The NRL believes it has the right to return to the negotiation table with Foxtel after the AFL struck a record deal with the pay television giants.
A day after the AFL landed a $4.5 billion TV rights deal,Michelle Rowland and her opposition counterpart Sarah Henderson want the broadcast rights laws reviewed.
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A locked-at-the-hip broadcast partner for most of the time football has been on television,the game will stay on Channel Seven screens until at least 2031.
On face value,the AFL’s eye-watering broadcast deal could have Peter V’landys reaching for something stronger than coffee,but there remains strained optimism at Rugby League Central.
The AFL has landed a $4.5 billion,seven-year broadcast deal – easily the largest in Australian history,after sticking with incumbents Seven and Foxtel to televise AFL and AFLW matches until 2031.
The AFL’s potential broadcast partners will fight against one another in a final push by the sporting body to secure a record deal.
Dennis Cometti,who retired from Channel Seven in 2016,said the AFL would risk alienating fans if it struck a deal that resulted in more live matches behind a paywall.
Seven is expected to become the free-to-air home of the Women’s World Cup in Australia next year.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland raised concerns about a plan for more live AFL games to be put behind a paywall directly with the league’s top executives
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland asked the AFL Commission to keep matches freely available amid an ongoing review of laws designed to keep major sporting and cultural events free for the public.