According to the article, the hold up on any extension with the AFL and Foxtel is about getting more subscribers in Adelaide and Western Australia.
Which is interesting and something I’d wondered myself for some time, considering the smaller populations.
They still are. Seven/7mate viewers in NSW and Queensland don’t cop the three-hour delay for their teams’ matches like in SA and WA.
This arrangement should continue in the next broadcast deal from 2025 onwards.
There’s no chance that’s going to happen considering this line in the article you linked to:
Sources said the AFL is keen on the free-to-air exposure in the home states.
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The delay only happens for 3 matches per team, per season in those states
Fox Footy’s telecast of Adelaide v Fremantle match tomorrow afternoon will be relayed live into USA and Canada in Saturday primetime - 11pm in the east coast and 8pm in the west coast.
Why these two teams though? Neither have recorded a win yet! Why not show another match on delay?
Also prime-time: 11PM! 
It is just the luck of the draw.
Well one of them is guaranteed to win tomorrow!
Richmond and Collingwood say otherwise.
Simon Black on the boundary for Fox Footy. First time he has been involved with the Fox Footy coverage
Fox Footy currently showing the Essendon v Nth Melbourne match on both 503 & 504.
The reason for that is the Melbourne v Gold Coast game started on 504 and ran until approx 8.30pm.
The Essendon v North Melbourne game started on 503 only at 7.30pm.
MMM did the same thing on the radio, they covered the Essendon vs North Melbourne match after the Melbourne v Gold Coast game.
LONGEST RUNNING FOX FOOTY 'FOOTYTAINMENT’ SHOW, BOUNCE, TREATS FANS TO A SPECIAL EXTRA EPISODE
Saturday 25 July
Since it first hit screens in 2007, Foxtel’s “footytainment” show Bounce has had AFL fans rolling on the floor laughing every week. This weekend, goal kicking legend and host Jason Dunstall will celebrate the very best moments in Best of Bounce, to air on Saturday 25th July between the Sydney v Hawthorn and Port Adelaide v St Kilda games on FOX FOOTY, channel 504 on Foxtel.
With close to 400 episodes, Dunstall and his eclectic crew of footy mates have charmed fans every week on FOX FOOTY’s flagship sports entertainment program.
This weekend’s celebratory 40-minute instalment will reflect on the hilarious favourite moments of the last 14 years. From the revolutionary introduction of the ‘ Golden Fist Award’, to the cult-segment ‘Numerology’ Bounce is football’s longest running variety show that has families in stitches.
Amongst the set feast of laughs, the special episode will showcase the creativity of fans and footballers during recent times in lockdown, ‘Yesterday’s Heroes’ challenges from the past featuring Dunstall and the beloved late Danny “Spud” Frawley as well as the funniest “Turn It Up” segments presented by basketball great Andrew Gaze .
Bounce fans will be treated to a big weekend, with a fun new episode airing in the regular time straight after the footy and live on Sunday night.
Foxtel is the home of AFL in 2020, with FOX FOOTY taking fans closer to all the action on and off the field with every game of every round, plus all finals games leading into the Grand Final, LIVE in HD and ad-break free during play.
FOX FOOTY’s unrivalled commentary team includes the biggest names in the business: Adam Papalia, Alastair Lynch, Andrew Gaze, Anthony Hudson, Ben Dixon, Bernie Vince, Bob Murphy, Brad Johnson, Brenton Speed, Cameron Mooney, David King, Dermott Brereton, Dwayne Russell, Eddie McGuire, Garry Lyon, Gerard Healy, Gerard Whateley, Jason Dunstall, Jon Ralph, Jonathan Brown, Jordan Lewis, Katherine Loughnan, Kelli Underwood, Leigh Montagna, Mark Ricciuto, Mark Robinson, Mike Sheahan, Nick Dal Santo, Nick Riewoldt, Sarah Jones, Sarah Olle, Sharni Layton, Tom Morris
Fox Footy is the big winner from the AFL’s “33 games in 20 days” bonanza starting next week. It will not only show all 33 matches live, but also exclusive matches on Monday to Wednesday nights, including a Wednesday doubleheader in Round 10, and a Monday double bill in Round 11.
As they should, they pay significantly more than Seven. AFL broadcast deal has to be honoured. Also Seven were always going to be highly unlikely to air games on Sunday-Tuesday nights with major reality shows Farmer and Origin, as well as Between Two Worlds, Guys and Gals Night, etc.
Football fans Australia-wide will be spoilt for choice for 20 consecutive days as part of FOX FOOTY Frenzy only on Foxtel.
From Wednesday July 29, FOX FOOTY will broadcast a whopping 33 games in just less than three weeks to quench your sporting appetite. It will be the only place to see every single game live ad-break free, siren-to-siren.
Fans used to Europe, Noosa or even a trip to Perth as a winter getaway; fear not, FOX FOOTY’s offering is a new sort of paradise to be enjoyed from the comfort of lounge rooms.
For 20 days, there will be nightly matches and the best quality analysis and opinion to complement an unprecedented wall-to-wall stretch of games the AFL has never seen before and may never see again.
The only place to see all the action will be complemented with best analysis and laughs will from favourite shows AFL 360, On The Couch, The First Crack, Saturday Stretch and Bounce.
It all kicks off on Wednesday when the Western Bulldogs take on Richmond. The AFL 360 team hand over to host Sarah Jones who will be joined by four-time premiership star Jason Dunstall and St Kilda great Nick Riewoldt at the desk, while three-time premiership forward Alastair Lynch will bring you all the action from the venue.
The following evening, Melbourne and Port Adelaide will do battle and Garry Lyon, Riewoldt, and recently inducted Hall of Famer Jonathan Brown will guide you through.
If that’s not enough, on July 31 Eddie McGuire will step into the hosting chair alongside Riewoldt, four-time premiership Hawk Jordan Lewis and Fremantle great Matthew Pavlich for Carlton v Hawthorn, before Essendon clash with Brisbane to round out a double header.
To wrap up, The First Crack team of host Tom Morris, David King and Nick Dal Santo will dive deeper into the evening’s events and cover all the fallout.
The FOX FOOTY Frenzy will be frenetic, fun and full of entertainment, analysis, laughs and highlights.
FOX FOOTY, on Foxtel , is the home of AFL. Every game, every round live, ad-break free and in HD; the biggest and best team of commentators and coverage that takes fans closer to the action.
FOX FOOTY’s unrivalled commentary team includes the biggest names in the business: Adam Papalia, Alastair Lynch, Andrew Gaze, Anthony Hudson, Ben Dixon, Bernie Vince, Bob Murphy, Brad Johnson, Brenton Speed, Cameron Mooney, David King, Dermott Brereton, Dwayne Russell, Eddie McGuire, Garry Lyon, Gerard Healy, Gerard Whateley, Jason Dunstall, Jon Ralph, Jonathan Brown, Jordan Lewis, Katherine Loughnan, Kelli Underwood, Leigh Montagna, Mark Ricciuto, Mark Robinson, Mike Sheahan, Nick Dal Santo, Nick Riewoldt, Sarah Jones, Sharni Layton, Tom Morris.
