General To coincide with the end of the AFL and NRL seasons, Nielsen has compiled data forMediaweek that ranks all the AFL and NRL clubs. Association Football AUSTRALIAN football will embark on a bright new dawn after the successful adoption of wide-ranging governance reforms finally ended the civil war crippling the game. Steven Lowy said while the FFA board is…
In the ever changing landscape of tv rights negotiations, theres been plenty of changes this year to various sports and I thought Id make a single post outlining the current arrangements. For the purposes of this post – and length – I’ve separated the womens sport from the mens. Broadcasters: …
AFL After 10 rounds & 89 mtchs of the 2017 AFL season, crowds +1.67% on ave – 35,016 from 34,440, +0.54% on aggregate to 3.116m up from 3.099m AFL superstar Patrick Dangerfield says the threat of players striking is greater in cricket than football as both sports continue to broker new pay deals. A PROPOSED…
AFL THE AFL has kickstarted the bidding process for 2019 AFL Women’s team licences. Ten AFL clubs are without a licence and they were on Tuesday issued a document outlining requirements. AFL football operations boss Simon Lethlean said he expects clubs to submit within a month before a decision is made by the AFL Commission…
AFL JLT Series -Richmond v Adelaide: 7,262 at Etihad Stadium Fri STV: #AFL #FoxFooty Richmond v Adelaide 116k A-league Melbourne City v Sydney FC – 10,706 at Aami Park Fri TV #ALeague #SBSviceland #MCYvSYD 97k (Metro 60k Regional 37k) Fri STV: #ALeague #FoxSports #MCYvSYD 68k Rugby Union Reds v Sharks – 15,015 at Suncorp Stadium…
The FFA has today signed a Six year, 346 million deal with Foxtel for broadcasting – working out to 57.6 million annually. In a separate deal to be negotiated in the new year, for the first time ever a Hyundai A-League match will be also shown live on free to air television in prime time…
Here is a brief comparison of known Australian womens sports tv deals. Australian Football League – Womens Two year deal No Additional rights funds Production costs covered by Foxtel and the Seven Network Opening game of the season, every saturday night game and the grand final live and on the Seven Network All games live…
The Financial Review reports that the FFA has been engaging with a number of interested parties, but official negotiations are penciled in for early April. The current $40 million per season, four-year deal, which expires mid-2017, sees Fox Sports show all matches, including the weekend’s higher rating derbies and rivalry games. SBS has rights to show…
The Australian is reporting that Football Federation Australia has kicked off negotiations on the richest television deal in its 11-year history by targeting a doubling in the price of its media rights with more free-to-air coverage. Administrators are said to be confident of achieving a big rise in the value, potentially up to $80m annually…
The Telegraph is reporting that the NRL is in talks to allow clubs to broadcast their own trial matches. NRL head of football Todd Greenberg initially told clubs they would not be allowed to broadcast any trials because of “broadcasting obligations’’. Greenberg wrote in the December 15 letter, which was obtained by The Daily Telegraph,…
Its quick and rough, and probably needs some refinement
The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has announced new and significantly improved media rights arrangements for 2016-2020 which will enable the code to re-energise the game at grassroots level and invest in key strategic areas to ensure its future health and prosperity. The ARU will receive a total of AUD $285m in media rights revenue from…
Various Media outlets are reporting that an announcement will be made tomorrow by the ARU concerning its media rights. News Limited reports the deal is worth 285 million at 57 million a year, Fairfax says 275 million at 55 million a year. The five-year deal means the cash-strapped ARU has yielded $57 million per year,…
The deal is worth $1.8 billion to the NRL – 70 per cent higher than the existing rights. With the sale of international and radio rights to come, it is anticipated that the total value of the final package will exceed $1.9 billion. Under the agreement, many of the changes to improve the schedule of…
As Reported by both News Corp and Fairfax, it appears that News will win the rights to Saturday, in what both papers report as part of a likely 1.85 billion rights agreement. News reported that amid marathon talks late Wednesday night, insiders said Fox, Nine and the NRL were close to reaching agreement on the…
Phil Rothfield recently had an indepth discussion with Dave Smith, CEO of the NRL. Here are the parts relative to this website. BUZZ: I’m glad the grand final was at ANZ. Under your plan for a 60,000 seater in Moore Park, 25,000 fans would have missed seeing the best grand final ever. SMITH: What I’m…
THE AFL will reap a major financial windfall after striking a colossal new six-year, $2.508 billion broadcast rights agreement. The new deal will see Channel Seven, Foxtel and Telstra continue as the League’s broadcasters under the new deal, which will run from 2017 to 2022. The current deal expires at the end of the 2016…
Nine Entertainment has signed an agreement with the NRL for $925 million to broadcast 4 NRL games live each week from 2018. These matches will be played on Thursday Night, Friday Night, Saturday Night and Sunday Afternoon. The deal also includes the Finals, Origin, and other special event matches. The agreement includes all streaming rights…