Re: Super League - Sky Viewing Figures : Sat Sep 20, 2014 11:12 am  

JB Down Under wrote:

Take solice in the fact that SL on paytv in UK is far more popular than Super15 on paytv in Australia!

Sky has 10.5 million subscribers in the UK.

Foxtel has 2.5 million subscribers in Australia.

You need to factor in the huge difference in subscriber bases when comparing the viewing figures.

Re: Super League - Sky Viewing Figures : Sat Sep 20, 2014 2:56 pm  

William Eve wrote:

Sky has 10.5 million subscribers in the UK.

Foxtel has 2.5 million subscribers in Australia.

You need to factor in the huge difference in subscriber bases when comparing the viewing figures.

Australia also has a smaller population; UK 64 million, Aus 23 million. UK's 2.78 times more.

If both were comparable then Australia's figures (multiplying by 2.78) it would only be around 155k, which isn't massively more significant tbh - certainly for the big games here.

Re: Super League - Sky Viewing Figures : Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:33 pm  

I find it amazing how RU still survives in Australia

Re: Super League - Sky Viewing Figures : Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:55 pm  

Nostradamus's lad wrote:

I find it amazing how RU still survives in Australia

It lives off the international game. Theres a good piece in todays uk telegraph about the guy who owns bath rfu.......no owner of a.union club expects to.ever get their money back......hes worth over a billio.and hes prepared to bankroll them to success.

Re: Super League - Sky Viewing Figures : Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:03 pm  

Does he go to games or is he like that French bloke? You know your games sht when even your owner won't watch it!

Re: Super League - Sky Viewing Figures : Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:07 pm  

William Eve wrote:

Sky has 10.5 million subscribers in the UK.

Foxtel has 2.5 million subscribers in Australia.

You need to factor in the huge difference in subscriber bases when comparing the viewing figures.

NRL avg's 240k a game on pay TV,if you want to compare oranges and oranges, yes four times the union avg! Chuck,in the avg 900k on fta TV for NRL and you can see just how much of a small cousin union is down under.

Re: Super League - Sky Viewing Figures : Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:10 pm  

Fully wrote:

Australia also has a smaller population; UK 64 million, Aus 23 million. UK's 2.78 times more.

If both were comparable then Australia's figures (multiplying by 2.78) it would only be around 155k, which isn't massively more significant tbh - certainly for the big games here.

155k is still higher than the SL average on Sky which is 135k this season.

Another comparison would be to use the aforementioned Foxtel figures based on 2.5 million subscribers Vs Sky UK's 10.5 million subscribers, therefore multiply by 4.2 and the figure would be 230k.

Re: Super League - Sky Viewing Figures : Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:13 pm  

Makes. Of sense, if you want to watch the game you will, if there is 1mill, 10mill or 100mill subscribers. As I stated NRL avg 240k so it isn't about number of subscribers but how many people are watching the game.

Re: Super League - Sky Viewing Figures : Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:18 pm  

No one likes watching Rugby Union in the North of England, that's why its a Southern based sport confined to the M4 corridor.

Re: Super League - Sky Viewing Figures : Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:33 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

NRL avg's 240k a game on pay TV,if you want to compare oranges and oranges, yes four times the union avg! Chuck,in the avg 900k on fta TV for NRL and you can see just how much of a small cousin union is down under.

What's the NRL got to do with it?

May I remind you what you posted earlier?

JB Down Under wrote:

Take solice in the fact that SL on paytv in UK is far more popular than Super15 on paytv in Australia!