Deano Supremo wrote:
Foxtel would happily show every game live if they were given the chance.
With the ridiculous anti-siphoning laws, FTA have first dibs, giving them the ability to hold the rights yet withhold the telecast.
FTA channels = fascists of the highest order
Both right and wrong.... Everything you say here is right on the money. However, Foxtel DO have the opportunity to broadcast the game. I'm sure that Channel Seven would happily allow Foxtel to re-broadcast their digital signal for a reasonable sum.
Foxtel won't buy into the agreement with commercial networks because they would lose considerable advertising revenue. The only reason the SBS digital signal is still available to Foxtel Digital subscribers is because of the combined buying power created by the FFA's TV rights deal.
The fact that the networks are continuing the squabble over sports rights is sending this country into the dark ages as far as media acces is concerned. Foxtel know that if they win the battle, they will lose the war because it has gone on for so long that overseas entrants are scratching at the door.
The government also realise that this is the situation and THAT is why we don't have football on television in NSW, QLD and ACT. If businessmen or women were running the country's political parties and not @#$%&! nerdy, unfunny debate team captains we would all be better off.
This country needs its nanna to grab it by the ears and give it an arse-kicking for flower fighting.
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