TV Figures

[goodNumber10]

So w/e 4may. Premiership got 160,000 watchers on the Saturday. Not far off it for the Friday night either.

Super league got 245,000 for the Saturday.

Figures from here: http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing/weekly-top-10

Brian Moore tweeted these a bit earlier.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Always been this way - club rugby is horribly promoted in this country.*


*and by horribly, I mean it isn't.

 

[Feicarsinn]

How badly does union in England suffer due Premiership times conflicting with local leagues?

 

[ratsapprentice]

You mean amateur rugby leagues... or things like the EPL?

 

[Feicarsinn]

You mean amateur rugby leagues... or things like the EPL?

Amateur leagues.

 

[goodNumber10]

Amateur leagues.

Quite badly.

That's a good thing about here. The top 14 is generally Friday and Saturday with federale down on a Sunday.

 

[goodNumber10]

Always been this way - club rugby is horribly promoted in this country.*


*and by horribly, I mean it isn't.

I was actually thinking that's not that bad.

Two games one prime time getting way over 100,000.

The rugby tonight show is getting 34,000.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

It's not ideal.

BT Sports televised games are Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon. So people going out on the Friday can't watch, people playing on a Saturday can't watch, and people involved in age-grade rugby on a Sunday can't watch.
Super League have a Thursday night televised game which will bring in a lot more casual viewers.

Would be interesting to see what the figures are for the premiershiprugby.tv site, as with all games available online within a day or two, it doesn't really matter as much if you miss the game.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Well... Saturday afternoons are when amateurs play the vast majority of the time - so there's obviously a big conflict there.

But club rugby has practically zero presence on terrestrial TV.

Have a read of this: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...e&q=challenge cup bbc viewing figures&f=false

 

[goodNumber10]

I am hoping that BT can change that with their slow creep into homes via Broadband and freeview.