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Adelaide v Perth ratings figure on Fox Sports

#865 the pinnacle in respect to Australian teams. It's not that hard to understand but many here are purposely miscontruing for whatever reason.

the pinnacle of basketball is the NBA finals not some game that has never happened and might not ever happen

The point was that a GF and gold medal game are pinnacles of each respective sport.

AFL grand final is one time per year. Boomers gold medal match is zero times per ever.

That's not a correct comparison at all. The NBL competes in the same media market as the AFL/NRL and other domestic national sports. The Olympics are once every four years.

People are making the incorrect comparison.

AFL/NRL Grand Finals/other local sports etc. are the pinnacle of their sports which aren't global.

Guaranteed if Boomers make a gold medal Olympics game it will outrate all of the above. The eggballs will be crying.

Now that's a correct comparison.

That said, "NBL games have only ever drawn around 30k" isn't a great argument either. They should be in the millions but they should at least be going up.

Good context.

You can't compare 32,000 on Foxtel with any number on free-to-air.

Foxtel's top 20 shows usually rate above that. e.e.g, their #20 show on Thursday night rated 33,000 viewers. The #19 show (The Bolt Report) also rated 33,000 viewers. Their #1 show on Thursday night was the live test coverage from South Africa, which rated 208,000 viewers.

That puts the 32,000 in context.

Literally less than 1% of the TV ratings for the AFL grand final (which was more than 3.5 mil)

FWIW, some posts above mentioned various events in Adelaide which may have impacted on TV ratings. In Perth, the Ed Sheeran concert was on later in the night so thousands would have been preparing to go out to that, which could have impacted the ratings on Fox for Perth viewers.

Also, going by social media comments, a lot of Perth fans were pissed off it wasnt on FTA.

Literally less than 1% of the TV ratings for the AFL grand final (which was more than 3.5 mil)

Justify it all you want, but it's a poor figure. No wonder people laughed at Lisch when he said the Boomers could become Australia's favourite sporting team.

How high is NBL TV viewership though? I'd be unsurprised if most people weren't even aware it existed.

It probably isn't that high anymore that was back in the day before Netflix etc

"And only about 30% of the population have Foxtel."

is the number that high anymore? I doubt it

Was that post meant for the game thread?

btw last night it was Live playing at the Adelaide 500, Cold Chisel was Friday night's band.

A bit of perspecrive please. . Adelaide is in its Mad March timeframe. Last night Fringe and Adelaide 500 with Cold Chisel entertainment. Many would use NBL tv, foxtel go or watch later and maybe live stats whilst at another event. 6.5 plus k at Arena was a great crowd given many would already have booked tickets elsewhere montha ago. Many no longer have foxtel with other competition with streaming services although now there is a new foxtel sports only package many may take that up as well. Youneed to look at all the options and factora to make a valued judgement. What is interesting is Perth viewers although again ‘NBL tv subs need to be looked at again to make a valued analysis. Perth fans are also a littled pissed off this year so many may have turned off fearing the inevitable and only watch if a win. Just a thought.

And only about 30% of the population have Foxtel.

Back on Ten some games early in the deal got around 80k but 30k is pretty much standard for NBL on Fox.

I wouldn't be too upset about those numbers with AFL pre-season games on now and probably NRL pre-season games too.

The NBL does it's best work ratings wise early in the season once the footy seasons have finished and before the Big Bash starts up.

Id say if you have Fox, you would choose to watch on Fox over watching it on nbl.tv

Nbl.tv is great if you dont have Fox.

You'd have to imagine that more people watch on NBL.tv than Foxtel. Does Foxtel hate that there's an NBL.tv?

It may be a high figure for the NBL, but its very low in comparison to other major sports and programs.

Attendances are up, the game night presentation and TV product is decent(it could be better) so why aren't the ratings better? Why does the NBL consistently get no better than 20-40k in national viewers for any game - doesnt matter if its the finals, it doesnt seem to make a difference.

Is it a lack of promotion? Fox not interested enough? A stigma that the league is still dead by the majority of people?

As paul said no one else seems to understand that that's a high figure. Even Kings-Tigers GF five game series back in the day didn't get much more.

As SVD said, plenty of people would be watching through NBL.tv

Heaps of people would watch through NBL TV though right?

32k is beyond terrible! how do they even measure a number that low?