New TV rights deal

[John Wren]

worth $2.508 billion over six years.
one less fta game.
more thursday night games.
day grand final.
fta broadcast in hd.

[swoop42]

So only 3 fta games a week?

[John Wren]

^ only when there is a thurs night game.

[swoop42]

[mattys123]

Foxtel are looking to sell one more game each week to 9 or 10, so there may be 4 FTA games on anyway.

Not much of a difference to those in the Melbourne market, as the 4th game that has been lost was the delayed Saturday game that no one watched anyway.

[John Wren]

i think the sale of that extra game is off the table. pretty sure nine doesn't want it.

[doriswilgus]

There's absolutely nothing in this new deal for the public to get excited about.But the clubs and the players will obviously be happy because there's a lot more money available to them.

[perthmagpie]

So with all that money coming in they won't need a Collingwood tax. They can just give a couple mil every year to the weaker clubs. I suspect though the AFL bureaucracy will get much bigger and swallow the extra cash.

[Pies2016]

That money warrants big ratings.
Only a cynic would suggest that the AFL are looking to make the eastern interstate clubs even more competitive.

[Dangles]

Now the AFL can afford to shed a few corporate dollars and make more Grand Final tickets available to the members of the competing clubs. Should be great.

[Dave The Man]

So the AFL rather people watch games on TV. Rather then going to the Ground then.

[thompsoc]

TV only has sport and news left, so they need this deal.
After 10 more years I doubt whether TV will be viable.
It is the Internet or bust.
Remember the telegram?
Probably the last great AFL rights deal.

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[John Wren]

[Dave The Man]