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Alone Australia on the cusp of 1 million viewers for episode one

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Massive Total TV audience uplifts for Alone Australia and Rogue Heroes

Linear metro TV audience for Alone grows as more viewers become captivated by the journey of the participants.

Key callouts:

  • Alone Australia continues to grow its audience, particularly for SBS On Demand with episode one now on the cusp of passing the 1 million viewers mark in terms of the Total TV audience.
  • In the three weeks since the debut of Alone Australia the first episode of the show has seen a phenomenal 229% Total TV uplift driven largely by Australians watching on SBS On Demand. Episodes two, three and four have all had significant uplifts of 179%, 193% and 178% respectively.
  • The Total TV audience for episode one now stands at 975,000 and isSBS’s highest rating program for 2023 to date. Episode two is now at a Total TV audience of 958,000, episode 3 is now at 892,000 and episode 4 is now at 843,000
  • All the episodes of Alone Australia as well as Rogue Heroes continue to dominate the top of on the OzTAM VPM rankings  across both the 7 Day and 28 Day rankings with last week’s episode sitting firmly at number one in the 7 Day rankings.
  • Episode five of Alone Australia, broadcast last night, drew a linear national audience on SBS of 345,000 (metro: 233,000 reg: 112,000). Since 7.30pm yesterday a further 64,000 viewers have watched this episode on SBS On Demand (Live+VOD).
  • Historical drama Rogue Heroes, which depicts the origins of the British Army SAS, is also performing strongly online since its debut two weeks ago. The first episode has drawn 208,000 viewers on SBS OnDemand and is in the top 10 in the 28 day rankings. This is a 190% Total TV uplift in its audience bringing its Total TV audience to 620,000 (metro: 129,000 reg: 85,000 Time Shift: 199,000 BVOD: 208,000 (Live+VOD).
  • Episode two of Rogue Heroes had a 167% Total TV uplift in its audience bringing its Total TV audience to 484,000 (metro: 118,000 reg: 63,000 Time Shift: 169,000 BVOD: 134,000 (Live+VOD)).
  • Last night SBS had a metro linear share of 6.6% on its primary channel and 10.8% network share in total people.

 

Episode one

 

TOTAL TV

Audience

METRO

Overnight

REGIONAL

Overnight

BVOD

Live+VOD

7 DAY TV

Time Shift

TOTAL TV

UPLIFT

AVERAGE
AUDIENCE

 

975,000

 

203,000

 

93,000

 

453,000

 

226,000

 

229%

 

Episode two

 

TOTAL TV

Audience

METRO

Overnight

REGIONAL

Overnight

BVOD

Live+VOD

7 DAY TV

Time Shift

TOTAL TV

UPLIFT

AVERAGE
AUDIENCE

 

958,000

 

220,000

 

123,000

 

390,000

 

225,000

 

179%

 

Episode three

 

TOTAL TV

Audience

METRO

Overnight

REGIONAL

Overnight

BVOD

Live+VOD

7 DAY TV

Time Shift

TOTAL TV

UPLIFT

AVERAGE
AUDIENCE

 

892,000

 

195,000

 

109,000

 

338,000

 

249,000

 

193%

 

Episode four 

 

TOTAL TV

Audience

METRO

Overnight

REGIONAL

Overnight

BVOD

Live+VOD

7 DAY TV

Time Shift

TOTAL TV

UPLIFT

AVERAGE
AUDIENCE

 

843,000

 

205,000

 

98,000

 

266,000

 

274,000

 

178%

 

Episode five

 

Total

Overnight Audience

METRO

Overnight

REGIONAL

Overnight

BVOD

Live+VOD

AVERAGE
AUDIENCE

 

409,000

 

233,000

 

    112,000

 

64,000

 

AA Source: OzTAM (Metro, VPM), Regional TAM, Eps 1-4 Cons 7, Ep5 overnight, FTA Shr%, TTL PPL

RH Source: OzTAM (Metro, VPM), Regional TAM, Eps 1-2 Cons 7, Ep3 overnight, TTL PPL