Socceroos set new Pay TV audience record
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Socceroos set new Pay TV audience record
The Australia v Japan AFC Asian Cup football match on Saturday night created a new Australian Subscription TV record audience with an average of 419,000 people watching the game on FOX SPORTS.
The Australia v Japan AFC Asian Cup quarter final had a higher average audience than any program in the history of Australian Subscription TV as well as a peak audience of 515,000 during the penalty shoot out.
The match, which went right down to the wire before Australia was knocked out in heart-breaking circumstances, also attracted a total audience of 1,029,000, according to ratings recorded by OzTAM Data.
These figures do not include the huge number of people who watched the match at one of 3,600 FOX SPORTS venues around Australia in what was a massive night of sport on Saturday night.
“This is a watershed result for FOX SPORTS and Subscription TV,†said FOX SPORTS CEO David Malone. “To achieve audiences of this magnitude is a clear indication of the significant growth in Subscription TV and further evidence of the viewing numbers we can deliver.
“It also reinforces FOX SPORTS’ investment in Australian sport and the fans are reciprocating by embracing the Socceroos, NRL, AFL, Wallabies and the other sports and teams we proudly broadcast.â€
The previous Subscription TV record was 415,000 (an innings of a New Zealand v Australia Chappell Hadlee cricket match). The Australia v Japan figure follows the earlier clash between Australia and Oman, which attracted an average audience of 345,000.
FOX SPORTS will continue its commitment to the AFC Asian Cup by televising the two semi-finals (Wednesday night), play-off for 3rd/4th (Saturday night) and the final (Sunday night)
The Australia v Japan AFC Asian Cup quarter final had a higher average audience than any program in the history of Australian Subscription TV as well as a peak audience of 515,000 during the penalty shoot out.
The match, which went right down to the wire before Australia was knocked out in heart-breaking circumstances, also attracted a total audience of 1,029,000, according to ratings recorded by OzTAM Data.
These figures do not include the huge number of people who watched the match at one of 3,600 FOX SPORTS venues around Australia in what was a massive night of sport on Saturday night.
“This is a watershed result for FOX SPORTS and Subscription TV,†said FOX SPORTS CEO David Malone. “To achieve audiences of this magnitude is a clear indication of the significant growth in Subscription TV and further evidence of the viewing numbers we can deliver.
“It also reinforces FOX SPORTS’ investment in Australian sport and the fans are reciprocating by embracing the Socceroos, NRL, AFL, Wallabies and the other sports and teams we proudly broadcast.â€
The previous Subscription TV record was 415,000 (an innings of a New Zealand v Australia Chappell Hadlee cricket match). The Australia v Japan figure follows the earlier clash between Australia and Oman, which attracted an average audience of 345,000.
FOX SPORTS will continue its commitment to the AFC Asian Cup by televising the two semi-finals (Wednesday night), play-off for 3rd/4th (Saturday night) and the final (Sunday night)
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The AFL gets these figures week in week out on free to air ,just go and check so i dontdiegom wrote:PASS IT???
WHat u say about that u TWAT???



Tell me what AU V P. GLORY WOULD GET LIVE ON FOX,
MAYBE 1-2 THOUSAND CAUSE YOU CANT EVEN GET THEM TO THE GAME
YOU BETSI MERDA ,FINOCHIO.
JUST DO IT
PASS IT, sorry to say this but there are more WOGS who watch Champions League games on Foxtel at 3 in the morning than Sullivans who watch GAYFL on free to air on any given Saturday afternoon. Lets not forget also that with the way the GAYFL has fuuuked up its T.V rights, you cant even watch a replay anymore, not even on Fox unless of course you stay up at 2 in the morning and by that time, most Sullivans are eating one of those pies with peas mashed up like my dogs skata out the front of the casino after they been drinking Horse Piss they call Beer all friking night so in essence the GAYFL has done a wonderful job in shooting itself. Not to mention that they have put there prices up for Prelims and Grand Finals tickets by 10 percent, what a laugh. Its now gonna cost ya 90 smackeroos to watch a bunch of Rugby wannabes kill each other in September over a ball which is best served for my breakfast with bacon. For that sort of money id rather go and see a real fight between Michael Zambedes and the Gherkin Ozkan at one of Tarik Solaks fight nights, a much better breed of fighters with alot more SKILLPASS IT wrote:The AFL gets these figures week in week out on free to air ,just go and check so i dontdiegom wrote:PASS IT???
WHat u say about that u TWAT???![]()
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you ,you INTERBRED.
Tell me what AU V P. GLORY WOULD GET LIVE ON FOX,
MAYBE 1-2 THOUSAND CAUSE YOU CANT EVEN GET THEM TO THE GAME
YOU BETSI MERDA ,FINOCHIO.



PASS IT, your not only a Tourko, worse than that, your a Sullivan as well.
GRIMAS I PSIHI SOU






Hawkesy wrote:COLOSSUS...........Congratulations, you have won the title fair a square.
PLEASE WELCOME THE NEW WNID UP KING
PASS IT wrote:The AFL gets these figures week in week out on free to air ,just go and check so i dontdiegom wrote:PASS IT???
WHat u say about that u TWAT???![]()
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you ,you INTERBRED.
Tell me what AU V P. GLORY WOULD GET LIVE ON FOX,
MAYBE 1-2 THOUSAND CAUSE YOU CANT EVEN GET THEM TO THE GAME
YOU BETSI MERDA ,FINOCHIO.
First of all u DEGENERATE
I AM NOT AN INBRED!!!
Secondly, if U R Going to pay me out, make sure u know what the frick u are saying and spell it correctly!!!
U PUTSO GEFALO!
Are we a bit scarred mate???
I mean ur beloved cows are totally useless, WAB are where they belong ans U R A COMPLETE WASTE OF BREATH.
CHEERS




diegom, thats gold son, gold. Fancy a Tourko calling you an inbred, hahahahadiegom wrote:PASS IT wrote:The AFL gets these figures week in week out on free to air ,just go and check so i dontdiegom wrote:PASS IT???
WHat u say about that u TWAT???![]()
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you ,you INTERBRED.
Tell me what AU V P. GLORY WOULD GET LIVE ON FOX,
MAYBE 1-2 THOUSAND CAUSE YOU CANT EVEN GET THEM TO THE GAME
YOU BETSI MERDA ,FINOCHIO.
First of all u DEGENERATE
I AM NOT AN INBRED!!!
Secondly, if U R Going to pay me out, make sure u know what the frick u are saying and spell it correctly!!!
U PUTSO GEFALO!
Are we a bit scarred mate???
I mean ur beloved cows are totally useless, WAB are where they belong ans U R A COMPLETE WASTE OF BREATH.
CHEERS




PASS IT you got drilled by an Italian in your own language.......oh no, hold a minute, couldnt be in your language coz you speak Tourkika, how stupid of me



Hawkesy wrote:COLOSSUS...........Congratulations, you have won the title fair a square.
PLEASE WELCOME THE NEW WNID UP KING
Firstly GREAS ,at least i have a PSIHI , you sold yours to theCOLOSSUS wrote:PASS IT, sorry to say this but there are more WOGS who watch Champions League games on Foxtel at 3 in the morning than Sullivans who watch GAYFL on free to air on any given Saturday afternoon. Lets not forget also that with the way the GAYFL has fuuuked up its T.V rights, you cant even watch a replay anymore, not even on Fox unless of course you stay up at 2 in the morning and by that time, most Sullivans are eating one of those pies with peas mashed up like my dogs skata out the front of the casino after they been drinking Horse Piss they call Beer all friking night so in essence the GAYFL has done a wonderful job in shooting itself. Not to mention that they have put there prices up for Prelims and Grand Finals tickets by 10 percent, what a laugh. Its now gonna cost ya 90 smackeroos to watch a bunch of Rugby wannabes kill each other in September over a ball which is best served for my breakfast with bacon. For that sort of money id rather go and see a real fight between Michael Zambedes and the Gherkin Ozkan at one of Tarik Solaks fight nights, a much better breed of fighters with alot more SKILLPASS IT wrote:The AFL gets these figures week in week out on free to air ,just go and check so i dontdiegom wrote:PASS IT???
WHat u say about that u TWAT???![]()
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you ,you INTERBRED.
Tell me what AU V P. GLORY WOULD GET LIVE ON FOX,
MAYBE 1-2 THOUSAND CAUSE YOU CANT EVEN GET THEM TO THE GAME
YOU BETSI MERDA ,FINOCHIO.![]()
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PASS IT, your not only a Tourko, worse than that, your a Sullivan as well.
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ITALI.
Tell me what the ratings where for the A-LEAGUE season, whats
played in this country , the country you sponge from.
You my friend sold your soul , i still have mine .
AFL , TV=750,000,000-FOX PAYS 350,000,000 FOR FOUR GAMES A WEEK
replayed during the day throughout the week.
MAAAALAAAAKA.
JUST DO IT
FIRST COUSINS , please both of you interbreds , obviosly you both dontCOLOSSUS wrote:diegom, thats gold son, gold. Fancy a Tourko calling you an inbred, hahahahadiegom wrote:PASS IT wrote:The AFL gets these figures week in week out on free to air ,just go and check so i dontdiegom wrote:PASS IT???
WHat u say about that u TWAT???![]()
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you ,you INTERBRED.
Tell me what AU V P. GLORY WOULD GET LIVE ON FOX,
MAYBE 1-2 THOUSAND CAUSE YOU CANT EVEN GET THEM TO THE GAME
YOU BETSI MERDA ,FINOCHIO.
First of all u DEGENERATE
I AM NOT AN INBRED!!!
Secondly, if U R Going to pay me out, make sure u know what the frick u are saying and spell it correctly!!!
U PUTSO GEFALO!
Are we a bit scarred mate???
I mean ur beloved cows are totally useless, WAB are where they belong ans U R A COMPLETE WASTE OF BREATH.
CHEERS
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PASS IT you got drilled by an Italian in your own language.......oh no, hold a minute, couldnt be in your language coz you speak Tourkika, how stupid of me![]()
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use vasiline.
The A-league wish they had the money the CROWS have.
Gee maybe the CROWS can buy it.
Why , for what reason .?
Ans. TO LOSE MONEY.




JUST DO IT
You got in before me ,DAM ,That's right candy at least i didn't cryFrappe wrote:and Brazil the 'fatherland' ???candyman wrote:You blokes are argueing with a person who
calls the U.S.A the "motherland".
when Greece won Euro because you looked the FOOL.
A Greek devastated when Greece won Euro ,i mean seriously
you obviously have a medical problem.
Its called , S..H..I..T. FOR BRAINS.
JUST DO IT