Previous Mariners CEO now CEO of the Holeman Barnes Group

Out of interest I googled Amercian streaming and tv ratings for the world cup. The final was 62.8 million, and the average across the tournament was 14 million per game with Fox at 7.8 million and the Spanish TV 6.3 million. The other interesting stat is the breakdown of the generations...

PJ Interesting comment about the 20% investor I assume it's the Holeman Barnes Group

Breaking news channel 10 are ditching their News plus or the 6:30 to 7:00 show that replaced the Project. They plan to extend their news to 90 minutes... They IMO will have to increase their sports reporting to help make up the time slot. APL should be in there pushing for a huge increase in...

SBS reported they had more watching the final on SBS on Demand that on SBS TV, which would indicate a lot of people watched on their phones on the way to work or even replayed on their way to work. As I said before the final number will come close to 150 million meaning SBS will sadly but more...

Without doubt over 5 million, which started at 5:00, is beyond expectations pre tournament in fact I looks likely the 104 games will get close to 150 million. Unimaginable as I said pre tournament... Sadly the ratings will probably result in SBS lossing the rights next time

agree

Wish them luck and congratulations to anyone willing to invest in football

From a number of aspects will be interesting to see if the MLS can piggyback on the success of the world cup

Just hope a little of this trickles down to Australian Professional Football.

No idea how much Silver Lake take but with APL paying for the broadcast and callers, it leaves little for the clubs. On top of running the a-league clubs also need to run a women's side and have an academy. I think APL pay travel and accommodation expenses for teams travelling by plane...

Nine Entertainment is in advanced negotiations to retain one of the world’s biggest sports tournaments, the English Premier League, in a six-year deal that would be worth almost $US600 million ($860 million)...

Ask yourself why the WC rating successful receives almost zero coverage especially from the ABC...Sunday unbelievable especially considering the time the games were on. https://tvtonight.com.au/2026/07/sunday-12-july-2026.html

The WC ratings are off the charts especially when your consider the times they are played. Huge challenge is to convert a reasonable percentage of these folks to Australian Professional Football.

Do you have a link