What sort of ratings do the nbl get? 

I see channel 10 have now signed a deal with the NBL and are showing the Sunday game on the main channel. Seems theyre pretty much done with the A-League. https://nbl.com.au/news/nbl-strikes-new-media-deal

I’m saying it for fun fellas lucky for you.

Ditto.

I'd guess there might be none within the next 3 decades. 
Change only really happens at the generational level and we are witnessing a shift in media consumption right now. Only a matter of time.
Talk to any 18-year-old about FTA TV. They don't watch it at all and have quite literally zero knowledge of what programs are even on. They only know TikTok and YouTube.
Boomers will be mostly dead within the next 3 decades. Gen Xers will be dwindling within the next 3 decades. The rusted on FTA TV viewers are fast becoming an endangered species. Then you have the Millennials who have phone addictions while simultaneously heavily limiting screen-time for their kids, thus creating a generation that watches less TV.
The commercial viability of FTA TV is never going to get better, just worse.

And to think Murdoch wanted to buy Channel Ten not so long ago 😲🤫

https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/network-10-is-in-total-turmoil-and-may-not-survive-as-australias-third-commercial-broadcaster/news-story/8834f836947d5f4ca478c9b88db9e47f

Queensland University of Technology Professor Amanda Lotz, who leads the Transforming Media Industries research program, said it’s unlikely Australia will still have three free-to-air commercial networks in the near future.

“I would suspect by the end of the decade that we will have two commercial broadcasters,” Prof Lotz said.

“It’s just math. We’re now in a death spiral. And eventually, it might be that we just have one.”

lol thats hilarious.....

In the latest news on Paramount+, their facebook page has been compromised.

https://www.facebook.com/ParamountPlusAU/

yer was hearing of the PMount news the other day, theor shares had been dropping for sometime.
Among the potential buyers include three media companies; Skydance Media run by its founder and CEO David Ellison, Warner Bros. Discovery WBD +3.3% WBD +3.3% led by CEO David Zaslav and Byron Allen's Allen Media Group. There also remains the possibility Paramount Global won't be sold, at least for the time being.

We wait and see.

does it mention that buffet offloaded his 30% share?

Have we ever had a network station shut down in Australia? I mean... on a national scale?

Swinging the axe is a prelude to Paramount Global being sold or merging.

Alarmists are saying this could ultimately see an end to not only Paramount+ but also Channel 10 who even by their mediocre standards are performing really poorly at present - a new owner would likely flog off any sellable content to netflix and other platforms. Whether the A League would be worth anything to anyone else ...

Australian job losses confirmed as Paramount Global swings the axe

Following news that Paramount Global would be laying off a reported 800 workers, it was confirmed on Thursday that the cuts will extend to the Australian arm of the business.

A memo from Paramount Global’s president, broadcast & studios, international markets, Pam Kaufman, reads “In order to drive earnings growth in 2024, we have had to make some tough but necessary decisions to ensure we continue growing our revenue while streamlining operations and reducing costs.“

Unfortunately, this includes parting ways with some of our respected colleagues across the Australian business, who will be notified by close of business today.”

After thanking those who will be impacted by the move, the memo concludes
“While this is a difficult moment, I want to emphasize that I believe in our global strategy, and I am confident that the Paramount Australia team will continue to drive the business forward to meet our goals across this critical and priority market.”

https://www.mediaweek.com.au/australian-job-losses-confirmed-as-paramount-global-swings-the-axe/

LOL funny fellas, I feel I'm mixing with some on the same team here ! happy days and Friday !

yeah, well... I deal with enough 5G nutters at work that I'm not going to comment any further on what people think of vaccines and whatnot. 

both....

My actual response, or my backhanded 'ok'?

hheheheh what can I say, I LOVE Friday s :P

Saw your "entry" into ol johnsmith (lower case) diatribe on vaccines and  saving the world from MRNA and 5G towers and thought I might throw a few barbs but its no fun  dealing with fundamentalists anymore, you never know when you are going tp push them too far and cause a tragedy.

Keep the doors comin' Mono, you're on a roll today!

I think you meant "sacred" but "scared" works as well depending on who you married too. lol 

Dont know what all the negativity about MAFS is about.... Gotta admit to not having watched it in the past 2-3 years but way back when it first aired the missus and I would watch it every night... was great TV, a bunch of whorish girls and guys with the emotional intelligence of a bag of chips being forced to act like they arent just trying to get their 15 minutes of insta-fame..... It was hilarious.....

Looked like they were trying to use a bunch of Australian 'football social media personalities' to promote at times though - Olan Tekkers, Kat Sasso, Claudes, to name a few. Basically the bunch of people that ended up doing SBS's World Cup coverage.

Although it's entirely plausible that I'm getting my wires crossed and mixing up memories in my head. 

Nah far from it - a medium for the few converted from the past that didn’t deliver - talking converted a pail what Optus sport is.
They need something different or approach to entice newbies for half of the ol AL support have been scared or weeded off or out.

Is that not what they were trying with Keep Up?

ah ok, therefore its way more than we think for typically surveys etc are only a minute of the population.

I agree Muz re office or workplace goss, in my own people talk all about this crap so its big.
As mentioned APL should leverage marketing using these reality entitled wannabees, afterall they are next leading gens - millenials/genX Z you name it haha

In general the ratings system is a bit of a joke. Like free to air TV itself, the ratings system is a dinosaur of the past. The sample size is only 5250 homes. That's 5250 households that agreed to have the viewing data collected and shared for next to no compensation. That's who the ratings are derived from.

Looks like I might be waaaaay wrong about this.

I thought say, 1.5 million, as the best rated program on a night meant that was a huge swathe of people watching it.

I suppose if you dismissed everyone under 12 and discounted everyone over 70 (who's asleep) that 1.5m is getting closer to a higher % of the 'available viewing audience'.

I'm looking at wiki and google to try and find out how the bastard thing actually works. Even chatGPT is not much help.

I didn't think that's how it works. (Happy to be corrected though.)  That 1.236 mill (2.5 mill reach) is not 5%. Even before streaming and pay TV that was a big number.

If that's the highest rated show on the night then that's what the majority are watching. If you walked into 10 houses with the telly on that would represent 3 or 4 houses.  1 house watching SBS and the ABC and the other 5 houses watching 10 and 7. (Yes I realise 4 out of 10 is not a 'majority'. In this instance it means 'most watched on the night.)

I'm sure I've heard them say 1.5 million represents 25, 30 or 40% of the 'available viewing audience' on that night.

That was my understanding anyway. Am I wrong about that?

Anecdotally at least in my case when I was working on contract in an office that's all anyone bloody talked about. That and Masterchef, Survivor and any other reality crap.

(Edit: When they say households are they counting houses or the people in the houses? Because if it's houses then multiply that number, if it's people in a house then the number is correct(ish).

I hear you Muz.....
someguyjc so do those figures incl people watching it on SM/streams you tube or any other means in todays world ? just asking for a non tech guy :)