I'm missing FoxFooty already

[tara]

Originally posted by Woodsy
A B-Grade journalist at best.

I lost all respect for him on his take of the anti-siphoning laws and the way he misrepresented the truth to push his paymasters barrow.

I miss FoxFooty but not at the expense of decent television viewing being denied to to all Australians irrelevant of their wealth (FREE-TO-AIR).

If Fox were fair dinkum about their commitment they would offer a decent price for their games (as they did this year) and get on with this.

I didnt think you were an idealistic cmmunist Woodsy .

PS I agree about the free to air but as I have the means to pay and the relevant programmers in our great state dont provide overall coverage miss it a hell of a lot. Potentially seeing all games live next year will be great but would still like to see the dedicated channel for addicts like myself .

[Gary]

Foxtel is struggling to fill the gap unless you like gripping sports like fishing, 57 varieties of boring car racing, replays of all sorts of things, including ancient cricket matches, strong woman contests, I could go on but you get the picture.
I'll hang on for a while but..

[Jeffers1984]

Originally posted by Gary
Foxtel is struggling to fill the gap unless you like gripping sports like fishing, 57 varieties of boring car racing, replays of all sorts of things, including ancient cricket matches, strong woman contests, I could go on but you get the picture.
I'll hang on for a while but..

Don't forget the spelling bee championships and my favourite the Scrabble World Cup!

[Wardy]

Originally posted by cruiser
The loss of Fox Footy is a disaster for the AFL and viewers in NSW and Queensland. I've already cancelled my Foxtel sports package and am going to just the basic package until my contract with Foxtel has expired and I'll cancel Foxtel altogether. I'm so @@@@@@ off about what has happened but still not sure who I should be @@@@@@ off with the most. At the moments its Foxtel CEO Kim Williams.

Well he has form in this area - he was once married to that annoying woman who wrote Puberty Blues, - but now he gets personal lessons on how to really @@@@ things up from the master himself, his latest father-in-law - the former PM known as Gough. So there you are!

[ScottH]

There is still hope

FOXTEL has reactivated its bid to telecast four AFL games a week from next year.

[giant]

Interesting.

Grybus will have a very big role on either 7 or 10 next year.

[hammo]

Given the amount of money involved in the PBL carve-up (PBL has a half share in the mob that owns Fox Sports), $55 million is a drop in the ocean.

[Damien]

Foxtel back in the mix...Had a feeling they might

Source

[alison.z]

but fox footy channel wont re-open it will go onto the new sports channel. i hope not ... for those of us who dont have foxtel 8 games a weekend on FTA would be bliss and i normally only see 2-3.

[Industrial Fan]

bollocks to pay tv....

burn in hell Rupert!

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by ScottH
Why not? It was a great game. I thoroughly enjoyed it. (except the end result of course)

Apart from the result, I thought it was a better GF than last year.

[giant]

Originally posted by Woodsy
Hopefully he can stick to football then and keep his personal uninformed opinions on media ownership laws to himself then.

It's more likely his role will be football-related than special commentary on trade practices issues.

Uninformed opinions on media ownership laws will remain the responsibility of the various current affairs programs.

[Doctor]

Originally posted by alison.z
but fox footy channel wont re-open it will go onto the new sports channel. i hope not ... for those of us who dont have foxtel 8 games a weekend on FTA would be bliss and i normally only see 2-3.

Was always gonna happen. Foxtel has too much to lose by missing out on footy. If they pick the games up, you can guarantee they'll show them on Fox Sports 3, which is only available to digital subscribers taking the sports package. This will continue their push away from the analogue subscribers and continue to streamline their customers into the kind of package deals they want them to have.

Another interesting sidenote to this is that apparently Fox Sports 3 costs an additional $80p per month for pubs. That's why a lot of them haven't taken it up yet, and why it's hard to find somewhere showing the A-League games atm. It doesn't cost any extra for private residences, other than the cost of the sports pack in the first place.

[Norris Lurker]

If you're desperate for a footy fix, and don't care what the game is, ABC2 are currently showing the 1970 grand final. Jesaulenko you beauty!!!
There's always good news and bad news about Carlton v Collingwood games. The bad news is there's a winner, the good news is there's a loser.

[cruiser]

Originally posted by Norris Lurker
There's always good news and bad news about Carlton v Collingwood games. The bad news is there's a winner, the good news is there's a loser.

LOL