At no stage did the article state that Seven has access to all nine games. They do because they are part of the deal that was made with pay television. The broadcast rules from the federal government requires that all elite sport in Australia be presented on Free to Air. That is a fact of law and will also affect the NRL where Nine will be under the same pressure.pussycat wrote:Truthsayer wrote:I don't have to. The quote I gave from the article that was linked said it all. Perhaps it is you who should be looking up the new broadcast laws.Here's the article. (It's about the conditions C.7 must follow in regards to its new contract with the AFL). C.7 has purchased the right to broadcast 4 matches. Under the terms of the deal there allowed to sell some of those 4 matches to another Tv network . But if not If not C.7 will screen all 4, but some may appear on digital stations only(7 mate). Previously/currently anti - siphoning laws prevented you from showing matches on digital stations only . that won't be the case next year however - it may only be 1 match(Im not sure).article wrote:Seven was able to onsell some of the 4 Free to Air matches if it had a broadcast partner but has always said it would happily screen them all, by utilising its digital channels under the new anti-siphoning rules.
Seven must broadcast all nine games, or be in violation of those laws.
