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:::::::Superbowl advertising is the most expensive on the planet -- this year a 30 sec spot is US $3.5M. It would be an interesting and fair comparison, given that The World Rugby Cup has nearly three times the viewership. My guess, ad rates are not even half, and probably pitifully less than that. So, what's more worth watching? Sure, if you're an advertiser, maybe the Rugby Cup gives you more bang for the buck in terms of exposure and viewership, but if you want a return on investment, the US seems to be the place to be.  Yes its a difficult task to add up stations around the planet, at different exchange rates, and convert to US dollars for comparison; but it's a simpler equation than calculating the distance of a gravitationally unbound object at x lightyears comoving with another gravitationally bound object and making adjustments for at what rate space is expanding between them while it approaces the horizon of an expanding universe. And much more practical -- there's a payday at the end of all your laborious calculations.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 19:30, 31 January 2012 (EST)

:::::::Superbowl advertising is the most expensive on the planet -- this year a 30 sec spot is US $3.5M. It would be an interesting and fair comparison, given that The World Rugby Cup has nearly three times the viewership. My guess, ad rates are not even half, and probably pitifully less than that. So, what's more worth watching? Sure, if you're an advertiser, maybe the Rugby Cup gives you more bang for the buck in terms of exposure and viewership, but if you want a return on investment, the US seems to be the place to be.  Yes its a difficult task to add up stations around the planet, at different exchange rates, and convert to US dollars for comparison; but it's a simpler equation than calculating the distance of a gravitationally unbound object at x lightyears comoving with another gravitationally bound object and making adjustments for at what rate space is expanding between them while it approaces the horizon of an expanding universe. And much more practical -- there's a payday at the end of all your laborious calculations.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 19:30, 31 January 2012 (EST)

::::::::Ok then Rob, please work it out, show all your working, and show us what allowance you have made for the fact some are pay TV stations (and the costs of sports channels if applicable) and some are on a pay per view basis, and also what allowance you have made for the fact that the ads are not during the game itself, but either before, after or at half-time.  You would also need to factor in the real money value of the advertising purchased, since some countries have had higher than normal inflation in the past 12 months.  I look forward to reading your results.  You will also need to factor in the point that many of the broadasters will be showing the game in bad time zones, I wonder what allowance you will make for that.  Good luck.  I look forward to reading your results.  --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 23:23, 31 January 2012 (EST)

::::::::Ok then Rob, please work it out, show all your working, and show us what allowance you have made for the fact some are pay TV stations (and the costs of sports channels if applicable) and some are on a pay per view basis, and also what allowance you have made for the fact that the ads are not during the game itself, but either before, after or at half-time.  You would also need to factor in the real money value of the advertising purchased, since some countries have had higher than normal inflation in the past 12 months.  I look forward to reading your results.  You will also need to factor in the point that many of the broadasters will be showing the game in bad time zones, I wonder what allowance you will make for that.  Good luck.  I look forward to reading your results.  --[[User:DamianJohn|DamianJohn]] 23:23, 31 January 2012 (EST)

==New Zealand==

==New Zealand==