You get your wish.
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Annoying that Nine have started to use the blue 9Gem logo rather than the pink colouring it has
It’s the sport variant so makes sense.
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Why not simply retain the current WWoS globe design, but dynamically interchange the 9Gem or 9Go! branding depending on the sporting event and broadcast channel?
Better still, the entire brand could be relaunched around a logo system that pays homage to its heritage — for example, reviving the iconic 1982 globe design, or a modernised variation of it, animated and formed exactly as it appeared during the legendary 1992–2000 era. Rather than placing the “dotty” inside a boxed device to the left, the globe itself could stand independently, followed by the channel branding, a separator, and then a stacked “WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS” text lock-up beside it.
For watermark applications, there could be multiple flexible variants. One option would be a transparent adaptation of the full logo lock-up. Another, potentially cleaner solution, would see the boxed globe element separated from the rest of the branding, with the channel logo, separator, and stacked text centred within a split-box arrangement. The lower half of the box could then be reserved for additional on-screen bugs, live indicators, or event-specific branding as required.
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NBL27 schedule released with the following games on Nine (times AEST/AEDT):
| Saturday | 5.30pm | 7.30pm | 9.30pm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | Melbourne vs Adelaide | Perth vs SE Melbourne | |
| Sep 26 | Perth vs New Zealand | ||
| Oct 3 | Brisbane vs Tasmania | Melbourne vs Cairns | |
| Oct 10 | SE Melbourne vs Melbourne | Perth vs New Zealand | |
| Oct 17 | SE Melbourne vs Cairns | Sydney vs Perth | |
| Oct 24 | Illawarra vs Brisbane | SE Melbourne vs Adelaide | |
| Oct 31 | Cairns vs Melbourne | Perth vs Illawarra | |
| Nov 7 | Adelaide vs Illawarra | Melbourne vs Brisbane | |
| Nov 14 | Melbourne vs SE Melbourne | Perth vs Illawarra | |
| Nov 21 | Tasmania vs Illawarra | Melbourne vs New Zealand | |
| Dec 5 | Cairns vs SE Melbourne | Adelaide vs Tasmania | |
| Dec 12 | Cairns vs Brisbane | Melbourne vs Tasmania | |
| Dec 19 | Adelaide vs Brisbane | SE Melbourne vs Sydney | |
| Dec 26 | Tasmania vs SE Melbourne | ||
| Jan 2 | Illawarra vs Cairns | Adelaide vs SE Melbourne | |
| Jan 9 | Cairns vs Tasmania | Adelaide vs Perth | |
| Jan 16 | Tasmania vs Adelaide | ||
| Jan 23 | Adelaide vs Illawarra | Brisbane vs Melbourne | |
| Jan 30 | Illawarra vs Perth | Adelaide vs Sydney | |
| Feb 6 | Brisbane vs Adelaide | SE Melbourne vs Sydney | |
| Feb 13 | Melbourne vs Illawarra | Sydney vs Tasmania |
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Made sense that there would have to be multiple 5:30pm games as part of 9’s games as they can’t have Perth having home Saturday games every week.
This is probably less FTA games than when 10 had it given they aired 2 games each week on Sunday
Wasn’t it initially just one slot? From memory, Ten essentially agreed to the same arrangement that existed under Nine’s previous contract, where there was a single Sunday timeslot that aired on Go!.
When Ten acquired the rights, that slot was initially shown on the main channel before later being moved to ONE, and subsequently to 10 Bold (now 10 Drama). It wasn’t until 10’s most recent rights agreement that the arrangement expanded to two weekly slots rather than just the one.
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It’s been all over the place.
2015-16 - 9Gem - 1 Sunday afternoon Fox Sports simulcast
2016-17 - SBS - 1 Sunday afternoon Fox Sports simulcast
2017-18 - SBS/Viceland - 1 Saturday afternoon (Viceland), 1 Sunday afternoon (SBS) both Fox Sports simulcasts, ABC got a Friday night replay I believe
2018-19- 9Go! - 2 Fox Sports simulcasts (this was supposed to be a 3 year deal)
2019-21 - SBS Viceland - 67 “exclusive” games with 59 ESPN games also on SBS on Demand after Fox and 9 pulled out of their deals (I believe games were being streamed on Twitch as well at this point)
2021-24 - 10 Peach - 2 Sunday afternoon simulcasts with ESPN
2024-26 - 10 - 1 Sunday afternoon game (also on ESPN) and 1 Sunday afternoon game on 10 Drama
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News Corp has counted the number of FTA matches in the 2026-27 season for each NBL team.
Illawarra: 12
Adelaide: 11
South East Melbourne: 10
Melbourne: 10
Perth: 8
Tasmania: 8
Brisbane: 8
Cairns: 7
Sydney: 7
New Zealand: 3
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Pretty shit allocation for last seasons winner.
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It’s because of a high number of Sunday matches for the Kings next season. Nine only has the rights to Saturday games.
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How things change.
South East Melbourne btw.
Though they did get some counts wrong.
Illawarra: 9
Brisbane: 7
Sydney: 5
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So Nine will air 39 Saturday night games. However, an article on the NBL’s website suggests they’ll air 42 games total.
If that’s right (other articles on the website have 39 as the number of FTA games), guessing the Christmas Night Sydney v Illawarra game as well as the Ignite Cup final will be two of the three non-Saturday games that Nine will show.
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Are NBL finals games included in Nine’s 42-game quota?
This adds up to 42 games.
My guess would be the missing games are:
R2: Sun Sept 27 Sydney vs Illawarra (avoid the AFL GF on the Saturday)
R14: Fri Dec 25 Sydney vs Illawarra (Christmas night)
R17: Sun Jan 17 Brisbane vs Illawarra (Hoopsfest)
Which also adds up to a clean 2 games a round.
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The data was extracted from NBL’s schedule page. That game was not flagged as a Nine one.
Wouldn’t be the first time that’s missing info.