Fairfax is reporting that Foxsports Now is available on Apple TV, but Foxfooty is absent from its lineup. AFL is conspicuously absent from Foxtel Sports Now, which is an instant deal-breaker for many sports fans. Even if you follow the other codes, handing over $20 per month seems steep when you can’t watch live matches….
News Limited has reported that despite a drop in the Roars crowds, a second Brisbane team is on the cards under the FFA’s newly released “whole of football’ plan. “The Roar have got a solid foundation but there’s still growth that they need to achieve for their own business model and ours,” Gallop told The…
The FFA has voiced its approval for plans to build a new stadium at Moore Park and an upgraded facility at Parramatta. “We’ve said for some time that we think Parramatta was the No1 priority,” Gallop said. “When we play there the Wanderers nearly sell it out every time. So we’re pleased to see that…
Fairfax is reporting on an ambitious plan launched by the FFA to be the number 1 code in Australia in 20 years. The FFA’s Whole of Football Plan’s key points: – A 15 million strong Football community by 2035, including one million club members. – A distinctive Australian style of playing that puts our national teams…
The Telegraph is reporting that one of the big issues in the rights negotiations will be a fourth possible FTA game on Saturday nights, with fox needing to pay a premium to retain excljusivity. The Telegraph also reports that Seven are set to bid for Origin at a big markup.
The Australian reports that Stan could be joining forces with Nine for streaming rights as bidders prepare for the NRL and AFL negotiations. Jeff Browne is returning to Nine to do the negotiating. “There’s nothing technologically or legally that would prevent us from moving in that direction,” Sneesby said.“We don’t have any plans to stream…
The Telegraph reports that a confidential 1.3 billion plan is being prepared that will build new stadiums at Moore Park and Parramatta, hand ANZ Stadium over to a Trust and double the governments present $600 million commitment to stadium improvements and infrastructure,
Fairfax ran a piece yesterday on Rugby league which also referred to tv ratings from the game, and compared them to the AFLs ANZAC Day game between Collingwood and Essendon. The Test in Brisbane on Sunday was watched by the biggest capital city audience for any football code this year, with 939,000 viewers tuning into the coverage on…
Jake Niall describes the differences between Australian football and Soccer at a cost level, and says that the AFL has a distinct advantage in The Age. But there was a minor minus – a small cough – when we received an invoice for the season’s fees. It was just under $600 for a season with…