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Fahid Ben Khalfallah. Former Tunisian international who also had a stint in the A-League.
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Luke Wilkshire is gonna be commentating with Basheer for the Socceroos third match against Denmark. Kewell is leaving, presumably required at Celtic.
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Oh Wilkshire was a great player. Like that theyâre mixing it up.
Does anyone thing the SBS picture quality isnât top notch? I bought a new TV, partly in time for the World Cup. Itâs a Samsung 4K and it almost feels like the picture isnât up to the TVs standard. Thoughts?
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Studio analyst for 10 currently, does a game a week as special comments.
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Itâs not broadcast in 4K by SBS so will look a bit off.
Last 25 or so seconds is where Basheer and Kewell touch on commentary and Luke Wilkshire.
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ABC East Asia correspondent Bill Birtles has posted a series of tweets highlighting possible Chinese censorship of close up images during live telecast of World Cup matches for domestic viewers.
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There are two four games on tonight and for some reason, they have decided to schedule it so two get played at once. It looks like SBS has the first two games in the EPG the wrong way around. lol
The final round of each group always kicks off at the same time, in order to try and protect the integrity of each game.
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Does SBS have a separate presenting team for the matches that are shown live on Viceland?
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This has nothing to do with SBS.
I didnât watch enough to see but I did hear another English voice after the commentators âsigned offâ, so maybe there is a world feed being made (like the ICC now have for Cricket World Cups) with pre, half, post shows? That or they were taking Be-Inâs coverage (as part of the Arabic deal)?
I am assuming that the SBS game will be our feed, and the one on Viceland would be the world feed as such? Just an assumption.
Tonightâs match (2am aedt) will be the Australian match anyway which will be our commentators doing the call.
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Yes the SBS team are on SBS as usual.
I think I worded this wrong the whole point was to do with the wrong EPG times. Not so much the scheduling of the matches.
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This Sunday will be HUGE.
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Australians get behind Socceroos as squad progresses to round of 16
The nail-biting 2022 FIFA World Cup match between Australia and Denmark has helped SBS achieve its strongest viewership results for the year, with a higher than anticipated share of viewing occurring on the networkâs streaming service, SBS On Demand.
Australiaâs win over Denmark saw SBS draw an average audience of 618,000 tune in at 2am across linear television and digital. (See detailed breakdown below.) Total linear reached topped 469,000.
The worldâs most watched sporting event delivered SBS phenomenal audience numbers, breaking the mould on consumption with nearly 50% of the audience coming in via SBSâs streaming service, SBS On Demand.
Across the first two weeks of the competition, Australian audiences have watched a total of 29.9 million hours of tournament content on linear television, and a total 14.5 million hours digitally, including live matches, replays, mini matches and highlights to 1 December, via on SBS On Demand.
âAs we approach the half-way mark of the World Cup weâre thrilled with the audience response,â said James Taylor, Managing Director. âThe Socceroosâ stellar campaign is capturing the imaginations of Australians who are watching in massive numbers on both linear and digital platforms.
âWeâre particularly thrilled with the take up of SBS On Demand. It is a credit to both the content and technology teams who have delivered a world class, premium video experience, available to all for free on whatever platform or device they prefer.â
Since the tournament began on 21 November, SBS On Demand has drawn an average of almost 900,000 active viewers to the platform every day, with several days surpassing 1 million active viewers.
Match highlights, both extended and short, have proven the most popular content format, followed by full match replays in English and mini matches.
Also highlighting Australiaâs appetite for digital coverage of the event, SBS On Demand has seen more than 800,000 new account registrations on the platform, edging its total registered user base past 12 million accounts.
TIMESLOT ANALYSIS:
- Yesterday morningâs match between Australia and Denmark was the top-rated program on SBSâs linear channel , drawing an average of 442k viewers nationally.
- A total of 176,000 live streamed the match via SBS On Demand.
- Across SBS and SBS OnDemand the match drew an average audience of 618k viewers.
- The match reached 469,000 viewers on SBSâs linear primary channel.
- The match saw SBS achieve a 74% FTA share (metro) and a 58.6% (regional)
- SBS achieved a 10.4% all day FTA share (metro) on its primary channel and a network share of 14.6% (metro).
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