Allana Ferguson has been a busy lady.
She was on 9GEMs Wallabies Test coverage last night, backed up again for Origin tonight.
Well done Allana.
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But doesânt she do most of her work up here?
Filling in for (and likely succeeding, post-retirement) Tracy Grimshaw on A Current Affair? Thatâs done in Sydney.
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Oh yeah, Well lucky they kept the border open haha lol.
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2021 STATE OF ORIGIN SERIES REACHES A MASSIVE 8 MILLION PEOPLE
State of Origin: Game 3 last night achieved a huge live average national audience of 2,787,000 people across linear broadcast on Channel 9 and BVOD streaming on 9Now, making it the third most-watched program of the year to-date in Australia after State of Origin: Games 1 and 2.
The three-game series reached a combined total of 8.009 million Australians across linear broadcast on Channel 9, and BVOD viewing on 9Now.
On Channel 9, the national metro audience for Game 3 was up on Game 3 of the 2018 series (the last time a series had been decided before Game 3) with 1.746 million people . On 9Now, the Live BVOD Audience was up on Game 3 of the 2020 series by a massive 34% year-on-year with 267,000 (including co-viewing). The three State of Origin games overwhelmingly hold the three top live streaming spots across all BVOD platforms for 2021.
The action did not disappoint, with a see-sawing battle ultimately going the way of the Queenslanders in a tight 20-18 clash, preventing a 3-0 series sweep by NSW.
BROADCAST â GAME 3
4.210 million people tuned into Game 3 of State of Origin between New South Wales and Queensland, LIVE on Nine ( National cume reach â includes match, pre and post-game )
Nine National total average audience: 2.787 million (match only)
(Linear 2.520 million / 9NOW 267,000)
Total audience up vs Game 3 in 2018 â the last time a series was decided ahead of Game 3.
Nine National linear peak audience: 2.843 million (match only)
5 City: 1.908 million / Regional: 936,000
Nine National linear average audience: 2.520 million (match only)
(5 City: 1.746 million / Regional: 774,000)
2.520 million national average audience makes State of Origin Game 3 the third-highest rating program of the year to-date , behind Games 1 and 2.
No.1 program of the night across all demographics:
No.1 with People 25-54
No.1 with People 16-39
No.1 with GS + Child
No.1 with Total People
9NOW â GAME 3
Live BVOD Audience: 267,000 (includes co-viewing)
Live BVOD Audience of 267,000 is an increase of 34% year-on-year for State of Origin: Game 3
State of Origin Game 1, 2 and 3 are the top three live-streamed programs of the year to date in Australia across all BVOD platforms.
Live content streamed: 29.6 million minutes
29.6 million minutes of live content streamed is an increase of 24% year-on-year for State of Origin: Game 3
Total stream starts: 696,000
696,000 stream starts is an increase of 10% year-on-year for State of Origin: Game 3
Source: Oz Tam+ Regional Tam, Overnight Data, 1 min cume reach, NRL State of Origin: Game 3, includes pre and post-match, 15th July 2021, 5 City Metro + Combined Agg Markets, Nine Network + Nine Network Content Affiliates
Source: OzTAM LIVE VPM, State of Origin Game 3, 14/07/2021 v 18/11/2020, includes co-viewing on connected TV devices, 14 July 2021 based on pre logs
Source: OzTAM Live VPM, STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE (09/06/2021, 27/06/2021, 14/7/2021), Includes co-viewing on connected TVs, 14/7/2021 Based on prelogs, Metric: count of broadcaster id
Data © OzTAM Pty Limited 2021. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) without the prior written consent of OzTAM.
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Exceptional VPN Numbers for the State of Origin 2021. THis shows that Streaming is on the rise, while the 5-city ratings are down. State of Origin 2021 TV ratings were up from last yearâs State of Origin series. Sadly, the days of having 2 million metro viewers watching the State of Origin are pretty much long gone.
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Allana Ferguson is on Nineâs coverage again tonight.
Thatâs their last 3 games over the last 4 nights that sheâs been their football coverage.
Which makes me wonder - where is Ruan Sims?
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The top of the table clash between Storm and Panthers will be the FTA match this afternoon (August 1) as part of the rescheduling of this weekendâs matches, due to the 3-day COVID lockdown in SE Queensland. Fox Sports has agreed to give up exclusive rights to the match, which kicks off at 4.05pm AEST.
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Had Cleary and Toâo been playing, I donât think FOX would have given that game up. It would have been a cracker with those 2 playing. As it is, the undermanned Panthers should mean a fairly convincing win for the Storm.
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Why do they persist with wearing masks when on TV? They are live broadcasting, and as such donât need one. And especially from Brisbane (where the correspondents are outside) and not in Sydney (studio) inside? It makes it difficult to tell what they are saying half the time (they are former Rugby League players after all!).
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Part of the NRLâs agreement with the Queensland govt to be allowed to continue today. Compulsory masks for all staff and officials not playing.
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Why though? Reporters shouldnât have to wear masks (they are not required to). I mean just when they are live (on camera).
Because the NRL is so desperate to continue they offered to Qld govt to further tighten up a whole lot of their measures to continue.
I agree a lot of it is performative sometimes but given it looked this time yesterday like there would be no NRL full round at all, theyâve done what is required.
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I donât reporters have to, but with NRL players its a diffrent storey. you only need to watch the Olympics to see an athlete waring a mask before and after compertion.
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Yes I know. Iâm talking about Australia and reporters.
It doesnât matter there dealing with the delta strain now. Same as Japan. The QLD government will be wanting to get on top of this before it gets out of hand. Thatâs why they would have suddenly made them wear masks. Iâm not too sure what the current rules are in QLD for reporters.
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and imagine deaf people watching!
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And that the closed captions are often wrong and donât make sense and are a good 5-10 seconds behind the audio content.
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Relaunch Alert! 