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I seem to recall Nix games here got around 50k viewers. Cant find a recent source though. Its a pretty big chunk that they would be giving up as interest in tv rights would go way down with no NZ team. Always an danger they would try to relocate it though.
[/quote]Would love that to be the case however my relocation even posted figures around 30 K tops in NZ ... that was on the ratings thread ...
This thread?
http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/news-discussion-and-football-blogging/topics/32190
which links to
http://www.throng.co.nz/2010/03/tv-ratings-7-march-2010/
Think you're looking at the wrong game, that would have been an all aussie game that got 38k.
That Phoenix game got 118,350 but I suspect it would have been in the finals which isn't really fair. Although early March 2010 to early for finals?
edit - I would also add that the Sky guy, and he may have just been talking crap since he lost the EPL rights, said Phoenix games rated higher, were at a better time, and were more important to Sky than the EPL. Of course I'm unsure why we end up on skysport 3 in that case.