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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 999510" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>I would be very interested to see some stats in the difference in viewership from other countries between the Saturday games and the Sunday games.</p><p></p><p>At the moment the Sunday games are on at 05:35 in the mornings, and it's winter and still night in SA. I can honestly say that I haven't watched a single Sunday game live.</p><p></p><p>You were one of the first posters to mention the time zone issue on this thread. And I would be inclined to think that the time zones does have a part to play, more so when you are looking at the bigger picture. Let's say Super Rugby Aotearoa is the future for NZ domestic rugby for the next 3 or so years. If they have all their games during the day, the players will get accustomed to those conditions only (playing under natural sunlight, no dew on the grass etc...). Then it's time for international test matches, and because to incoming international team is from another time zone NZRU tends to have their games at night to boost viewership numbers, suddenly your own players who haven't played a game at night for 3 years, now all of a sudden has to play at night. That is just one minor issue that could have an enormous, unnecessary effect on the players and team that shouldn't really be occupying their minds and thoughts.</p><p></p><p>Time Zones is unfortunately a very big issue in this situation. Time, in general is a major contributing factor. Time is what people use to plan their days and lives. And when it comes to tv, times for shows plays a massive role in how people decide what to watch, that is why there is a term like primetime tv. Sure, the era of binge-watching, has dampen that somewhat, but you can't binge-watch live sport. </p><p></p><p>I know for a fact that peak time for watching tv in SA is between 6pm and 9pm daily, no matter what day of the week. I know this because nearly every fibre broadband ISP tells you that it's the only time they will be actively throttling your streaming services to accomodate the increase in traffic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 999510, member: 40658"] I would be very interested to see some stats in the difference in viewership from other countries between the Saturday games and the Sunday games. At the moment the Sunday games are on at 05:35 in the mornings, and it's winter and still night in SA. I can honestly say that I haven't watched a single Sunday game live. You were one of the first posters to mention the time zone issue on this thread. And I would be inclined to think that the time zones does have a part to play, more so when you are looking at the bigger picture. Let's say Super Rugby Aotearoa is the future for NZ domestic rugby for the next 3 or so years. If they have all their games during the day, the players will get accustomed to those conditions only (playing under natural sunlight, no dew on the grass etc...). Then it's time for international test matches, and because to incoming international team is from another time zone NZRU tends to have their games at night to boost viewership numbers, suddenly your own players who haven't played a game at night for 3 years, now all of a sudden has to play at night. That is just one minor issue that could have an enormous, unnecessary effect on the players and team that shouldn't really be occupying their minds and thoughts. Time Zones is unfortunately a very big issue in this situation. Time, in general is a major contributing factor. Time is what people use to plan their days and lives. And when it comes to tv, times for shows plays a massive role in how people decide what to watch, that is why there is a term like primetime tv. Sure, the era of binge-watching, has dampen that somewhat, but you can't binge-watch live sport. I know for a fact that peak time for watching tv in SA is between 6pm and 9pm daily, no matter what day of the week. I know this because nearly every fibre broadband ISP tells you that it's the only time they will be actively throttling your streaming services to accomodate the increase in traffic. [/QUOTE]
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