Re: SKY need us... : Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:53 am  

Geoff wrote: http://www.wiganrl.com/WContent.aspx?id=4689&type=1 The Warriors are proving to be the most attractive team to view live on Sky TV as games involving Wigan are ranked first, second, third and fourth in the most watched engage Super League games of 2010 so far. 2010 Sky TV Figures 1 St Helens v Wigan Warriors 286,200 2 Warrington v Wigan Warriors 269,400 3 Wigan Warriors v Hull KR 267,900 4 Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos 262,100 Population 60,943,912 percentage of people watching rugby 0.47% wow we really are a minority sport

Geoff wrote: http://www.wiganrl.com/WContent.aspx?id=4689&type=1 The Warriors are proving to be the most attractive team to view live on Sky TV as games involving Wigan are ranked first, second, third and fourth in the most watched engage Super League games of 2010 so far. 2010 Sky TV Figures 1 St Helens v Wigan Warriors 286,200 2 Warrington v Wigan Warriors 269,400 3 Wigan Warriors v Hull KR 267,900 4 Wigan Warriors v Leeds Rhinos 262,100 Population 60,943,912 percentage of people watching rugby 0.47% wow we really are a minority sport

Re: SKY need us... : Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:13 am  

SKY are panicking due to the start of Freeview HD.

A lot of the football is outside of them particularly the World Cup, so they are having to retrench their diversification coverage of other sports.

Should be good for us.

Re: SKY need us... : Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:56 am  

Wire_Yed wrote:

Population 60,943,912
percentage of people watching rugby
0.47%

wow we really are a minority sport

Yeah, but any sport apart from football is a minority sport.

Re: SKY need us... : Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:43 am  

what are figures for football?
not just the big clubs but say a normal or mid table game?
and what about for the championship games?

does anyone have those figures?

Re: SKY need us... : Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:03 am  

Wire_Yed wrote:

Population 60,943,912
percentage of people watching rugby
0.47%

wow we really are a minority sport

How many of the 60,943,912 have television?
Of those that do have television how many have Sky? I'd guess at under 10 million.
There are over 230 television broadcast stations in the UK.
Not everyone likes sport.

Re: SKY need us... : Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:27 am  

Parsifal wrote: what are figures for football? not just the big clubs but say a normal or mid table game? and what about for the championship games? does anyone have those figures? http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weeklyTopProgrammes/? Sky Sports 1 w/e 4 Apr 2010 1 LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL (SAT 1200) 1,726,000 2 LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (SUN 1534) 1,076,000 3 GILLETTE SOCCER SATURDAY 09-10 (SAT 1515) 527,000 4 NEWCASTLE V NOTTINGHAM FOREST-LIVE (MON 1930) 503,000 5 WEST BROM V LEICESTER-LIVE (FRI 1700) 456,000 6 CARDIFF CITY V SWANSEA CITY - LIVE (SAT 1715) 346,000 7 TRANMERE V NORWICH - LIVE (FRI 1930) 334,000 8 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (FRI 1446) 307,000 9 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (THU 1956) 189,000 10 SUPER SUNDAY - THE LAST WORD (SUN 1830) 181,000

Parsifal wrote: what are figures for football? not just the big clubs but say a normal or mid table game? and what about for the championship games? does anyone have those figures? http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weeklyTopProgrammes/? Sky Sports 1 w/e 4 Apr 2010 1 LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL (SAT 1200) 1,726,000 2 LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (SUN 1534) 1,076,000 3 GILLETTE SOCCER SATURDAY 09-10 (SAT 1515) 527,000 4 NEWCASTLE V NOTTINGHAM FOREST-LIVE (MON 1930) 503,000 5 WEST BROM V LEICESTER-LIVE (FRI 1700) 456,000 6 CARDIFF CITY V SWANSEA CITY - LIVE (SAT 1715) 346,000 7 TRANMERE V NORWICH - LIVE (FRI 1930) 334,000 8 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (FRI 1446) 307,000 9 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (THU 1956) 189,000 10 SUPER SUNDAY - THE LAST WORD (SUN 1830) 181,000

Re: SKY need us... : Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:51 pm  

Geoff wrote: http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weeklyTopProgrammes/? Sky Sports 1 w/e 4 Apr 2010 1 LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL (SAT 1200) 1,726,000 2 LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (SUN 1534) 1,076,000 3 GILLETTE SOCCER SATURDAY 09-10 (SAT 1515) 527,000 4 NEWCASTLE V NOTTINGHAM FOREST-LIVE (MON 1930) 503,000 5 WEST BROM V LEICESTER-LIVE (FRI 1700) 456,000 6 CARDIFF CITY V SWANSEA CITY - LIVE (SAT 1715) 346,000 7 TRANMERE V NORWICH - LIVE (FRI 1930) 334,000 8 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (FRI 1446) 307,000 9 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (THU 1956) 189,000 10 SUPER SUNDAY - THE LAST WORD (SUN 1830) 181,000 That Sunday game was Everton v West Ham and the Saturday game Man Utd v Chelsea.

Geoff wrote: http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weeklyTopProgrammes/? Sky Sports 1 w/e 4 Apr 2010 1 LIVE FORD FOOTBALL SPECIAL (SAT 1200) 1,726,000 2 LIVE FORD SUPER SUNDAY - MATCH (SUN 1534) 1,076,000 3 GILLETTE SOCCER SATURDAY 09-10 (SAT 1515) 527,000 4 NEWCASTLE V NOTTINGHAM FOREST-LIVE (MON 1930) 503,000 5 WEST BROM V LEICESTER-LIVE (FRI 1700) 456,000 6 CARDIFF CITY V SWANSEA CITY - LIVE (SAT 1715) 346,000 7 TRANMERE V NORWICH - LIVE (FRI 1930) 334,000 8 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (FRI 1446) 307,000 9 LIVE SUPER LEAGUE (THU 1956) 189,000 10 SUPER SUNDAY - THE LAST WORD (SUN 1830) 181,000 That Sunday game was Everton v West Ham and the Saturday game Man Utd v Chelsea.

Re: SKY need us... : Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:16 pm  

When you look at the figures for Football we really do quite well. That our top games get significantly higher figures than the lower end figures and similar to the mid level for football games really does surprise me.

Re: SKY need us... : Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:22 pm  

Phuzzy wrote:

When you look at the figures for Football we really do quite well. That our top games get significantly higher figures than the lower end figures and similar to the mid level for football games really does surprise me.

we would do even better if sky didnt have those two pillocks as commentators

Re: SKY need us... : Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:29 pm  

Don't know which matches were on, but on SS2 that same week:

LIVE PREMIERSHIP RUGBY UNION (FRI 1930) 59,000
(below darts, golf, poker & WWE)

and on SS3
LIVE PREMIERSHIP RUGBY UNION (SAT 1700) 80,000