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Pay TV 2013: top 50 sports shows

The World Cup qualifier between Australia and Iraq pulled the biggest audience on Pay TV all year.

2013-12-19_2148Sport continues to be the most popular genre on subscription television, with 550,000 viewers tuning into the World Cup qualifier played between Australia and Iraq in June.

The 50 most watched sport broadcasts this year included soccer, cricket, AFL, rugby union and NRL matches.

2013 Top Sport Programs

Program

Channel

Date

Time

 Avg. Audience

LIVE: FOOTBALL: WCQ: AUSTRALIA V IRAQ FOX SPORTS 3

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

19:30 – 21:29                    550,036
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 1ST TEST DAY 5 S1 FOX SPORTS 2

Sunday, 14 July 2013

19:59 – 22:32                    495,860
LIVE: AFL PF, HAWTHORN V GEELONG FOX FOOTY

Friday, 20 September 2013

19:46 – 22:28                    465,413
LIVE: RUGBY UNION: LIONS TOUR: AUS V LIONS FOX SPORTS 2

Saturday, 6 July 2013

19:55 – 21:59                    439,567
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 1ST TEST DAY 2 S1 FOX SPORTS 2

Thursday, 11 July 2013

19:59 – 22:33                    430,015
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 2ND TEST DAY 1 S1 FOX SPORTS 2

Thursday, 18 July 2013

20:15 – 22:16                    426,876
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 1ST TEST DAY 1 S1 FOX SPORTS 2

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

20:00 – 22:03                    425,419
LIVE: RUGBY UNION: LIONS TOUR: AUS V LIONS FOX SPORTS 2

Saturday, 29 June 2013

20:00 – 21:59                    422,648
LIVE: AFL SF, SYDNEY V CARLTON FOX FOOTY

Sat, 14 September 2013

19:41 – 22:20                    422,217
LIVE: AFL PF, FREMANTLE V SYDNEY FOX FOOTY

Sat, 21 September 2013

19:45 – 22:21                    422,047
LIVE: AFL EF, RICHMOND V CARLTON FOX FOOTY

Sunday, 8 September 2013

15:20 – 17:57                    416,603
LIVE: AFL SF, GEELONG V PORT ADELAIDE FOX FOOTY

Friday, 13 September 2013

19:46 – 22:22                    414,969
LIVE: RUGBY UNION: LIONS TOUR: AUS V LIONS FOX SPORTS 2

Saturday, 22 June 2013

20:00 – 21:57                    413,712
LIVE: AFL ESSENDON V COLLINGWOOD FOX FOOTY

Thursday, 25 April 2013

14:45 – 17:29                    398,391
LIVE: AFL QF, HAWTHORN V SYDNEY FOX FOOTY

Friday, 6 September 2013

19:50 – 22:19                    388,133
LIVE: NRL RABBITOHS V STORM FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, 13 April 2013

19:30 – 21:24                    382,800
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 1ST TEST DAY 5 S2 FOX SPORTS 2

Sunday, 14 July 2013

22:33 – 23:30                    381,498
LIVE: NRL EELS V BRONCOS FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, 11 May 2013

19:30 – 21:25                    375,043
LIVE: FOOTBALL: WCQ: AUSTRALIA V JORDAN FOX SPORTS 1

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

19:00 – 20:52                    364,645
LIVE: CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE SF 2 SCORCHERS V STARS FOX SPORTS 2

Wed, 16 January 2013

20:00 – 23:46                    359,286
LIVE: AFL CARLTON V HAWTHORN FOX FOOTY

Friday, 14 June 2013

19:50 – 22:33                    357,040
LIVE: NRL ROOSTERS V STORM FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, 25 May 2013

19:30 – 21:22                    354,197
LIVE: RUGBY UNION: BLEDISLOE CUP GAME 1 FOX SPORTS 2

Saturday, 17 August 2013

20:00 – 21:52                    352,501
LIVE: AFL QF, GEELONG V FREMANTLE FOX FOOTY

Saturday, 7 September 2013

14:20 – 16:52                    349,608
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 3RD TEST DAY 1 S1 FOX SPORTS 2

Thursday, 1 August 2013

20:00 – 22:04                    348,777
LIVE: NRL STORM V SEA EAGLES FOX SPORTS 1

Monday, 20 May 2013

19:02 – 21:01                    346,833
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 1ST TEST DAY 2 S2 FOX SPORTS 2

Thursday, 11 July 2013

22:34 – 24:43                    346,759
LIVE: AFL WEST COAST V RICHMOND FOX FOOTY

Monday, 3 June 2013

19:39 – 22:17                    346,223
LIVE: NRL SEA EAGLES V STORM FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, 31 August 2013

19:30 – 21:34                    346,124
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 2ND TEST DAY 2 S1 FOX SPORTS 2

Friday, 19 July 2013

19:59 – 22:03                    345,010
LIVE: AFL ST KILDA V SYDNEY FOX FOOTY

Thursday, 25 April 2013

17:30 – 20:31                    344,920
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 1ST TEST DAY 3 S1 FOX SPORTS 2

Friday, 12 July 2013

20:00 – 22:03                    344,590
LIVE: AFL CARLTON V COLLINGWOOD FOX FOOTY

Friday, 5 July 2013

19:50 – 22:29                    340,873
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 3RD TEST DAY 5 S1 FOX SPORTS 2

Monday, 5 August 2013

20:29 – 22:02                    340,391
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 3RD TEST DAY 4 S1 FOX SPORTS 2

Sunday, 4 August 2013

19:59 – 22:00                    338,692
LIVE: NRL SHARKS V DRAGONS FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, 30 March 2013

19:30 – 21:29                    337,633
LIVE: AFL SYDNEY V ESSENDON FOX FOOTY

Saturday, 1 June 2013

16:30 – 19:37                    337,255
LIVE: NRL COWBOYS V STORM FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, 16 March 2013

19:30 – 21:33                    337,136
LIVE: AFL ESSENDON V CARLTON FOX FOOTY

Friday, 7 June 2013

19:51 – 22:25                    336,064
LIVE: AFL NTH MELBOURNE V COLLINGWOOD FOX FOOTY

Sunday, 31 March 2013

16:35 – 19:29                    329,859
LIVE: NRL WESTS TIGERS V BRONCOS FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, 27 April 2013

19:30 – 21:37                    329,355
LIVE: AFL GEELONG V ESSENDON FOX FOOTY

Friday, 10 May 2013

19:51 – 22:27                    326,611
LIVE: CRICKET: THE ASHES 1ST TEST DAY 4 S2 FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, 13 July 2013

22:01 – 24:40                    324,605
LIVE: NRL SHARKS V RABBITOHS FOX SPORTS 1

Monday, 27 May 2013

19:02 – 20:51                    322,229
LIVE: NRL RABBITOHS V SHARKS FOX SPORTS 1

Monday, 18 March 2013

19:03 – 20:48                    319,976
LIVE: NRL BULLDOGS V COWBOYS FOX SPORTS 1

Saturday, 9 March 2013

19:30 – 21:20                    318,426
LIVE: NRL SEA EAGLES V ROOSTERS FOX SPORTS 1

Monday, 13 May 2013

19:02 – 20:52                    317,828
LIVE: AFL FREMANTLE V ESSENDON FOX FOOTY

Friday, 12 April 2013

20:39 – 23:25                    317,001
LIVE: AFL COLLINGWOOD V SYDNEY FOX FOOTY

Friday, 24 May 2013

19:50 – 22:27                    315,675
LIVE: AFL SYDNEY V CARLTON FOX FOOTY

Friday, 28 June 2013

19:50 – 22:33                    315,316
Source: OzTAM National Panel, Weeks 1-49 2013, S-S 0200-0200, Projections, consolidated to 08/12/2013.

 

 

3 Responses

  1. How interesting that the number one sport programme on pay tv was soccer not rugby
    League not aussie rules. And if that soccerroos games were televised on free tv that game would have attracted over one million viewers . Thats why soceroos games should be on the anti siphoning list.

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