Federal Budget: Good news for Womens Participation and the AIS
Below are the measures related to sport in the Budget for 2023-2024 “Further to the…
Federal Budget: Good news for Womens Participation and the AIS
Below are the measures related to sport in the Budget for 2023-2024 “Further to the measure Rugby World Cup 2027 (men’s) and Rugby World Cup 2029 (women’s) announced in the 2022–23 March Budget, the Government will provide income tax exemptions to World Rugby and/or related entities for income derived in relation to the Rugby World…
Netball NZ extend deals with SkyNZ and TVNZ for another year
Netball will be showcased on Sky in 2025, following confirmation today that Netball New Zealand and Sky have agreed a one-year extension to their existing broadcasting partnership.In addition, Netball New Zealand have entered into a further 12 month partnership with TVNZ, for free-to-air coverage of ANZ Premiership Saturday matches. Further partnership conversations for 2026 and…
Weekend Fox Streaming Ratings – AFL R9, NRL R10, Miami GP
Weekend Streaming Ratings for Foxtel run Sunday to Saturday and are listed as a top 30 on the Oztam site. #AFL The AFL is averaging 222,000 from reported ratings on Foxtel streaming in 2024, with an average reach of 472,000. The Highest stream for the season to date is Round 8s Friday night clash between…
Victorian Budget: Helping Families Enjoy Sport
[Media Release] Victoria’s creative industries, major events, sporting calendar and live music scene are world class, attracting millions of visitors, creating thousands of jobs and boosting our state’s economy. It doesn’t happen by chance – that’s why the Allan Labor Government is investing more than $318.6 million in the Victorian Budget 2024/25 to maintain our…
AFL Round 9 – The league passes the 3 million attendance mark for the season
More than 3 million people have now attended AFL matches this season at an average of 38,632 per match. Round 9 was attended by 309,773 at an average of 34,419 per match.
AFR Report: Sportsbet’s secret NRL gambling funnel
The Australian Financial Review has a report by Mark Di Stefano on Sportsbet and how the bookmaker used a shell company to shield involvement in an NRL Pick’em tipping competition, which skirted advertising regulations and promoted gambling offers. Essentially, Sportsbet created a seperate shelf company to operate the competition which enabled them to get around…
Round 10, 2024 Attendance – the NRL continues setting a record pace
Round 10 of the 2024 NRL season saw the league pass 1.5 million attendees for the season as 117,913 attended matches across the eastern seaboard this weekend, at an average of 14,739 per match (49.8% capacity) This season has seen 1.548m people attend matches this season at an average of 19,358 per match (this slightly…
Super Rugby Pacific – Is anyone watching?
A quick look at the year so far in Super Rugby TV ratings. And I mean real quick, because there isnt much to work with. Australia Under the current deal live Super Rugby is being shown on the Nine network for the first time. STAN data has never been made available. According to the 2023…
AFLNT and the NT Gov release Strategic Business Case for AFL team
Media Release The Northern Territory is a step closer to having its own AFL team with the release of a strategic business case by the Australian Football League Team Northern Territory Taskforce. The Taskforce have completed a strategic business case, which includes a 10-year plan to establish a Northern Territory (NT) based AFL club. The…
NRL Expansion: Perth Bears possible, but Perth prefers own identity
News Limited reports today say Peter Vlandys has plans for Perth to be a big part of the NRLs expansion plans, with the Bears likely to be put forward as the 19th team stationed in the West of the country. The NRL has established an expansion task force, which includes former Chair Peter Beatty, and…
Saturday AFL Crowds and Television
A big Saturday block of AFL matches played up and down the east coast with matches in Launceston, Melbourne, and the Gold Coast. Sevens Saturday night football was a combined ratings affair between the Tigers/Bulldogs and Suns/Roos matches with an average audience of 399,000 watching on free to air television, with a reach of 1.447…
Saturday NRL Attendances – May 11th, 2024
It was a big Saturday of NRL matches played across the Eastern Seaboard, with games in Tamworth, Sydney and Melbourne. The Tigers kicked off the days play against Newcastle in Tamworth where 10,107 saw them take on Newcastle. This is just under what the match recieved last year (10,423) but ahead of the average for…
Friday Attendance and TV Ratings – May 10th, 2024
A rare double header fixture for the AFL on a friday night saw an average audience of 691,000 watch Sevens AFL coverage on free to air television. The combined coverage reached a season high 2.383m viewers. Sevens Friday night coverage has an average audience of 626,000 for the season, while the average reach on a…
Netball Australia, Tasmania FC announce new CEO appointments
The Netball Australia Board is pleased to announce that Stacey West has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Ms West has been serving as interim CEO since mid-December last year. Ms West became interim CEO in mid-December after four years as the Executive General Manager of Performance for Netball Australia where she was responsible for all…
Thursday Night AFL/NRL Crowds and TV – May 9th 2024
In the AFL, eighth placed Carltons home match against a fourth placed Melbourne at the MCG, delivered an attendance of 58,472 to the MCG on a wet and rainy night. Carlton now have a home attendance average of 63,494 for the season, while Thursday night AFL attendances average 47,657 for the season and 63,742 at…
NBL strikes new tv deal, returns to Tens primary channel for first time in decade
The National Basketball League will be accessible to more sports fans after the League extended its partnership with ESPN, secured a new free-to-air broadcast deal with Network 10, with games to be played on its main channel, in High Definition (HD) and renewed its deal with News Corp Australia (NCA) to deliver deeper basketball coverage…
2023-24 Aleague Womens season now most attended womens season in Australian sport
The Aleagues report that attendance in the season had reached 312,199 making it the best attendance aggregate for any Australian womens competition ever – and up 127% compared to the previous season.
WNBL Boomers to transfer license to Geelong Consortium
The owners of the Melbourne based WNBL club – the Deakin Melbourne Boomers – have announced they will transfer their WNBL license to a Geelong based consortium. Speaking on behalf of the current ownership group, who assumed control of the license in 2016 from the Bullen and Templestowe Basketball Association (after it faced closure), the…
Kayo subscriptions down 1% year on year to 1.442m
As of March 31, 2024, Foxtel’s total closing paid subscribers were over 4.5 million, a 1% decrease compared to the prior year, driven by fewer residential broadcast subscribers and lower BINGE subscribers partly offset by strong growth in Kayo subscribers. Broadcast subscriber churn in the quarter was 13.3% compared to 12.3% in the prior year…
