Really? Do you realise the left think it’s full of Liberal Party propaganda?
Always refreshing to know the extremes of the political spectrum have these bonkers ideas about the ABC, they must be doing something right to get under both their skins.
and on that note we’ll return to the topic of this thread now we’ve all had a say
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Reading part of this thread made me feel like I was watching SNOW.
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Why? Again, nobody has to watch it, and if you choose not to watch it, it has no bearing on your life at all.
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In fact, you can delete the channel off your TV as well.
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Considering pay TVs low penetration numbers - being the most watched cable channel positions it as very successful in context. If you put Sky in all homes like FTA it would punch above many broad skewing multi channels. It out rates BBC and Sky in the U.K. and CNN in the US.
To me that’s a
Success
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Good question - where is it? More competition would only force Sky and ABC to raise the bar even more . I welcome your suggestion
I was predominantly referring to Sky News on Win’s ratings. But even still, with subscription television in mind, if Australians en masse wanted to consume the product wouldn’t the just subscribe anyway? We see from sports figures that plenty do, but it doesn’t translate to other programming.
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Sky News on FTA out performs ABC News Channel. News is not as broad appeal like 7mate, 10Bold etc - but I believe Sky rates higher than Life, Rush & Flix
No - news channels don’t drive subscriber growth. At least not in AU, UK, US etc. Sports and movies tend to drive subscribers - not news. I don’t know of any markets where news channels drive take up
Comparing ABC News and SNOW is pointless. They’re two different products in prime time opinion v news and analysis (often repeats from the main channel). Which ever way you’re trying to paint this, Australians aren’t tuning in en masse to any news channel, being broadcast on fta (commercial or public) or subscription.
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They are both news channels.
The point I’m making is people are quick to pile on sky’s viewership as a failure. In fact in its universe, it out rates ABC News Channel, BBC & Sky News in the UK and CNN in the US (adjusted for being in 25% of homes instead of 85% like CNN)
In its niche world of 24 hour news channels it actually performs above industry average.
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Niche? Fox News, which is more comparable, is often in top 5 of cable channels and often has multiple shows in top 5 of all cable shows each night. Sky News AU is not like CNN or Sky News UK.
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Yes I guess you’re right. By niche I meant limited to one genre. News. But yes fox and Sky are both top pay channels in their respective markets
Fox News in the US regularly gets more shows in (total people) top 50 than NBC
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I’m not suggesting it’s a ratingd failure however I’m not aware of it turns a profit or not which is it’s true test now matter how many eyeballs are watching.
You claimed:
Australians en masse what (sic) to consume Sky
That just isn’t true. Be it fta or win or subscription television no matter how you want to spin it.
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SNA is not about profit. it’s about influence. thats why they keep it on air.
anyway, can we please get back onto topic? the debates about SNA vs ABC are tiresome and do not belong in this thread
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Totally agree and I said earlier comparing the two offerings is pointless. But ridiculous assertions put bu the sky cheer squad will always need debunking when they are raised. Personally I’m broadly supportive of their existence on fta.
Fair point about influence v profits, I’d imagine Win and Southern Cross into the future will reap the benefits of that desire for influence.
The channel says it will reach up to 7 million regional viewers after striking free-to-air deals with Win and Southern Cross Austereo.
Sky News Regional will be broadcast on channel 56 in 17 of SCA’s regional markets across Victoria, southern NSW and Queensland, including Cairns, Townsville, Sunshine Coast, Canberra, Wollongong, Wagga Wagga, Orange, Bendigo and Ballarat.
It will also be available on Win’s channel 53 in northern NSW and on channel 83 in Griffith, NSW and South Australia.
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I hate how they word this as if the channel hasn’t already been around for 3 years…
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so aspire tv will be placed with sky news regional
That’s what you reported on YouTube as well when you said: " … Sky News, they’re launching a new regional channel".
My impression it that it will be pretty much a rebroadcast of Sky News, with less or without Fox Sports News and without WIN’s All Australian News.
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