Fox Footy (mega merged thread)

[Damien]

Originally posted by goswannie14
7 and 10 have to palm some of them off to another network, otherwise they will have to telecast all 8 games each week on free to air tv.

Which they could do easily, just means they go into competition with each other on Saturday and Sundays.

Foxtel will end up with the games, I am positive of that, I imagine they will lose a fair few subscriptions without AFL.

[Sanecow]

Will every game be screened in every state? What were the terms of the deal?

[Damien]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Will every game be screened in every state? What were the terms of the deal?

Yeah from what I have read, every game must be shown in every state inluding NSW/QLD with the allowance for up to 4 games to be on Pay TV.

Options to also on-sell Friday Night for NSW/QLD to another station or Pay TV provider.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by Damien
Which they could do easily, just means they go into competition with each other on Saturday and Sundays.

Foxtel will end up with the games, I am positive of that, I imagine they will lose a fair few subscriptions without AFL.

I agree with you on that, I don't see all games being on free to air...unfortunately.

[Damien]

Re: Complain about Fox Footy Decision

Originally posted by Old Dragon
You can ring Fox Footy on 131999 to complain about the removal of the Fox Footy Channel decision. You can even suggest you will terminate your subscription. Alternatively you can ring the AFL on 0396431999 to complain or seeing that Foxtel is 50% owned by Telstra, ring or write to your local federal member.

And that my friend is why we have to keep Telstra in government hands!

not a bad idea, not sure it will do anything but they don't need to close it, if they do a deal with 7/10 there would be no need to close the station.

Think minds are mind up though!

[nomae]

Originally posted by Damien
Can't put all the blame on 7 and 10.

Foxtel were willing to pay Nine over 60 million for four games, but it is said they only offered 17 million to 7/10 for three games. You can't blame 7 and 10 for knocking it back.

Foxtel has wanted to get rid of Fox Footy for ages, it does nothing for them in Summer so this is just great timing to close it down and blame 7 and 10 in the process.

Foxtel want the AFL on Fox Sports 3, what else are they going to use it for in Winter?

yeah good explanation- i was ignorant , but ill still miss it!!!
does anyone know whats happening with friday night games in sydney next year and beyond???

[Old Royboy]

Anybody remember a Pay station called C7? I wonder if it's to be exhumed.

[573v30]

Originally posted by Old Royboy
Anybody remember a Pay station called C7? I wonder if it's to be exhumed.

Yes, but very vaguely...

[peterh_oz]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Foxtel is 50% owned by Telstra, 25% by News Corp (Murdoch) and 25% by PBL (which owns Nine).

And Fox Sports is 50% PBL & 50% NewsCorp.

[peterh_oz]

Originally posted by nomae
does anyone know whats happening with friday night games in sydney next year and beyond???

LIVE - it is written in the contract that they must be LIVE throughout NSW/Qld. Whether it is on 7 (I doubt it) or on a cable channel (probably FS3 but possibly ESPN) is yet to be decided. However with the programs being planned out months in advance, they'd better pull their finger out & make a decision!

[peterh_oz]

Minds are made up, HOWEVER there is another big fight to be had:

White Line Fever
On The Couch
League Teams
Headliners

etc

These shows MUST be kept at ALL costs! I hope people realise just how important they are, especialy for us northerners. And what about Darwin, which only has ch 7 & 9, not ch 10?

ESPN is NOT an option unless it becomes WIDE SCREEN and also in the basic package!

[BeeEmmAre]

Devastating. In more ways than one.

[BeeEmmAre]

Devastating. In more ways than one.

[Captain]

It's a disgrace that this is happened.

I blame the AFL for being greedy, we might get more game coverage but are going to lose nightly shows like WLF as well as On the Couch/League Teams etc.

Foxtel are wan*kers as well (I mean seriously it took them like 4 months to install my Foxtel and after all that they cancel fox footy).

[Captain]

If there are no more games on fox next year I will be cancelling for sure. The rest of the channels are rubbish.