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Last night got close to 40k right?
Australian Cricket Broadcast Rights 2018 - 2023
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Last night got close to 40k right?
So you think that because the 2 Melbourne teams get pretty much the biggest crowd of the season from 2 of their 14 home games (when they play each other), that makes it worth their poor crowds against every other team for their 12 other home games, which may result from the market being diluted by having 2 teams?
If there was only 1 team, could they be drawing those big crowds for all 7 of their home games?
Side note, the crowds for the Scorchers in 18/19 would include the novelty of being the first full season at the new Optus Stadium. Most new/upgraded stadiums see that novelty boost to a teams crowd before they come down a bit. Look at the 2 Adelaide AFL teams going from a similar capacity stadium to the redeveloped Adelaide Oval where crowds jumped but then came down again.
Paramount, which was widely considered the preferred bidder early in the negotiations, said it never made a “formal bid” and had not actively pursued the rights in recent weeks. This decision coincided with the appearance of CA board director Richard Freudenstein, Foxtel boss Patrick Delany and Seven director Ryan Stokes and Lachlan Murdoch’s Christmas party. Sources close to the process said Paramount had asked the process to be put on pause until mid-January when executives returned from leave, and had put in a non-binding indicative offer.
Others close to the deal said it wasn’t this simple. CA and Foxtel executives continued to pursue a partnership with Paramount’s free-to-air partner Network 10 over concerns it could not work with Seven. Paramount refused to do a deal that did not include its streaming service, Paramount+ because it believed it would lose tens of millions of dollars if it did not share the rights across its platforms.
Cricket Australia defends Seven partnership as it seals new seven-year broadcast deal
Rival broadcaster Paramount has declared its values were “not aligned” with CA as Foxtel and Seven revealed a new seven-year deal.www.theage.com.au
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oh the CA spin! "“Our priority was to run a fair process and all the major networks took part. We wouldn’t have engaged unless we were kind of serious about giving everybody the opportunity. But ultimately, we’re just delighted to be extending our partnership.”
Interesting take on TV Blackbox:
Was Channel 10 dudded by Cricket Australia?
Rob's bits 'n' bobs is back to look at the cricket broadcast deal, changes for Weekend Today and fitness videos for Netflix
tvblackbox.com.au
The real reason 10 didn’t win the cricket broadcasting rights
'It’s been fascinating to watch the latest round of cricket rights play out.''10 made it clear it would not partner with anyone else. That’s because sources tell me crickets rights are a loss leader for FTA coverage to the tune of tens-of-millions of dollars.'
Full article worth a look.
calculon559
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Makes you wonder what Channel 10/Paramount has to do by the time the next sports deals come around to be taken seriously.
And what is it about Fox Sports that made CA want to stay with them?
It's not money, since CA would have gotten (a little) more from Ch10/P+.
Wouldn't have anything to do with Foxtel being the only cable/satellite provider in this country, would it?
And what is it about Fox Sports that made CA want to stay with them?
It's not money, since CA would have gotten (a little) more from Ch10/P+.
Wouldn't have anything to do with Foxtel being the only cable/satellite provider in this country, would it?
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News corp media coverage, in addition to cable/satellite/streaming reach as noted
Yep spot on - the top 4 highest selling newspapers all from the news stable that’s ultimately why
I don’t think it has much to do with cabel/sat reach
They need to sign up other sports that wouldn't worry that 10/Paramount has little reach. A good start would be to snatch other Football to compliment A-League.
They have the FA Cup and Serie A. Champions League rights would be handy and the next UCL rights cycle here begins in 2024. Optus Sport has the Premier League until at least the end of the 2027-28 season.
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Provide competent coverage on Paramount+.
2nd season into the A-League deal and it got so bad matches had to be streamed on You Tube.
If their A-League coverage was half competent, CA would’ve comfortably gone over to them
Not an A-League viewer, so half competent says plenty about the latest owner of TEN & its place in the Australian market.
Sport in Australia is hanging on for dear life with FTA coverage, it will all eventually be gone from FTA right or wrong. But it is fun to watch them cling on to it as they are.
Just delaying the inevitable.
Just delaying the inevitable.
calculon559
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One of the problems is the sports codes in this country are clinging to the idea of only wanting to deal with one free-to-air network. For some reason the thought of having two networks broadcast a particular sport or code is not on, even though it's been done and done well before (see Cricket & AFL).
The other problem is lack of competition in both the free-to-air (only three commercial networks) and 'traditional' pay tv space (Foxtel). Even one more player in each category would improve things, but it's at the point where the amount of investment needed to make that happen would not be worth it.
Was the BBL on 7Mate this time last year?
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I have seen some false claims made on Twitter (^for example) that the media rights for the Women's IPL, sold today for approximately USD 116.7 million for 5 years (which comes to USD 866,000 per match), is clearly the second-most expensive deal among domestic cricket leagues.
This seems to be based on the misleading idea of comparing the PSL's deal for local rights (approx USD 300,000 per match) with the WIPL's global rights.
Further, it excludes any attempt to realistically estimate, say, the BBL rights in isolation. I believe Seven+Fox are paying easily more than USD 1 million per BBL match for the new deal, which obviously puts the Bash ahead before even considering the rights sold to other parts of the world.
And to really tie it all back to this thread, the winning bidder of the WIPL rights was Viacom18, who are 49% owned by none other than Paramount. So that puts them back on the winners list for cricket. They got an absolute bargain, considering the $200m spent on the A-League which ratings-wise gets walloped by the WBBL.
Seven may not be that unhappy now. The state of Tennis the next few years looks a bit grim.
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Pretty much all the previous ratings draw cards were either absent, or played little part in the Aus Open this year.
Ash, Roger and Serena retired. Kyrgios was injured and didn't play and Rafa was injured and out 2nd round.
All in all a s***show for 9.
calculon559
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If it means better commentators so be it
calculon559
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It'll be the same lot of commentators the ICC have been using, just on a different platform.
I enjoyed watching all the World Cup matches on Kayo (or Nine) so I find this quite frustrating. Amazon Prime looks reasonably priced, but I don't know whether I would want to spend money to watch occasional ICC tournaments.
I find Amazon's "video" feed a bit hit and miss, lots of audio lag/syncing issues.
Even so Amazon are doing well in the Australian landscape
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Now going after Australian sports
Look for them to pounce on the AFL rights when they expire
Even so Amazon are doing well in the Australian landscape
Packed to the Rafters
Neighours
Now going after Australian sports
Look for them to pounce on the AFL rights when they expire
I find Amazon's "video" feed a bit hit and miss, lots of audio lag/syncing issues.
Even so Amazon are doing well in the Australian landscape
Packed to the Rafters
Neighours
Now going after Australian sports
Look for them to pounce on the AFL rights when they expire
They'll be waiting a while for that. Fox will screwed if they lose the AFL rights in any case.
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On the face of it, this makes no sense. But at the same time, I can see a time when more people have Amazon than Fox. People bundling it in to free shipping means it’s growing and it’s still the cheapest of the streamers.
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