Other than CA has been severely damaged by low television rating and low attendance rates. You seem to always bypass this one with cricket being behind a pay wall. More ODIs games need to be broadcast on free to air… this goes for both FOX and Paramount.
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They, I assume you are saying Nine? Cause Nine started using it around 3 seasons before they lost rights.
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When it started to become available.
Big Movement in NZ. This has just come through, but cricket is back on FTA in that country!
It’s back on TVNZ as Spark Exits sport.
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Until Sky Sport win the contract back on a cut price deal for 26/27
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If they have a good ‘ball by ball’ commentary team then they only need an ‘analyst’ from the visiting country to be part of the commentary team. So they don’t always need to go with a Ian Smith, Harsha Bhogle etc.
Like 7, they have their 3 main callers & add an international analyst. Fox has used both but it’s not an obligation to get an international ball by ball commentator.
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Calling @OnAir! 
Big moment - TVNZ not paying anything either, with Spark Sport still forking out the rights fee for something they’re not utilising. Quite bizarre times! Would be like Optus buying a six year deal for something and getting 7 to take over the last half with 7 not paying a dime.
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The closest comparison I can think of is the 2018 World Cup, where Optus had exclusive rights to some games but then surrendered them back to SBS after the first few days after being hit with technical issues.
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Yeah - something Spark actually had to do during the 2019 rugby WC with TVNZ too
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I agree. I remember it was popular in school, local sport etc. but in general the big competition isn’t as good as AFL, NRL etc.
I agree. Why should CA partner with someone who is difficult to work with and is suing them, and also paying less money than another bidder?
No, but I can see one on Monday or Tuesday.
I feel like they can, the company has more money than Foxtel and I doubt they will spend basically nothing on commentators.
They haven’t shown “little interest” they bid $600 million a year for AFL and also A-League/NBL.
Not going to happen if the incumbents retain rights.
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The only way there will be an announcement during the test is if the deal is staying with 7/Fox - if its shifting, don’t be surprised if there is a delay in announcing it.
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So we’re hoping that it’s dead air for a while?
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I guess if there is no news until next year (after 3rd test v SA) then it’s most likely not going to be with 7 & Fox.
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I’m sure the likes of Zoe Samios and Dan Brettig would have their sources at 10 is there is some sort of holding pattern in terms of a delayed announcement.
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Would love to see 10/Paramount+ get the cricket rights but I think 7/Foxtel will keep them. The football fiasco, selling the Grand Final to Sydney and blaming in part 10/Paramount+ for a shortfall in revenue will probably not help.
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Channel 10 will get them. How can CA give the rights to a company that hate the cricket, have tried to get out of the rights and are taking them to court. It would be a mess for Seven to get the rights again. In regards to Fox, while the coverage has been quite good, they have heavily reduced the magazine shows on Fox Cricket - one thing that they promised would be included when they got the rights. Now there is hardly anything. What happened to Cricket 360, The Nightwatchman, Come in Spinner (regardless of Warne’s death), Crash the Bash, the Cricket Tragic etc??? They are also mostly to blame for the demise of ODI cricket given they won’t let FTA cover this format.
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Ten needs cricket, but in this hypothetical scenario, I don’t think CA would be happy to link their annual payout to the number of P+ subscribers as that implies a significant transfer of demand risk to the board from the broadcaster. It sets a bad precedent as it would put a tangible measure of the popularity of the sport and impact on market sentiment and advertisement rates if subscription numbers are below par.
Furthermore, the subscription numbers for a relatively new streaming service would also be dependent on factors out of CA’s control so the interpretation of the incremental increase in subscription numbers would be open to dispute, particularly if annual payouts are linked to this number. We have already seen how the contractual subjectivity relating to quality requirements of the BBL has led to a dispute between 7 and CA, which I blame primarily on the lawyers that signed off on the deal for CA.
If Ten are committed to winning the rights to a mainstream sport, then a clause similar to the one they have with A-League will not wash, especially if the difference between the headline figure and the current rights value is less than AUD 20 million per annum. The headline figure needs to compensate for the element of demand risk being transferred to the cricket board. Again all hypothetical, of course, they might not even have demanded this clause from CA.
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Its all well and good to post and speculate in this forum but nobody will now until there is a leak or an announcement.
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