midfielder
Well-Known Member
Could change funding of all codes ... not sure how this would affect football.. saying I think the FTA sports channels will not get the same rights as normal FTA channels... also use it or loose it ...
My guess is football needs some FTA for exposure ,,,,, HMMm half a dozen of this and half a dozen of that ...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/freetoair-tv-may-get-first-dibs-on-sport/2009/08/18/1250362074990.html
Ari Sharp Communications Correspondent
August 19, 2009
THE television industry is bracing for a review of sports broadcast rules that could dramatically shift the balance between free-to-air and pay TV networks.
The Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, is soon to publish a discussion paper into the operations of anti-siphoning laws, which give free-to-air TV first rights to broadcast events such as AFL and NRL matches, as well as cricket matches involving Australia, formula one and rugby union Test matches.
One key issue is the right for free-to-air broadcasters to use their extra digital channels for the first screening of sports on the Government's anti-siphoning list, which is prevented under current rules.
A successful push by the free-to-air networks would be a blow to the pay TV operator Foxtel, because as it would dramatically reduce the pool of events available to it.
Julie Flynn, from the industry group Free TV, argued the digital channels could be used as an outlet for sports broadcasts, rejecting the idea that the small number of people with access to the digital channels would undermine the anti-siphoning rules.
''Nothing about the move to digital changes the underlying principle of the list, which is to enable people to watch sport free on TV.''
Foxtel is continuing its long campaign for a use-it-or-lose-it approach to the anti-siphoning list that would involve sporting events such as the French Open and major golf tournaments being removed from the list if free-to-air had previously opted not to screen them.
Yet Senator Conroy may be reluctant to make changes that will lead to a significant number of sport events shifting to pay television, according to one industry source.
My guess is football needs some FTA for exposure ,,,,, HMMm half a dozen of this and half a dozen of that ...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/freetoair-tv-may-get-first-dibs-on-sport/2009/08/18/1250362074990.html
Ari Sharp Communications Correspondent
August 19, 2009
THE television industry is bracing for a review of sports broadcast rules that could dramatically shift the balance between free-to-air and pay TV networks.
The Communications minister, Stephen Conroy, is soon to publish a discussion paper into the operations of anti-siphoning laws, which give free-to-air TV first rights to broadcast events such as AFL and NRL matches, as well as cricket matches involving Australia, formula one and rugby union Test matches.
One key issue is the right for free-to-air broadcasters to use their extra digital channels for the first screening of sports on the Government's anti-siphoning list, which is prevented under current rules.
A successful push by the free-to-air networks would be a blow to the pay TV operator Foxtel, because as it would dramatically reduce the pool of events available to it.
Julie Flynn, from the industry group Free TV, argued the digital channels could be used as an outlet for sports broadcasts, rejecting the idea that the small number of people with access to the digital channels would undermine the anti-siphoning rules.
''Nothing about the move to digital changes the underlying principle of the list, which is to enable people to watch sport free on TV.''
Foxtel is continuing its long campaign for a use-it-or-lose-it approach to the anti-siphoning list that would involve sporting events such as the French Open and major golf tournaments being removed from the list if free-to-air had previously opted not to screen them.
Yet Senator Conroy may be reluctant to make changes that will lead to a significant number of sport events shifting to pay television, according to one industry source.
