Monday matches for next AFL deal
The AFL's next broadcast rights package will include a weekly Monday night match and shift the Saturday afternoon 2.10pm start.
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The AFL‘s next broadcast rights package will include a weekly Monday night match and the Saturday afternoon 2.10pm start will be pushed out by an hour to allow the TV broadcast to run straight into the evening news bulletin.
The Herald Sun reports new multi-channels will allow the Monday night game to go live around Australia, but neglects to note the anti-siphoning list changes haven’t yet been revealed.
The Monday addition is needed to accommodate night the addition of the league’s 18th team, Greater Western Sydney, from 2012.
The AFL is hoping to reach a new broadcast deal by the end of the year in readiness for the five years from 2012, but is also frustrated by the government’s delayed outcome of the anti-siphoning list review.
The AFL is hoping for $1billion in television rights.
Source: Herald Sun
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i want channel 7 do all friday\saturday\sunday for the next five years like the 90s to 2001
Non-AFL states can look forward to a Monday night with nothing of any interest to be viewed…
by 2012…most of the country will have strated the click over to digital only telly…meaning that everyone should have multi choice and therefore..being able to show games live on secondary channels…meaning live into areas that dominate by other sport and codes of footy…. the only places i can think of would be the metro parts not having analogue switched off… not saying thats the answer and iam sure people will say most wont have digi telly but it would have to be close…