International Broadcast Partners
Television
Australia Network
Australia Network, Australia's international television channel, is committed to providing viewers in Asia, the Pacific and the Indian sub continent with unparalleled coverage of the AFL across the region.
Fans in more than 45 countries have the opportunity to view matches from all 24 rounds of the season, culminating in a blockbuster telecast of the Grand Final in late September. Now in its fifth consecutive year as the exclusive broadcaster of the AFL across the Asia Pacific region, Australia Network is the catalyst for the continued expansion and development of the game offshore.
Australia Network looks forward to continuing its close association with the AFL in 2011.
Visit
www.australianetwork.com more information.
ESPN
ESPN is the world's leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company, featuring the broadest portfolio of multimedia sports assets with over 50 business entities, including AFL coverage, plus unique news and information, lifestyle and entertainment programs.
United Kingdom & Ireland
ESPN provides AFL fans in the UK and Ireland access to live and exclusive coverage of up to three matches every week of the home and away season, finals series matches and the Toyota AFL Grand Final, plus the action-packed weekly highlights program.
For information on weekly programming and more, visit
www.espn.co.uk
United States of America
AFL coverage in the United States of America is televised on ESPN2.
ESPN2 is the second largest of ESPN's six US cable television networks, reaching 98 million homes. In addition to televising at least four matches during the 2010 home and away season, it will also carry live coverage of the 2011 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
In addition to the televised coverage, fans in the USA can access live online streaming of AFL matches weekly on ESPN360.com.
Visit
www.espn.com for more information.
Africa, Israel & Caribbean
ESPN broadcasts one game each week of the home and away season into Africa, Israel and the Caribbean, continuing right through to the Toyota AFL Finals Series and Toyota AFL Grand Final.
Visit
www.espn.com for more information.
Eurosport 2
Eurosport 2 is the Eurosport Group’s new generation sports channel, broadcasting to 40 million homes in fourteen languages across 46 European countries. Eurosport 2 brings viewers a unique blend of team sports, alternative sports and new sports.
With the AFL, Eurosport 2 is proud to bring an Australian flavour to sporting fans across Europe.
Follow the 24 rounds of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season on Eurosport 2, with one match shown live in HD each week of the home and away season. Then, follow the top eight teams as they battle for the premiership flag during the Toyota AFL Finals Series, culminating in the Toyota AFL Grand Final direct from the MCG.
There is the added excitement of the weekly AFL Highlights Program on Monday evenings, featuring all the action from the other matches of the round plus and the latest footy news, right throughout the season.
Visit
www.eurosport.com for more information.
SKY Television
SKY Television is New Zealand’s pre-eminent pay television operator, offering a wide range of sports, movies, music, on-demand and general content across more than 100 channels. SKY’s channel line-up includes seven sports channels, six movie channels, eight general entertainment channels, five documentary channels, five news channels and five children’s channels, as well as other niche and special interest channels.
SKY’s AFL coverage includes one match each week of the 2011 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, plus an exciting weekly highlights package. The action doesn’t stop there, with one match each week of the 2011 Toyota AFL Finals Series, and the game’s marquee event, the 2011 Toyota AFL Grand Final, from the MCG.
Visit
www.skysport.co.nz for more information.
Orbit Showtime Network
OSN offers four dedicated sports channels featuring a wide variety of live international sporting action. We bring the best of the AFL to the Middle East and North Africa, including two live matches every round of the home and away season, plus the weekly highlights program showcasing all the action of the round every Wednesday evening on Show Sports 2. Our AFL coverage doesn't stop there - you can catch every moment of the Toyota AFL Finals Series live, including the Toyota AFL Grand Final live from the MCG.
Find out more at
www.osnetwork.com
TSN 2
AFL coverage in Canada is televised on TSN 2. TSN, a division of CTVglobemedia, is Canada's sports leader and most-watched specialty network. TSN 2 will bring you one match each round of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season, along with all the action and excitement of the Toyota AFL Finals Series and Toyota AFL Grand Final.
Visit
www.tsn.ca for more information.
MHz Networks
MHz Networks is an independent, non-commercial national broadcaster delivering international programming and providing diverse cultural perspectives for a globally-minded audience in the United States.
MHz Networks programming links the importance of global knowledge and understanding of people and cultures with education, and provides the best in authentic, direct-from-the-source, English-accessible, international programming.
MHz Networks broadcasts ten 24/7 international channels throughout the influential Washington, DC metro area. The channels are also available via cable, satellite, and telco. Additionally, MHz Networks content is available nationwide via broadband and mobile solutions, as well as MHz Networks Home Entertainment.
MHz Worldview, MHz Networks national channel, delivers a wide variety of English-language international programming, including news, documentaries, culture, series & dramas, films & mysteries, music and sports. The channel is available in over half of the top 20 U.S. television markets- over 35 million households nationally- via broadcast and/or cable affiliates, as well as satellite.
MHz Networks broadcasts one match from each round of the Toyota AFL Premiership Season weekly, plus the weekly highlights program showcasing all of the action and a delayed broadcast of the Toyota AFL Grand Final in October.
Visit
www.mhznetworks.org for more information.
International Channel Shanghai
International Channel Shanghai is part of China’s most progressive media group – the Shanghai Media Group (SMG), which is China’s second largest broadcast media organisation.
The ICS channel provides a comprehensive range of international programming for Chinese and International audiences in Shanghai including news, information, lifestyle, documentaries, current affairs and sport. Through the partnership with ICS, the AFL is the first Australian sporting code, and the first and only Australian football code, to be broadcast live into China.
TG4 Television Ireland
TG4 is a public service television broadcaster in Ireland. Broadcasting primarily in the Irish language, the channel's signal covers Ireland and is receivable throughout the island directly by aerial and on cable. The station is carried on digital satellite in the Republic and Northern Ireland.
TG4 has been broadcasting AFL content since 1996 and is very proud of its long association with the Australian Football League. Weekly highlights can be seen on TG4 every Wednesday night during the season at 11pm, and again on Saturday afternoons at 4.30pm.
TG4 has earned praise for its documentaries and sports coverage and the station is acknowledged as one of the most efficient and cost effective television stations in Europe. TG4 has premiere exclusive live TV rights for a number of top Gaelic Games competitions, as well as soccer, tennis, cycling, horse racing and sailing.
Irish fans have a keen interest in Australian Rules as quite a number of Gaelic games stars from Ireland have made the grade in the Australian game too. Tadhg Kennelly starred for the Sydney Swans in their 2005 premiership victory, and Setanta Ó hAilpÃn, a former Cork hurler, made his Carlton debut against Richmond in May 2005.
Former Gaelic football star Jim Stynes of Dublin moved to Australia to play Australian Rules Football and went on to become one of Australian rules football's most celebrated players, a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and the first player recruited from outside Australia to win the prestigious Brownlow Medal.
Visit
www.tg4.ie for more information on our AFL content and further details on our channel.
Online
LIVEAFL.TV
Thanks to LIVEAFL.TV, footy fans living or travelling in Europe, Great Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Africa and New Zealand can catch live AFL action every week of the 2011 Toyota AFL Premiership Season.
For the first time, viewers can get live matches, full match replays, match highlights, post match interviews and much more from LIVEAFL.TV, as part of one official package.
Viewers in Great Britain, Ireland, the USA, and Canada will have access to live streams of five matches per week, with the remaining three matches available on delay.
Those in Europe, Africa and New Zealand will have access to live streams of eight matches per week.
Subscriptions are available from $19.95 USD per month – start watching your team live here →
ESPN3.com
ESPN3.com is ESPN's live sports broadband network, giving fans a 24/7 online destination that delivers thousands of live, global sports events annually.
It is available at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or cable TV video subscription from an affiliated service provider, and is currently available in more than 65 million homes. It is available via dozens of affiliated service providers nationwide, including Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Cox, Charter, Windstream, RCN, Insight, Frontier, Cavalier, Mediacom, Conway, Grande Communications and many more. It is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers connected to on-campus educational networks and on-base military networks.
For information on viewing the match and the availability of ESPN3.com in your area, visit
www.espn3.com.
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