Broadcast options for Australian Rugby

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Interesting.

I read the other day Mat Ishbia the Owner of the Pheonix Suns has cancelled their Cable deal and is getting all game on local FTA for the increased exposure.

 

[Braveheart81]

Interesting.

I read the other day Mat Ishbia the Owner of the Pheonix Suns has cancelled their Cable deal and is getting all game on local FTA for the increased exposure.

Teams are realising that this isn't actually a big revenue stream and having more passionate local support for the team is probably more valuable long term.

 

[PhilClinton]

It's bizarre that people are arguing that going from Foxtel to Stan/9 was a step backwards.

It's an improvement in every way. There is more rugby on FTA, more rugby from more competitions on the subscription platform and a lot more domestic rugby with women's and club rugby being featured strongly.

The ratings on Foxtel were pretty clear that league and AFL fans weren't tuning in to watch rugby just because they had access to it.

Agree on all points, but from memory, the free QPR content on YouTube wasn't that much of a step down from what is currently coming from Stan (outside the talk show). By the last few seasons, games had commentary and a few fields had more than one fixed camera.

In line with some other posts about making things more available, I wonder if moving the club games and womens games back to a free model (or making them available to Stan only subscribers as a kind of try before you buy the full Sports package) could help exposure.

 

[LeCheese]

Agree on all points, but from memory, the free QPR content on YouTube wasn't that much of a step down from what is currently coming from Stan (outside the talk show). By the last few seasons, games had commentary and a few fields had more than one fixed camera.

There's a good chance I'm mistaken, but it was only select games shown on YouTube wasn't it?

 

[DevilDog]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1706656150349885720

 

[Members Section]

trash hit piece for clicks

 

[RebelYell]

The issue isn't that pubs can't afford Stan or don't know how to get it. It's that they don't value it enough to get it.

 

[PhilClinton]

There's a good chance I'm mistaken, but it was only select games shown on YouTube wasn't it?

I'm 99% sure all games got a YouTube broadcast but maybe only game of the round got commentary.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

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[DevilDog]

trash hit piece for clicks

Keep your head in the sand then, we're up shit creek

 

[Slim 293]

Keep your head in the sand then, we're up shit creek

Maybe, but it was still a shit piece of journalism not weighted in any facts… typical Murdoch clickbait, as discussed a page or two back.

 

[Members Section]

Keep your head in the sand then, we're up shit creek

Its the opposition attacking the sport in hope to drive the price down because the next time the rights are up for grabs its a lions series

 

[Derpus]

Its the opposition attacking the sport in hope to drive the price down because the next time the rights are up for grabs its a lions series

Aren't they also damaging the lions series?

 

[Members Section]

Aren't they also damaging the lions series?

in terms of viewership can anything damage a lions series?

 

[Derpus]

in terms of viewership can anything damage a lions series?

Yeah, the current state of rugby in Aus probably.

 

[Members Section]

Yeah, the current state of rugby in Aus probably.

2 years it worth it for what you can sell it internationally wise

 

[Derpus]

Yeah but as things stand the B&I Lions will beat us 180-14 over three games. Definitely a hit to interest.

 

[HooperPocockSmith]

Yeah but as things stand the B&I Lions will beat us 180-14 over three games. Definitely a hit to interest.

Who scores our two tries?

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

Angus Bell

 

[Members Section]

Yeah but as things stand the B&I Lions will beat us 180-14 over three games. Definitely a hit to interest.

Theres no way know that they get 100 v the brums