Seven Cricket Coverage

[Jeffmister]

@JohnsonTV

Ten and Nine offered $900 million for the next cricket rights but CA said it was too low, it insisted on $1 billion and wanted Foxtel to be involved. So CA should cop the blame.

Both parties share the blame - Ten (like all other parties involved in the rights process) knew CA wanted a $1 billion+ deal but didn’t/couldn’t offer that amount while CA’s wanted Fox involved no matter what and engineered a deal for that to happen

[Glennc]

Perth and the Renegades get 11 games on 7.
The Sixers, Brisbane, the Stars and Adelaide get 10 games on 7.
Hobart and the Thunder get 9 games on 7.

[Moe]

@JohnsonTV

The BBL fixture was officially released this morning, and it confirms Stars v Thunder match will be played at Gold Coast’s Metricon Stadium as one of two games at the same venue next season.

So they play a home match on the Gold Coast, and it’s a Fox exclusive game? That’s borderline sabotage.

[Sully]

I don’t like seeing the Boxing Day Test being potentially diluted.

[JohnsonTV]

Nine’s telecast of Carols by Candlelight will face serious competition for the very first time, with Seven showing the BBL Sydney derby (Thunder v Sixers) on December 24 at 7.15pm AEDT.
Also, Seven will be broadcasting Carols in the Domain on Saturday night, December 22, that’s why the night match between the Heat and the Hurricanes on the Gold Coast will be on Fox Cricket only.
The full telecast schedule can be found at BBL website

[Sully]

@JohnsonTV

Nine’s telecast of Carols by Candlelight will face serious competition for the very first time,

It’s one of Nine’s highest rating annual programs, no doubt they wouldn’t have let CA do it if they still had cricket rights.

I think viewers aren’t fooled easy and Carols, whilst will suffer a drop, will still easily outrate BBL cricket.

[Jeffmister]

@JohnsonTV

Also, Seven will be broadcasting Carols in the Domain on Saturday night, December 22, that’s why the night match between the Heat and the Hurricanes on the Gold Coast will be on Fox Cricket only.

All but one of the matches scheduled on Saturday’s during the season are exclusive to Fox

@Sully

I think viewers aren’t fooled easy and Carols, whilst will suffer a drop, will still easily outrate BBL cricket.

I don’t understand why scheduling a Big Bash match on Christmas Eve has anything to do with fooling people? Those who want to watch Carols can still do so while those who want to watch cricket/sports on Christmas Eve now have the option to do so

[JohnsonTV]

@Jeffmister

All but one of the matches scheduled on Saturday’s during the season are exclusive to Fox

Which allows Seven to honour its existing commitments to Carols in the Domain in late December, Magic Millions horse race and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road cycling race in January and Bathurst 12 Hour motor racing event and the start of AFLW season in the first weekend of February.

[Sully]

@Jeffmister

don’t understand why scheduling a Big Bash match on Christmas Eve has anything to do with fooling people

You’re kidding yourself if you think Seven had no part in it, as a counter-programming move. They’re a network after all and are all about ratings and revenue.

[FormerInsider]

@JohnsonTV

and Bathurst 12 Hour motor racing event

which is on 7mate nation wide so how does that affect 7 Cricket coverage? Perth due to the time zone?

Won’t bother me as I will be in Bathurst that weekend to watch the awesome so much better than Supercars event.

[Jeffmister]

@Sully

You’re kidding yourself if you think Seven had no part in it, as a counter-programming move. They’re a network after all and are all about ratings and revenue.

Of course Seven would have had some role in the decision. However, Cricket Australia have been considering whether a BBL game could be played on Christmas Day for a while now so it’s not far fetched to think that they’ve scheduled a Christmas Eve game as a ‘trial’ of sorts for that.

[Jeffmister]

@AustralianAerial

I wonder - and perhaps this is the wrong thread to do it in, but bugger it - if that is so guaranteed this season. Our form has been pretty ordinary post-the ball tampering saga, and I don’t know whether there’s much goodwill left in the sport, let alone interest. Time will tell.

@turdall

Yeah I have to agree. Its figures were disppointing when the ashes weren’t on. And we all know if australia lose no one wants to watch. Big bash is the one that can provide the goods but it seems seven don’t have too many of those games anyway.

Responding in this thread so that the Ten/CBS thread doesn’t get clogged

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Beyond all of those factors, the thing we don’t know yet is how much of an impact Fox Cricket will have on the figures Seven gets for their coverage. While Fox Footy & Fox League have impacted FTA AFL/NRL ratings to various extents, it wouldn’t be surprising if the impact on Seven is even greater considering cricket is a ‘national’ sport

[Tejas57]

@Jeffmister

Beyond all of those factors, the thing we don’t know yet is how much of an impact Fox Cricket will have on the figures Seven gets for their coverage. While Fox Footy & Fox League have impacted FTA AFL/NRL ratings to various extents, it wouldn’t be surprising if the impact on Seven is even greater considering cricket is a ‘national’ sport

I agree with you there. I think the thing Fox Footy and Fox League do well (if unintentionally) is cater to the fan on the wrong side of the barassi line. When I lived in Melbourne I was a storm member. Getting NRL news in melbourne can be a little difficult but fox league makes it easier.

I now live in Brisbane and also support Carlton in the AFL. by having fox footy i can see my team play every week and this i think would grow the total pot of fans, but with cricket… i can’t see that happening

[newsatten]

According to the Courier-Mail Seven will produce the coverage of all BBL games they broadcast but will rely on a Fox Feed for the Test Matches. Fox have said they will increase the level of the stump mics, whilst Seven have said they will keep them low.

[Sully]

As in just the cameras/vision for tests? As we know they’re using their own commentary team/studio and surely their own graphics?

[newsatten]

Yeah it will be a similar arrangement to the Rugby simulcasts on Ten I assume.

[akymbo82]

@newsatten

Yeah it will be a similar arrangement to the Rugby simulcasts on Ten I assume

OH God, so it’s going to be really bad!

[Sully]

@akymbo82

OH God, so it’s going to be really bad!

So you’re not just a blatant Nine fan boi (with an obsessive taste for their sport, particularly cricket - or used to anyway).

But you’re also anti-Seven, especially when a single second of their new cricket hasn’t even been broadcast yet

[William_C]

@Sully

So you’re not just a blatant Nine fan boi (with an obsessive taste for their sport, particularly cricket - or used to anyway).

But you’re also anti-Seven, especially when a single second of their new cricket hasn’t even been broadcast yet

I don’t think that user is a Nine fan boi. They just like sports to be exclusive to be on Free to Air. Like how cricket used to be last season. Once people know that certain parts of the International Cricket isn’t on Free to Air, watch their ratings drop.

[OnAir]

@Sully

So you’re not just a blatant Nine fan boi (with an obsessive taste for their sport, particularly cricket - or used to anyway).

But you’re also anti-Seven, especially when a single second of their new cricket hasn’t even been broadcast yet

Pull your head in.

@akymbo82, as @William_C pointed out, has been critical of the deal as a whole, not because it’s on Seven, but because of the split nature of the deal, which is fair enough.

Remarkably you can just be a cricket fan rather than become attached to the network that shows it.

Trolling people about their sports tastes might work for you on twitter but leave it for there and not here.