1. Briefing notes and sales support for news media sales teams
Live sport market
Briefing notes and sales support
for news media sales teams

2. What’s in this deck?
This deck is split into two sections: Section 1 An overview of the Australian live entertainment market The 2015 Media i Industry Survey asked agencies “what are the most important factors when dealing with media owners”. The most common factor (52% agreed ) was “understanding of your client’s business and category”. Section one provides some key industry insights on the live sport sector. The information contained in this section won’t make you an instant expert but it will help get you up to speed on some important facts about each category.
Section 2 Support slides for sales presentations Every great sales presentation is tailored for each client, but there are certain points that fit most clients within a category. Section two contains research about how news media can help sport brands lift event awareness and drive ticket sales.

3. Section 1 Live sport market: an overview

4. Strong demand for out of home entertainment
800,000 went to the theatre. Slightly fewer went to a music concert (763,000).
More consumers visited an art gallery or exhibition than go to a nightclub each month.
1.5 million attended a professional sports match in the last four weeks.
Source: emma™ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, People 14+ for the 12 months ending April 2016.

5. Live sport industry : annual revenue by code
Estimated value of live sports industry:
$15.3 billion
$374m
$163m
$560m
$381m
$255m
Figures above include TV revenue, sponsorships, commercial activities for financial year
Source: IBISWorld, Sports in Australia: Market Research Report, July 2015.

6. AFL dominates the live sport landscape
Nearly twice as many sports fans attend an AFL game each year than cricket, the second most attended sport.
Soccer continues to close the attendance gap on NRL (893,000 vs 1,158,000 live fans respectively).
Source: emma™ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, People 14+ for the 12 months ending April 2016.

7. Fastest growing live sport segments
Surfing: +28% YoY
Cycling: +11% YoY
Ironwoman/man, marathons: +5% YoY
Source: emma™ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, People 14+ for the 12 months ending April 2016.

8. Section 2 Support slides for sales presentations

9. About these slides
The following slides provide general supporting arguments to assist sales teams when building client-specific presentations. The purpose is to open discussion, to demonstrate a basic understanding of factors that drive live sport attendance, and to show how news media can help to influence the sales process.
These slides are intended to be used in a presentation after recapping the brief, and before presenting analysis and recommendations tailored to the specific client. Needless to say, they can and be should be adapted to suit your particular presentation requirements.
Recap client/agency brief
Live sport industry support slides
Client specific analysis
Recommendations

10. News media reaches sports fans
3 million live sports fans read news media in the last 4 weeks
Source: emma™ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, People 14+ for the 12 months ending April 2016; Nielsen DRM March 2016, People 14+ only.

11. Newspapers hit key sports segments
emma data shows consumer segments most likely to attend live sports events.
Three of the biggest markets over-index as frequent newspaper readers.
Males aged 45 – 64.
This group is 35% more likely to attend a sporting event than the general population. They are also 31% more likely to read 7+ newspapers a week than others.
Social Grade ‘A’:
More than 1 in 5 consumers (22%) in social grade ‘A’ went to a live sporting event in the last three months, 31% more than the general population. These consumers are 11% more likely to be heavy newspaper readers.
Major Metro Inhabitants.
Some 2 million major metro dwellers went to a live game recently. More than half of these sports fans read 3+ newspapers a week.
Source: emma™ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, People 14+ for the 12 months ending April 2016.

12. 95% 82% 73% Newspapers are also digital Print Digital
The combined reach of print and digital news media:
95%
of live sport audience.
Print Digital
Source: emma™ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, People 14+ for the 12 months ending April 2016; Nielsen DRM March 2016, People 14+ only.

13. Digital news readers are live sport spectators
Digital news media readers are significantly more likely
to attend live sports events than non-readers.
Digital news media readers are: 7% more likely to go to a live sports match in the last three months than non-readers. 21% more likely to attend live tennis events. 17% more likely to go to a rugby union game.
Source: emma™ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, People 14+ for the 12 months ending April 2016; Nielsen DRM April 2016, People 14+ only.

14. Get the best from news media platforms
Some forms of news media are more efficient than others at
reaching specific live sport spectator segments.
Readers of print newspapers are 15 per cent more likely to attend a golf tournament than the average Australian.
Formula one spectators are 11 per cent more likely to read digital news media.
Women’s cricket attendees are 29 per cent more likely to read community newspapers.
Source: emma™ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, People 14+ for the 12 months ending April 2016; Nielsen DRM April 2016, People 14+ only.

15. Sports sections connect with fans
Over 7 million Australians read a sports section of a print newspaper every month.
This is a huge pool of highly engaged readers, and prime advertising territory. This is especially true for sport sponsors who understand that gaining the maximum benefit from their sponsorship requires creating relevant ads that put their brand in front of fans.
Source: emma™ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, People 14+ for the 12 months ending April 2016.

16. Supporting sponsorships with newspapers
Sports pages are a fantastic place for brands to gain further traction with their sponsorship deals.
They’re also a great place for brands to promote their latest offerings to a large, engaged audience, whether it’s sports related or not.
Source: emma™ conducted by Ipsos MediaCT, People 14+ for the 12 months ending April 2016.

17. Client specific analysis & recommendations
This is the point to bridge to a client specific discussion.
Each presentation will need to be individually tailored to suit the client and their objectives, but the logical flow from here is to move on to
Analyses that address the client’s specific situation, challenges and opportunities.
Solutions using your inventory, giving clear reasons why they are appropriate to the client’s specific needs, and suggestions on how they can be used most effectively.

18. About The Author
Adrian Fernandes is Research & Insights Specialist at NewsMediaWorks. He is an award winning researcher with over a decade of experience in advertising and brand research for leading market research agencies in Europe & Australia. His previous experience includes 4 years at Fairfax Media as Consumer Insights Manager. Adrian combines data analytics with market research to provide publishers, advertisers and their agencies with actionable insights relating to the newspaper audience on print and digital platforms. For more information on this deck, please