Broadcast Lunacy

[Greystache]

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Kim Williams (CEO of foxtel) gave a great politicians answer when queried on that, fair to say prices of foxtel will increase across the board not specifically the sports package.

It must do, for them to pay out so much, and offer so much more than before it surely has to go up. It will be interesting to see how much their take up rates increase.

[Hotdog60]

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TBOX is a media player where you can connect your PC to your TV.

http://www.foxtel.com.au/support/foxtel-on-t-box/what-is-foxtel-on-t-box/default.htm

but you have to be on Bigpond

Thanks for the link, all a bit confusing. looking at the pricing do I get foxtel to watch afl for $35 up front and $11 a month for 24 months?
Seems too cheap.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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It must do, for them to pay out so much, and offer so much more than before it surely has to go up. It will be interesting to see how much their take up rates increase.

I am guessing they will be charging premium rates for advertising space on their AFL channel too, and if they get really deperate they might start resorting to MMM's model:

"Ok lets take a look at the Carlton Draughts which are brought to you by the Good Guys's who sell the finest Acer computers which will be safe in your house if you have the new range of Lockwood Locks..." Vomit.

[BulldogBelle]

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It must do, for them to pay out so much, and offer so much more than before it surely has to go up. It will be interesting to see how much their take up rates increase.

Also interesting that players have told the AFL they want a fixed 27 per cent cut of all future revenues- thats about $3.7M per club per season payrise....if its all distributed equallly

Total AFL rights over 5 years $1,253,000,000

$$$s per season $250,600,000

27% to players per season $67,662,000

per club per season (18 clubs) $3,759,000

Average per player increase per season $93,975

[Remi Moses]

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Heard Francis Leach on SEN yesterday discussing the situation in the UK where the football broadcasting is so tightly controlled that the free to air broadcasters can't even have access to footage for news reports -- they have to show still photos!

So I guess we are not so badly off.

Yet.

Yeah in the late 90's they had pay TV where they had a sky sports and News channel package! Can't understand why Fox don't do it here,surely if it was a touch cheaper and less stations full of piffle.

[Sedat]

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Total AFL rights over 5 years $1,253,000,000

$$$s per season $250,600,000

In 1987, the ABC got the then VFL rights for $1 million, after there was a dispute bewteen the VFL and Channel 7 (who got the rights back in 1988). That's inflation in the last 25 years that Argentina would be proud of!

[G-Mo77]

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Thats not true, there are still 4 games per week on free to air? So whats changed?

As for didgital TV, that is just technology moving on. You can get a set top box for $50 and still watch TV, the difference is you get 15 or so free to air channels?

Well not much has changed really has changed really but with more teams it means less FTA exposure and guess who'll miss out. So many channels are there now on FTA which could all be utilised to promote our game to everyone in Australia not just people who can afford to throw down $65 - $70 a month.

Bigpond again, what a waste.

[Remi Moses]

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Agree about Telstra (worries me about I phone and Internet access)
Just wonder if they'll do what MLB do in the states,where you pay a subscription fee and can watch your side play every week on your phone or I Pad.

[BulldogBelle]

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Well not much has changed really has changed really but with more teams it means less FTA exposure and guess who'll miss out. So many channels are there now on FTA which could all be utilised to promote our game to everyone in Australia not just people who can afford to throw down $65 - $70 a month.

Bigpond again, what a waste.

I'm VERY happy with my BigPond Cable connection, and VERY happy that I'll be able to watch all games via the T-Box or on the mobile



In addition, Telstra will broadcast all matches including finals using the Telstra NextG service that can be viewed on mobile phones and iPads.

Every home-and-away match will be broadcast live on Fox Sports through Foxtel (and Austar where applicable), using both subscription television and IPTV (internet protocol television).

The introduction of IPTV will see games streamed using the Internet to devices such as the Telstra T-Box.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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Agree about Telstra (worries me about I phone and Internet access)
Just wonder if they'll do what MLB do in the states,where you pay a subscription fee and can watch your side play every week on your phone or I Pad.

I am not sure why this is a bad thing, in fact this is the part of the new deal that worries me the least. It is a new service that is not going to compromise the TV side of things, will just be an added bonus for some people.

What I would like to see is a bit of a shakeup with the Telstra and Club websites.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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I'm VERY happy with my BigPond Cable connection, and VERY happy that I'll be able to watch all games via the T-Box



In addition, Telstra will broadcast all matches including finals using the Telstra NextG service that can be viewed on mobile phones and iPads.

Every home-and-away match will be broadcast live on Fox Sports through Foxtel (and Austar where applicable), using both subscription television and IPTV (internet protocol television).

The introduction of IPTV will see games streamed using the Internet to devices such as the Telstra T-Box.

From what I can gather this will be a pay-per-view arrangement, similar to if you were to watch a movie on your T-box. Still, would be better than forking out for Foxtel on top of your T-box.

[Bornadog]

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Well not much has changed really has changed really but with more teams it means less FTA exposure and guess who'll miss out. So many channels are there now on FTA which could all be utilised to promote our game to everyone in Australia not just people who can afford to throw down $65 - $70 a month.

Bigpond again, what a waste.

Go back to the 1980's and even the 90's and we were rarely on free to air TV. Nothing has changed, they love Collingwood, Essendon, Carlton and the smaller teams get less exposure. This will just continue.

I bet demitroiu has already guaranteed what teams Channel 7 will be able to broadcast because he will doctor the FIXture to suit the broadcast rights.

[G-Mo77]

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Go back to the 1980's and even the 90's and we were rarely on free to air TV. Nothing has changed, they love Collingwood, Essendon, Carlton and the smaller teams get less exposure. This will just continue.

I bet demitroiu has already guaranteed what teams Channel 7 will be able to broadcast because he will doctor the FIXture to suit the broadcast rights.

That's what gets up my nose. Everything is in place to change that with so many FTA stations now.

[BulldogBelle]

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From what I can gather this will be a pay-per-view arrangement, similar to if you were to watch a movie on your T-box. Still, would be better than forking out for Foxtel on top of your T-box.

Agree

Additional Foxtel isnt worth the money

Found this link

http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/46801-telstra-tops-tv-with-afl

All matches including pre-season, home and away, finals and the grand final will be streamed live to customers who subscribe to Telstra’s FOXTEL on T-Box service which will be launching shortly. This may also extend to other IPTV-enabled devices connected to Telstra BigPond fixed broadband services. This includes one match per round that will be made available to Telstra T-Box customers regardless of whether they are subscribed to the FOXTEL on T-Box service.


So T-Box users will get 5 live games included instead of 4

I also like the AFL TV channel on the T-Box- thats included as well

AFL TV is around-the-clock action featuring the best of the AFL regular-season action, the finals series replays, highlights, player interviews and much more. This is 24/7 footy at its best.

http://preview.cms.bigpond.com/tv/channels/index.jsp

With a T-Box you get a pretty sweet deal without having to pay extra $$$s for all of the crap on FOXTEL- when the Dogs arent playing on one of the 5 lives games per round I'll just goto the pub

[The Adelaide Connection]

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Agree

Additional Foxtel isnt worth the money

Found this link

http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/46801-telstra-tops-tv-with-afl

All matches including pre-season, home and away, finals and the grand final will be streamed live to customers who subscribe to Telstra’s FOXTEL on T-Box service which will be launching shortly. This may also extend to other IPTV-enabled devices connected to Telstra BigPond fixed broadband services. This includes one match per round that will be made available to Telstra T-Box customers regardless of whether they are subscribed to the FOXTEL on T-Box service.


So T-Box users will get 5 live games included instead of 4

I also like the AFL TV channel on the T-Box- thats included as well

AFL TV is around-the-clock action featuring the best of the AFL regular-season action, the finals series replays, highlights, player interviews and much more. This is 24/7 footy at its best.

http://preview.cms.bigpond.com/tv/channels/index.jsp

With a T-Box you get a pretty sweet deal without having to pay extra $$$s for all of the crap on FOXTEL- when the Dogs arent playing on one of the 5 lives games per round I'll just goto the pub

My biggest question here would be what sort of quality will the stream be? At present I have just got the regular Foxtel IQ and I am even considering upgrading that to the HD version (you really notice the difference between the HD free to air and SD Foxtel). Will the stream be HD and if so what sort of connection do you need to comfortably cope with the data?