Telecast of Saints game on the weekend

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Just wanted to inform any Saints and Collingwood supporters living in SA that the game wont be shown until 7:30 am Sunday morning. The same thing happened last weekend with the Saints v richmond game. I have emailed both afl and fox as well as 10 and 7 but to no avail. I urge all Saints and collingwood fans from SA to email or ring foxtel to complain about this situation. Saints Qld supporters complained and they were able to watch the game last week live on Main event channel.
 

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Here is the reply i received from the AFL..

Dear .....,



Thank you for your email outlining your concerns regarding AFL broadcasting for Season 2007, and in particular into SA.



The agreement struck between the AFL and its broadcast partners sees teams located outside Victoria assured live or near live coverage on free-to-air television in their home market. When these games are allocated Fox Sports games, the game will be available on both free to air (Seven or Ten, depending on the time) and Fox Sports. Effectively this means that if Adelaide, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Fremantle, Brisbane or Sydney is competing in an allocated Fox Sports game, the game will also be broadcast into the home market on a free to air network (eg into Adelaide for a game involving Port Adelaide). In these circumstances, the game that would have been shown on free to air but for the substitution will be replayed later either on Fox Sports or a free to air network, depending on the game.



The AFL seeks to deliver the best possible television coverage to fans and will continue discussions with networks regarding fan feedback such as yours.



We acknowledge and appreciate your comments, and we thank you for taking the time to communicate your concerns to us.



Regards,

AFL Broadcasting

Can I urge you all to email the foxsports dept and ask them to put our game on main event channel as they did last week into Qld....thanx
 

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I have just had a conversation with someone from Foxtel re putting the game on Main Event and she said if enough people phone them and ask for it they will do it. Can everyone please ring 131999 and follow the prompts to PROGRAMMING (i think its press 6) and put a case for us to be able to see the game on main event channel .. Much appreciated
 

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I have just had a conversation with someone from Foxtel re putting the game on Main Event and she said if enough people phone them and ask for it they will do it. Can everyone please ring 131999 and follow the prompts to PROGRAMMING (i think its press 6) and put a case for us to be able to see the game on main event channel .. Much appreciated
Yep, just did it then
 

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They better show it, im sick of the F***ing Crows and Power

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Buddy, I feel your pain. I usually call Adelaide home, and it's hell there for Saints fans... well, really, for any fans of people other than Crows or Port. They seriously seem to think the other 14 teams in the comp only exist to play either of these.

Were you at the Port v Saints final? I was there. I was the guy with the "Vote 1 Gehrig" banner. I got more things thrown at me that night than the Blues Brothers Band did at Bob's Country Bunker!
 

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Thanks to all who tried to get the game shown into SA this weekend
I have received an email from Foxsport and they say now that they are unable to change because of the contract they have with the AFL.
 

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yea it sounds like the afl is so committed to promoting the game in NSW and QLD that they're forgetting about everyone else. here in sydney we've had every saints game live this year.
 

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yea it sounds like the afl is so committed to promoting the game in NSW and QLD that they're forgetting about everyone else. here in sydney we've had every saints game live this year.
Every game live on foxtel you mean? Ch.10 didn't show the saints vs tigers clash in primetime. It was the 10:30 start for ch.10. You might mean foxtel of course.
 

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Just wanted to inform any Saints and Collingwood supporters living in SA that the game wont be shown until 7:30 am Sunday morning. The same thing happened last weekend with the Saints v richmond game. I have emailed both afl and fox as well as 10 and 7 but to no avail. I urge all Saints and collingwood fans from SA to email or ring foxtel to complain about this situation. Saints Qld supporters complained and they were able to watch the game last week live on Main event channel.
Umm, what do you expect the FOX to do?

They only have one feed for all their channels which is nationwide. Seems they got the coverage so late this year they didn't have any choice in the end. Will be better next year I would say, because they have a bit of time to prepare. Hopefully Fox Footy will come back too...

Don't complain to Foxtel for this situation.
 
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