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. | By By Zoe Samios and Jake Niall
More AFL games outside Victoria would be shown live exclusively on Foxtel and on a delay of up to two hours on Channel Seven under a proposal being reviewed by the league’s governing body as talks over a $1 billion-plus media rights deal enter the home stretch.
More games on delay? Sources said AFL is considering giving Foxtel more live matches and delaying free-to-air games by up to two hours.This season, six matches aired on Seven on delay in Western Australia and South Australia, but all matches in Queensland, NSW and Victoria are broadcast live on Seven. Under plans being considered by the AFL, more matches would air on free-to-air each week - but two of these games would be delayed by up to two hours in markets outside Victoria.
and let Seven stream the games it broadcasts on free-to-air on its online service, 7Plus. Foxtel and Seven, the AFL’s incumbent broadcast partners, have been at loggerheads for weeks over key aspects of the league’s next deal, including exclusivity and scheduling of matches. But both parties, which are negotiating separately with the AFL for legal reasons, are hopeful the renewal of their deals will be secured imminently.
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