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Foxtel’s $4 billion play to freeze Nine out of the NRL - mediaweek.com.au/foxtels-4-b…
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Also AFL fans, please note Sevens extensive use of average ratings in this release.
Media Release
Four months into the 2026 AFL Premiership Season, the Seven Network is delivering big audiences across Seven and 7plus Sport, with its AFL coverage reaching 13.3 million people – and counting.
Seven’s AFL national total TV audience is up 7% so far this year. Thursday Night Football is the standout performer, up 15% to an average of 690,000, while Sunday Night Football is up 12% to 516,000. Friday Night Football’s audience has increased 5% to an average of 635,000.
The season-to-date average national total TV audience across all games on Seven is 583,000. In Perth, the audience is up an impressive 40% year-on-year, thanks to an improved West Coast Eagles and the table-topping Fremantle Dockers.
Seven’s AFL audience is also up 12% so far this year in Brisbane and up 11% in Sydney.
In regional markets, viewing is up 8%, including a 14% jump in regional Victoria and solid growth in Tasmania, Western Australia and Queensland.
The most-watched AFL game so far this year is the Collingwood vs Melbourne The Big Freeze clash on 8 June, with a total TV audience of 940,000, followed by the 5 March game between Sydney and Carlton with 797,000 viewers.
In the second year of AFL streaming on 7plus Sport, the audience has soared 127% so far this season to an average of 83,000 (streaming only).
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ok. if we're going to go all reach here, there was literally an Origin game that outdid this on both reach and average audiences like 2 weeks ago, and likely another one this coming week.
AFL & NRL Grand Finals did higher than this.
Be excited folks, but be accurate.
Jun 15
Amazing. Bigger than cricket, NRL, AFL, Rugby… mediaweek.com.au/socceroos-s…
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TV DEAL DONE? News Corp papers reporting via Pete Badel and Brent Read:
📺 Origin could be simulcast (FTA Pay), ending Ch9's exclusivity over four decades
📺 One bidder wants QLD5 to become Team 20
📺 This deal could be a 7-year term instead of 5
📺 Ch 7 is a major player, interested in buying games off Fox if they pick up the rights in full
📺 No MNF. Sunday night footy likely the addition with Perth coming in.
The deal is likely to be locked in by the time Origin III rolls around and, according to sources, will be "greater than the AFL deal" signed ahead of the 2025 season.
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EXCLUSIVE: Major news with NRL TV rights.
* Origin simulcast on cards
* $4.5 billion push for TV rights
* Broadcaster wants fifth Qld team
* Monday Night Football scrapped
| The Courier Mail dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/…
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BREAKING: Fox Sports are set to trump Nine in the race for the next television deal.
It could see the broadcaster team up with 7 to simulcast Origin matches, while the ninth game from next season would be played on a Sunday.
It is projected to trump the AFL’s broadcast deal in terms of revenue for the game.
📝 @badel_cmail and @brentread_7
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POV: It's State of Origin and you get to go behind the scenes with your mates 🌟
Experience Game 1 through the eyes of our @AmpolAustralia Little Origin superstars!
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Jun 15
My son has been asked to wear a Vote Labor t-shirt for 2 weeks as part of a social experiment to see how people react.
So far he has been spat on, punched and had a bottle thrown at him.
I'm curious to see what's going to happen when he leaves the house.
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Jun 15
Not really necessary to ask for support Popa, its the Aussie National team.
Auto support should be a given.
#NRL
#AFL
Jun 14
Socceroos coach Tony Popovic has called on all Australians to get behind his giant-killing young team when they take on the might of the US on Saturday after they delivered the biggest shock of the World Cup with a stunning win over Turkey.
MORE ▶️ bit.ly/4auXuMc
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Jun 15
*SPACEX SHARES JUMP 20%, ADDING $412 BILLION IN MARKET VALUE
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Jun 15
Round 15 of the 2026 #NRL season was watched by an aggregate average audience of 1.852m, at an average of 617,000 per game. This is up 12.17% on the same round in 2025.
The average Reach for the round was 1.423m, and the average BVOD was 140,000 per match.
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Sydney's west is the epicentre of Australian goalkeeper greatness
Mark Schwarzer - Grose Vale
Mark Bosnich - Liverpool
Zeljko Kalac - Luddenham
Mat Ryan - Plumpton
Patrick Beach - Glenmore Park
#socceroos
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Jun 15
"Lucky enough, I'm still alive!"
A brave Eli Katoa says he holds no animosity after his injury, instead committing to do everything he can to return to rugby league.
READ MORE: bit.ly/3RZePqt | #NRL
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Jun 15
"Lucky enough I'm still alive, and my next goal is focusing on what I can do to come back!"
Eli Katoa has no animosity over the incident that ruled him out for a year, with his only focus returning to the NRL!
📺 THE AGENDA SETTERS: RUGBY LEAGUE MON 7:30PM ON 7Mate | #NRL
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Jun 15
The Tigers are reportedly considering playing all home games at Leichhardt Oval once planned renovations are completed in 2028, with Campbelltown Stadium expected to undergo its own upgrades afterwards. (Sydney Morning Herald)
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Pacific powerhouses Payne Haas and Addin Fonua-Blake are out to combine the might of Samoa and Tonga as they look to lead NSW to victory in Game Two of the State of Origin series. nrl.com/news/2026/06/15/paci…
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