Fox Footy (mega merged thread)

[swantastic]

The end for Fox Footy is near,at the end of the year.So whos going to show the interstate games then?

[wheels27]

Are there no details as yet regarding what Seven's plan is?

I assume they will be covering all the games, and broadcast each to the appropriate market.

I thought that they would make some kind of deal with Foxtel, though. I haven't had Fox for a while, but I heard there will be a fox sports 3, which will have AFL plus other sports, so not 24hr AFL.

As I said, I don't really know, but will be interested to see what happens.

[swantastic]

Originally posted by wheels27
Are there no details as yet regarding what Seven's plan is?

I assume they will be covering all the games, and broadcast each to the appropriate market.

I thought that they would make some kind of deal with Foxtel, though. I haven't had Fox for a while, but I heard there will be a fox sports 3, which will have AFL plus other sports, so not 24hr AFL.

As I said, I don't really know, but will be interested to see what happens.

7(@@@@s)will shaft us,like they did with soccar

[The Boot]

Yes it smacks of the kid who hasnt got his way (NEIN) taking the bat & ball and going home. Alternatively, it might have something to do with $780M and how they get it back - so we have to sit through the interminable dribble of ads inbetween goals. i always thought that having Fox allowed one to watch a game LIVE or on repeat all the way through - and being able to listen to the commentary. Obviously the biggest news story of the week .. and what a big week it has been .. Eddie .. (and by the way, thanks for nothing)!

I had planned to get cable after years of enduring the commercials .. but now .. .. will have to wait and see.

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by The Boot
Yes it smacks of the kid who hasnt got his way (NEIN) taking the bat & ball and going home. Alternatively, it might have something to do with $780M and how they get it back - so we have to sit through the interminable dribble of ads inbetween goals. i always thought that having Fox allowed one to watch a game LIVE or on repeat all the way through - and being able to listen to the commentary. Obviously the biggest news story of the week .. and what a big week it has been .. Eddie .. (and by the way, thanks for nothing)!

I had planned to get cable after years of enduring the commercials .. but now .. .. will have to wait and see.

Hmmm, I never knew that Nine owned Foxtel. You learm something new every day.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by goswannie14
Hmmm, I never knew that Nine owned Foxtel. You learm something new every day.

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

[Captain]

Originally posted by The Boot
Yes it smacks of the kid who hasnt got his way (NEIN) taking the bat & ball and going home. Alternatively, it might have something to do with $780M and how they get it back - so we have to sit through the interminable dribble of ads inbetween goals. i always thought that having Fox allowed one to watch a game LIVE or on repeat all the way through - and being able to listen to the commentary. Obviously the biggest news story of the week .. and what a big week it has been .. Eddie .. (and by the way, thanks for nothing)!

I had planned to get cable after years of enduring the commercials .. but now .. .. will have to wait and see.

I know it's late in the day and I'm tired from working too hard but what the hell are you on about dude?

[giant]

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

As I understand it, FF is owned by Fox Sports which is in turn owned 50/50 between News & PBL. This has been the source of great amusement/consternation in the Ch 7 litigation as various details of the skullduggery conducted by Fox Sports unto Foxtel have come out.

[goswannie14]

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

Ok thanks for that.

[hammo]

It just means there will be no dedicated AFL channel unfortunately. Obviously with the season coming to a close the owners feel there is too much money on salaries etc likely to be wasted over summer without knowing what will happen next year. It means people like Clinton, Tiff etc will get the chop.

My bet is on a Fox Sports 3 showing AFL next year.

We DON'T want ESPN to get it (they are apparently interested) as that would mean extra subscription fees.

I am fairly sure the broadcast agreement with the AFL is for ALL 8 games to be broadcast in each market (including live on Friday night in Sydney) so some Pay TV involvement is necessary (unless 7 can offload to SBS or ABC which is very unlikely due to cash constraints).

Personally I feel going back to 7 is a disaster for Sydney viewers and that's saying something considering what we have now. But time will tell.

[nomae]

RIP fox footy channel. we will miss you
bluddy 7 and ten!

[Old Dragon]

Complain about Fox Footy Decision

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!

[Damien]

Originally posted by nomae
RIP fox footy channel. we will miss you
bluddy 7 and ten!

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?

[ScottH]

Doubt it will change their minds. Channel 7 and 10 had more to do with it than Foxtel.

[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.