James Warburton has urged the government to close a loophole in federal ‘anti-siphoning’ laws to prevent streaming services from capturing rights to sporting competitions such as the AFL.
Seven West Media boss James Warburton has urged the Albanese government to swiftly close a loophole in federal ‘anti-siphoning’ laws to prevent subscription-based streaming services from capturing rights to popular sporting competitions such as the AFL.
“Free means keeping sport on free TV by ensuring Australians have access to events like the Olympics or their local AFL derby without having to pay,” Warburton said. “This is achieved through the anti-siphoning list, which ensures the most popular sporting events are on free-to-air television and not on subscription television. But there is a loophole in the anti-siphoning list.
The row over the broadcasting rules escalated last month when two of the world’s biggest streaming services - Amazon Prime and Paramount - expressed an interest in being part of an. Seven is the incumbent free-to-air broadcaster for the AFL, but could lose these rights to an international streaming service because the laws don’t apply to these new platforms.
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