From what I’ve seen it slides to the right from the 7+ Sport logo and takes the position shown in the caps above.
Suprised that 7 can’t make the plus fade away and the 7 change colour to its respective channel and the channel’s name appears below the big 7 - whether that be mate or two.
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I’m sure they could, just haven’t done so. But your suggestion makes more sense than what they are doing now… Or have the bug alternate between 7+ and the actual FTA channel.
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You could say Rick was Brett Kirk’s predecessor in weirdo on-air commentary at Seven. Olarenshaw did not return in 2010 and Matthew Richardson (who’d done some trials at Ten in 2009) joined Seven where he remains as one of the longest serving behind Tim Watson and Richo will possibly be the longest continually serving from next year.
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7NEWS Presents: AFL Trade Countdown
Special live coverage from 7.00pm Wednesday, exclusively on 7plus
Join 7NEWS on Wednesday night for a special AFL trade period deadline countdown, as the clock ticks down to the final moments of this year’s player movement frenzy.
7NEWS Melbourne’s Theo Doropoulos will anchor the program from 7.00pm AEDT live and exclusively on 7plus, from Seven’s Docklands studio alongside Brenton Sanderson and Nigel Carmody.
7NEWS Chief Football Reporter Mitch Cleary will be on-site at the AFL Trade Hub at Marvel Stadium alongside sport reporter Kate Massey, with all the latest breaking news on the biggest player movement stories in the final moments of the 2024 AFL trade period.
7NEWS Presents: AFL Trade Countdown Live Wednesday, 16 October, 7.00pm AEDT only on 7plus
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Straight hit back in response to Footy Furnance
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My first thought when I read that too, have they done this before? Can’t recall it being done on TV specials previously.
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First time they have done a dedicated trade show.
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Wouldn’t it be moreso a response to Trading Day on Fox? The Footy Furnace special isn’t on until 9:40pm, whereas this is directly competing with Fox Footy’s show.
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In 2019 Seven aired The Trade Game, produced by Crocmedia.
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Here we go, confirmation of no 7 produced games on Saturday until R16
With the introduction of Super Saturday Live, FOX Footy, on Kayo Sports and Foxtel, will be the only place to watch AFL live and in 4K for at least the first eight rounds of the season nationally, and the first 15 rounds in Victoria.
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What about Dreamtime at the G in May? That will be produced by Seven right?
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- is a marquee match so Seven will be producing and airing it live, especially in Victoria.
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Don’t think we can say that’s confirmation considering there’ll be exceptions to that.
Wouldn’t be surprised if a Saturday night ‘Opening Round’ and/or Gather Round (two initiatives which didn’t exist when the 2025+ rights deal was signed) game is produced by Seven.
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Calling the first weekend of games “Opening Round” instead of just “Round 1” is probably a loophole the
AFL and Seven came up with as Foxtel’s Saturday exclusivity period starts in “Round 1”.
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AFL already confirmed that ANZAC Day/Eve & Dreamtime Saturday games would be on 7. But everything else is Fox in the first 15. I don’t think there are other marquee Saturday games
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Next year Seven will only have one marquee Saturday game in the first 15 rounds (Dreamtime) as Anzac Day falls on a Friday.
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According to some fixture reports, there could be around 21 Thursday night matches in 2025. Also 7 is pushing for some Sunday night matches in the first 3rd of the fixture as well
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I wonder if some arrangement could be reached where Seven get to broadcast Thursday night matches all season, and in return Fox Footy become the home of Saturday football for the entire season (so no Seven produced games in the last 8 rounds).
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Seems likely, especially given Seven are pushing for some Sunday Night matches - would help ensure that the same amount of matches air on FTA TV while Fox get Saturday exclusivity in Victoria outside of Marquee matches.
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I wonder where Seven can get in Sunday night matches. Obviously with Seven News airing at 6pm, games could only start as early at 7.10pm. Some opportunities in the first third of the season may be:
- Target young families in the Victorian school holidays with Sunday night games in April
- Sunday night game to close out Gather Round with two blockbuster Victorian sides
- Easter Sunday evening game in Melbourne on April 20
- Sunday night game in Queensland on their Labor Day eve in May, hosted by Brisbane or Gold Coast against a high profile Victorian club
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