Television and Online Coverage

I've thought they've been worse than usual, as he seems to know even less about these players than he does about those in the A League.

Yes, John Helm does seem to be showing signs that his better days are behind him

What better days? He has always spoken like a teacher to a class of 7 year olds.

Sunday 7th June 2015 - http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/06/tv-ratings-7-june-2015/

No result for Prime.  I'll just say it's sad that more people watch fudgeing small blacks tv and sky sports news than football.

Most watched on SKY Sport 3

1. Small Blacks TV: 17,250 (4:30pm – 4:40pm)
2. FIFA U20 World Cup Pre Game: 14,660 (4:50pm – 5:00pm)
3. FIFA U20 World Cup: 13,440 (5:00pm – 7:00pm)
4. Isle of Man TT Highlights: 9,910 (8:30pm – 9:20pm)

Most watched on SKY Sport 4

1. Sky Sports News: 17,270 (12:30pm – 12:55pm)
2. FIFA U20 World Cup Pre Game: 17,020 (4:50pm – 5:00pm)
3. Sport 365: 16,210 (1:00pm – 1:25pm)
4. ANZ Netball H/L: 12,200 (12:30am – 12:55am)
5. Tennis French Open: 11,910 (10:00pm – 12:25am)

I do think though that's it's a great way to get people to the games and watch them live instead of TV, the crouds have been increasing  at these WC games.

Will Prime be showing the NZ game on Thursday?

Delayed, not live

10th June 2015 http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/06/tv-ratings-10-june-2015/

No results for Prime or Sky Sports 4

Most watched on SKY Sport 3

1. Sports Extra: 19,770 (7:50am – 8:00am)
2. Intl Cricket ODI: 15,450 (5:15am – 7:45am)
3. Isle of Man TT Highlights: 13,830 (9:35pm – 10:30pm)
4. FIFA U20 World Cup: 12,380 (7:30pm – 9:35pm)

11 June 2015 http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/06/tv-ratings-11-june-2015/

No ratings for skysport 4 or whatever channel the 3rd 730pm kick off game was on.

Most watched on PRIME

1. Prime News: 135,750 (5:30pm – 6:00pm)
2. Escape to the Country: 46,020 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
3. 60 Minutes: 39,180 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)
4. FIFA U20 World Cup Highlights: 28,350 (5:00pm – 5:30pm)
5. Celebrity Wife Swap USA: 27,100 (9:35pm – 10:30pm

Most watched on SKY Sport 3

1. FIFA U20 World Cup: 61,860 (7:30pm – 9:20pm)
2. FIFA U20 World Cup Post Game: 55,440 (9:20pm – 9:30pm)
3. FIFA U20 World Cup Pre Game: 14,320 (7:20pm – 7:30pm)
4. Isle of Man TT Highlights: 11,720 (9:35pm – 10:25pm)

Timeshifted ratings for 11 June 2015  http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/06/time-shifted-tv-ratings-11-june-2015/

Top 20 % of audience watching timeshifted (% increase)

1. Bosch: 41.21% (70.1%) (the BOX, 8:30pm – 9:30pm)
2. Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D: 34.78% (53.32%) (TV2, 9:35pm – 10:35pm)
3. Judge Judy: 33.88% (51.23%) (Vibe, 5:00pm – 5:30pm)
4. The Originals: 28.77% (40.39%) (TV2, 11:05pm – 12:00am)
5. Bones: 28.62% (40.09%) (Vibe, 8:30pm – 9:30pm)
6. Ellen: 26.94% (36.87%) (TV2, 2:35pm – 3:30pm)
7. Footsteps In The Snow: 25.71% (34.61%) (Crime and Investigation, 1:35pm – 3:25pm)
8. Family Guy: 24.35% (32.18%) (FOUR, 9:30pm – 10:00pm)
9. Sesame Street: 23.81% (31.24%) (FOUR, 2:00pm – 2:55pm)
10. Antiques Roadshow: 23.16% (30.15%) (PRIME, 3:30pm – 4:30pm)
11. FIFA U20 World Cup: 22.9% (29.71%) (PRIME, 10:30pm – 12:25am)
12. Pingu: 22.4% (28.87%) (FOUR, 2:55pm – 3:00pm)
13. CSI:NY: 21.83% (27.92%) (the BOX, 7:30pm – 8:30pm)
14. Car Crash TV: 21.57% (27.51%) (TV2, 8:05pm – 8:35pm)
15. Sesame Street: 20.57% (25.89%) (FOUR, 6:00am – 6:55am)
16. Peppa Pig: 17.85% (21.73%) (FOUR, 6:55am – 7:00am)
17. South Park: 17.65% (21.43%) (FOUR, 9:00pm – 9:30pm)
18. Home and Away: 17.61% (21.38%) (TV2, 11:00am – 11:30am)
19. Ice Cold Killers: 16.84% (20.25%) (Crime and Investigation, 9:30pm – 10:30pm)
20. CSI Miami: 16.55% (19.84%) (the BOX, 5:30pm – 6:30pm)

I haven't seen one highlight yet in the UK. If it wasn't for this forum I wouldn't even know that the competition was taking place. 

Nothing on BBC, nothing on Sky. Only seen a couple of results printed in the corner of the newspaper. BBC are concentrating on the FIFA Women's World Cup while there's been more coverage of the Toulon Under 20 tournament on Eurosport. 

Obviously I appreciate that England didn't qualify, but would have liked some highlights at least BBC!

12 June 2015 http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/06/tv-ratings-12-june-2015/

Most watched on PRIME

1. Prime News: 146,380 (5:30pm – 6:00pm)
2. Bones: 89,110 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
3. Escape to the Country: 46,740 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
4. The Odd Couple: 38,480 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
5. FIFA U20 World Cup Highlights: 37,640 (4:55pm – 5:30pm)

Biggest increases (previous week)

1. Mom: TV2 230380 – up from 196080 (7:35pm – 8:00pm)
2. Escape to the Country: PRIME 46740 – up from 21560 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
3. Bones: PRIME 89110 – up from 65690 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
4. Paul Henry: TV3 50920 – up from 36660 (7:00am – 9:00am)
5. FIFA U20 World Cup Highlights: PRIME 37640 – up from 23380 (4:55pm – 5:30pm)

It's interesting that Sky TV seem to be hiring foreign camera crews and equipment to cover the tournament - they obviously wouldn't have enough employees of their own to cover seven cities and four games a day.

I get to sit right next to the pitch at AMI Stadium in Christchurch with a friend in a wheelchair and we get to hear the woman supervising the cameras on our side of the ground chatting to the camera crew near to us in Spanish and also on her walky-talky to the TV director.

She beamed from ear to ear when my friend Kevin talked to her in Spanish but was rather pre-occupied at the time tidying some cables so ball boys and passing officials wouldn't trip on them. Kevin's a Kiwi who used to live in South America, Spain and Portugal and teaches Spanish.

pretty sure FIFA gave the contract to film the world cup to another company - i think SKY are the host broadcaster but it's not OSB being used to film which SKY would normally do.

Yet again the highlights package of these games are a disgrace...they seem to miss all the highlights!  

I watched the first half of the game against Portugal on sky but had a commitment I couldn't get out of for the second half. I thought I'd listen to it on the radio but radio sport was doing talk back on the rugby, I thought I'd listen to it on radio sport extra which is the online only radio station that plays live commentary for games that no one cares about (like the Phoenix) while things that people actually care about play on the main station (like wife beaters and rugby talkback).

I ended up checking twitter constantly, overall an appalling lack of support by the media, but what can you expect.

FIFA charge quite a lot of money for rights and I've heard radio sport jocks say on different occassions if they paid for the rights to these tournaments then they wouldn't be able to afford playing anything else.  Why they couldn't do updates though is beyond me, but not surprising as it's Veitch on RS and Brendan Telfer on Radio Live on the weekends 

No results for the Sky Sport 4

14th June 2015  http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/06/tv-ratings-14-june-2015/

Most watched on SKY Sport 3

1. Intl Cricket ODI: 49,260 (9:30pm – 1:00am)
2. FIFA U20 World Cup: 16,140 (4:30pm – 7:25pm)
3. NRL Highlights: 14,160 (1:05am – 1:30am)
4. Sports Extra: 14,070 (1:30am – 1:40am)
5. Intl Cricket ODI: 13,800 (1:45am – 2:00am)

pretty crap that the final is not being played live on prime. boo you sad muppets

sad for who?

Free to air in Australia.

Need to have some reason for living there.

Aus one of the few places that still has some free to Air live sport, but in NZ that ship has well and truly sailed

One reason is that there is a fair bit of sunshine,  the sports coverage is miles better and  you don't get rugby jammed down your throat.

Not Rugby, just League.

In SA, WA and Victoria they would not know what that was.

Well they played the opening game live with the rest as highlight packages. I would of assumed they would of backed it up by playing the final live. make sense but not to prime the farken idiots

And yet they just set a new stadium record for a league game at NIB Stadium for the Rabbitohs vs. the Warriors. Croud: 20,272.

Australian level maths, he'll fit right in.

But you don't live in any of those do you Leggy?  ...and everyone knows that the Rules media in those states makes Rugby coverage here seem like a 5th ranked sport.

For sure.

They had more for the Force v Crusaders a few years ago but both league and union are not followed much in WA.

Free and live on the internet in NZ or anywhere in the world on the SBS "World Game" website (Australia) if you use a VPN like "Hola".

Streaming here: 

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2015/06/11/...

Top tip for you: don't use Hola. 

http://adios-hola.org/

Thanks for the tip.

The ever reliable NZ tech review site "Geekzone" also now warn against "Hola".

I will consider paying for a more secure VPN as recommended here on this review site:

http://reviewmyvpn.com/

Or this one which many people seem to like which was started last year by a Kiwi living in Australia and has had favourable feedback on the "Geekzone" tech review site. You can even communicate with the guy behind it on "Geekzone."

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?topicid=15065...

https://dns4me.net/

Only $NZ 26.50 / year if you like their Facebook page:

https://dns4me.net/pricing

I will try their two week free trial.

Will enable you to access all the major US, UK, Aussie etc. On Demand and video streaming services.

Wednesday 17th June 2015 http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/06/tv-ratings-17-june-2015/

Most watched on SKY Sport 3

1. FIFA U20 World Cup: 31,840 (7:30pm – 10:05pm)
2. FIFA U20 World Cup Pre Game: 15,940 (7:20pm – 7:30pm)
3. Intl Cricket ODI: 13,230 (1:00am – 2:00am)

Thursday 18th June 2015 http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/06/tv-ratings-18-june-2015/

Most watched on SKY Sport 4

1. FIFA U20 World Cup Highlights: 14,330 (9:00pm – 9:25pm)

Saturday 20th June 2015 http://www.throng.co.nz/2015/06/tv-ratings-20-june-2015/

Most watched on SKY Sport 3

1. Intl Cricket ODI: 61,580 (9:50pm – 1:35am)
2. FIFA U20 World Cup: 54,930 (5:00pm – 7:30pm)
3. Hockey World League Women’s: 24,300 (8:00pm – 9:45pm)
4. FIFA U20 World Cup Post Game: 23,700 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
5. FIFA U20 World Cup: 23,460 (1:30pm – 3:25pm)

I'd give the NZ media a 4/10 for their coverage of this tournament.  Prime news tonight didn't mention the final, TVNZ did about 30 seconds worth and about the same for TV3.    Egg chasing always wins.

I see that media fella Burgess rates John Helm. I wish i had some of what he smokes. Helm, I do acknowledge his knowledge of the game, but really..His commentaries are the "Keith Quinn" of football. His constant drone when there is no need of anything to be said (You can pause from speaking for more than 3 seconds in a strectch John), his ability to talk to the viewer as if they are 6 year olds in class. Sorry, but imo he ranks down there with Fred De Jong and his mate. Time to retire John, time to retire.

They predictably gave much prominence to the u-20 Rugby championship win by New Zealand in Italy played on Sunday morning which probably only the players' family and friends were interested in.

Only 7000 attended that final, while only 3600 went to see NZ beat France in the semi.

The final was played in that world sporting capital of Cremona in the back blocks of Italy.

I'd imagine that worldwide TV viewing figures for that one were pretty mediocre too.

"The number of participating nations was reduced to 12 before the 2010 tournament due to financial reasons."

Massive international interest in the rugby u-20's then!!!

When it was hosted in NZ last year, crouds were also mediocre with some games only attracting a few hundred people.

Only about 5000 attended the final.

But Rugby is a global sport whereas football - the poofters game, is only played in 209 countries and territories so obviously no one would be interested at all.