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I can see one reason to tune in and it ain't basketball......

Finally the basketball has come back to FTA, DJ can you smell what Eddy is cooking?

Awesome, bring back Dennis Committee

Sweet. Very good news...

Finally. A TV station saw the light. Great news for the NBL.

Brilliant!

Finally a step forward in Australian Basketball!

That's big news! Hopefully it is a success.

now it's just up to us to watch the show I guess and prove to channel 9 that they made the right decision. Hopefully higher rating will equal more coverage in the future

another thought.. Isaac, any ideas to advertise the program on your site?

Great! I cannot wait to see Sydney play Melb, Sydney play Bris, Sydney play Perth-- get my drift. Let's hope it provides a good spread

Hangin Round...best not to complain too much in the early going about game selection. It's on free to air TV. That's a good thing.

Halleluia, GO CHANNEL 9, thank you, ive been waiting for FTA NBL for ages, ill be happy with what ever they show, but i hope they do mix up what teams they show, and we see some 36ers games!!

lockstock - yes, a representative of the NBL posted on OzHoops saying exactly that - it is critical that everyone encourages their friends and family to watch the show - good audience figures for this and for the Fox games are crucial for future support.

The hope for me is that now nine has lost the football that we'll see a commitment even more to Basketball going into next year if this is successful and see some live games saturday nights or even sunday afternoons. (ie whenever they are scheduled on the weekend).

I dont suppose that little NineMSN Poll from a couple of weeks back had any influence? What was it in the end? 85% NBL 15% A-League?

Could it have been an hour of Soccer every Sunday if that poll was reversed?

If I can be blunt - Foxtel has the rights to the Australian Domestic Cricket Season (ie SA v NSW)...is this a filler on Saturdays because they don't have any Summer sports contracts anymore? Do Ch9 still have domesric cricket rights or are they exclusively Fox?

Even if it is I'm not complaining and hope that it turns into something big.

Hope it's good ... and TR has a point LOL

Certain randomly selected people have 'a box', which is a essentially a computer that records what channel is on, and what channel (if any) you are recording. Every time you turn the TV on, 'the box' on top of your TV flashes, and you need to use a special remote to tell it who is watching. Every person in the house has a number (ie, Mum 1, dad 2, sister 3 etc) so when you watch tv you need to hit 1,3 for example. Everytime you change the channel or every half hour (which ever happens first), you need to confirm who is watching TV.

Everynight the figures are sent to the company that calculates the ratings.

Hope this helps. (we used to have a box on our TV).

Great work by Eddie and the NBL. Make sure people watch it as I'm sure if nine put in the hard yards we may get more games highlights.

Maybe one day Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday live or delayed for games. I dont even care if they are not live. I just want to see them on FTA

"Who wants to be a basketball millionaire" -- the other Eddie (Groves)

I agree Hangin Around,its great news bout FTA but i hope the games are spread around the league.
Dont like the idea of highlights! how bout show the game in full?
I think it was channel ten that showed highlights of a single game about ten years ago,it was so badly produced all you would see was sydney highlights even if they got smashed!

great start,

fta is simply the answer, we have all been screaming for it now lets make sure we watch it regardless of how its run

from small things big things grow

In regard to ratings statistics, the ratings people also walk around the cities talking to people and doing surveys.
Questions like:
What channel do you watch the most?
Favourite shows?
Favourite sports? etc etc.

bahahahahahaha