vasili Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 How did the soccer rate last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasher39 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 From what I've heard it rated the house down (don't have exact figures) and was the second highest rating Pay TV program ever (with #1 being the Asian Cup QF between Australia and Japan last year). No doubt we'll hear exact figures in the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWinter Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 The figures should be out - does anyone have them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top_Bhoy Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Apart from a few Celtic games, I haven't watched too much TV in the last few weeks. Are you suggesting the Australia V Qatar international the other night was a pay TV game, if so how much did they charge? The sporting stuff is poor enough as it is surely Foxtel can hardly charge for something which actually may be of interest to subscribers for an event which is being hosted in their own backyard!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasher39 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Apart from a few Celtic games, I haven't watched too much TV in the last few weeks. Are you suggesting the Australia V Qatar international the other night was a pay TV game, if so how much did they charge? The sporting stuff is poor enough as it is surely Foxtel can hardly charge for something which actually may be of interest to subscribers for an event which is being hosted in their own backyard!!! No it wasn't a PPV style situation. Let me rephrase. It was the second highest rating show in Foxtel history (not sure if that's just Sport related though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWinter Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 No it wasn't a PPV style situation. Let me rephrase.It was the second highest rating show in Foxtel history (not sure if that's just Sport related though). may I ask where you heard this? do you have the exact figure. If what you say is true - it would have been around 400,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Bhoy Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Man United 1 Man City 2 What an insult to the memory of the Busby Babes! On the 50th anniversary of the Munich disaster Manchester United crumbled without a fight in the Manchester Derby. Fergie showed that maybe its time to retire if he couldn't lift the team with his half-time talk in a match as big as this...obviously there was nae stray boots laying around for him to kick and inspire his mediocre team! I'd love to be able to hear the one-eyed commentry on MUTV for that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz_Arab Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Man United 1 Man City 2 Celebrate Good Times, C'Mon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Bhoy Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Man United 1 Man City 2 What an insult to the memory of the Busby Babes! On the 50th anniversary of the Munich disaster Manchester United crumbled without a fight in the Manchester Derby. Fergie showed that maybe its time to retire if he couldn't lift the team with his half-time talk in a match as big as this...obviously there was nae stray boots laying around for him to kick and inspire his mediocre team! I'd love to be able to hear the one-eyed commentry on MUTV for that game. Cmon whats happend to all you Man U fans from the Theatre of Delusions nae ones taken the bite and defended yer woeful teams honour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWinter Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...0-30540,00.htmlSEVEN was the clear winner in the summer ratings race. The network won seven of the 10 unofficial ratings weeks that ended on Saturday. The Australian Open men's final tennis on Seven was the most watched program, with an average audience of 2.447 million. Nine's Australia v India Twenty20 cricket match was of less interest with an audience of 2.077 million. The ABC's most watched show was Spicks and Specks: A Very Specky Christmas, which averaged 1.601 million. Seven's win was exceptional given Ten's successful launch of So You Think You Can Dance Australia in the final week of summer and the cricket on Nine. Ten's decision to launch Dance in the non-ratings period has paid off as the show is already the first hit of 2008.. Pay TV is also claiming a win with subscription channels attracting a 23.5 per cent share of viewers between 6am and midnight. Foxtel had a 62.2 per cent share over summer, up 2.3 points from last year. Popular Foxtel programs included the Aust v Qatar football world cup qualifier (345,000 viewers), domestic Twenty20 cricket (150,000 viewers on New Year's Day) and entertainment shows Gossip Girl (159,000 viewers on December 4) and An Aussie Goes Bolly (154,000 on January 7). 345,000 viewers - really quite amazing figures, considering the Socceroos would rarely get those sort of ratings figures on FTA TV (with almost 4 times the potential number of viewers) only a few years ago. Does cement football's position as Foxtel's number 1 asset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Bhoy Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Just finished watchin the A-League Final now I remember why I don't watch many games. Thay made a mistake calling it the A-League should've called it SerieA Australia. I wonder how many games were 0-0 at halftime this season? Yeah I know its only a new league but thats got nothing to do with the quality of goal scorers in this country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWinter Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Just finished watchin the A-League Final now I remember why I don't watch many games. Thay made a mistake calling it the A-League should've called it SerieA Australia. I wonder how many games were 0-0 at halftime this season? Yeah I know its only a new league but thats got nothing to do with the quality of goal scorers in this country! I'd rather see a tight 1-0 win than another thrashing in the SPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz_Arab Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I'd rather see a tight 1-0 win than another thrashing in the SPL. Well yes but if you paid any attention, the SPL has been very unpredictable for the most part (besides the Old Firm). Its very hard to predict who will end 3rd or in the Top 6 and thats what i care about. Also, i'm sure even Gretna could crap on any A-League team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosblk Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 lol, the A-league has been great value this year. Very close finish to the league and finals spots up for grabs right till the end... Can't even compare this to the two-tier SPL. As for "quality of play" its all opinion and subjective, but i prefer the Newy Jets and their passing style than UK long-ball merchants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieBlu Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 lol, the A-league has been great value this year Yeah, for insomniacs. Has been proper boring other than sydney v central coast game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Bhoy Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 lol, the A-league has been great value this year. Very close finish to the league and finals spots up for grabs right till the end... Can't even compare this to the two-tier SPL. As for "quality of play" its all opinion and subjective, but i prefer the Newy Jets and their passing style than UK long-ball merchants. I must admit it was quite enjoyable the other week when that "marquee" player Aloisi with only the keeper to beat took a shot at goal, he was closer to hitting the corner flag than the back of the net...cracking stuff! Nae wonder wee Scott McDonald has given the A-League a miss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosblk Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 if u want to pick and choose poor moments you'll find that with any league. I'm just chuffed we have a local professional league to go to (in the flesh) after having to watch o/s leagues on tv forever. No one is pretending the A-league is anything but the equivalent of a second-tier European league. Still counts as good value in my book, not bad for three seasons in ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWinter Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I'd much rather watch the A-league than some of the terrible football that some of the lower premier league teams play. Ever sat through a wigan game that wasn't against one of the big 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Bhoy Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) I'd rather watch the Blue Square Prem1er...cracking stuff! than the A-League. Here's how my list looks of prefered football: 1 Scottish Premier 2 Celtic Reserves 3 Blue Square Prem1er 4 Rangers Reserves...gota keep an eye on yer rivals! 5 English Premier 6 La Liga...though I find it hard to stomach ESPN broadcasts 7 Dutch 8 French 9 German 10 A-League...highlights on the news is enough! Serie A Hmmm...nah I'll leave it off me list. It'd be interesting to see what other people prefer? Edited February 26, 2008 by Deaf Bhoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWinter Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I'd rather watch the Blue Square Prem1er...cracking stuff! than the A-League.Here's how my list looks of prefered football: 1 Scottish Premier 2 Celtic Reserves 3 Blue Square Prem1er 4 Rangers Reserves...gota keep an eye on yer rivals! 5 English Premier 6 Dutch 7 French 8 German 9 A-League...highlights on the news is enough! Serie A Hmmm...nah I'll leave it off me list. It'd be interesting to see what other people prefer? Where is La Liga? Clearly that's the best league in the world when it comes to watching good football - sorry, but if la liga isn't in your top 2 I can't take your opinion seriously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Bhoy Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Where is La Liga? Clearly that's the best league in the world when it comes to watching good football - sorry, but if la liga isn't in your top 2 I can't take your opinion seriously... Honestly I actually forgot bout La Liga I'll add it to my list...don't care much for Benitez at Liverpool though. Yer didn't kick up a fuss that Major League Soccerrrr was also missing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz_Arab Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I'd rather watch the Blue Square Prem1er...cracking stuff! than the A-League.Here's how my list looks of prefered football: 1 Scottish Premier 2 Celtic Reserves 3 Blue Square Prem1er 4 Rangers Reserves...gota keep an eye on yer rivals! 5 English Premier 6 La Liga...though I find it hard to stomach ESPN broadcasts 7 Dutch 8 French 9 German 10 A-League...highlights on the news is enough! Serie A Hmmm...nah I'll leave it off me list. It'd be interesting to see what other people prefer? Cant say id put Celtic Reserves in there mate I basically only watch the Premiership, SPL and Internetional Games/UEFA Cup/Champs League. I rate La Liga though as Serie A is pretty dull for the most part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz_Arab Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 if u want to pick and choose poor moments you'll find that with any league. I'm just chuffed we have a local professional league to go to (in the flesh) after having to watch o/s leagues on tv forever. No one is pretending the A-league is anything but the equivalent of a second-tier European league. Still counts as good value in my book, not bad for three seasons in ... It has its moments, but any league with 8 teams and no relegations is pretty lame. And the fact that the team that qualifies for the Asian Champ League, has to wait a whole year to play in it! Might head down for a few Melb games though for the sake of it. Surely a few more teams could be added from VIC, NSW and umm....Tassie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattWinter Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Honestly I actually forgot bout La Liga I'll add it to my list...don't care much for Benitez at Liverpool though. Yer didn't kick up a fuss that Major League Soccerrrr was also missing! didn't think you were that insane... and yeah, I hate ESPN's broadcasts too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaf Bhoy Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 didn't think you were that insane...and yeah, I hate ESPN's broadcasts too. Aye I'm a nutter but those yanks really know how to destroy fitba...what the hell was Beckham thinking? Maybe he's hoping David Caruso will get sacked so he can replace im as Horatio in CSI Miami, I'm sure Becks wouldn't mind dying his hair red! Hey whats yer fitba list Matt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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