It’s the start of the footy season and I am excited, so I just checked out yourguide.com.au to see what time the first game of the season would be on tonight. Keep in mind it is a sell-out at the MCG (90k plus people).
Result? 11.15pm on Ten.
Hmmm, well it is a Thursday, maybe they thought no-one would watch it or something. How about the big grand final rematch tomorrow night then?
Wow 9.30pm, after not only Better Homes and Gardens at 7.30pm, but also after a repeat of Heartbeat at 8.30pm!?!
In the words of Channel Ten, Seriously??
What’s AFL?
Oh, I remember. He was that orange alien who like to eat cats.
There’s probably a number of folks happy that this boring ’sport’ isn’t televised until late in the even.
Evening, even.
Live on Fox 518.
Just pay the money and stop complaining…
You wouldn’t want to have it live otherwise those Jetsetting Canberra fans wouldn’t bother coming to the matches right!
I was surprised that last year they had the SANFL on TV here (South Australian National Football League).
And they are not showing the World Tiddliewinks Championship (WTC) at all.
Disgraceful Channel Ten.
I hope the Farnarkling World Cup coverage doesn’t suffer a similar fate, chewy14.
It doesn’t really surprise me anymore. Not happy but what are you gonna do? It would be good if we got the new digital channel and they showed it there.
Pay TV is the future of television. May as well jump on board now. And as a bonus you won’t get any ads during the game.
Anyone know if/when Capital will be broadcasting the ONE sport channel here?
For years we have been denied decent footy coverage – but more than 600 bucks a year for Foxtel is a bit hard to justify to the CFO in our household….
Yeah, was considering going to the Ainslie to watch the game live.
I should say it’s the future of live tv sports. The internet is the future of television.
AFL coverage on free to air is an absolute shocker in the ACT. Thank god my parents have Foxtel.
sorry – just saw the OND HD thread….SC Ten are a bunch of no hopers.
i would say that the issue is related to the delayed transmission of One HD (which is broadcasting the game) – http://the-riotact.com/?p=11411 .
but still, i was also quite sad when i went (in excitement) went to check out what time the game would be broadcast… very disappointing.
Woody Mann-Caruso said :
AFL stands for Alcohol-Fuelled Lotharios.
AG Canberra said :
Ignoring the fact that One is unlikely to be here anytime soon, according to the One website, they would not be allowed to show it on One until it has been televised on the normal Ten channel anyway due to the anti-siphoning laws (where certain sports events have to be shown on the main free-to-air channels).
Which pretty much makes One useless as an alternative channel to watch footy or other Australian sports events on.
I looked this up on the AFL’s broadcast guide just a few days ago and it was scheduled for 8:30pm. The guide has of course now changed.
The only thing more annoying than the late broadcast times for AFL in Canberra is the fact that neither SC10 nor Prime seem to have any interest in actually advertising the correct time! Prime’s advertising of the Friday night games during the NAB Cup was an absolute schemozzle – every week they promised (on iprime.com.au) the game at 8:30 on the HD channel and every week they were completely wrong.
I may have to give my stimulus money to Foxtel after all…
It’s all to do with the rights – Foxtel/Austar own the rights to televise live. Other channels can only televise it after Foxtel.
Get used to it – Foxtel are always going to have more money than FTA, so they’re always going to win the bidding war….
R. Slicker said :
. . . and NRL stands for Neanderthals Running Loose.
That’s s***!
Primal said :
Check the AFL site for broadcast times. It’s about the only part of the site that is up to date and has relevant info (beware, if you haven’t been to the site before it is really poor)
http://www.afl.com.au/broadcast%20guide/tabid/9451/default.aspx
i thought ‘nrl’ stood for ‘neanderthals root lotharios’?
Echoing the growling marsupial at #4 – get Fox hippies!
And it’s not as if it’s an important game – caaarrton’s playing ffs!
Concentrate on important games – Saturday arvo for eg.
and miss the mighty cats tomorrow night as they embark on a season of greatness and triumph, toad??
Madame Workalot said :
I think you’ll find this is the other way around. Channel 7 & 10 paid for the rights, picked the games they want then sub-contract the rest out to Fox Sports.
The only reason 7 and 10 don’t show games live is ratings. Better Homes and Gardens must rate better than a game of footy.
Same happens with the NRL – Channel 9 pick what they want to show, then give Fox the leftovers. It’s why the Raiders are always on Fox.
end result, I love watching Aussie Rules and we get crap coverage in Canberra. As a Swans fan (Go Swannies)the amount of times Ch 10 list Swans vs whoever and then show a North vs Freo game etc sh$ts me no end.
I am not going to enter the eternal code debate as Aussie Rules is so far in front of the others there is no argument
and discussing the other codes jusat gies them a semblance of undeserved equality. ( I am waiting for the day that Ch 9 stops televising/subsidising NRL just to see what happens. AS the entire NRL club membership equates to approx the 2 worst AFL club membership totals, NRL would be gone in a season.)
I am contemplating getting fox, but as I hardly ever get a chance to watch things live I have grave reservations as I also have to get the i thingy…and then I would need a second box for the wife and kids etc and the $$$ start to stack up. ONE HD is a solution if it ever comes…..
What time do the men’s games start?
What time do the men’s games start?
Rugby’s at 5:30.
And again for the Swans v St Kilda game. Maybe it’s not “reality” enough. Perhaps they can call it So You Think You Can Win the AFL Grand Final.
SC10 are dicks!