content. No ODIs, no international T20, no BBL every weekend constantly breaking up the flow of the season. It’s shithouse and well behind what we were getting on 9 and 10.

Quantity of content wise, I couldn't agree more- it's incredibly sad. But the quality has been fantastic.

 

[JackOutback]

Quantity of content wise, I couldn't agree more- it's incredibly sad. But the quality has been fantastic.

It’s damaging to ODIs, which has been talked about a lot. But Channel 10 made the BBL by making it a school holiday event. Now there’s no BBL on weekends when kids of all ages are going to be most able to stay up and watch every minute, the flow of the season gets interrupted, you’re more likely to forget games are on if the coverage is intermittent. I think it has the potential to stifle the growth 10 built.

 

[RobRocket]

I’m solely talking about content. No ODIs, no international T20, no BBL every weekend constantly breaking up the flow of the season. It’s shithouse and well behind what we were getting on 9 and 10.

Let’s not forget with tests, we can’t watch the coin toss, we can’t hear any post match analysis on seven,unlike with nine. I like the commentary team at 7 which is a good thing. But everything else is terrible. Nine at least had proper analysis , after each game. Tennis belongs on 7 and Cricket belongs at nine. And finally our cricket team, has always been the team the entire nation could support.

Not everyone here supports StKilda or Cronulla, but everyone can support Australia. And we can’t support the Socceroos because let’s be honest they most likely won’t win a World Cup in our life. Thus, our cricket team is the only team everyone in Australia can truly get behind. Putting our men’s team behind a paywall for white ball games is a disgrace. And quite frankly we deserve losing series because of this. I saw a bit of the India v Aus game yesterday, we were completely outnumbered in the crowd , imagine the uproar that would happen in India, if they couldn’t watch their team play. Lets be honest, not many people are going to buy a $100 to go to an ODI game in the heat, as an alternative to not being able to watch it on TV.

Rant over.


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[Cleavy]

Melbourne derby tonight, with Finch, Maxwell, Stoinis and plenty of stars rumoured to be back for both sides. Channel 7 showing The Peanuts movie.
This is deadset unbelievable. This coming from someone with access to Foxtel by the way.

the feeling when you remember the BBL is on, then realise it's a Fox exclusive game

 

[imadodgyumpire]

The other thing I don't think has been mentioned. Is that even with the increased coverage of the wbbl content blunting the men's game, some of those game are broadcasted in the middle of a work day.

 

[Gough]

I don't like the way increased coverage of the women's games have been used to justify the paywall, you'd think with three channels they could find space for all the games.

 

[Father Jack]

so Fox have used the $50 mil handout from the government to put more women's cricket on FTA?

 

[JackOutback]

I don't like the way increased coverage of the women's games have been used to justify the paywall, you'd think with three channels they could find space for all the games.

Channel 10 were going to do just that.

 

[holybishop]

After enjoying Fox's coverage of the cricket its painful going back to FTA for the tennis. Potato picture quality and incessant Uber eat ads.

 

[ROOTA#6]

After enjoying Fox's coverage of the cricket its painful going back to FTA for the tennis. Potato picture quality and incessant Uber eat ads.

At least it's on FTA

 

[Park cricketer]

Came across this video on twitter.



I know that the AFL is a very popular sport in Australia but was surprised by the crowd number for the women's AFL. I can't imagine any women's cricket match attracting such a crowd barring possibly the women's ODI world cup final that happened at Lords last time. And apparently it's on FTA as well. Has Cricket Australia shot in its foot by putting cricket behind the paywall? I know test cricket is still fta but how many kids these days watch a test match, they would rather watch more fast paced formats like t20s or switch to other sports in their absence.

I wonder if cricket will become a minority sport in Australia like it happened in England after cricket was put behind paywall in 2005.

 

[swanssince2002]

And one of the guys who were responsible for this horrible deal got sacked. Thanks for nothing again CA. Channel 10 was gonna give great exposure to all forms of cricket and it gets ruined. UGHHH

 

[The Speaker]

Came across this video on twitter.



I know that the AFL is a very popular sport in Australia but was surprised by the crowd number for the women's AFL. I can't imagine any women's cricket match attracting such a crowd barring possibly the women's ODI world cup final that happened at Lords last time. And apparently it's on FTA as well. Has Cricket Australia shot in its foot by putting cricket behind the paywall? I know test cricket is still fta but how many kids these days watch a test match, they would rather watch more fast paced formats like t20s or switch to other sports in their absence.

I wonder if cricket will become a minority sport in Australia like it happened in England after cricket was put behind paywall in 2005.

Free entry, no competition, first game of the season - and yes, some people just want to watch footy and nothing else.

 

[big_e]

Came across this video on twitter.



I know that the AFL is a very popular sport in Australia but was surprised by the crowd number for the women's AFL. I can't imagine any women's cricket match attracting such a crowd barring possibly the women's ODI world cup final that happened at Lords last time. And apparently it's on FTA as well. Has Cricket Australia shot in its foot by putting cricket behind the paywall? I know test cricket is still fta but how many kids these days watch a test match, they would rather watch more fast paced formats like t20s or switch to other sports in their absence.

I wonder if cricket will become a minority sport in Australia like it happened in England after cricket was put behind paywall in 2005.

First women's game for Geelong, first footy of any kind since September, free entry, etc, etc, etc. Perfect storm.

 

[Cleavy]

https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/02/nine-rejects-seven-offer-to-swap-ashes-for-wimbledon.html

Nice try, Ch7...