Aussie Pro Rugby
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The Nine Network is set to become the new home of rugby with an announcement expected to be made as soon as Thursday.
The Australian understands Foxtel’s 25-year association with rugby, which took it into the professional era, may come to a close with Rugby Australia leaning towards a deal with Nine.
That agreement is expected to see Super Rugby matches and Wallabies Tests live on the Nine Network and Stan for the first time next year.
On Monday, Nine Entertainment newspapers reported the network was close to signing a multi-year deal with RA. Previous reports stated they had offered to pay about $30 million a year in cash and free advertising.
Last November, Castle walked away from Foxtel’s $40m-a-year, five-year offer for the broadcast rights (Foxtel is part-owned by News Corp, publisher of The Australian). Castle was pushing Foxtel for $100m more.
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@Machpants said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA SO that means FTA rugby for Oz? But for less money. I choice for the long term, with fingers really really crossed!
I'm hoping 2 Aussie games per week which will help right the ship. Means more private equity will need to be found but I don't think that's a bad thing given Twiggy Forrest is willing to part with some cash for his "beloved" Force. As long as RA stop asking clubs for $50 / player from my club to help mend the fences, I'm good with it.
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@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
Last November, Castle walked away from Foxtel’s $40m-a-year, five-year offer for the broadcast rights (Foxtel is part-owned by News Corp, publisher of The Australian). Castle was pushing Foxtel for $100m more.
Is this true or News Corp spin?
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@Bovidae said in Aussie Rugby:
@NTA said in Aussie Rugby:
Last November, Castle walked away from Foxtel’s $40m-a-year, five-year offer for the broadcast rights (Foxtel is part-owned by News Corp, publisher of The Australian). Castle was pushing Foxtel for $100m more.
Is this true or News Corp spin?
So Fox's offer was $200M over 5 years (I think that was split into cash + advertising/production costs).
I believe Castle was pushing Fox for a bigger amount over the 5-year contract, in the firm belief that Optus were coming to market with a serious offer north of $40M per annum in total. Can't say exactly what it was, but going from $40M to $60M per annum is not chicken feed.
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@Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:
I'm prepping for an epic meltdown if the NPC gets dumped in all this.
NRC?
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@antipodean said in Aussie Rugby:
@Nepia said in Aussie Rugby:
I'm prepping for an epic meltdown if the NPC gets dumped in all this.
NRC?
It will be an even more epic meltdown if I'm forced to watch the NRC too.
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Why do you think streaming isn't as stable, akan? Just asking out of interest.
I stream through Kayo, and I also have a Stan subscription. Will keep Kayo for all the other sport I watch, but will thoroughly recommend picking up Stan if it gets the rugby. Has a great range of movies and TV shows on there.
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I'll be considering dropping Kayo again. From what I recall Ch9's bid is to have a game of rugby on FTA, and the rest on STAN (it's streaming service).
And I'm uninterested in getting STAN.
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@barbarian I have streamed via foxtel go a few times and have had a few drop outs/buffering issues but hopefully that's specific to that service only. I know Spark NZ had a few issues with their RWC streaming coverage. There is also the possibility albeit a rare one of internet outages.
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My experience with the Fox streaming service was utter, utter shite. That was fairly early on tho and they have historically been very resistant to moving away from their STB roots under the Fox banner.
I've had the Kayo service in the past and there were a couple of issues that were clearly server-side as multiple users were complaining about a certain broadcast. But overall I thought it was a great experience, bar the price - all those other sports are pointless to me.
Therefore $10 / month for Stan looks like a bargain for rugby and the other stuff they have. If I can get a new Google Chromecast to log into all my accounts at once, even better.
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@akan004 said in Aussie Rugby:
@barbarian I have streamed via foxtel go a few times and have had a few drop outs/buffering issues but hopefully that's specific to that service only. I know Spark NZ had a few issues with their RWC streaming coverage. There is also the possibility albeit a rare one of internet outages.
Fair enough. I've never really had an issue with Kayo. I get my money's worth. Been off work sick for a few days last week and binged watched a heap of sports docos they have on there.
