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FOXTEL and AUSTAR will pay an estimated $593 million in cash and $85 million in contra to the AFL as part of the new $1.253 billion media rights deal for 2012 to 2016. Foxtel’s CEO Kim Williams AO told the Australian Financial Review that the new deal, “…is a considered investment in terms of retaining […]
Posted by Frost Global on Friday, April 29, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Filed under Anti-siphoning, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Sport, Television · Tagged with 3AW, AFL, AFR, Austar, Australian Government, Chanticleer, CMH, Derryn Hinch, Fetch TV, Fox Footy Channel, Fox Sports AFL, Foxtel, Harold Mitchell, James Chessell, Kim Williams, Microsoft Xbox, National Broadband Network, NBN, News Limited, Seven, T-Box, Telstra, the Australian
The Australian Football League (AFL) kept the media waiting some extra 50 minutes today before announcing its new media broadcasting rights deal for the 2012-2016 period, but it was worth the wait. The AFL has achieved the magical AUD$1 billion for its TV broadcast rights, in fact it has smashed what at times was seemingly […]
Posted by Frost Global on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Filed under Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Sport, Television · Tagged with 7mate, AFL, AFL Premiership Season, Andrew Demetriou, Austar, David Leckie, David Thodey, Foxtel, Grand Final, Greater Western Sydney, host broadcaster, IPTV, John Porter, Kerry Stokes, Mike Fitzpatrick, NAB Cup, News Limited, Premier Media Group, Rupert Murdoch, Seven Network, Seven West Media Limited, Telstra, Toyota
In the lead up to the announcement of the new 2012-2016 television rights deal for the AFL, we are pleased to publish for the first time an original FrostGlobal article from 2006 examining the history and state of AFL broadcasting rights following the announcement of the 2007-2011 rights deal.
Posted by Frost Global on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Filed under Anti-siphoning, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, One, Sport, Television · Tagged with ACB, Adnre Demetriou, AFL, Anti-siphoning, Australian Open Tennis, BBC, Broadcasting Act, C7, Caroline Wilson, Channel 4, Dennis Commetti, E4, Eddie McGuire, ESPN, Fairfax, Federal Court, Fox Footy Channel, Foxtel, Freeview, Garry Lyon, ITV, Kerry Packer, More4, News Limited, Nine, NRL, On the Couch, PBL, SBS, Seven, Sky, T-Box, Telewest, Telstra, Ten, the Age, the Australia, Tour de France, White Line Fever
UPDATE If reports are to be believed in Fairfax and News Limited newspapers, we are only days away from the announcement of a new AFL broadcasting deal for 2012 to 2016. The consensus appears to be that Seven will be the free-to-air victor in contract negotiations, whilst Foxtel is all but guaranteed the subscription rights. Doubt […]
Posted by Frost Global on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Filed under Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, One, Sport, Television · Tagged with AFL, Anti-siphoning, Channel Nine, Fairfax, Fox Sports, Foxtel, Free-to-air, News Corporation, Nine, One, Seven, Telstra, Ten
More than 10,000 people were expected to attend this morning’s dawn service at Currumbin Beach’s Elephant Rock. This annual dawn service on ANZAC Day is steeped in tradition and is now well into its seventh decade at the sea side location. At the crack of dawn to see so many thousands of people in […]
Posted by Frost Global on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Filed under Channel Seven, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged with ANZAC Day, Astralinks, Currumbin RSL, Gallipoli, Gearhouse, Mark Beretta, Melissa Doyle, Natalie Barr, Rebecca Maddern, Seven, Simon Reeve, Sunrise
The digital content distribution market in Australia is hopefully about to become a lot more interesting. According to a report by Asher Moses in Fairfax Newspapers, the US online catch-up TV service Hulu is preparing to launch in Australia with or without the support of Seven, Nine and Ten. This is good news for content owners […]
Posted by Frost Global on Friday, April 22, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Filed under Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel Nine, Channel Seven, Channel Ten, Digital Piracy, Foxtel, Internet, IPTV, Latest News and Views, Television · Tagged with Ashes Moses, ATMOSS, Australian Government, BBC, Channel Five, Channel Four, digital piracy, Disney, Fairfax, Federal Court, Foxtel, Freeview, High Court, Hulu, iiNet, IP Australia, iPad, iPhone, ITV, iView, Kim Dalton, Kim Williams, Modern Family, NBC Universal, Netflix, News Corporation, Nine, NineMSN, Playstation 3, Plus7, Seven, Sphere Analysis, Ten, the Age, Youview