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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: Mandator
Date: April 13, 2025, 1:00 pm
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Needs to be level playing field in this tournament. Amazed that
yet again Leinster gets home match this time against Saints in
Semis. Cannot be right this?
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: April 13, 2025, 2:00 pm
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--- Quote from: Mandator link ---
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> Needs to be level playing field in this tournament. Amazed
that yet again Leinster gets home match this time against Saints
in Semis. Cannot be right this?
>
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Where else in Ireland would you play it?
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: Quinky
Date: April 13, 2025, 3:42 pm
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--- Quote from: dinsdale link ---
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> That's not going to work.
>
> The existing audience is ageing - this is true for several
sports. You have to reverse that trend for long term survival.
The sports that have done so are appealing to a younger audience
and women. For rugby, the women's competitions and things like
the Big Game are the right approach - even if I happen not to be
a massive BG fan.
>
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Ageing audiences are still audiences.
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: poorfour
Date: April 14, 2025, 3:17 am
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--- Quote from: Quinky link ---
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> Ageing audiences are still audiences.
>
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For now... An ageing audience basically means that you are only
appealing to the same people and not bringing any new people
into your audience. And the concern is that as those people
leave your audience, because they get too old to attend any
more, your reach declines.
You can cater exclusively to an existing audience for a few
years, but even to survive as an entertainment business you need
a way to bring new supporters in.
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: FatQuin
Date: April 14, 2025, 3:40 am
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Kids being able to watch club rugby on free-to-air channels is
the thing that will make the difference. All the rest is just
fluff.
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: never sleep
Date: April 14, 2025, 4:04 am
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--- Quote from: FatQuin link ---
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> Kids being able to watch club rugby on free-to-air channels is
the thing that will make the difference. All the rest is just
fluff.
>
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I doubt it. Kids don't watch much on regular TV any more.
It is all about streaming nowadays.
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: never sleep
Date: April 14, 2025, 4:19 am
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--- Quote from: never sleep link ---
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> I doubt it. Kids don't watch much on regular TV any more.
> It is all about streaming nowadays.
>
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HTML https://www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-attitudes/media-habits-adults/gen-z-swerves-traditional-broadcast-tv-as-less-than-half-tune-in-weekly/
"Just 48% of young audiences tuned in in an average week last
year, down from 76% in 2018"
"a mere 20 minutes is spent watching live TV " [a day] ---i.e.
much shorter than a rugby match
"1 hour 33 minutes) watching video-sharing platforms such as
TikTok and YouTube."
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: FatQuin
Date: April 14, 2025, 4:27 am
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Those channels are all free to access. How long someone’s
attention span is important obviously but access is vital.
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: never sleep
Date: April 14, 2025, 5:01 am
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--- Quote from: FatQuin link ---
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> Those channels are all free to access. How long someone’s
attention span is important obviously but access is vital.
>
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Basically though, if you only watch streamed channels and don't
watch the BBC or anything live, then you don't need a license.
There is no point buying a TV unless you have a license (unless
you are a gamer who uses a console rather than a PC).
So, it still goes down the route that it is pointless putting
stuff on free-to-air for a younger audience.
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Re: Broadcaster wants to revitalise Champions Cup with Thursday
night games
DIR By: Quinky
Date: April 14, 2025, 6:26 am
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--- Quote from: poorfour link ---
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> For now... An ageing audience basically means that you are
only appealing to the same people and not bringing any new
people into your audience. And the concern is that as those
people leave your audience, because they get too old to attend
any more, your reach declines.
>
> You can cater exclusively to an existing audience for a few
years, but even to survive as an entertainment business you need
a way to bring new supporters in.
>
--- End Quote ---
That's why I added that it should be grown organically. It's
easier and more long lasting to gain new followers who are
introduced by the existing audience, than by trying to appeal to
people who are more likely to follow a fad.
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