Under the latest proposal,more AFL games in WA,SA,Queensland and NSW would be shown live only on Foxtel,and delayed by up to two hours on Seven.
Foxtel has agreed to allow Channel Seven stream key AFL matches online in a move that could knock rival bidders out of the running for the code’s next rights deal.
Four of Australia’s biggest media companies have submitted formal bids for the AFL’s next media rights deal,which could change the way fans watch footy.
Seven will sue for about $20 million in damages over the past three years,and plans to save $75 million plus contra from terminating the deal.
Seven West Media has made a fresh legal attempt to blow up its $450 million media rights deal with Cricket Australia.
Channels Nine and Ten and rights holders Seven and Foxtel are all in discussions with the AFL about the broadcast rights post-2024.
Seven boss James Warburton has urged the Albanese government to swiftly close a loophole that could allow US streaming giants to snare AFL rights.
The move is likely to upset customers who joined Optus on the basis they could watch the English Premier League free of charge. They’ll now have to pay $6.99 per month - and non-customers will shell out almost four times that amount.
Australian cricket’s most powerful figures are flying to India in search of a $200 million overseas rights windfall.
The network’s first season covering football has been a major challenge - but that hasn’t deterred 10 as it contemplates a big-money bid for the AFL broadcast rights from 2025.
AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan has given his endorsement for the man central to Essendon’s supplements scandal to apply for the vacant Giants’ role.