Wonder if they just have a little pop up in the corner with ads? However that would not be ad free would it. Find out soon.
Vossy replied to my question:
Andrew Voss @AndrewVossy 1h1 hour ago
@markyinau @FOXNRL My understanding is 8 mins of ads across Fox broadcasts that run longer than Nine…pre and post match. Fair compromise.
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##rugby League
NEW ERA OF RUGBY LEAGUE KICKS OFF ON FOX SPORTS
For the first time ever, your team, every round, live
Mal Meninga joins the fox sports family
Laurie Daley and Kevin Walters team up for NRL 360
Over 640 hours of live coverage
FOX SPORTS will be the undisputed home of Rugby League in 2016 with every NRL Telstra Premiership game before the Grand Final LIVE, with no ad breaks during play and in HIGH DEFINITION for the first time ever.
Following 2015’s historic NRL broadcast agreement, FOX SPORTS today revealed its NRL lineup with a slate of new programming and fresh faces announced as the network prepares for its biggest year of League coverage.
FOX SPORTS’ leading voices including Warren Smith, Andrew Voss, Joel Caine and Matt Russell will call every game, every round, including Thursday and Friday night footy along with the additional Sunday afternoon match.
In a major coup for the network, League great and Australian coach Mal Meninga joins the FOX SPORTS NRL team as a regular on Friday Night Footy combining his insight with the FOX SPORTS LAB cutting edge technology, new to the 2016 NRL season.
And in another big win for FOX SPORTS, opposing Origin coaches Laurie Daley and Kevin Walters will team up every Wednesday on NRL 360.
LIVE coverage of every game will be top and tailed with pre, half and post-match shows to preview and analyse all the on-field action.
Kicking off five days of LIVE NRL action, Matt Shirvington, Greg Alexander and Gorden Tallis combine for pre and post game coverage on Fox NRL Thursday.
Matty Johns and his regular Monday Night with Matty Johns team of Bryan Fletcher, Nathan Hindmarsh and Tallis countdown to the big Friday night blockbuster on Friday Night Footy on Fox. FOX SPORTS News reporter Megan Barnard joins the panel to deliver all the news from around the ground each week.
Super Saturday returns in 2016 to guide viewers through a massive day of NRL with up to three LIVE matches each week with host Shirvington teaming up with regulars Mark Gasnier and Braith Anasta. Following the on-field action, Lara Pitt joins the couch to help wrap up the day on Super Saturday Full Time.
In 2016, fans will enjoy at least two LIVE Sunday afternoon games on FOX SPORTS with Andrew Voss, Gasnier and Pitt combining for pre match coverage on NRL Sunday Ticket.
Following FOX SPORTS’ exclusive Monday Night Football, Johns, Tallis, Fletcher, Hindmarsh and Pitt wrap up the round on the hugely popular Monday Night with Matty Johns.
NRL 360 returns to its home of 6.30pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights with hosts Ben Ikin and Paul Kent ready to dissect another season from every angle.
Stars Benji Marshall and Mick Ennis are back at the desk for Player’s Night on Tuesdays with Daley and Walters combining for Wednesday’s NRL 360 Coaches Night. League great Peter Sterling alongside Anasta, news breaker James Hooper and new to the couch, Broncos captain Corey Parker, extend the mid-week coverage with On the Couch with Sterlo.
The greats of the game Billy Moore and Geoff Toovey combine for NRL 360 Legends Night as the countdown to the round’s LIVE action begins.
New to 2016, NRL Tonight on FOX SPORTS News 500 will be fans’ one-stop-shop to stay informed and across all the latest and breaking news, with updates from the field and late mail ahead of each round in daily 30 minute bulletins.
FOX SPORTS CEO, Patrick Delany, said: “2016 marks a new era for Rugby League coverage.
“Last year’s breakthrough broadcast deal will ensure fans get to see their team in action live every week on FOX SPORTS, uninterrupted by ad-breaks during play and in high definition, the way they deserve to watch the game they love.
“FOX SPORTS leading voices, led by Warren Smith, will call every game across the round and the most respected names in the game will guide viewers through all the on field action with pre, half and post-game shows for every match.
“In 2016, FOX SPORTS exclusively available through Foxtel, will be the only place to watch three live matches on Super Saturday, plus both matches live on Sunday afternoon and Monday Night Football.
“In another huge win, fans will get to hear from more of the most respected authorities in the game with Mal Meninga joining the team and Laurie Daley and Kevin Walters regulars for the 2016 season,” Mr Delany said.
FOXTEL CEO, Richard Freudenstein said; “This unprecedented Rugby League coverage adds to our wonderful line up of sport this year on FOXTEL – with every AFL, V8’s Super Rugby, Moto GP, Formula 1 and now NRL game or race , every round LIVE and in HD. This, alongside coverage of all the golf majors, the ANZ Championship, the World Surf League, the Socceroos, the Diamonds, the Wallabies and more means there has never been a better time to be a sports fan in Australia, or a better time to have FOXTEL in your home.”
FOX SPORTS is exclusively available on Foxtel.
KEY POINTS:
· Every game LIVE before the Grand Final with no ad-breaks during play and in HIGH DEFINITION; plus
· Exclusive coverage of Super Saturday, Sunday afternoon football and Monday Night Football.
· FOX SPORTS commentary on all games.
· Mal Meninga joins the FOX SPORTS team.
· Dedicated 24/7 Rugby League channel in 2017.
###Entertainment Show Line Up (beginning 1 March with NRL 360):
Mondays
Monday Night with Matty Johns: 8.45pm - Matty Johns, Gorden Tallis, Bryan Fletcher, Nathan Hindmarsh, Lara Pitt
NRL Tonight: (Monday – Friday from February 29) 5.30pm and 9.30pm - Megan Barnard and Louise Ransome with James Hooper on FOX SPORTS News
Tuesdays
NRL 360: 6.30pm, encore 8.30pm - Ben Ikin and Paul Kent; Players Night with Benji Marshall
and Michael Ennis
Back Page LIVE: 7.30pm
Wednesdays
NRL 360: 6.30pm, encore 8.30pm - Coaches Night with Kevin Walters & Laurie Daley
On the Couch with Sterlo: 7.30pm - Peter Sterling, Braith Anasta, James Hooper & Corey Parker
Thursdays
NRL 360: 6.30pm, encore 8.30pm - Legends Night with Billy Moore & Geoff Toovey
Fox NRL Thursday: 7.30pm - Matt Shirvington, Greg Alexander, Gorden Tallis
Fridays
Friday Night Footy on Fox: 7.00pm - Matty Johns, Gorden Tallis, Bryan Fletcher, Nathan Hindmarsh + Megan Barnard
Saturdays
Super Saturday: 2.30pm - Matt Shirvington, Mark Gasnier and Braith Anasta
Super Saturday Full Time: Matt Shirvington, Mark Gasnier, Braith Anasta & Lara Pitt
NRL Tonight: (Saturday and Sunday) 11.30am and 10.30pm on FOX SPORTS News
Sundays
NRL Sunday Ticket: 1.30pm - Andrew Voss, Mark Gasnier , Lara Pitt + rotation of players
umm yeah whatever… they did last year as well. They just both weren’t the coaches, only Daley was.
Walters teamed up with Toovey last year.
This will be very popular north of the border.
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Best thing is you don’t have to watch nine until the grand final.
And of course origin. So 4 games on nine the rest on fox.
What about international test matches featuring Australia? Aren’t some those also on the anti-siphoning list and therefore games you’ll have to watch on Nine?
FOX SPORTS LIFTS THE LID ON GAME-CHANGING NEW ERA IN SPORT
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. ALL YOUR TEAMS, EVERY ROUND, LIVE ONLY ON FOXTEL
LANDMARK NRL DEAL MEANS FANS OF EVERY MAJOR CODE WILL NEVER MISS A MOMENT OF LIVE ACTION
Today, at a star-studded launch in Sydney, FOX SPORTS unveiled the most exciting and all-encompassing line-up of sports coverage in Australian broadcasting history. Following 2015’s landmark NRL TV rights deal, for the first time ever, no matter what their favourite code, fans will now be able to watch their team, every round, live, exclusively on Foxtel.
With seasons set to get underway across AFL, Super Rugby and motorsport; NRL slots in as the final piece of the puzzle, as FOX SPORTS continues its commitment to delivering the biggest and best sports broadcasting experience to millions of fans across the country.
NRL – Making the unmissable, unmissable
FOX SPORTS is quite simply the undisputed home of Rugby League in 2016. For the first time ever, fans will be able to watch every NRL Telstra Premiership game before the Grand Final LIVE, with no ad-breaks during play and in HIGH DEFINITION.
Every scintillating second of play across the season will be watched, analysed and debated by the game’s most enigmatic and entertaining line-up of presenters and commentators. Led by the inimitable Matty Johns, FOX SPORTS’ 2016 team will include: Matt Shirvington, Gorden Tallis, Peter Sterling, Nathan Hindmarsh, Bryan Fletcher, Ben Ikin,Mark Gasnier, Greg Alexander, Braith Anasta, Warren Smith, Andrew Voss, Lara Pitt and Paul Kent.
Live match broadcasts will be top and tailed by extensive pre, half and post-match coverage throughout the week, including Thursday and Friday Night Football, plus EXCLUSIVE Super Saturday, Sunday afternoon and EXCLUSIVE Monday Night Football.
FOX SPORTS welcomes Mal Meninga to the team in 2016, with Origin coaches Laurie Daley and Kevin Walters teaming up each week on NRL 360. Megan Barnard joins the new-look Friday Night Footy on Fox line-up with more current stars joining FOX SPORTS including Corey Parker
In 2016, FOX SPORTS’ commentators led by Warren Smith will call every match of every round, meaning they’ll be only one place to be for fans of the most engaging commentary teams in Australia.
AFL – The best just got better
FOX FOOTY continues to be the front-runner across AFL and the only place where fans can see every match of every round with an unrivalled line-up of entertainment shows on the only 24/7 dedicated AFL channel. Hot off the heels of 2015’s historic rights deal, 2016 is sharping to be the biggest year yet with new faces Dyson Heppell, Brian Lake and Jack Riewoldt along with Chris Scott joining AFL 360 – making the best in the business even better.
As well as AFL 360, there’s On The Couch (with news panellist David King) Open Mike at the new to Tuesdays at 8:30pm, Winners Re-Booted, League Teams, Bounce and the all new AFL Tonight. Friday night on Footy on Fox will be bigger than ever while Sandy Roberts will deliver the most complete coverage of five games each Saturday, live.
Motorsport – Way out in front
For motorsport fans, FOX SPORTS is the only place to be in 2016, bringing viewers seamless coverage of adrenalin-fuelled action both on home soil and around the world. Every race, qualifying and practice session of V8 Supercar Championship, the FIA Formula One World Championship and MotoGP World Championship will be LIVE and in HIGH DEFINITION.
Driving FOX SPORTS’ unparalleled coverage, racing great, Mark Skaife, increases his role in 2016 joining Neil Crompton in the commentary box to guide viewers through the racing.
Super Rugby – In a league of its own
With the introduction of three new teams to the expanded Asteron Life Super Rugby season in 2016, FOX SPORTS will make sure fans are able to see every match of what is shaping up to be an explosive new era for the sport. Stars from Argentina and Japan, born on the world stage at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, will take on each other as well as the best from New Zealand, South Africa and Australia, as 18 teams battle it out to be crowned champions.
FOX SPORTS’ successful 360 stable is adding a rugby franchise, with Rugby 360 launching on the eve of the Super Rugby season to look at the game from every angle. Former Wallabies Greg Martin and Rod Kafer will host the Wednesday night show, with ‘Players’, ‘Coaches’ and ‘Legends’ joining on a rotating basis, including the likes of Michael Cheika, Mick Byrne, Phil Kearns and Tim Horan. The panel will discuss and debate all the big issues plus look at everything making headlines and all the talking points from the week in Rugby.
The best of the rest
Hyundai A-League, Socceroos World Cup qualifiers, Wimbledon, French Open and US Open tennis, US Masters, US Open golf and PGA Championshiop, along with every male and female event from the World Surf League and more will put FOX SPORTS head and shoulders above any other broadcaster when it comes to giving fans the best possible sports viewing experience in Australia in 2016.
Beyond the broadcast
Live sports coverage and expert analysis might be the bedrock of FOX SPORTS but its only the beginning of our commitment to giving fans the best sports experience. The new FOX SPORTS App is the source of the most comprehensive and easy to access news, videos and analysis across mobile, while the new look, fully responsive foxsports.com.au featuring unrestricted access to FOX SPORTS News 500, makes Australia’s most popular multi-sport website even better.
On screen, Fox Shots, the user generated content integration software will be introduced to AFL and NRL in 2016, while the FOX SPORTS Lab will use cutting edge tech to take viewers even deeper inside the AFL and new to 2016, the NRL.
Fresh moves for News
Already the only place on TV to see non-stop coverage of breaking sports news in Australia and around the world, FOX SPORTS News 500 will give fans even more in 2016, with the introduction of two new daily bulletins, dedicated to NRL and AFL. AFL Tonight will bring on board renowned news breaker Jake Niall to give his take on the top stories of the day, while NRL Tonight will see top sports reporter James Hooper delve into the headlines.
FOX SPORTS CEO, Patrick Delany, added: “Australians aren’t just fans of one sport, their followers of many, which is why at FOX SPORTS we’re making sure that everyone’s second, third or even fourth favourite sport is given the best possible showing on TV and across all our digital products. Fans who love the live sports experience we provide on TV can now get that same passion, knowledge and professionalism simply by reaching into their pocket, with new innovations rolling out in 2016 set to make our digital offering even stronger.”
FOX SPORTS is exclusively available on Foxtel.
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Absolutely outrageous if this really happens
Interesting development.
It would rate quite well I would think and generate good revenue.
Surely the idiots at ten could see this as a chance to show international cricket. Bizarre stuff really.
I think the idiots are actually Star Sports who is asking for exorbitant prices for the sub-rights to broadcast next month’s tournament (Star Sports holds the global broadcast rights). Had the ICC sold individual broadcast rights like other sporting organisations things would have been different.
Australia will host the ICC World Twenty20 in 2020. Imagine the uproar if no local broadcaster is able to show it.
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I think you’ll find this is another instance of india’s Star Sports holding other broadcasters to ransom as they own all the international rights to these events and want exorbitant sums of money for them. It’s happened before. And why ABC didn’t do the last tour of India.
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This is a diffeernt manner to most, but most rights are usually sold by an intermediary like IMG etc.
The only state will have a chance in watching it is WA. Its not worth it at all. As only 2 are decent the rest fall late at night featuring Australia
Wtf are you,on about. Can you please stop jumping to the defence of ten. It’s agonisingly annoying.
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Have you seen the start times for the matches via cricket australia website. They start ridiculously late in the night for eastern state viewers on matches bar 2. 
The Star Sports exorbitant price argument would be valid if it wasn’t just restricted to Australia and New Zealand. Every other country featuring in the tournament will have coverage for their fans back home.
Here’s a list of broadcasters for the recent qualifier tournament and i guess it will probably be the same broadcasters doing the main tournament.
http://icc-live.s3.amazonaws.com/cms/media/about_docs/559e12d5e9a7d-BROADCASTERS%20FOR%20ICC%20WORLD%20TWENTY20%20QUALIFIER%202015.pdf
Not too expensive for them
I don’t care. There’s no excuse to not go after an event.
Star sports holding networks to ransom is more the issue here rather than your continual jizz fest for ten.
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Sky Sport NZ is promoting coverage in its March magazine out today, so that original article appears to have that incorrect.