Re: Sky Viewing Figures for Super League : Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:51 pm  

Cibaman wrote: The reduction is entirely due to the absence of Bradford Bulls You know what? That's not halff as daft a concept as it seems.....just you got the team wrong. According to the RFL http://www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/about_the_rfl 50 per cent of viewers who watch Rugby League on Sky Sports live in the South of England. .........London not on the Box and TV figures are down. Coincidence?

Cibaman wrote: The reduction is entirely due to the absence of Bradford Bulls You know what? That's not halff as daft a concept as it seems.....just you got the team wrong. According to the RFL http://www.therfl.co.uk/the-rfl/about_the_rfl 50 per cent of viewers who watch Rugby League on Sky Sports live in the South of England. .........London not on the Box and TV figures are down. Coincidence?

Re: Sky Viewing Figures for Super League : Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:42 pm  

Average viewing figure has edged down to 113k after latest BARB figures are included...

Thu 18 Jun - 121k
Fri 19 Jun - 90k
Sat 20 Jun - 95k

All above broadcast on Sky Sports 1 too.

Oh dear.....

Re: Sky Viewing Figures for Super League : Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:55 pm  

William Eve wrote:

Average viewing figure has edged down to 113k after latest BARB figures are included...

Thu 18 Jun - 121k
Fri 19 Jun - 90k
Sat 20 Jun - 95k

All above broadcast on Sky Sports 1 too.

Oh dear.....

Oh No! well, i suppose some may read that and be heading straight for the razor blades. however, others may be on their way to Headingley for a few drinks in the sun, a near as damn it capacity crowd, and with a top match between the top 2 to look forward to.

Re: Sky Viewing Figures for Super League : Fri Jul 03, 2015 3:27 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Oh No! well, i suppose some may read that and be heading straight for the razor blades. however, others may be on their way to Headingley for a few drinks in the sun, a near as damn it capacity crowd, and with a top match between the top 2 to look forward to.

Whilst I'll be watching it with an Aldi cider in hand on an illegal stream as Sky is too expensive because they overpay for the football TV rights, which may explain where the rest of the viewers have gone.

Re: Sky Viewing Figures for Super League : Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:02 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Whilst I'll be watching it with an Aldi cider in hand on an illegal stream as Sky is too expensive because they overpay for the football TV rights, which may explain where the rest of the viewers have gone.

There will also be some truth in that. I know some people who do that, but not me of course.

Re: Sky Viewing Figures for Super League : Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:08 pm  

Looking at the new figures for SL and looking at the Aviva Prems figures rising nearly 50% in 2 years on BT, maybe Koukash was right when he said signing up until 2021 with SKY was the wrong deal and should have gone out to tender. With no football on and SKY getting more subscribers, the SL figures should be much higher. At the current rate of decrease they will be below 100,000 in a few years!

Re: Sky Viewing Figures for Super League : Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:40 pm  

galliant wrote:

Looking at the new figures for SL and looking at the Aviva Prems figures rising nearly 50% in 2 years on BT, maybe Koukash was right when he said signing up until 2021 with SKY was the wrong deal and should have gone out to tender. With no football on and SKY getting more subscribers, the SL figures should be much higher. At the current rate of decrease they will be below 100,000 in a few years!

Don’t worry, after tonight’s veritable feast, with it been a top of the table clash and all, new & lapsed viewers will be flooding to watch the game.

Re: Sky Viewing Figures for Super League : Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:51 pm  

For me, this is simple. The game is a fine spectacle (generally), but the commentary that goes with the live games is appalling.

Almost all reading this will attend live games, and live/breathe the tension and admire the skills/abilities/fitness of the players that take to the field of play.

I record all SL games, but tbh only watch a small proportion of them. Lack of spare time is a factor for me (and a daughter that commandeers the remote!), but the same old, same old, comments don't really make it compelling watch.

Tbh, watching on TV is a very poor experience compared to "being there"!

Re: Sky Viewing Figures for Super League : Fri Jul 03, 2015 9:27 pm  

HXSparky wrote:

For me, this is simple. The game is a fine spectacle (generally), but the commentary that goes with the live games is appalling.

Almost all reading this will attend live games, and live/breathe the tension and admire the skills/abilities/fitness of the players that take to the field of play.

I record all SL games, but tbh only watch a small proportion of them. Lack of spare time is a factor for me (and a daughter that commandeers the remote!), but the same old, same old, comments don't really make it compelling watch.

Tbh, watching on TV is a very poor experience compared to "being there"!

You make some good points but to say 10s of 1000s of viewers have stopped watching all of a sudden because of poop commentary doesn't ring true as haven't they always been poop?

Re: Sky Viewing Figures for Super League : Fri Jul 03, 2015 9:30 pm  

You make a good point, what I say is a personal opinion (which results in me not viewing that many SL games, even though I have them on Sky plus)!!