Nine nabs a Thursday ratings win on day of proposed merger with Fairfax

Nine – which yesterday announced a proposed merger with publisher Fairfax Media – won the television ratings battle last night, with its 6pm news bulletin and NRL coverage bringing its total share to 20.6%.

Nine won the night from both a main channel and network perspective, beating Seven’s main channel 16% share, ABC’s and Ten’s shares of 11% and 10.8% respectively, as well as SBS’ 6.9% share.

Nine beat free-to-air rivals last night after a long day of media coverage