Blame Sydney-siders who love watching everything on Foxtel (Swans on Friday)
Do Foxtel release state by state numbers? Only ever seen a national figure.
Goes to show that the media hyperbole about Ric v Coll having to be on free to air was absolute crap. Typical clueless Victorian media.
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I believe they do, but only Foxtel or some network must publish them, as Mediaweek did used to show them (a couple of Swans games last year and year before were over 60k in Sydney on Fox Footy).
Majority of games (apart from a few and finals) that hit 300k have involved the Swans, so also a reasonable assumption.
Think we will agree to disagree about the Swans being the factor. The figures Iâve seen for this year doesnât agree with your statement.
I was referring to historical data, which Fox Footy market breakdowns are publically available on mediaweek if youâre bothered, Sydney was a significant contributor to their good games in that regard.
So Iâm making a reasonable presumption based off evidence.
And Iâm making a reasonable presumption based off this yearâs figures, if youâre bothered, where this isnât the case. Like I said, agree to disagree.
I think weâre getting contexts confused here?
Your original question was âare there market breakdowns for Foxtel ratingsâ (or the like).
I was telling you there are and trying to justify my original comment about Sydney-siders having a higher penetration of Foxtel.
Actually, my original point was that Richmond v Collingwood wasnât even the highest rating game on Fox for the weekend, which you were adamant would break the record for Fox. Tried to quantify that by saying for the afternoon timeslot. The game wasnât even in the afternoon timeslot, nor was it Foxâs highest rating afternoon game this season (let alone a record). Highlighted for me the self importance of the media, who are wrong more than they are right with these things.
I could care less where they are from, as Foxtel only provide national figures in daily ratings. Iâm not really sure how you managed to get sidetracked onto the Swans from that. I know plenty of people who live outside NSW who are Sydney supporters and plenty of people in NSW who arenât Swans supporters, so any relevance is ?
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Okay 
Whoâs doing the play by play commentary with Sandy in the WB vs Saints game tonight?
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Leigh Montagna
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Dwayne Russell is scheduled to call two games today. Quite unusual for that to happen on Fox.
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Tim Lane did that once for Ten.
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So Dwayne Russell called Hawthorn v Geelong and next he will be calling the Collingwood v Brisbane at Docklands? It is a short drive from MCG to Docklands.
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I canât remember it happening previously this year. Is slightly unusual for Fox to have a Saturday day game and night game in Melbourne though, canât remember that happening much this year either.
Be mad to drive it on event days but yes,not very far. Shorter to walk through the city, quicker to train it from Jolimont to Southern Cross.
I do it regularly when Iâm in Melbourne. Did a Sunday 1.10 and 4.40 double once, took me about 27 mins on foot. I was stuffed though haha
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Yeah, Iâd probably jump on a train or tram for part of it rather than walk. Too many people wandering in the CBD to set a quick pace.
I went MCG to Docklands. Essentially got out to the waterfront, much less packed that way, flicked back up somewhere along there. Also helped I probably got every light, does help.
Ben Waterworth commentated his first menâs AFL match today, Richmondâs thrashing of the Suns on the Gold Coast. Waterworth is also the AFLW and Under-18s caller for the channel.
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