Some of the coverage leading up to the start of the game.
Anyone else getting a slightly blocky feed tonight? Its choppy in parts (I’m watching from Melbourne).
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Same here (on both parts)! I thought it was just my nearly-full Fetch box, but it’s obviously a bigger issue.
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Same in Brisbane - image quality is not as good as it could be. It looked like low bit rate. INSEQ Nine are running 9HD at 5.1 Mbps (Vision + Audio0. Seems that 9SD at 5.5 Mbps is getting extra tonight.
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Yep lots of blocking here on 9HD Melbourne via antenna into IQ4
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The guy hosting the post-match presentations on stage is doing well.
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Nine Perth end coverage at 6:50pm— and headed straight to News. Unfortunately there is no post match talk on GEM.
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I could actually remember Nine Perth doing the same thing back in 2019…
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After watching the presentations, they abruptly cut off the telecast. What channel Nine Perth could have done was they could have had a full presentation/post-match coverage live on GEM. However 9Hd could still show the full presentation Live.
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The same tribute to Sterlo was that was aired on the Footy Show this afternoon is being regurgitated on Nine now.
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Wasn’t it suppose to end at 7.15pm the NRL telecast.
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Coverage finished in NSW at 10.49pm.
2021 NRL Season done and dusted.
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That’s the same for match highlights on NRL’s website and YouTube channel. It has happening for a past few years.
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Yeah they do that on the international feed. Nothing new.
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i would have thought as it was peter sterlings last day on 9 he would have
done the comments instead of gus and johns
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he is got a show at 9 wwos this afternoon with matt Thompson
Sorry what?
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2021 NRL Grand Final secures biggest live BVOD audience ever
The Penrith Panthers have won their third premiership title after defeating the South Sydney Rabbitohs in Sunday night’s nail-biting Grand Final showdown at Suncorp Stadium.
The historic match was the most watched NRL Grand Final in five years, achieving a cross platform audience across Channel 9 and 9Now of 3.596 million (Metro: 2.202m / Regional: 1.031m and 9Now: 363,000).
9Now secured the biggest ever Live BVOD audience in Australia with an unprecedented 363,000 tuning in to watch the Panthers claim ruby league glory. This number is up +108% year-on-year, superseding the mammoth numbers of last year’s Grand Final. This equates to 41.3 million minutes watched and 921,000 stream starts.
Streaming numbers for People 25-54 on 9Now were also up +96% year-on-year to 220,000.
9Now continues to dominate live streaming, once again taking out the Top Four biggest live streamed programs year-to-date across commercial free-to-air television:
Nine’s Director of Sport, Brent Williams said, “Congratulations to the NRL, the Panthers and the Rabbitohs for an exceptional season finale. It’s been a challenging season for everyone involved but significant audience growth across all our platforms for the Grand Final indicates that the passion from fans is stronger than ever.”
“Nine’s total television approach has seen our traditional linear broadcast complemented by the continued growth of 9Now as a premium destination for big sporting events. We are thrilled with the phenomenal result which has capped off a truly remarkable rugby league season.”
• The 9Network was the No. 1 Network on Sunday across the 5 City Metro with:
o People 25-54: 57.6%
o People 16-39: 63.6%
o GS + Child: 55.7%
o Total People: 47.1%• Channel 9 was the No. 1 primary channel on Sunday across the 5 City Metro with:
o People 25-54: 49.5%
o People 16-39: 57.1%
o GS + Child: 49.0%
o Total People: 40.4%Source: OzTAM Live VPM, NRL Grand Final, 3/10/2021 v 25/10/2020, Includes coviewing on connected TVs, 3/10/2021 Based on prelogs.
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