My understanding is that Ten have sold the ads, but they dont necessarily match the FTA ads
Think that’s how it works. As an example, when Fox Footy is showing a Seven-produced game - Seven sells 15 minutes of ads which get shown during Fox’s coverage
nope thats not right as do you not remember that they don’t show ads during game play…
They show the ads during the quarter breaks and pre/post game
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yes but thats about all.
So that’d be around 15mins wouldn’t it? I know watching Fox Sports games at the pub they seem to jam a lot of ads into the breaks.
they did in the past: in the 70s and early 80s the ABC telecast all rounds of the then Australian Touring Car Championships with the exception of Bathurst which was on Seven.
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Don’t forget that the Bathurst 1000 has only been part of the championship since the late 1990s. Prior to that it was a stand alone event.
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Bathurst was also run by a different group as well (hence the mid 90s split when Ten got the rights)
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lol just found out that foxtel are removing the fox sports app from the iq3
And this means what? I understand the word removing, but what are the implications for people with it being removed?
iQ3 apps are the red button services (Sky News Multiview\Sky News Local\Sky News Weather Active\Foxtel Tunes). I’m guessing they’re removing Fox Sports News Active because nobody uses it and it’s mostly useless these days.
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The Sunday Telegraph reports former England captain Ian Botham will join Fox Sports’ Inside Cricket as a panelist during the Ashes series, alongside Allan Border, Mark Waugh, Brendon Julian and Robert Craddock. Botham doesn’t want to work for Nine this summer because he loathes Ian Chappell.
Also, the 2017-18 Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Ironman/Ironwoman Series begins this weekend at Queenscliff in NSW. This summer it has become part of the new Ocean6 multi format series. Fox Sports will again cover the Nutri-Grain series with the final round live.
Round One: 28th-29th October, Queenscliff NSW
Round Two: 18th-19th November, Coolum Sunshine Coast QLD
Round Three: 16th-17th December, North Wollongong NSW
Round Four: 12th-14th January, Torquay & Fairhaven Beaches, VIC
Round Five: 3rd-4th February, Surfers Paradise QLD
Round Six: 24th-25th February, North Cronulla NSW
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Botham did once work Nine a long time ago and never commentated with Chappell on that occasion. They’ve been in a feud for the past 30+ years!
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This Wednesday (November 15) Fox Sports 501 will show a feature interview with former tennis star Jelena Dokic, who revealed the physical and verbal abuses she suffered during her career, mainly from her father. The interview will premiere at 6.30pm AEDT and repeated at 10.30pm AEDT. Her autobiography Unbreakable, co-written by News Corp sports writer Jessica Halloran, will be released tomorrow (November 13) by Random House.
ACCC won’t oppose the proposed merger of Fox Sports and Foxtel
The ACCC has decided to not oppose the proposed merger of Fox Sports and Foxtel after finding the transaction would not substantially lessen competition.
Currently, News Corporation (News) (ASX:NWS) owns 100 per cent of Fox Sports and owns Foxtel jointly with Telstra (ASX:TLS). Under the merger, Foxtel and Fox Sports will be brought together under common ownership, with News holding 65 per cent of the merged entity. Telstra will hold the remaining 35 per cent interest. The merged entity will also enter a number of agreements with Telstra.
“The ACCC won’t oppose this merger after finding that the commercial incentives of Foxtel, Fox Sports, News, and Telstra will not be substantially altered. Therefore, the change in ownership structure is unlikely to substantially lessen competition,” ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said.
“Foxtel and Fox Sports have a close and long-standing relationship, operating within the ownership of News and Telstra. Given News’ current interests in both Foxtel and Fox Sports, it would be unlikely that Fox Sports would be made available to competitors of Foxtel in the absence of the merger.”
The ACCC considered how the merger would affect a number of different markets and took into account feedback from a range of market participants in reaching this decision.
“We focussed on the acquisition of sporting content and concluded that the proposed merger was unlikely to substantially lessen competition in this market,” Mr Sims said.
The ACCC also considered the effect of the merger and related agreements on the supply of triple play bundles of voice, broadband, and audio visual content by broadband and mobile providers. As part of the merger transaction, Telstra is appointed the exclusive telecommunications agent for Foxtel’s digital products.
“An important consideration was that consumers will still be able to access Foxtel’s digital products even if they acquire broadband or mobile services from Telstra’s competitors. Also, generally, where triple play bundles are offered consumers still have to pay to acquire premium packages and there are alternative sources of content for other telecommunications suppliers wanting to offer triple play bundles,” Mr Sims said.
Further information is available on the ACCC’s public register: Merger of Foxtel and Fox Sports
FIFA Club World Cup 2017
The impressive line-up features six confederation champions, including UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid, New Zealand’s Auckland City, Mexican heavyweights Pachuca, Brazilian powerhouse Gremio, African side Wydad Athletic Club, Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds, along with tournament hosts Al Jazira.
The tournament began this morning when Al Jazira beat Auckland 1-0 in the quarter final playoff.
Remaining schedule
(all times AEDT)
Sun 10 Dec: Quarter Final 1, Pachuca v Wydad Athletic Club: LIVE at 12.00am on FOX SPORTS 501
Sun 10 Dec: Quarter Final 2, Al Jazira v Urawa Red Diamonds: LIVE at 3.30am on FOX SPORTS 501
Wed 13 Dec: 5 v 6 Playoff: LIVE at 12.30am on FOX SPORTS 501
Wed 13 Dec: Semi Final 1, Gremio v Quarter Final 1 winner: LIVE at 3.30am on FOX SPORTS 501
Thu 14 Dec: Semi Final 2, Real Madrid v Quarter Final 2 winner: LIVE at 3.30am on FOX SPORTS 501
Sun 18 Dec: 3 v 4 Playoff: LIVE at 12.30am on FOX SPORTS 501
Sun 18 Dec: Final: LIVE at 3.30am on FOX SPORTS 501
Mate who works at foxtel confirmed to me, that depending on how the next right deal for cricket goes, foxtel are looking at doing a cricket channel…
freeking sweet!
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Cricket Australia would do themselves a disservice involving themselves with fox sports.
Any sort of simulcast deal will also be complete shit as well.
The BBL only rates for a commercial network because its exclusive.
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oh god no…