Nine’s State of Origin broadcast the most-watched in the year to date
Last night’s State of Origin match on Nine, which was the first time an Australian free-to-air TV network aired a program in 3D, was also the most-watched show in the year so far, reaching a peak Australian audience of an estimated 4.2m viewers.
The result – which saw a five city metro average of 2.455m viewers – beat the record the rugby league competition set last year when the first clash of the series saw nearly 2.3m tune in.
The pre-match broadcast of the game was the third most watched show for the night, with 1.633m metro viewers, just behind Ten’s Masterchef with 1.687m, according to preliminary overnight OzTam data.
The one minute peak metro audience was just over 2.8m. Factoring in regional audience too, the average audience was 3.6m, with a peak of 4.2m.
flippity wack – tha footy’s back!
3D … ho hum. We turned back to HD after 20mins of 3D. Camera position was poor … game lacked pace in 3D. might work for football or AFL; but no NRL, 6/10 experience.
I thought the commentary was a little one dimensional
Simon,
Was that the first game of Rugby league you’ve watched? Who is St Kilda playing this weekend?
Not the first game of Rugby league I’ve seen but with any luck it’ll be the last.
The Saints will be boring the Crows into submission this Saturday with their scintilating brand of defensive footy.
I watched at a Harvey Norman store in 3D. It was very good… Allowing that 3D means less camera angles and an absence of zoom I thought the overall effect was good.
You got some spookily good moments. I was convinced the roof was leaking when the rain fell early in the game.
When a station is showing 100 hours a week of content and the are a few games available then I reckon the eventual 2k for a 600mhz set will see me breaking into the kids money box.
State of Origin is best watch with friends. Do they take into account that 8 of the 2.455M watching were at my place watching it on my TV…and do they also know that we played footy on our knees at half time?
Hello mUmBRELLA Please can you advise the audience figures for the highly promoted last episode of LOST on 7.
Lost = 0.615.