Broadcast options for Australian Rugby

[Wilson]

Do we have Stan numbers from first test?

No, and we almost certainly won't get them. They might talk about series numbers in aggregate after the fact, but they rarely (if ever) give out numbers for individual games.

 

[JRugby2]

Do we have Stan numbers from first test?

We don't have Stan numbers from any game ever

 

[Strewthcobber]

There's a reddit thread up on 2013 v 2025 with some incomplete numbers - the Gagr archive has the full picture.

Australian Sport TV Ratings.. Rugby Falling

If you are getting an HD Stream then there is no reason that it will be worse than HD on a TV. Eventually we will have all HD/Ultra HD coming through a cable via the internet because the quality will be so high that the signal can't be effectively transmitted to an aerial as with current TV...

www.greenandgoldrugby.com

2013 Game 2 including regionals for a like-for-like is going to be around 1.5x807k = 1.2m +400k on Foxtel.

So around 1.6m total viewers.

2025 is around 800k + Stan (300k?)

The real story is probably just how much FTA viewing has declined in 12 years

 

[PhilClinton]

Do we think Stan numbers would even be as high as 300k?

Anecdotally, within my rugby circles, because this tour is such a big occasion, most of us have either been attending the games in person, watching them as a group at a pub or watching them as a group at someone's house.

If that same rings true for many other rugby fans, I wonder if the Stan numbers are lower than expected.

 

[JRugby2]

I reckon every burnt on rugby fan who didn't attend the game or go somewhere to watch it would have watched on stan out of pure habit considering we have to use the platform week on week for super.

 

[Strewthcobber]

My Stan is certainly heavily promoting women's international football, tennis, F1 and UFC, even though I only watch rugby on it - which probably shows where they see their priorities heading

 

[LeCheese]

My Stan is certainly heavily promoting women's international football, tennis, F1 and UFC, even though I only watch rugby on it - which probably shows where they see their priorities heading

Not sure if it's algo-specific, but Between Two Posts is the first thing that appears on my Stan Sports page, with Rugby being the first selectable item as well. They're still pushing it reasonably hard.

Also just a note that it isn't F1 and UFC, but Indycar and other combat sport leagues (e.g., PFL). Not of great importance, but very different in terms of current viewership and expected growth

 

[Strewthcobber]

Not sure if it's algo-specific, but Between Two Posts is the first thing that appears on my Stan Sports page, with Rugby being the first selectable item as well. They're still pushing it reasonably hard.

Also just a note that it isn't F1 and UFC, but Indycar and other combat sport leagues (e.g., PFL). Not of great importance, but very different in terms of current viewership and expected growth

I just checked and same for me at the moment (re Between Two Posts). Clearly I'm not much of a racing or combat sports fan!

 

[Ignoto]

watching them as a group at a pub or watching them as a group at someone's house

Without doxxing the crap out of myself, but I was at the Regatta for a school reunion on Saturday night. We got booted downstairs after 9 and the place was packed. I could not move around the pub, everyone was watching the game and this is outside of the reunions.

Last time I witnessed that was the 2015 final at 3am in the Caxton!