SBS to show Socceroos vs Jordan on free-to-air [updated]
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SBS will broadcast the important Jordan vs Australia 2014 World Cup Qualifier from Amman, in a move that will bring the national team back to free-to-air.
The Roar understands that SBS will show upcoming Socceroos World Cup Qualifier games on a one hour delay in what appears to be part of a new deal which will also bring one live A-League fixture per week and a highlights package to free-to-air for the first time.
Football Federation Australia is yet to announce any information, but this may indicate that this is part of negotiations for a new TV deal with Fox Sports and free-to-air broadcasters.
The match kicks off at 2am AEST, with the delayed broadcast from 2:30am on SBS One (kick-off at 3am).
The Roar will have live scores of the event.
UPDATE: FFA have made the following announcement –
“FFA, FOX SPORTS and Foxtel and SBS have today announced that the FIFA 2014 World Cup Asian qualification match between the Socceroos and Jordan in Amman this Wednesday morning will be broadcast live on FOX SPORTS and on a one hour delay by SBS.
Exclusively live coverage of the match will be broadcast on FOX SPORTS 3HD and FOX SPORTS 3 from 1.30am AEST Wednesday. The SBS coverage will commence on SBS ONE at 2.30am AEST.
“I thank our long-term partners FOX SPORTS and Foxtel for accommodating this arrangement,” said FFA CEO Ben Buckley. “Australian football would not have achieved so much growth and development since 2005 without the significant investment of Fox Sports.
“I welcome SBS’s support in broadcasting Wednesday’s match. SBS has a rich history in covering domestic and international Australian football.
”FFA is currently in ongoing discussions with Fox Sports and SBS over the long-term broadcast rights in Australian football.
“The discussions have reached an advanced stage and the parties have displayed good faith, which has allowed this one-off arrangement for Wednesday’s match.”
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, welcomed the announcement.
“For the good of the game I congratulate everyone involved in showing the Socceroo game tomorrow morning,” Senator Conroy said. “It’s great to see that all Australian football fans will have the chance to cheer on their Socceroos as they work to qualify for the World Cup.”“
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September 11th 2012 @ 5:16pm
Sloth said | September 11th 2012 @ 5:16pm | Report comment
Good Stuff
About time the Socceroos were back on FTA. Be great to see a live A-League match a week on SBS too.
September 11th 2012 @ 5:26pm
TC said | September 11th 2012 @ 5:26pm | Report comment
I mentioned on another thread that this was to start next month, but it looks like it is going to be quicker than we were first advised.
Well done to Frank Lowy and Ben Buckley. This is a major achievement and a boon to the game.
Many socceroos supporters will tune in, and the potential audience will be triple or quadruple what it otherwise would have been if it had stayed only on Fox.
TC
September 11th 2012 @ 5:34pm
Fussball ist unser leben said | September 11th 2012 @ 5:34pm | Report comment
Appreciate your exuberance, but it’s unlikely the numbers “quadruple on FTA TV”.
For instance, last w/e biggest AFL final – Coll v Haw – the FTA ratings were approx. 2.5x Foxtel’s ratings. And, this match was broadcast in prime time on the week-end.
Tomorrow’s football match will be broadcast at 2:30 a.m. on a working/school morning … a bit different to prime-time.
Additionally, it’s been established by reputed research company – Roy Morgan – that OzTAM “ratings meters” are under-represented in households that watch SBS Tv. OzTAM is owned by the 3 commercial TV networks, and SBS commissions its own data gathering to use when selling air time to advertisers.
September 11th 2012 @ 5:39pm
TC said | September 11th 2012 @ 5:39pm | Report comment
Personally, I wouldn’t make a comparison to other sports – nor did I attempt to do so.
Let it be noted that you have introduced another sport.
It’s unfair to make that comparison. Coll vs Haw got 417k on Fox – the highest rating show on Fox for the year – so it’s no surprise that ch 7 only gets 2.5 times that (although that’s very good in its own right).
But if the Socceroos get 80k on Fox, then there’s a a bit of a chance that it will get 240k on SBS. Why not? That’s triple (in fact, the total of 320k is quadruple 80k). I’d say there’s a reasonable chance of that happening.
TC
September 11th 2012 @ 5:44pm
Titus said | September 11th 2012 @ 5:44pm | Report comment
I doubt most people will even realise this game is on FTA.
September 11th 2012 @ 5:57pm
TC said | September 11th 2012 @ 5:57pm | Report comment
It’s true that it’s short notice, but social media is abuzz with the news.
There is genuine excitement out there about SBS returning to its original charter – and let’s never forget what the acronym SBS really stands for.
TC
September 11th 2012 @ 5:51pm
Fussball ist unser leben said | September 11th 2012 @ 5:51pm | Report comment
“if the Socceroos get 80k on Fox”
In the 18 year history of Foxtel in AUS, has any show – any event – ever rated 80k at 2:00 a.m.?
Perhaps, AUS playing in the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar rated that sort of number.
Can’t imagine any sporting event rating 80k at 2:00 a.m.
September 11th 2012 @ 5:58pm
TC said | September 11th 2012 @ 5:58pm | Report comment
Yes, and I’m saying that the addition of SBS might triple or quadruple the overall ratings.
What are you arguing against???
TC
September 11th 2012 @ 10:04pm
Fussball ist unser leben said | September 11th 2012 @ 10:04pm | Report comment
Are you suggesting JOR v AUS kick-off at 2:00 a.m. on a school/work morning will achieve ratings of 80k on Foxtel?
What historical evidence are you using to arrive at that bullish (note: “ish” after “bull”) forecast?
Based on my analysis of the AUS football market, I’d expect a WCQ involving the AUS NT that kicks off at 2:30 am to achieve ratings of:
* Foxtel: 20k (about 33% of the average HAL ratings, which are broadcast in prime time on week-ends)
* SBS: 50-60k (2.5-3 x Foxtel ratings)
Of course, your bullish prognostication of 80k ratings on Foxtel & 320k on FTA Tv is in total contrast to your pessimistic postings about Football broadcasts in AUS.
September 12th 2012 @ 5:22pm
james said | September 12th 2012 @ 5:22pm | Report comment
good on u sbs world game
September 11th 2012 @ 5:51pm
Midfielder said | September 11th 2012 @ 5:51pm | Report comment
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG8888888888888888888888888888
Wonders aloud if they have the right to a replay in prime time…
September 11th 2012 @ 6:15pm
Griffo said | September 11th 2012 @ 6:15pm | Report comment
Geez Mid – the phone can’t handle your excitement on the first line
Anyway, I’d thought you would say
GGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooaaaLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!
September 11th 2012 @ 6:07pm
Griffo said | September 11th 2012 @ 6:07pm | Report comment
Woohoo! No more dodgey streams!!
Has BB let the cat out of the bag a bit early indicating SBS is bidding? Very interesting if no Ch10 interest
Hope more than just one live HAL game is shown on SBS – a couple of games on delay would be great.
Anyway, better get a few alarms set…
September 11th 2012 @ 6:12pm
Midfielder said | September 11th 2012 @ 6:12pm | Report comment
More the deal has been done ….
September 11th 2012 @ 6:51pm
Stevo said | September 11th 2012 @ 6:51pm | Report comment
Indeed!
September 11th 2012 @ 9:40pm
Griffo said | September 11th 2012 @ 9:40pm | Report comment
Now, now careful there – is that ‘Del Piero has agreed to go over final terms’ type deal is done, or the deal is *done* and they have actually inked the deal and we’ll get a simulcast on Foxsports (in English) and SBS (in Italian)?
September 11th 2012 @ 6:09pm
Roger said | September 11th 2012 @ 6:09pm | Report comment
Awesome. Simply awesome.
September 11th 2012 @ 7:18pm
Antonio said | September 11th 2012 @ 7:18pm | Report comment
i hope the A-league gets one live game a week on free to air television it will mean so much for the promotion of the A-league in Australia’s non football circles and public.
September 11th 2012 @ 7:24pm
TC said | September 11th 2012 @ 7:24pm | Report comment
I believe it’s a done deal. Not sure why there hasn’t been a bigger announcement about it.
TC
September 11th 2012 @ 7:28pm
Fussball ist unser leben said | September 11th 2012 @ 7:28pm | Report comment
The deal has not been done. Can’t have a bigger or smaller announcement, when there’s nothing to announce.
CEO of the FFA, Ben Buckley has just told Football Family members:
“FFA is currently in ongoing discussions with Fox Sports and SBS over the long-term broadcast rights in Australian football.
The discussions have reached an advanced stage and the parties have displayed good faith, which has allowed this one-off arrangement for Wednesday’s match.”
September 11th 2012 @ 8:35pm
Stevo said | September 11th 2012 @ 8:35pm | Report comment
David Davutovic saying deal just about done with SBS and Foxtel. Channel 10 made a late run after missing out on NRL. I think it’s all but in the bag and Ben will then retire and in comes Gallop to enjoy the uplift in the HAL with the new media deal and ADP gracing SFC.
September 11th 2012 @ 8:40pm
nordster said | September 11th 2012 @ 8:40pm | Report comment
Ripper, i can watch on fox live and record SBS to watch their pre game later and see how they cover the game. Will be nice seeing local football on SBS in between world cups.
September 11th 2012 @ 9:24pm
Brick Tamlin of the Pants Party said | September 11th 2012 @ 9:24pm | Report comment
Not sure which broadcast to go with now,do i stick with Fox for the Hill/Harper combo or shall i go with the Basheer/Zdrilic call…decisions decisions.
September 11th 2012 @ 9:36pm
Midfielder said | September 11th 2012 @ 9:36pm | Report comment
Word of advise to SBS …. Basheer to be your caller heavens have mercy… take the Hill call and replay …
September 11th 2012 @ 9:35pm
Peter Wilson said | September 11th 2012 @ 9:35pm | Report comment
There has to be an FTA component in the next deal because of the new anti-siphoning laws.
Looks like it was between SBS and Ten and SBS won.
Thank God – hopefully an end to the swiping at the A-League by SBS journalists and commentators.
Ten probably gets more viewers and would have been better if they won, but then again they might move it till after midnight if the ratings aren’t good enough.
I’m sure SBS will change their attitude to the A-League now with players like Del Piero in it and give it a decent showing.
Will be interesting to see what the final figure is but $40M a year seems a bit low.
Let the league be self sufficient and stand on its own two feet and not rely on mega media money, which will be their downfall in the end of the other two wasteful competitions.
September 11th 2012 @ 9:38pm
Midfielder said | September 11th 2012 @ 9:38pm | Report comment
40 million is very very low … I can only hope SBS actually realise that to grow football the revenue stream must grow…
September 11th 2012 @ 10:08pm
Fussball ist unser leben said | September 11th 2012 @ 10:08pm | Report comment
I’ve been consistently hearing the total deal:
a) PayTv
b) FTA Tv
c) online
For
* HAL (140 matches on PayTV, 32 on FTA TV)
* AUS NT (10-12 matches on PayTv, 10-12 matches on FTA TV)
* online (140 HAL matches, 10-12 AUS NT matches, AUS WNT, AUS u17, u20, u23 – male & female)
will be $60-70m/year.
September 11th 2012 @ 10:40pm
Midfielder said | September 11th 2012 @ 10:40pm | Report comment
Fuss
Hope you right…
September 11th 2012 @ 11:45pm
Midfielder said | September 11th 2012 @ 11:45pm | Report comment
Fuss
60 or 70 million with Socceroos FTA and one A-League match FTA would be …. just so … unbelievable … I would sent in a couple of dollars for BB’s retirement party present…
September 12th 2012 @ 12:46am
Jaydiggy86 said | September 12th 2012 @ 12:46am | Report comment
where you getting that mail from? very interested in the online component and, in particular, the junior NT sides. can’t tell you how tiresome it is trying to find decent quality streams to watch AFC u16 championships etc. $60-70m a year sounds high to me, and goes against the opinions of many sports media analysts etc. hope you’re right for what it’s worth!
September 11th 2012 @ 10:05pm
Siege of Perth said | September 11th 2012 @ 10:05pm | Report comment
This is smart for everyone. People who dont have Foxtel and want to watch the game simply stream the games from illegal sites and dont consider the exclusive rights as an incentive to get foxtel. So this gives foxtel some extra money they wouldnt otherwise get. It improves the viewing enjoyment of those streamers cause usually the quality isnt so good and it also helps spread the game in the long term (because barely anyone outside of Perth will stay up to watch this) by setting good foundations for a FTA Foxtel mix television rights for the next deal.