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Originally Posted by LD2244
3. The Foxtel deal has been brilliant and I just realised I've been misquoting the figure it's actually $241 million with $196 million in cash and the fta deal was really not "big buck" and there offer would've been detrimental for the category at the prices they were offering. This has also been a revelation for support categories whom now are receiving all live coverage compared to the disaster it was before. Lastly there's plenty of other cheaper options for non fta viewers to watch the platform
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The FTA deal at the time of the sale in 2011 was about $32 million a year, going from 2007-2012, well up on the previous deal that Ten were paying in the previous 2002-2006 contract...so much so that Ten laughed off their chance to counter it in the 2007-2012 bid process, saying they saw no way that anyone could make their money back off that deal. That sounds like a "big buck" increase to me. I'm not sure what offer that was detrimental to the category you are talking about here?
Not sure what you mean about a disaster for support categories either, they were getting live coverage on Channel 7 from 2007-2014 too.
The current TV deal is only brilliant if you are one of the 28% of Australian households that have Foxtel. For the 72% of Australian households without it, the current TV deal is a shocker compared to the 2013-14 TV deal. It's all about perspective
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Originally Posted by LD2244
4. Sydney was never really going to work in the long term , Newcastle has proven it is a much more sustainable home for Supercars the community event with around 10,000 attendees proved this
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Sydney was never going to work long term? Did you read any of the PR in the early years of the event? We were told it would be as big as Clipsal, we were told that the event would be signed up for a decade beyond the initial 5-year deal....instead we now have the series grand final in a regional area 2hrs away...name another major sport in Australia that does this?
How has Newcastle proved it is a much more sustainable home for Supercars, they haven't even held an event yet! The same stuff was said before Homebush started