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  • BeeEmmAre
    Commentary Team Captain
    • Aug 2005
    • 2509

    #16
    I'm glad you put that smilie in Annie!!!!!

    And by the way, I'm still not feeling any better.
    "It's up to the rest of the players in the room to make a new batch of premiership players next year," Adam Goodes, triple Bob Skilton Medallist, October 7, 2011.

    YOU BETCHA!!!!!!

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    • hammo
      Veterans List
      • Jul 2003
      • 5554

      #17
      According to the Australian, ABC has entered the fray with its digital channel...



      I don't think the ABC will be outlaying any cash so 7/10 would still prefer a Foxtel deal. Time will tell.
      "As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk

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      • AnnieH
        RWOs Black Sheep
        • Aug 2006
        • 11332

        #18
        Originally posted by BeeEmmAre
        I'm glad you put that smilie in Annie!!!!!

        And by the way, I'm still not feeling any better.
        BMR ... you'll be right pet. By round 1 2007, you're gunna be saying "what grand final loss". I prescribe lots and lots of alcoholic type bevvies. They make you forget lots!!
        Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
        Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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        • AnnieH
          RWOs Black Sheep
          • Aug 2006
          • 11332

          #19
          Originally posted by hammo
          According to the Australian, ABC has entered the fray with its digital channel...



          I don't think the ABC will be outlaying any cash so 7/10 would still prefer a Foxtel deal. Time will tell.

          ABC2 have been playing a few old, old games of late, late at night (now the the SAFL and WAFL have finished for the year). I'm quite enjoying it ... black & white ... what a concept!!
          They could be trying to do a deal like the indigenous station (iripangi???? I can't recall the name of it now). They play most games every weekend. My friend in Coffs subscribes to it, that's how he watches it.
          Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
          Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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          • AnnieH
            RWOs Black Sheep
            • Aug 2006
            • 11332

            #20
            Late Night Legends on ABC2 are showing St Kilda v Hawthorn 1971 Grand Final tonight at 11pm.
            Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
            Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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            • j s
              Think positive!
              • Jan 2003
              • 3303

              #21
              This statement (from the article) doesn't make sense....
              Whether this solution would be approved by the AFL is unclear, given that ABC2 can be viewed only via a digital set-top box or Foxtel.
              Why would the AFL not be happy with that choice when they would by happy with Foxtel only?

              Personally I would be quite happy with ABC2

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              • Zlatorog
                Senior Player
                • Jan 2006
                • 1748

                #22
                Originally posted by j s
                This statement (from the article) doesn't make sense....

                Why would the AFL not be happy with that choice when they would by happy with Foxtel only?

                Personally I would be quite happy with ABC2
                Me too! I've got Digital TV as well. Bring on ABC2!!!
                (Me being selfish, of course)

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                • BeeEmmAre
                  Commentary Team Captain
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 2509

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Annie Haddad
                  BMR ... you'll be right pet. By round 1 2007, you're gunna be saying "what grand final loss". I prescribe lots and lots of alcoholic type bevvies. They make you forget lots!!
                  It'll take a bit longer than that.

                  And alcoholic bevvies take a bit longer to work when they're being watered down. If you get my drift.
                  "It's up to the rest of the players in the room to make a new batch of premiership players next year," Adam Goodes, triple Bob Skilton Medallist, October 7, 2011.

                  YOU BETCHA!!!!!!

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                  • Damien
                    Living in 2005
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 3713

                    #24
                    Originally posted by j s
                    This statement (from the article) doesn't make sense....

                    Why would the AFL not be happy with that choice when they would by happy with Foxtel only?

                    Personally I would be quite happy with ABC2
                    Same - and the thing is, the Government want people to convert to digital TV either via new TVs or Set Top Boxes, so this would be the first worthwhile product available that would make non-Foxtel people upgrade.

                    I know in Tasmania, since the third commerical TV channel was made available as a digital exclusive, every house I go to down there has digital TV available. I think AFL on ABC2 could have the same effect - especially in the AFL states of course.

                    If I was the minister responsibile, I'd be organising some emergency funding to give 7/10 a fair price. I think there would be some great benefits.

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                    • goswannie14
                      Leadership Group
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 11166

                      #25
                      I would be really happy if some AFL coverage was on ABC 2. I would rather buy a set-top box than subscribe to Foxtel/Austar.
                      Does God believe in Atheists?

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                      • laughingnome
                        Amateur Statsman
                        • Jul 2006
                        • 1624

                        #26
                        Ditto. No ads = heaven.
                        10100111001 ;-)

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                        • The Boot
                          A Blood to the bootstraps
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 544

                          #27
                          Originally posted by goswannie14
                          I would be really happy if some AFL coverage was on ABC 2. I would rather buy a set-top box than subscribe to Foxtel/Austar.
                          I have eyeTV, a small software & set top (the size of a matchbox) I bought for the Mac. It simply plugs into the computer & pulls in the digital signals from all the channels including ABC2 (which repeats many previously aired ABC shows). Recording any show and cutting down to DVD (after stripping out the ad breaks) is a breeze. I have many of this year's games now residing in a zippered wallet, most of them double-layer (or DL) DVDs. Check it out if you have an Apple.
                          Good men do good deeds. Evil men do evil deeds. But it takes religion for a good man to do evil deeds.

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                          • swantastic
                            Veterans List
                            • Jan 2006
                            • 7275

                            #28
                            I pay top doller for Fox so i expect a lot of sport on it.I dont give a stuff if FTA dont get much live sport.
                            Now this is a thread that i would expect on the ego -centric, wank session that is redandwhiteonline.com...

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                            • NMWBloods
                              Taking Refuge!!
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 15819

                              #29
                              I don't give a stuff if there is much sport on either Foxtel or FTA. There's already stacks on TV. The only thing I miss is FoxFooty.
                              Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

                              "[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."

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                              • giant
                                Veterans List
                                • Mar 2005
                                • 4731

                                #30
                                Any more reports on this? It appears the "done deal" is anything but.

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