Socceroos viewing figures a huge PayTV event.

July 9, 2007


FOX SPORTS KICKS A GOAL WITH SOCCEROOS


The Australia v Oman AFC Asian Cup match gave FOX SPORTS a significant win on Sunday night with the game attracting an average audience of 345,000 – one of the highest audiences to watch a sporting event in Subscription TV history.

The Australia v Oman game also attracted a reach (total viewers) of 707,000 according to ratings recorded by OzTAM Data.

These figures do not include people who watched the match at one of 2,200 registered FOX SPORTS venues around Australia.

Wake up Australia.

A friend of mine from Perth tells of his frustration at missing out on free to air coverage of the Socceroos. Where can he take his young kids, football players, to watch the game?

Fox are claiming huge PAY tv viewing figures, but as Craig points out below, the losers may be football in the long term.

Hi Eamonn

Tried to put some comments on your site with no success.

Nice work!

Interesting that on the day when we should have been warming the set for the Oman match we were with our kids at an AFL Multicultural Day (with some Burmese and Chinese kids).

We will go to the telecast on Friday and leave the kids with my mum (who is over visiting) but we are witnessing the FFA surrendering its future.

Cheers Craig

Got a similar experience? Let me know

Fox to ruin the Asian Cup spectacle?

Pity the children who can't watch the Socceroos

With the Asian Cup only been shown on Fox, the number of Socceroos fans able to see the games will be severely reduced.


However a run to the final in prime time should give FoxSports it's biggest viewing figures ever.



With the tournament only being shown on Fox, and Aussie media's reluctance to cover anything outside its own shores, the fantastic Free To Air channels will surely find it hard to fit news of the Socceroos into their bulletins.



Don't expect too much in the newspapers either.



When Football in the Capital recently spoke to the FFA they said, "they weren't expecting too many reporters travelling from Australia."

Still you can keep up-to-date with the Aussies through this blog. Someone has to keep the non-Fox subscribers informed, so I'll do my best:)