SBS Panel post-game:
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Yes great coverage. However, one aspect, that Australia is missing is native 4K broadcasts. These are available in other countries and for free. It should have been an option in 2022 in Australia as well.
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Enjoying the good coverage of the FIFA World Cup on SBS - people can catch up the replays on SBS on Demand. As well, fans can watch some past archived FIFA World Cup matches on SBS. After Lucy Zelic left SBS, they managed to find good talent including Niav Owens, Sarah Walsh, Richard Bayliss.
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If we are to enjoy the 2026 World Cup in 4K, then a streaming service is probably the best option, because a federal government trial and rollout will take several years (similar to the digital TV switchover).
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SBS On Demand could have had a 4k option for the World Cup. BBC Player does (as it did in 2018).
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2022 FIFA World Cup ratings snapshot – Australia v Argentina
Australians tuned in to SBS’s linear TV and digital broadcasts in phenomenal numbers for Sunday morning’s 2022 FIFA World CupTM matchup between Australia and Argentina, one of the most anticipated in contests of the tournament for local audiences to date.
The Socceroos’ loss to the South Americans saw SBS draw an average audience of 1.7 million across linear television and digital. (See detailed breakdown below.) Total linear reached topped 2.15 million – SBS’s second highest linear reach for 2022.
“Australia’s dignified loss to Argentina on Sunday has delivered another excellent result for SBS,” said Ken Shipp, Director of Sport. “The World Cup is continuing to draw tremendous audiences and we are thrilled. Football is gaining momentum in Australia and audiences can’t seem to get enough, particularly on our digital platform, SBS On Demand, where replays, mini matches and highlights are performing incredibly well.
“The Socceroos may have bowed out with heads held high, but with many huge matches still to come, we think audience interest will remain strong.”
TIMESLOT ANALYSIS:
- Yesterday morning’s match between Australia and Argentina was the second highest rated program on SBS’s linear channel, drawing an average of 1.27 million viewers nationally.
- A total of 424,000 live streamed the match via SBS On Demand.
- Across SBS and SBS OnDemand the match drew an average audience of 1.7m viewers.
- The match reached 2.15 million viewers on SBS’s linear primary channel.
- The match saw SBS achieve a 81.8% FTA share (metro) and a 68.1% (regional) for the time band.
- SBS achieved a 16.5% all day FTA share (metro) on its primary channel and a network share of 20.5% (metro).
Source: OzTAM (Metro, VPM), Regional TAM, Reach based on 1 min. BVOD: excludes viewing under 15 minutes.
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Watch every moment of the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ Quarter Finals live and free on SBS
Kicks off this Saturday from 2am on SBS and SBS on Demand
This weekend, SBS will broadcast every Quarter Final from the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ live and free for all Australians across television, radio and online.
Despite the beloved Socceroos being knocked out, the Round of 16 turned out some absolute nail-biters on SBS with Morocco and Portugal, the final two nations to qualify for Quarter Finals overnight, joining France, England, Argentina, Netherlands, Croatia and Brazil.
Richard Bayliss and Niav Owens will continue to host the broadcasts each day, sharing their insights and analysis alongside Mark Bosnich, Craig Foster, Sarah Walsh and Robbie Cornthwaite. Martin Tyler will continue to provide world-exclusive match commentary on the ground.
SBS On Demand will continue to be the digital home of this year’s event. The ‘FIFA World Cup Hub’ via SBS On Demand is where Australians can live stream all 64 games and catch up on match replays, highlights, short-form video extras, mini matches and more to enjoy anytime and anywhere with a curated selection of the best matches from the tournament played each afternoon on SBS and SBS on Demand at 2.30pm AEDT.
BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
QUARTER FINALS
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Sadly.
2022 FIFA World Cup cross platform snapshot - Week 3
The third week of the 2022 FIFA World Cup has continued to drive incredible audience numbers for SBS on both its linear and digital channels, with the most-watched game of the tournament to date being Australia v Argentina, which was viewed by an average audience of 1.712 million people across linear (1.26 million) and BVOD (448,000) via SBS ON Demand. This match was the top-rated program – combined linear and digital – across the SBS network for 2022.
England v Senegal was the next most-viewed match in the last week, with an average audience of 418,000 viewers. This match drew the second highest average linear television audience at 247,000 viewers, with an average BVOD audience of 171,000.
In total, the 2022 FIFA World CupTM live matches have achieved a linear reach on the SBS primary channel and SBS Viceland of 6.2 million viewers to date.
Across the first three weeks of the competition, Australian audiences have watched 41 million hours of tournament content on linear television, and more than 20 million hours digitally, including live matches, replays, mini matches and highlights to 8 December, via on SBS On Demand.
BVOD reach to date is 3.92 million viewers.**
The five most watched matches on SBS during the FIFA World Cup’s third week have been:
Week 3 = 02/12/22 – 08/12/22.
TOTAL = Metro + Regional + BOVD (LIVE) + BVOD (VOD).
*** BVOD reach based on 15 seconds.
Source: OzTAM (Metro, VPM), Regional TAM, Reach based on 1 min. BVOD excludes viewing less than 15 minutes.
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Bit late with this which is from 29 Nov.
Statement concerning breach of the Code of Practice
Due to an error, SBS aired a 30 second gambling advertisement just before 7am on November 23 during the live broadcast of the Australia v France FIFA World Cup match, in breach of the SBS Code of Practice and relevant live sport gambling advertising regulations. The same error also caused a contravention in relation to a proportion of audience members receiving the live digital stream for that game.
Following the identification of this issue in relation to the Australia vs France match, further investigations were undertaken which identified three additional individual contraventions which had occurred for the broadcast of FIFA World Cup matches; one impacting a match in the AEST time zone and two instances impacting the NT market only.
These ad placements were the result of human error, due in part to the extraordinary demands faced by our SBS teams in delivering the FIFA World Cup to Australians. However, this does not excuse the breaches which were inconsistent with our commitment to our audiences.
We take compliance with our Code and other regulatory obligations very seriously. SBS apologises for these errors and has immediately implemented additional review processes and manual checks to reduce the risk of a similar breach happening again.
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SBS announces broadcast schedule for Semi-Finals in 2022 FIFA World Cup™ Live and Free on SBS and SBS on Demand
After a thrilling weekend of football Argentina, Croatia, Morocco, and France are the final teams in the running to lift the trophy in Qatar on Monday 19 December. With only four matches to go until the end of the tournament, this week coming will see two huge clashes played on Wednesday and Thursday morning.
The first match of Quarter finals over the weekend kicked off with a huge upset with Croatia eliminating favourites Brazil, winning 4-2 on penalties after a nail-biting 1-1 at the end of extra time. Argentina continues to keep Lionel Messi’s World Cup dreams alive after beating the Netherlands 4-3 in a penalty shootout.
This morning, Morocco made history as the first-ever African team to make the semi-finals of a World Cup after a 1-0 victory sent Portugal home. The quarter finals were round out with defending champions France defeating England in another exhilarating and close match.
Richard Bayliss and Niav Owens will continue to host the broadcasts each day, sharing their insights and analysis alongside Mark Bosnich, Craig Foster and Sarah Walsh. Martin Tyler will provide world-exclusive match commentary on the ground for the remaining game.
SBS On Demand will continue to be the digital home of this year’s event. The ‘FIFA World Cup Hub’ via SBS On Demand is where Australians can live stream all 64 games and catch up on match replays, highlights, short-form video extras, mini matches and more to enjoy anytime and anywhere. From tomorrow, a curated selection of the best matches from the tournament will be played each afternoon on SBS and SBS on Demand at 2.30pm AEDT.
BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
SEMI FINALS
For those watching via SBS On Demand, create your free SBS On Demand account now at https://myaccount.sbs.com.au/ to stream free.
For those who already have an account, simply log into your device(s) now, update the app, and don’t forget to turn on ‘push notifications’ to receive reminders.
For more information, head to the guide on the SBS website HERE
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They’ll get away with it, but I can’t say that this reasoning offered as to why it occurred is really up to scratch. It’s time that regulators stopped issuing warnings and started fining broadcasters for these breaches.
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2022 FIFA World Cup quarter finals ratings snapshot - England v France
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals series underway, football fans en masse tuned in to SBS early Sunday to see France knock out England in a stunning victory and progress to the semi-finals.
The match drew strong drew numbers across both SBS’s linear and digital channels, with an average audience of 864,000 viewers. Linear accounted for 511,000 viewers and BVOD for 353,000, via SBS On Demand.
In total, the 2022 FIFA World Cup live matches have achieved a linear reach on the SBS primary channel and SBS Viceland of 6.4 million viewers to date. BVOD reach to date is 4.3 million.
Australian audiences have consumed 46.1 million hours of tournament continent on linear TV and 23.5 million hours on BVOD, totalling a staggering 69.9 million combined hours, cross-platform to 11 December.
*TOTAL = Metro + Regional + BOVD (LIVE) + BVOD (VOD).
Source: OzTAM (Metro, VPM), Regional TAM, Reach based on 1 min. BVOD excludes viewing less than 15 minutes.
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Defending champions France to play Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ Final
Watch every moment from 2am this Sunday live and free on SBS and SBS on Demand
There are only two matches remaining in the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ and the most important one, broadcast in Australia from 2.00am on Monday morning, will see defending champions, France play Argentina in the tournament decider.
Argentina advanced to the final on Wednesday after defeating Croatia 3-0 in the first of the semi-final games, with an assured penalty shot by Lionel Messi in the 34th minute and two deft goals by Julián Álvarez.
While earlier this morning, France beat out Morocco 2-0, despite a valiant effort to the end from the North African side.
Before the final, Croatia and Morocco will play the 63rd match of the month-long tournament in Qatar on Sunday morning to decide who takes 3rd place. Then, in the early hours of Monday morning Argentina and France will battle it out, with the hope of taking home the world’s most coveted sporting trophy, the FIFA World Cup™.
Richard Bayliss will host the third place playoff with Mark Bosnich, Craig Foster and guest, Kyah Simon joining the commentary team. Niav Owens will host the final with Mark Bosnich, Craig Foster alongside Kyah Simon and Sarah Walsh. Martin Tyler will continue to provide world-exclusive match commentary on the ground.
SBS
For more information, head to the guide on the SBS website:
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Fuck’s sake. At least this will be his last. Just give me Drury 
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2022 FIFA World Cup semi finals ratings snapshot – Argentina v Croatia
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup decider between reigning champions France and a hopeful Argentina locked in, audiences are tuning into the final series in strong numbers on SBS’s linear TV channel and streaming platform, SBS On Demand.
Argentina’s victory over Croatia, securing the South Americans’ spot in the championship final, drew an average audience of 735,000 viewers for the 6am match, with linear accounting for 416,000 and BVOD for 319,000 viewers.
Linear reach for the match was 867,000, while BVOD achieved a reach of 699,000.
On SBS On Demand, just under half the digital audience (47.2%) for the match coverage** watched on a TV, with 35.6% watching on a smartphone or tablet.
In total, the 2022 FIFA World Cup live matches have achieved a linear reach on the SBS primary channel and SBS Viceland of 6.5 million viewers to date. BVOD reach to date is 4.4 million.
*TOTAL = Metro + Regional + BOVD (LIVE) + BVOD (VOD).
**Includes Live, Pre, and Post-Match.
Source: OzTAM (Metro, VPM), Regional TAM, Reach based on 1 min. BVOD excludes viewing less than 15 minutes.
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I do find it odd SBS continues to employ Tyler at this end of the tournament. I can understand an Aussie specialised commentary for Socceroos games but the likes of BeIN are taking world feed. Also the first time world feed has been two-headed commentary and it’s improved it markedly.
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Or at the very least partner him up with someone. And can Basheer only call Aussie games?
The Tyler deal is really a legacy/historic thing that SBS has done since the 80s. Maybe even 10 years ago it would have been a drawcard, now the commentator has little draw, plus the World Feed has better callers now.
Tyler wouldn’t even be calling this World Cup if he wasn’t with SBS. He really should have retired before COVID. I’m sure he still has massive passion for the game but you can’t hear it anymore. Whenever he calls the game is just so much less exciting.
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Something I’ve found really weird for me this World Cup is the question they seem to ask all the Player of the Match winners: basically asking them “I know we gave this to you but who do you think really deserves it?”
Seen at the end of this one:
I don’t understand the reason why you’d ask this question?
2022 FIFA World Cup semi finals ratings snapshot – France v Morocco
With just two matches remaining in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, audiences remain locked in to the on-field action, with the semi final closer between France and Morocco again drawing strong viewing numbers to SBS’s linear TV and digital channels.
The reigning champions’ defeat of Morocco drew an average audience of 716,000 viewers for the 6am match, with linear accounting for 422,000 viewers and BVOD for 294,000, via SBS On Demand.
Linear reach for the match achieved a phenomenal 870,000 viewers, with BVOD reach hitting 687,000.
The first African side to progress to this stage of a FIFA World Cup campaign, Morocco’s heroic run is reflected in local audiences’ interest, with roughly 4% of total active watchers on SBS On Demand consuming at least one video in Arabic.
*TOTAL = Metro + Regional + BOVD (LIVE) + BVOD (VOD).
Source: OzTAM (Metro, VPM), Regional TAM, Reach based on 1 min, BVOD based on 15 sec. BVOD excludes viewing less than 15 minutes.
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