Who should have broadcasting rights for AFL?

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Visro

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Should another channel besides channel 7 have the broadcasting right for footy. Over the past year seven has become more and more money hungry and their telecast is starting to show it with more ad breaks which last longer. Channel 9 have a good broadcast for cricket, maybe they could try and get it? Over here in the west ABC have quite good coverage of Westar but they would probably be outbidded. Nine probably has the most money with Packer and a bit of competition may be good for us footy fans who have to watch footy at home. Just a query, in the east, particularly Vic, even if a game is sold out, does seven still resort to showing the game delayed or does it choose to show it live cause when theres a sellout here they still play the game 2 hours later!!!!!!

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Without a doubt, FOXTEL should get PAY TV RIGHTS(COZ FOX SPORTS IS AVAILABLE TO THE WHOLE OF AUSTRALIA UNLIKE C7), and channel 7
should have free-to-air, so then we can still have BRUCEY CALLING THE GAMES!
 
Visro - Channel Seven have rights to broadcast AFL for quite a number of years to my understanding, unless the contract is coming up for renewal.

As for televising games live (Perth Games), even they dont show live western derbies apart from the odd match a few years ago.

Sad, but the only thing we can do is get the radio, my only solution for a quick result
 

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Here in Perth we don't get paid TV that broadcasts footy, we can only watch it through the commerial station, at a time they see fit, usually about 11 or 12 o'clock at night. Optus have told me it will be at least another 2 years before we get Optus or other paid TV over her, because it is too expensive for them to run the cable optix, so they are looking at using satellites.

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I read in a footy mag and heard somewhere that the renewal of the contract is coming up soon, 2002 i think, which is pretty soon, and channel 9 are supposed to be going all out to obtain the rights for it. This should wake them (channel 7) up a bit and maybe the coverage may get better. I don't care who gets it, as long as we get good coverage at reasonable times, preferably as live as possible. Since I live in Albany I get all eagles games live, except on Friday nights and Early Saturday night games. Just whoever offers the best coverage for me. I get annoyed when Home and Away is more important than a Friday night game but I suppose that H&A fans would get shitty if it wasn't shown, someone loses out.
 
Channel 7's/Optarse Vision contract ends at the end of next season.

But the AFL has said that they will have the new TV contract in place by the end of this year - so won't be long till we find out.

Fox Sports will get the rights on the Pay TV side - you can bet your house on that. Packer owns 50% of Fox Sports for those who didn't know.

For the FTA - the AFL wants to split the rights between 7 & 9 but 7 want them all to themselves.

So if the AFL get's there way and split you might see.

H&A season -

Friday Night Football - 7
Saturday Afternoon Games - Fox Sports
Saturday Night Football - 9
Sunday Afternoon Games - 7/Fox Sports

Finals -

Grand Final to alternate between 7 & 9 each year.
 
For memory, Channel 7 have the final bidding rights for the football when its current contract expires. There is noway, it will be going to 9, nor Fox Sports.
 
It is true that 7 has the final bidding rights (from the Colonial Stadium deal). But the AFL can choose which ever bid or a combination of bids they like. And that final bidding right is only to the FTA rights. The AFL have split the FTA & PTV rights this time around. And as I said b4 you can put the house, the car, the dog and cat on Fox Sports getting the PTV AFL rights. Trust me that deal is already signed & sealed.
 
NO WAY SHOULD FOX GET RIGHTS. Where I live, and many other places in W.A. we can't get fox without paying a huge amount of money, we may be able to get it but it cost an arm and a leg to get it installed and subscribed. Not everyone can afford it. We looked into it and we no that most of the people we know couldn't afford it. COME ON W.A., CATCH UP WITH THE REST. Perth gets it pretty cheap but thats it.
 

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MaxPower sets out a good package with split between 7 and 9 for the fta TV rights. If 7 had the bulk but 9 got one timeslot eg Saturday night - then you'd get competition to improve camera work, commentary and minimise Ads.

Fox sports for pay - but i know that in the USA footy fans complain that Fox Sports World don't sell the AFL on to their affiliates - which means most people can't see the AFL. As I keep harping on my other threads - the AFL has to raise the international profile of our game and bear in mind how to get good coverage overseas. The new local leagues like the USAFL, BARFL, NZAFL and DAFL could then get some promotion by the footy host in that country.

By the way 7 is showing the game in Dublin live this Monday morning at 0040 hrs. But NO replay at a reasonable hour. Big shame as the games rated very highly last year. Perhaps some of us should complain and maybe the second Test would get a replay.
 
I think everyrthing will basically be the same...... Adelaide will still get FTA LIVE interstate matches of Port and the crows, WA will get Live eagles and Freo, and the Vics will get LIVE when any of there clubs play interstate, its just those real shockers of games, EG Collingwood vs Geelong games etc etc, will be on Pay tv
 
If Optus lost the pay-TV television rights, we would switch over straight away.

Apart from football, from an Optus subscibers perspective there seems to be a much more variety on Foxtel.

Austar seems to have the best of both worlds. The Foxtel channels yet also Optus' C7 sports channels.

Foxtel are also St Kilda sponsors so I should so some loyalty too.

And Sandie, only watching our matches when we won is what I went through this year. I would get home from the footy, the saints would be on the replay, and I just couldn't make myself watch it.

Next year!
 
Splitting between 7 and 9 would mean competition so maybe better coverage but it would also be weird having to formats. Another good thing if they did split it then more games could be shown, eg When the Eagles are on, which I would watch, the other channel could show another game that is on so thenmaybe all 8 games a weekend would be shown and all supporters would get to see there game. That could really be good.
 
As I have said before I hope like hell that channel 7 (bastards) lose the rights but I would bet big money that 7 gets the FTA all to themselves. So we can look forward to 10 more years of crappy coverage unless we want to pay for something else.

One interesting point to watch is the AFL says it will accept less money for better coverage in the northern states.....2002 will be a very interesting season indeed.
 
Ohhhh 'Although I hate your guts!!' they are big words for a little boy like you..
One more thing why do you hate my guts??
Sandie: I watch Collingwood win, lose or draw.. So you are wrong I would watch it anyway!

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