Nine had BBC coverage from around midnight with the Australian team saying farewell around 1:25am switching to Sky for the rest of the evening. Today was on air at 5am with a weather beak at 5:45am with the first local news break at 6:06am which started with the Mexico earthquake.
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Certainly a massive effort from the UK broadcasters to pull off the event without a hitch. And, despite a few hiccups, the Australian media did a fantastic job as well.
I hope that comments that this will be the biggest news story and coverage that we will ever see turn out to be correct, because there are a lot worse things that could make news than a funeral.
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The New Zealand Herald front page today:
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this did seem a bit unusual. SBS doesn’t usually follow the pack when it comes to royal events or, as you say, it usually offers alternatives even if it is a doco about the royals, and as the 2nd national broadcaster it should be largely to complement ABC not compete with it as such. But I suppose the lure of covering such a massive event was too much to resist and if it was just tapping into the BBC coverage it probably didn’t cost that much, either.
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That would make sense given the demographic of 3AW’s listenership
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Should’ve done this earlier, but who do we think won the ratings battle last night?
- Nine
- Seven
- ABC
- SBS
- Sky
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0 voters
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I was mainly watching Sky UK and BBC News
It was ABC.
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Expecting Nine, but hoping ABC. They had less useless drivel during the local coverage before the funeral.
You can only talk for so long before you need to find some kind of nonsense filler to keep talking.
Their “BBC” network.
Now that the funeral is over, it seems that ongoing discussion will gradually migrate to morning TV and revert to trivia, lip readers and body language experts for insights 
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Huh? It was Seven?
I’m confused too… as other sites are also stating a Seven win.
The combined ABC + News Channel audience was over a million
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The service at Windsor Castle was beautiful. So emotional when her casket was lowered into the vault. Tears all round I expect.
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And also quality wise.
KAK is that you??
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I called win for ABC’s coverage based on being number one in all time slots coded for its simulcast on ABC + ABC News. Seven won the night in network share it seems largely due to having a higher rating news.
| Funeral | |
|---|---|
| ABC Total | 1,070,000 |
| Seven | 975,000 |
| Nine | 879,000 |
| Late | |
|---|---|
| ABC Total | 629,000 |
| Seven | 525,000 |
| Nine | 332,000 |
| Day | |
|---|---|
| ABC Total | 366,000 |
| Seven | 243,000 |
| Nine | 232,000 |
Seven and Nine had a coding for Procession that ABC didn’t.
Update - More numbers:
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