Channel 7 the SANFL preferred broadcaster for 2014

Brucetiki wrote:Would be great if Channel 7 and the ABC both cover SANFL.  The more SANFL TV coverage the better IMO.

The main query I have with Channel 7 doing it is how will they work it with their AFL commitments?  Will the Channel 7 game be on in bizarre timeslots to suit their AFL broadcast needs?  Will the matches be on 7TWO (unlikely) on 7mate (possible given they recently showed the A-League All Stars v Manchester United and Melbourne Victory v Liverpool matches on 7mate).

firstblood wrote:

Brucetiki wrote:Would be great if Channel 7 and the ABC both cover SANFL.  The more SANFL TV coverage the better IMO.

The main query I have with Channel 7 doing it is how will they work it with their AFL commitments?  Will the Channel 7 game be on in bizarre timeslots to suit their AFL broadcast needs?  Will the matches be on 7TWO (unlikely) on 7mate (possible given they recently showed the A-League All Stars v Manchester United and Melbourne Victory v Liverpool matches on 7mate).

Could Ch 7 possibly telecast a Sunday game if committed to a AFL game on the Saurday?

eartotheground wrote:Stumbling blocks appearing everywhere in this proposal at the moment, particularly SANFL clubs realising that the promises of greater exposure may never be able to be met with this broadcaster. Add to that, that the broadcaster is not prepared to pay production costs, and the chances of ABC-TV remaining grows
Alternative options are still in the mix. There are some logisitical issues with a couple of these, particularly exactly how much control one option will have over the product/personnel.

The SANFL is at a dangerous point. The promise of a return to commercial television for the first time since 1991 - on 7Mate - is crumbling against the reality it is too difficult to bankroll the $1 million production costs Seven will not touch.

The SANFL is now hoping the non-commercial ABC will stay, at least for the next three years. How does this change the bottom lines of the SANFL clubs that voted yes on the "promise" the Crows reserves would bring back the bright lights of commercial television?

Michaelangelo Rucci wrote:

SANFL's potential deal with Channel 7 offers more than just weekly telecasts

And the unprecedented investment of almost $1 million a season for the next three years goes far beyond weekend telecasts of the state league.

The production package offered by Eddie McGuire's Melbourne-based media company also will boost the SANFL's image on the Internet and social media.

Negotiations for sponsors to bankroll the SANFL's return to commercial television - for the first time since 1991 - are down to one final backer that has been brought to the talks by the Port Adelaide Football Club. The deal could be closed by next Friday.

With the finances secrured, the SA Football Commission at the end of the month is expected to endorse the McGuire deal that will have SANFL games shown on Channel Seven's sports-dedicated 7-Mate digital signal.

It also should spell the end of the SANFL's association with the non-commercial ABC which has carried state league games exclusively since Channel Nine stepped away in 1991.

To stay with the ABC would cost the SANFL as much as $150,000 in support fees to the national broadcaster. But the ABC cannot guarantee coverage beyond next season and has declined the SANFL's wish for a three-year agreement.

McGuire Media and Channel Seven's talks in anticipation of their SANFL partnership goes far beyond simply keeping the state league on television.

The production papers also emphasise "rejuvenating the league's image" and "expanding the SANFL clubs' commercial opportunities".

The latter is not possible on the ABC which has a charter forbidding commerical endorsements.

Offering new sponsors the chance to promote their businesses during an SANFL telecast could secure much-needed new financing for some cash-strapped SANFL clubs.

McGuire Media's production philosophy also vows to "deliver the SANFL into the 21st century". This is to be primarily achieved with six cameras used in each telecast.

But McGuire Media also is offering its marketing expertise to help the SANFL and its clubs develop stronger images on new media platforms, in particular mobile devices with an official league app that is critical for driving a new, younger supporter base.

Channel Seven's commitment is to go far beyond simply taking the McGuire Media feed from an SANFL game to fill air time on 7-Mate.

Seven also is embracing the SANFL by vowing to promote the state league - and its television coverage - during high-rating AFL telecasts on the network's main signal.

The SANFL next year will return to a 10-team competition for the first time since 1991 with the introduction of the Crows reserves team.

eartotheground wrote:This one not completely over the line, might be an interesting spanner in the works yet.

eartotheground wrote:This one not completely over the line, might be an interesting spanner in the works yet.

eartotheground wrote:You may be right, I'm sure we will find out in time.

Big Phil wrote:

eartotheground wrote:You may be right, I'm sure we will find out in time.

We will find out tomorrow night, I'm led to believe...

Watch the news...

bayman wrote:

Big Phil wrote:

eartotheground wrote:You may be right, I'm sure we will find out in time.

We will find out tomorrow night, I'm led to believe...

Watch the news...

ok, i'll ask it, for the news which station do we watch ?


i can't see how Gem & the equivalent stations can broadcast the footy when the other states & territories will have little or no interest in it.....unless they use the same system the ABC did