Hope 7 gets the tennis back. It’s the traditional home of tennis. But that’s for another time and another forum 
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Nine have been doing a better job with the tennis than seven were towards the end
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Well, after months of endless speculation, we’ve reached a conclusion.
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But one bit puzzles me…
Foxtel and Seven were forced to pay significantly more than anyone imagined due to Channel Ten and Paramount’s eye-watering bid of $6 billion over 10 years.
I thought it was a “slient auction”? 
Believe 7/Fox would have had a right of reply. So once “final bids” were in, they could counter the best bid (which they did)
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mods, feel free to move to the Olympics thread
Yes, but I think Paramount would want (mostly) worldwide rights with there being one massive deal with CBS/10/5/Paramount+. It is very hard to do now seeing as most of the world already have rights for 2024, and Paramount does not have rights in any of those.
This is why I think Nine will get 2024-2032 Olympics, as:
- ABC have slowly lost funding to the point where there is no sport
- SBS basically only show bike riding
- Paramount would want rights in multiple countries
- Seven just spent a huge amount on AFL, cannot see them paying billions more for Olympics
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Hasn’t 7 already got the 2024 games?
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Thank God!!!
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So if 10 offered 6b but 7/Fox offered 4.5b, why go with Seven and Fox then? 10 would have added the benefit of flexibility as the sole broadcaster
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You need to remember Seven (most likely) won’t be renewing its Cricket rights.
Cricket / Tennis / Olympics and Horse Racing are all up for grabs soon.
Kerry Stokes loves the olympics. He’ll want 2032.
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This is different to the announcement where super Saturday was only rounds 1-8
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Assuming Rounds 1 to 8 Super Saturday will be nation wide exclusively live (hold backs)
Rounds 9-15 Super Saturday. Exclusively live Victoria with local teams (outside Vic) to be live on 7.
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The AFL probably think they can make up the $1.5b difference in the 3 years this deal doesn’t cover.
10 could’ve grown AFL with its coverage
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10’s offer was reported to be over 10 years, 7/Foxtel’s arrangement is over 7 years. It was 10’s offer that reportedly saw the current broadcasters increase their bids to the $4.5 billion the AFL have secured.
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Personally, I’m so happy Foxtel have retained the rights, and now have a better deal than what is currently offered. I do wait eagerly to see how they (And Seven as well) improve their coverage, Fox need to update their programming, as do 7, and hire some more personnel to cover all 9 matches.
You can’t have someone like Dwayne Russell calling 3 games a weekend in addition to his other media commitments, it’s time to promote some other talent within the network, or poach some from radio. I’m a little sick of the current line up, and the over-reliance on the networks stars like Brown, Riewoldt, Lyon, Loughnan etc.
Exciting times ahead for Channel 504, and 503 
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Yes, particularly in the NRL states.
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