Name a Game , AFL match archive is closing down June 30th

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

End of an era for Name a Game DVD service


FOOTBALL fans will have a month to place final orders for their favourite matches from history after it was announced on Thursday that the DVD service Name a Game would cease operating at the end of this financial year on June 30.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-31/end-of-an-era-name-a-game



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[Quivorir]

Never actually looked at this service before. Who the * is paying 35 bucks for one game?

 

[dogs105]

Never actually looked at this service before. Who the **** is paying 35 bucks for one game?

People before online streaming.

Hence business now closing down.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

People should buy thier teams "classics" box sets. You will get around 5 games that can be any from 80s- now in each box that comes out for the same price.

 

[wagstaff]

I can remember when Name-A-Game had a store of its own in the Hawthorn area in the mid-00s.

Surprised its lasted this long tbh.

 

[maskmcgee]

People before online streaming.

Or people now since there is no other place to get (some) old matches.

 

[Quivorir]

People before online streaming.

Hence business now closing down.

Even so. 35 bucks is a bit rich.


Anyhoo, surely this is just another step closer to an AFL network now. All games streamed live and the back catalog of all available leagues available for a subscription...

 

[Allikat]

Even so. 35 bucks is a bit rich.


Anyhoo, surely this is just another step closer to an AFL network now. All games streamed live and the back catalog of all available leagues available for a subscription...

This would be amazing - which is why the AFL won't do it

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Surely it should all be digitised and offered as part of the AFL Live Pass.

No need for it all to be lost.

 

[Altum Volantes]

The league + TV networks REALLY should make their back catalogue available to paying subscribers....but does anybody have the confidence they could logistically manage to do that without it being s**t?

 

[red+black]

lol, 2 of the 3 most popular purchases were Essendon losses!

 

[red+black]

Didn't Channel 7 delete a lot of their old footage years ago?

 

[BotsMaster]

Didn't Channel 7 delete a lot of their old footage years ago?

I think a lot of footage from the 60s was lost. Also a lot of old footage is from people who taped the game on VHS.

 

[Rotayjay]

Will this cause any footage to be lost?

 

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

Didn't Channel 7 delete a lot of their old footage years ago?

Channel seven threw out a lot of the old tapes and footage that existed when Christopher Skase bought Channel Seven back in the late 80’s

It was seen by him as having no value and should be tossed out , it was seen to be cheaper to get rid of it than spending money to keep and store or to have to restore any of it for any future needs

 

[Demonic Ascent]

Channel seven threw out a lot of the old tapes and footage that existed when Christopher Skase bought Channel Seven back in the late 80’s

It was seen by him as having no value and should be tossed out , it was seen to be cheaper to get rid of it than spending money to keep and store or to have to restore any of it for any future needs

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Such a shame. One of the things I love about the NFL and WWE is that they have valued their back catalogue of tape not only for historic purposes but also for being able to make new documentaries etc

There is a tonne of footage owned by people who taped their own stuff off tv, I would have thought the AFL would be interested in obtaining and restoring as much as possible.

 

[Jack Stevens]

AC/DC - High Voltage

 

[kickazz]

I got a couple of these on vhs ages ago.

One was the 1994 prelim Geelong and North. That was pretty good.

The other was the one where Geelong got the record against the Bears. That was crap, it had no scores or replays or anything.

 

[The_Wookie]

I got a stack when catch of the day had em for 10 bucks a a few years back

 

[Rotayjay]

The picture quality of footage from the 1990s is surprisingly good. Had Channel 7 moved to digital tape by that time? What technology was it? If it was still magnetic tape I presume it would have been the best tape money could buy. I have heard that magnetic tape is actually capable of very high audio and picture quality when it is not worn out (hence why rock band studio tapes can be remastered with good results).

 

[TedDougChris]

I think a lot of footage from the 60s was lost. Also a lot of old footage is from people who taped the game on VHS.

There are lots of older shows, now considered 'Classics' that no longer exist. They just erased the older shows as new ones were made. Really sad.