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Broadcast options for Australian Rugby

Adam84

Adam84

Nick Farr-Jones (63)
The biggest influence will be the federal governments legislation and intervention on producing local content and having locally owned media available readily available to Australians.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see a government requirement that all smart TVs come preloaded with all current FTA networks, but the medium will be the Internet delivering the content and not terrestrial. You’ll be able to flick between the channels seamlessly as you can now without having to download and sign into apps.

Current TV Apps are simply a means to lock people into the ecosystem.
 
Dctarget

Dctarget

John Eales (66)
Will the anti-siphoning laws be extended to streaming platforms too when terrestrial tv dies? I notice that you can't watch the cricket test matches on 7+ (despite it being on channel 7), only on Kayo/Fox.

As an aside, do we extend the same rules to streaming that X% of their content must be Aussie made? Aussie tv is going to be non existent soon.
 
Adam84

Adam84

Nick Farr-Jones (63)
Anti-siphoning will play a part in supporting local media networks I believe, it’s not just about keeping it available on FTA anymore, it’s about ensuring a healthy representation of Australia media remains in the face of increasing market share of foreign SVOD services.

They’ll probably cut down some of the content and let that go to SVOD, but things like NRL/AFL GF will always be on FTA, whether a that’s terrestrial or internet.
 
The Ghost of Raelene

The Ghost of Raelene

Andrew Slack (58)
Dctarget said:
Will the anti-siphoning laws be extended to streaming platforms too when terrestrial tv dies? I notice that you can't watch the cricket test matches on 7+ (despite it being on channel 7), only on Kayo/Fox.

As an aside, do we extend the same rules to streaming that X% of their content must be Aussie made? Aussie tv is going to be non existent soon.
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www.foxsports.com.au

Anti-siphoning changes - hopefully a win for sports fans in Australia

Anti-siphoning changes a win for fans
www.foxsports.com.au www.foxsports.com.au

Kind of relevant to what you ask.
 
liquor box

liquor box

Greg Davis (50)
If FTA goes to online rather than broadcast will the ratings become accurate? I assume they can determine how many devices are tuned in rather than an average.

Could made the claims by broadcasters can be quite interesting and I believe overblown on their popularity. Take a sport like cricket or tennis, I know in my house it is often on in the background for hours at a time, this does not mean there is an eyeball on the screen for the entire time it is on.

If everyone in the household is fighting for the device then the cricket or Tennis may be turned off.
 
Braveheart81

Braveheart81

Will Genia (78)
Staff member
liquor box said:
If FTA goes to online rather than broadcast will the ratings become accurate? I assume they can determine how many devices are tuned in rather than an average.
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They will all have more accurate internal ratings figures than they have now but I don't think it will really change anything because none of it would be publicly available to everyone else.
 
The Ghost of Raelene

The Ghost of Raelene

Andrew Slack (58)
liquor box said:
If FTA goes to online rather than broadcast will the ratings become accurate? I assume they can determine how many devices are tuned in rather than an average.

Could made the claims by broadcasters can be quite interesting and I believe overblown on their popularity. Take a sport like cricket or tennis, I know in my house it is often on in the background for hours at a time, this does not mean there is an eyeball on the screen for the entire time it is on.

If everyone in the household is fighting for the device then the cricket or Tennis may be turned off.
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Most ratings now are just estimates following taken samples. There would be plenty of methods to assess. Even on these forums you can see view numbers for example.

Good point about the cricket and tennis. The Big Bash is nothing but a summer screen saver at this point.
 
Dctarget

Dctarget

John Eales (66)
WorkingClassRugger said:
Not Australian Rugby but interestingly enough Netflix is apparently very close to agreeing to a deal to make a series in the same vein as 'Drive to Survive' which dlfeatured the journey of F1 drivers with the 6Ns.
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Think they're calling it Try to Survive, or maybe that was just a bad joke I read.

Curious how they do it, F1 benefits because it's the same 20 people every week competing, easy to have through stories. I guess the Rugby one should just follow three or four clubs journeys through the premiership.

Wonder if it will suffer from the same issues as the F1, athletes these days are so dull with little social skills. Spent every day in an academy since they're 14. Don't socialise properly, hyper focused on one goal so everything else goes to the side. Coupled with intense media training = little robots who are freaks at sport.
 
WorkingClassRugger

WorkingClassRugger

David Codey (61)
Dctarget said:
Think they're calling it Try to Survive, or maybe that was just a bad joke I read.

Curious how they do it, F1 benefits because it's the same 20 people every week competing, easy to have through stories. I guess the Rugby one should just follow three or four clubs journeys through the premiership.

Wonder if it will suffer from the same issues as the F1, athletes these days are so dull with little social skills. Spent every day in an academy since they're 14. Don't socialise properly, hyper focused on one goal so everything else goes to the side. Coupled with intense media training = little robots who are freaks at sport.
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I think that's a joke name that some people are suggesting based on the F1 series name and the recent financial issues in the Premiership. But this series seems to be focused around the 6Ns and not clubs. Which could help provide something different than the F1 series. Not purely just a focus on the players but the event and such.

Here's a link to the article. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/r...eries-F1s-Drive-Survive.html#article-11538807

I think from a non-Rugby fan point of view it could be a pretty interesting insight into arguably one of the worlds most interesting annual sporting event.
 
Members Section

Members Section

John Thornett (49)
WorkingClassRugger said:
Not Australian Rugby but interestingly enough Netflix is apparently very close to agreeing to a deal to make a series in the same vein as 'Drive to Survive' which dlfeatured the journey of F1 drivers with the 6Ns.
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Netflix really? I thought Amazon has the streaming rights after the PE deal went through
 
Jimmy_Crouch

Jimmy_Crouch

Ken Catchpole (46)
WorkingClassRugger said:
Not Australian Rugby but interestingly enough Netflix is apparently very close to agreeing to a deal to make a series in the same vein as 'Drive to Survive' which dlfeatured the journey of F1 drivers with the 6Ns.
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I'm surprised that the Onion TVs series didn't get the cut through they deserved. I absolutely loved them. The Code and The Season. Couple of seasons with the tahs and the reds and one with the brums. The Season with the schoolboys teams was good and so was the Aussie 7s girls doco they did.
 
Ignoto

Ignoto

John Thornett (49)
WorkingClassRugger said:
Not Australian Rugby but interestingly enough Netflix is apparently very close to agreeing to a deal to make a series in the same vein as 'Drive to Survive' which dlfeatured the journey of F1 drivers with the 6Ns.
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It'd be nice if the Rugby Pass guys who make the school boy series were given some cash to follow more schools or even the clubs (there was one series about one do the Sydney clubs that escapes me).

The Wrexham FC series that follows Ryan Reynolds's and Rob McClearney is top notch from a fan engagement perspective as well.
 
Jimmy_Crouch

Jimmy_Crouch

Ken Catchpole (46)
Ignoto said:
It'd be nice if the Rugby Pass guys who make the school boy series were given some cash to follow more schools or even the clubs (there was one series about one do the Sydney clubs that escapes me).

The Wrexham FC series that follows Ryan Reynolds's and Rob McClearney is top notch from a fan engagement perspective as well.
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It was Onion Tv that produced it. Rugbypass paid for it
 
Dan54

Dan54

Tim Horan (67)
RugbyReg said:
No Japan League One on Stan this year.
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I think sports streaming services are probably looking at what they pay to stream now. I know over here in NZ Spark are dumping their sports arm altogether. They had NZ cricket, but had found that they couldn't justify sticking with EPL soccer last year, and although they got NZ women's rugby WC, that's finished . I wouldn't think Stan would think they getting any subscribers at all really for Japan league one, so can understand reasoning.
 
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