Not a heap, given all the Aussie games will be on FTA.
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Depends on how many Wallabies and semi/finals games are on free to air?
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True, but as most of the games in tue knockout stages will be at 6am AET, seeing France , All Blacks, England, Ireland, Springboks, will also draw people to get a Stan Sport subscription I think.
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How long until Foxtels next major rights deals expire? When it comes to sport?
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Time for a revival of Fox Kids then? 
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The next NRL rights will be interesting to watch. With Nine in such a strong position , they might decide to nab all of the rights and put them them on Stan Sport as well as Nine.
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They’ll want that, but don’t worry the NRL are in bed with Fox too much to leave them.
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How many Stan Sport subs do you need for a 600 million per annum outlay.
There’ll always be a place for live news and live sport. But beyond that how does Foxtel survive with the outrageous package costs?
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Should launch an Aerobics Oz Style 24/7 channel!! 
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I feel as though I am the only person in Australia who prefers linear television - I just want to sit and watch, I don’t want to search !
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I prefer terrestrial too, I still have an emotional attachment to brands like Seven, Nine and Ten from the 1980s watching them as a kid.
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A TV guide with good content is better than a Netflix or YouTube search.
It’s only when there’s nothing on linear TV, when streaming becomes a good option.
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I suspect Foxtel will become a streaming service only once their agreement with Optus for the satellite services expire.
It does however pose an interesting scenario, I use satellite Foxtel, and have average NBN FTTN internet. It works very well with (and I am guessing here) 99% uptime, my NBN not so much. If Foxtel goes internet only, like their competitors, I wonder if Optus might step into the market and offer a much more limited pay tv offering, using the VAST platform they own and manage…for people like me who’s internet just isn’t up to the task…
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Off topic, but anyone who doesn’t understand the appeal of FAST needs to read this 
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Yeah Internet dropouts are my main issue with relying on streaming.
It might only happen once every 6-8 hours on average, but my modem takes 3-4 minutes to reconnect. And my fear is that it will happen at the most pivotal moment during the football or cricket!
Perhaps I should look at a provider / plan that offers 4G backup.
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4 years ago I would have agreed with this but now not so much.
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That’s the issue - Stan Sport neither has the number of subscribers or a diverse enough rights portfolio in order for it to be a ‘must have’ year round to be able to afford the outlay required.
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Rugby League is probably the only deal at the moment in our stable that isn’t all rights, all platforms – but in saying that, when the last subscription rights deal was done for rugby league, Stan Sport didn’t exist. I would say it’s definitely something we’ll look at for 2028.”
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Satellite is still by far best for live sport in my view. Your risk of a dropout is far less (usually only heavy rain in Satellite’s case), and the action is usually a lot closer to true ‘live’.
Using Formula 1 as an example- races start with the formation lap precisely at the top of the hour (the Rolex clock ticking over is often shown on TV), via satellite on Foxtel that occurs usually at around 11 seconds past the hour, on Kayo or via Foxtel Now/Go it’s usually around 32 seconds past the hour with an average buffer.
Improvements to the NBN and other internet infrastructure will continue to lessen dropouts (one would hope anyway), that combined with 4G/5G failover should resolve that issue in time. Reducing the lag time in live broadcasts might be a trickier challenge albeit arguably not impossible (given Zoom and other videoconferencing apps can work in real-time), I’d argue if it can be bought down to 15 seconds behind true live that should be good enough.
I’m in a similar boat- I signed up to satellite Foxtel a little while back as I was sick of NBN dropouts (and always at the worst possible moment) and a slow connection given the copper cable takes the long way around the block from the node to get to my place.
I think this is going to become very common around the world in 5-10 years time, will be interesting to see how many satellite pay TV providers around the world switch off the satellite service and go IPTV only. Can see Europe leading the way with ourselves and other developed countries not too far behind. In the developing world I can see satellite being around a bit longer especially in Africa where the internet infrastructure is still very much a work in progress.
It does raise an interesting question if anyone knows- has there been any satellite pay TV provider who has switched off their satellite network and gone IPTV only? Are there any countries with a monopoly satellite pay TV provider who has done this (or is considering it)?
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