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Today was live across Australia before the cricket. No preview show but Humphrey was on as the lead-in program
What is the point of this post? We can all read
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2 January 2001
Source: SMH
Did Zirkos Kids air on Nine? i’ve never heard of it. Interesting, NBN bumped Here’s Humphrey for it instead of Barney & Friends.
edit: never mind, Barney was also bumped by NBN for Danoz home shopping. That probably paid for Zirkos Kids
Rated well according to this. 90% of the available audience
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Interesting to note that NBN/WIN aired a full day’s cricket whereas Nine only aired the final session of the day (ie from 3:30pm). Anyone know why?
The Morning News on Seven was also only weeks away from launching; later on, The Big Breakfast would be renamed The Big Arvo (and moved to 4:00pm accordingly) and Weakest Link would air on Seven as indirect competition to Millionaire on Nine (which of course aired at 8:30pm).
If it was at the SCG, TCN would have been restricted to be allowed only a few hours live coverage?
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Wasn’t that some nonsense they would do in the market the Tests would be played in to protect the live gate.
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Yes, tests got the final session and one dayers (both international and domestic) the first two hours in the local market. Began during the 1960s, Packer even carried it over to Wordle Series Cricket.
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I think a similar rule also existed in Perth, going by past TV listings listed here, wherein only the final session of the WACA Test was broadcast live. Not sure about the other markets though.
I would also like to think this rule would’ve been relaxed by around 2010, when the anti-siphoning rules regarding live sport were relaxed.
I agree, and while I might’ve been too young to recall at the time I also think money could’ve had something to do with it too. This is also a recurring issue with the current AFL rights wherein SA and WA cop up to six delayed FTA matches a season, with Seven’s broadcast starting after the final siren has sounded in real time.
I also know that when Ten had the AFL rights, matches involving the Swans that were played at the SCG were delayed by half an hour, though I can also recall in 2008 matches they played in Melbourne and Perth were live.
Nothing to do with anti siphoning. Was purely to protect the gate.
Ended early 2000s in line with a new broadcast deal for 9.
Quite different to the current AFL set up in SA/WA which is in place to protect Pay TV interests who pay the lion’s share of the current TV contract.
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AFAIK it applied everywhere.
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Sydney and Melbourne were the first. The first season without the blackouts was 2006/07. I think the rest followed in the next rights deal (2013) because there were still complaints in other cities.
Did Zirkos Kids air on Nine?
Apparently No, Zirkos Kids aired exclusively on NBN affiliates in 2000 and 2001 as a replacement for “Big Dog and Friends” (A retooled version of Romper Room without the characters, songs and motifs after NBN’s deal with Claster Television expired in 1996) after it ended in 1999 following the departure of Miss Kim. I also remember the Zirkos Kids dolls which were given away in kids meals at Henny Penny restaurants throughout Newcastle and the Hunter.
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Nine running off the final episodes of The Pretender over summer.
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The same also applied to the Bathurst 1000. For many years it wasn’t broadcast locally on CBN8/CWN6 (MTN9 showed it live despite being part of the network). Not sure when that all ended.
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Speaking of the cricket coverage into Sydney and as explained by other users, people had found a way around the blackouts. If the cricket is being played in Sydney, it cannot be broadcast live into Sydney except for the last session. However, the cricket was allowed to be broadcast live in the Illawarra/Southern Highlands area, so Sydneysiders would tune into the UHF (VHF pre 1991) signal of Win from Knights Hill in order to get the cricket. Depending on the part of Sydney they were in, the quality of the signal can range from snowy without colour to a clear signal.
This was also useful for watching Game Shows early as ACA used aired in the 7pm spot in the Win area after the Sydney and Local News while the Game Show was being aired in Sydney.
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And still useful for watching Hot Seat 30 minutes earlier.
And if you love your regional news and home shopping programs!
But that’s about it 
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Now there’s a sponsorship idea! 
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