Australian Cricket Broadcast Rights 2018 - 2023

[Chaisa]

A 7/fox deal for the big bash or anything else means we escape Howie but not Junior.

Ehh I'd probably take Junior over half of Nine's team. He's a w***er but at least he can be entertaining, which is more than what I can say about Slater, Healy, KP and co.

 

[eth-dog]

Ehh I'd probably take Junior over half of Nine's team. He's a w***er but at least he can be entertaining, which is more than what I can say about Slater, Healy, KP and co.

Yes, but in an ideal world you have neither.

 

[Chaisa]

Yes, but in an ideal world you have neither.

Yeah that's fair.

 

[RooBoyz24]

Now Ch7 has lost the Tennis to Ch 9 watch them pay big bucks for the cricket. I think a 7/Fox deal like the AFL could work.

 

[Marshland]

Does Ch9 going for the tennis means there is absolutely no room for the cricket at all?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Does tennis cost that much for broadcasters? Most people probably only tune in once (maybe twice) a year.

 

[Kyptastic]

Does tennis cost that much for broadcasters? Most people probably only tune in once (maybe twice) a year.

Channel 9 has paid $60 million a year for it - up from the $38 million that 7 offered apparently.

To put that in perspective, it's been said that CA were hoping for $60 million for the Big Bash rights alone - this for a tournament that is nightly for a month and a half as opposed to the 2 weeks that people pay attention to the tennis to.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Channel 9 has paid $60 million a year for it - up from the $38 million that 7 offered apparently.

To put that in perspective, it's been said that CA were hoping for $60 million for the Big Bash rights alone - this for a tournament that is nightly for a month and a half as opposed to the 2 weeks that people pay attention to the tennis to.

Jeepers, I like the tennis well enough but that seems like overspending.

 

[Hellgood]

Does tennis cost that much for broadcasters? Most people probably only tune in once (maybe twice) a year.

Rubbish. Most sport fans I know have it as a consistent fixture on the TV over the course of the fortnight. Not saying they watch every second, nor watch in priority over the BBL but easy to see why Nine were keen to get hold of it.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Rubbish. Most sport fans I know have it as a consistent fixture on the TV over the course of the fortnight. Not saying they watch every second, nor watch in priority over the BBL but easy to see why Nine were keen to get hold of it.

That’s what I mean it’s only relevant on TV for about a fortnight a year.

 

[dtm06]

The big advantage the Aus open has is you are, by and large, getting content from 10 or 11 in the morning til potentially after midnight. Given that it’s so well placed on the calendar in that it occupies the two weeks leading into the tv ratings season, it’s essentially a two week ad for the networks to pump up their upcoming shows.

The big bash has that too but it’s not as concentrated or neat as the Aus Open. Conversely, it stretches over more dates which is to its advantage.

Does Ch9 going for the tennis means there is absolutely no room for the cricket at all?

Not with the way CA have divided up the content this time round. It’s possible they still try to acquire test matches imo, I just think 7 are more likely to than 9 now.

 

[Hellgood]

That’s what I mean it’s only relevant on TV for about a fortnight a year.

Ok I thought you referring to nights rather than in general. For the time of year it is, the Aus Open is brilliant for broadcasters. Wimbledon is pretty big news for the Australian public too.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Jeepers, I like the tennis well enough but that seems like overspending.

I can't find the numbers but I think women generally watch tennis more than cricket. Women control household spending.
Tennis may well be considerably more attractive to advertisers, for the same overall viewer numbers, for that reason. Viewing numbers also skew older, meaning more disposable income and advertiser appeal. If anything the BBL skews the other way.

 

[dtm06]

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricke...s/news-story/df1dc408d1a8664c14d079e74faa16f7

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/bu...etwork-as-bottom-feeders-20180404-p4z7rt.html

Just gets more and more bizarre

 

[Cleavy]

https://www.theage.com.au/business/...-grab-cricket-for-pay-tv-20180406-p4z83h.html

Foxtel bringing the $$$.

 

[The Speaker]

https://www.theage.com.au/business/...-grab-cricket-for-pay-tv-20180406-p4z83h.html

Foxtel bringing the $$$.

nope

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/bu...k=012f4b410d68f87a3a412c8b3f546aac-1523074416

 

[Cleavy]

pay tv bottom feeders. lol

 

[The Speaker]

Looks like CA's approach in a number of areas is coming back to bite them.

They've assumed that their position as Australia's national sport will get them a free ride from the tv companies, but their cultural position is irrelevant for broadcasters. They only care about what will get advertisers on board, and the product CA serves up is not exactly maximised for public interest. ODIs are put up against the tennis after the Tests are done, when it should be the other way around. The Big Bash is crammed in there instead of being given a free run. There's no rhyme or reason to the season.

They've been an active part of the ICC Board during a period where the international game has stalled at the behest of the biggest boards - including CA. Context is so important for international fixtures, and CA have been content for there to be no context as long as they can play India and England a lot. As a result, internationals held in Australia have lost their value, as the context used to be "watch Australia win".

Their complicitness in the cultural issues plaguing the team has been mentioned before, and has had an immediate consequence in the removal of Australia's two biggest drawcards from international cricket for at least a year.

These rights are worth less than they wanted, and its on their head.

 

[Cleavy]

Everything is fine, according to CA. How delusional are they to not think the recent ball tampering issue won't impact the deal.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cri...still-in-play-insists-ca-20180407-p4z8bd.html

 

[dtm06]

Looks like CA's approach in a number of areas is coming back to bite them.

They've assumed that their position as Australia's national sport will get them a free ride from the tv companies, but their cultural position is irrelevant for broadcasters. They only care about what will get advertisers on board, and the product CA serves up is not exactly maximised for public interest. ODIs are put up against the tennis after the Tests are done, when it should be the other way around. The Big Bash is crammed in there instead of being given a free run. There's no rhyme or reason to the season.

They've been an active part of the ICC Board during a period where the international game has stalled at the behest of the biggest boards - including CA. Context is so important for international fixtures, and CA have been content for there to be no context as long as they can play India and England a lot. As a result, internationals held in Australia have lost their value, as the context used to be "watch Australia win".

Their complicitness in the cultural issues plaguing the team has been mentioned before, and has had an immediate consequence in the removal of Australia's two biggest drawcards from international cricket for at least a year.

These rights are worth less than they wanted, and its on their head.

There’s no doubt the majority of that is correct, but it completely ignores the explosion in popularity and value of the BBL.

CA deserve credit for that, the same way they deserve to cop it for their mistakes. The BBL ratings are stronger than the tennis and when push comes to shove, ratings rule.

We also have no idea what 7 is offering and that to me, is a sign they are up to their necks in these negotiations.

I’m probably more optimistic than most in how much these rights’ll go for but we’ll see. There’s no doubt they’ve dropped in value in the last few weeks though and that is ultimately CA’s fault.

 

[archibald]

Hopefully SBS swoop in purely for the 05 Ashes nostalgia feels.

 

[dtm06]

Hopefully SBS swoop in purely for the 05 Ashes nostalgia feels.

Under the grandstand

 

[Hellgood]

Hopefully SBS swoop in purely for the 05 Ashes nostalgia feels.

Really used to like Simon Hill on that basis, shame he revealed himself as such a bitter mouthbreather in subsequent years.

 

[Kyptastic]

http://www.afr.com/business/media-a...00m-to-keep-cricket-freetoair-20180407-h0yh4w

Maybe CA will finally get the amount they want.

Wonder how much of this is driven by 9 not wanting 7 to have any sport at all to drive their ratings pushes early in January.

This could have the consequence of 7 doubling down on AFLW and really pushing that as a legitimate network broadcast sport.

 

[The Speaker]

This could have the consequence of 7 doubling down on AFLW and really pushing that as a legitimate network broadcast sport.

That'll go down like a lead balloon.