Well done C4, very well put together, professional but also very enthusiastic.

An average of 531k watched the game, with a high of 750k for the closing stages

A 7% audience share, excellent figures

I wonder how that compares for sky games

Kyle Amor was so much better than pinky and perky.

The technical replays need work as they were very basic but overall the coverage was good.

I think sky games get around 150 to 200k

I wonder how many viewers they need to get excited and want to really invest in SL.
Compared to other sports, RL would be cheap for them to acquire ?

I enjoyed it, thought it was slick and had a great commentary. Helped massively by them also managing to pick the game of the weekend as well. Hopefully more will tune in.

I thought Adam Hills was a little bit awkward, but his enthusiasm shone through and it's a totally different style he needs to adapt to compared to his other presenting work. The good fortune to have such a cracking game and really healthy crowd for game 1 is fantastic. I would love to know if Ch4 are happy with the viewing figures. It's impossible to know what they aspiring for.

Was that his first go at that kind of thing?

Gotta be pretty daunting.

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I imagine decent numbers when you consider Chelsea only got 300,000 more viewers for a prime time football match on free TV

I read something yesterday from their head of sport who was really pleased with the viewing numbers. he also stated he wants to improve the coverage even further and get even bigger viewing numbers

From what I can see we would be about 10th in the weekly figures but numbers won't come out till next week.
I don't think Union get these numbers but hard to find that detail.

That's almost mind blowing.
Let's hope the same numbers (and more) tune in for the next game. Very good news for Channel 4 and for RL.
It's just a pity that after the game this Saturday, we have to wait a month for the one after that.

Does anyone know how to watch the Channel 4 games from Australia? Obviously VPN is a way, but any other ways? It's not on Kayo.

Quote: SecondRowSaint "Does anyone know how to watch the Channel 4 games from Australia? Obviously VPN is a way, but any other ways? It's not on Kayo.'" Try this: https://www.channel4.com/now/C4 In the UK there is free access to all Channel 4 programmes, no idea if it works in Aus though ?

Quote: SecondRowSaint "Does anyone know how to watch the Channel 4 games from Australia? Obviously VPN is a way, but any other ways? It's not on Kayo.'" Try this: https://www.channel4.com/now/C4 In the UK there is free access to all Channel 4 programmes, no idea if it works in Aus though ?