Thursday & Friday 7pm would not happened because of 7news, earliest would be 7:20-7:30
Sunday 2pm on 7 would not happen because they would want news lead in
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They can run the news until 6.50pm.
They can do a proper post-game show and wrap up the round before the news.
Reality is Fox pay the majority of the broadcast money (7 only get a look in because of the anti-siphoning laws). The less games that overlap mean the more $$$ spent on advertising and more money for the game next broadcast deal. 7 might need to stop dictating when games are played and start letting the league be run professionally.
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Could they also do this for NSW matches that are delayed on Saturdays in the first third of the season from next year (e.g. a 1:30pm game between Sydney and GWS would start airing no earlier than 4:30pm on 7mate, and run until 6:30pm), or would it run the full three hours like most broadcasts?
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Adelaide cutâs the broadcast down to either 2 hours or 2 and a half hours, probably edit out the breaks between the quarters.
IIRC the new deal will see the delay reduced to two hours, so they could air it from 3pm until 5pm, or 3pm/3:30pm-5:30pm (then lead into Sydney/QLD Weekender programs).
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Big possibility of 9:30pm broadcast starts on Saturday night games, which has been avoided under the current deal.
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About 10 minutes of some of the changes for next year broadcast-wise. First minute or so is just Lyon really pushing Fox/Kayo mind you.
Couple of points seemed interesting.
- (Morris) Seven will be the host broadcaster for their matches. Fox will be calling out of a radio com box, assuming theyâre at the ground.
- (Morris) Social inclusion clause for both channels. ie both will be less dominated by white men.
- (Morris) More TV shows on 7 - Sunday morning show and more weekly shows. (informed speculation)
- (Morris) 2024 Brownlow and GF on 7plus (I thought this had already happened but am probably wrong)
- (Lyon) More footy shows on Fox
- (Lyon) Fox having a massive relaunch in 2025 - said different graphics but couldâve also been referencing a choice of different graphics for the viewer between Fox and 7.
Found Lyonâs reaction to Morris talking about the first two points interesting haha. Didnât seem happy at the first one and got defensive about the second.
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So in other words, Seven and Foxâs commentary teams will have more Indigenous and female experts. Seven already has Erin Phillips, Abbey Holmes and Shaun Burgoyne on its books, while Fox has Eddie Betts and utilises the talent of AFLW players during their seasons only. You would think that more AFLW players will be signed up as experts for their coverage of menâs seasons.
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God this change is terrible. Only positive is 7plus streaming. Losing Saturday games is a huge loss for Seven
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Is it though?
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Probably rather the extra Thursday night games, although theyâd probably prefer to give up their Sunday games like they did this year.
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Especially when they havenât been translating to Sunday 6pm news wins in Melbourne, not like years ago when the combo was a powerhouse for HSV
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Yes. Also hate the fact that Fox can have their own commentators now for all games - I usually watch on Kayo to get Sevenâs coverage without ads.
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Could use the cricket TV boxes at Adelaide and Marvel(?), problem would be that theyâre behind the goals.
Great, no more Brian Taylor for me.
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Well, until the Grand Final anyway, unless you want to watch the Fox replay after 6pm.
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I know that Fox League provides its own commentary of replayed Origin and NRL Grand Finals, makes me wonder if Fox Footy will do the same in having their commentators call the AFL Grand Final when itâs replayed on the channel?
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Yes, Gary confirmed that, much to Tomâs surprise, towards the end of the video posted by bands06 earlier:
They also clarified that Saturday games broadcast interstate on 7 in the first âeight to tenâ rounds will be on two hour delay.
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Will be an issue especially for a Friday night game at the MCG, when four stations (3AW, ABC, SEN and Triple M) are broadcasting.
EDIT: forgot about K-Rock too
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Where does K-Rock normally go?
Edit: Nevermind, seems to be 8 radio booths. Also weird itâs on Street View.
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Are you positive? Surely not in Nsw and Qld for Swans, Lions, Suns, Giants! Canât imagine the AFL wouldâve even entertained that thought, apparently a Foxtel sticking point with Gil McLachlanâs 2am negotiations and kebab showdown, which I thought Foxtel lost out on as theyâve always been highly protective of that clause, but got Saturday exclusivity (for half the season including Sa and Wa in terms of live), own commentators and graphics. Seven also got streaming of course.
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