A reliable poster on 442 called Justafan has posted the SBS rating numbers are mixed and no one can get the actual numbers as SBS Ch 2 & HD are split and most of the published ratings are for for SBS Ch 2 with HD not counted he said he has emailed SBS and is awaiting a reply .. me thinks they are not going to reply to a man in the street so to speak who sends them in an email...
However we can compare what we have ... AFL 22013 season and A-League 4 rounds ... tis interesting and does add weight to claims by many of obvious bias in the TV rating collection methods and the missing SBS HD figures .. FFA would have actuals for the next media deal but it kinda keeps folk like us somewhat in the dark... I would love SBS like they did after Rd 1 and publish the ratings..
What we do know to date .. just using Friday night ..
Fox Rating Friday Night AFL (2013 year) - 269k, A-League (4 rounds 2014) - 107k (A-League approx 40% of AFL ratngs on Fox)
Metro FTA - AFL average - 689k last year, A-League (4 rounds 2014) - 152k (A-League approx. 22% of AFL ratings)
AFL averaged 958k for Friday FTA Metro + Fox. A-League is approx. 27% of AFL ratings at present.
It seems strange that the AFL FTA ratings are 2.6 times the Fox ratings and yet Football is .42 times bigger...
Hopefully SBS will respond to Justafan's email ... but on a percentage basic they are reasonable numbers for this early...