The Socceroos victory over Iraq at ANZ Stadium on Tuesday night not only saw the national soccer team qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but also delivered record ratings for Fox Sports and Foxtel. According to overnight ratings, 549,000 viewers who tuned into Fox Sports’ coverage on Foxtel, making the broadcast the third most… Continue reading Socceroos kick goals for Fox Sports
Category: SBS
The HD Sport Debate
A report in the Australian last year confirmed that High Definition (HD) broadcasting of Australian sport on free-to-air television looks dead and buried. For those who did not notice Saturday coverage of AFL matches by the Network Ten only featured on the network’s primary channel towards the end of last season, whilst viewers were able to watch… Continue reading The HD Sport Debate
Nine’s 2012 Santos Tour Down Under broadcast schedule released
The fist event for 2012 on the UCI World Tour starts this Sunday in South Australia with the Santos Tour Down Under. As reported earlier by Frost Global the broadcast rights for the 2012 event were awarded to the Nine Network after SBS had previously broadcast the event. We noted in our earlier article that the press… Continue reading Nine’s 2012 Santos Tour Down Under broadcast schedule released
Nine secures Tour Down Under broadcast rights from SBS
The Santos Tour Down Under has a new Australian free-to-air broadcast partner, the Nine Network. There were murmurs a couple of weeks ago when SBS staffed tweeted that they were likely to lose the broadcast rights to the Tour Down Under (TDU) to Channel Nine from next year. Under the new broadcast agreement Nine will be… Continue reading Nine secures Tour Down Under broadcast rights from SBS
Cadel Evans delivers for SBS
SBS‘s fantastic Tour de France for the last three weeks has averaged around 200,000+ viewers each evening. Since Thursday night as the Tour reached a crescendo in the Alps viewers tuned in droves with 456,000 viewers watching Stage 18 and Stage 19 scoring a then record 604,000 viewers for the multicultural broadcaster’s Tour de France coverage. Last night’s… Continue reading Cadel Evans delivers for SBS
The Tradition Continues – SBS’s Tour de France coverage
SBS’s coverage of 3,430.50km of the most gruelling cycling event in the world, the Tour de France is now only hours away. As SBS countdowns to its 21st year covering the event, Australian cycling fans will be able to immerse themselves in Tour de France coverage for the next three week as the government broadcaster… Continue reading The Tradition Continues – SBS’s Tour de France coverage
Negus is key
The Ten Network have announced the first reshuffle to its much talked about news programming strategy for 2011 and beyond. The axe has fallen on the 6:30PM local evening news with Ten instead opting for the strong Ten News at Five brand being extended until 6:30PM. Current 6:30 news hosts around the country will fall… Continue reading Negus is key
“Content is not just king, it is the emperor” – 2010 Review
News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch said earlier this year that “content is not just king, it is the emperor of all things electronic. Clever technology is merely an empty vessel without any great content.”
No fluff coverage wins election night ratings
The Federal Election results in Australia are still being counted and a winner is yet to be announced. However the election on Saturday did see Australians overwhelmingly vote for who had the best election coverage on TV. None other than the good old Aunty, the ABC. The ABC election coverage upstaged both Seven and Nine… Continue reading No fluff coverage wins election night ratings
Cliffhanger election sends media into overdrive
The Australian election may have been run but it has not yet been won. A situation not seen since the Second World War has left the Australian political environment in a state of limbo until a minority government can be formed and approved by the Governor-General. This result played into the hands of the media… Continue reading Cliffhanger election sends media into overdrive