Why no Saturday afternoon footy on channel 7?

[PerthBoy86]

I know it probably has a lot to do with television rights/Foxtel.etc, but I was looking forward to watching the Carlton vs Collingwood match on the big screen last Sat, and then tuned in to see a VFL match I couldn't care less about, and remembered that oh no, channel 7 doesn't telecast any Saturday arvo games, the traditional time slot. It just seems odd they wouldn't telecast such a huge game, which is probably one of the biggest matchups in the normal home and away season. I have the AFL Live Pass, but why only on mobile devices? Why not on your PC? I remember you could last year, unless my memory is off, but I think I remember watching on my laptop. I used to only watch big games that weren't broadcast. I guess I could screen mirror, but for some reason I've forgotten how to/or my TV doesn't allow it anymore.

Wish there was an AFL Live App directly on Smart TVs, that would be great.

 

[donkeypunchd]

Basically they're obliging people who want to watch the footy on their TV to get Foxtel. They've cracked down a lot harder on YouTube match videos as part of that.

 

[JeffDunne]

It just seems odd they wouldn't telecast such a huge game, which is probably one of the biggest matchups in the normal home and away season.

Huge game?

It was one of least significant match-ups so far this season.

 

[PerthBoy86]

Basically they're obliging people who want to watch the footy on their TV to get Foxtel. They've cracked down a lot harder on YouTube match videos as part of that.

Wonder if Foxtel had a sort of pay per view arrangement, if that would work out. Like say, you can pay $3 or something to download or stream a match. Then again they want to get folks to sign up for Foxtel, which is now just bundled with Telstra anyway. It's probably cos Telstra is such a big AFL partner/sponsor now. It's all about money...

 

[PerthBoy86]

Huge game?

It was one of least significant match-ups so far this season.

I think it's almost always a big matchup, regardless of their respective positions. I mean, it usually gets at least 75,000 at the MCG, how is that insignificant?

It seems that Carlton often seem to upset the Pies, like they did. I went to one Carlton Collingwood match, and there were over 80,000. The atmosphere was great. Hate both teams, but seeing the sledging between fans was great haha.

 

[donkeypunchd]

Wonder if Foxtel had a sort of pay per view arrangement, if that would work out. Like say, you can pay $3 or something to download or stream a match. Then again they want to get folks to sign up for Foxtel, which is now just bundled with Telstra anyway. It's probably cos Telstra is such a big AFL partner/sponsor now. It's all about money...

That it is, and competition in the fixed-line internet market is pretty cut-throat, Telstra would be looking to lock customers in to packages on their network, far more reliable income stream than selling the rights to individual games on a piecemeal basis.

 

[PerthBoy86]

That it is, and competition in the fixed-line internet market is pretty cut-throat, Telstra would be looking to lock customers in to packages on their network, far more reliable income stream than selling the rights to individual games on a piecemeal basis.

Yep, that makes sense. Telstra customers also get AFL Live for free.

 

[TheKanga]

Because horse racing is on

 

[PerthBoy86]

Because horse racing is on

And honestly, who cares about bloody horse racing, aside from gamblers?

 

[TheKanga]

And honestly, who cares about bloody horse racing, aside from gamblers?

Well not many would watch unless they have a monetary interest in the race.
So yeah no one.

They already have that racing.com channel for FTA dont see why they need it on 7 as well.

 

[ioppolo]

Yeah unless Freo or the Eagles play saturday arvo, then WA channel 7 viewers don't get jack shit Saturday arvo.

Gag on a dick channel 7

 

[PerthBoy86]

Yeah unless Freo or the Eagles play saturday arvo, then WA channel 7 viewers don't get jack shit Saturday arvo.

Gag on a dick channel 7

I was always disappointed when they failed to show some really interesting match-up that didn't involve either WA team. Only Friday night and some big Saturday night matches are shown in WA.

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Yeah unless Freo or the Eagles play saturday arvo, then WA channel 7 viewers don't get jack shit Saturday arvo.

Gag on a dick channel 7

Saturday afternoon football is not shown in Melbourne at all regardless of who plays (and hasn't been for a few years now IIRC). With such a big football audience, it's bloody stupid.

 

[Gibbsy]

Saturday afternoon football is not shown in Melbourne at all regardless of who plays (and hasn't been for a few years now IIRC). With such a big football audience, it's bloody stupid.

It was up until last year, just on a 90-min delay. And then the VFL match of the day was played at some early time like 12:30pm just to accommodate the TV timeslot.

$even realised that no one really watches delayed sport anymore so they canned the AFL match entirely, let the VFL go back to playing games at a normal time and decided to broadcast them instead

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Nobody watches it so they don't pay for the rights for it.

That's how FTA TV works.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Suits me as I like to go to the track on Saturdays, however I do see your point.

 

[Shane Hird]

Just get foxtel ya bunch of tight wads!

 

[Nostradumbass]

Illegally stream it.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

The real winners of the record broadcast deal are the fans.

 

[Rotayjay]

Because the game we love is gradually being turned into a TV product - a pay TV product. The biggest symbol of the shift in focus was scheduling the West Coast/Bulldogs final for a Thursday night. Make it much harder for a set of supporters to attend for no other reason than slightly increased ratings due to the Thursday novelty factor.

 

[pazza]

The new deal meant that Channel 7 are restricted somewhat.

It does mean that state leagues are at least given some respect (as opposed to what happened with the VFL last year with 11.40am matches on Sundays!)

 

[Sinjin Smith]

Foxtel purchased the rights to Sat arvo games and offered to sell the lease to FTA, not one FTA station showed any interest in purchasing.

 

[Plugger35]

FTA coverage is getting worse and worse.

In WA this weekend we only get 2 live FTA games, the West Coast v Bulldogs game tonight and the Essendon v Geelong game tomorrow night.

Not only is there no live FTA game on Saturday afternoon, there is no live FTA game on Sunday either, we just get the Richmond v Freo game delayed.

We used to get at least 3 or 4 FTA games live here.

The AFL will shoot itself in the foot if it keeps cutting back on live FTA coverage, a lot of people don't have Foxtel where they can watch every game live.

 

[ST180]

Would streaming the AFL app via Chromecast work?
I use Crownbet to watch the footy - pretty good

 

[Nostradumbass]

The real winners of the record broadcast deal are the fans.

Our game is about you- the fans.