| Fox Footy | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 17 February 2012 |
| Owned by | Premier Media Group |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Sister channel(s) | Fox Sports SPEED Fox Sports News FUEL TV |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Foxtel | Channel 5?? (SD) Channel 2?? (HD) |
| Austar | Channel 5?? (SD) Channel 2?? (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel | Channel 5?? (SD) Channel 2?? (HD) |
| Optus TV | Channel 5?? |
Fox Footy is an upcoming Australian Rules football subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football matches and related programming. It will be owned by Premier Media Group, operated out of their Melbourne based studios and available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television. The channel is a revival of the former Fox Footy Channel, which was in operation between 2002-2006. The channel will recommence prior to the 2012 AFL season after a new broadcast agreement was reached between Premier Media Group, Austar, Foxtel and the AFL[1].
Contents |
It was announced on 28 April 2011 that the channel will be revived for the 2012 AFL season. The channel will return exclusively on Foxtel and its broadcasting partners, under the proposed new name of Fox Sports AFL[2], which was later changed back to its original name Fox Footy. The channel will relaunch on Friday 17 February 2012 with the first NAB Cup round-robin match between Hawthorn, Richmond and North Melbourne broadcast that night. Fox Footy will broadcast all NAB Cup games exclusively (except for the NAB Cup Grand Final which will also broadcast on Seven), all home and away matches and all finals matches (except for the Grand Final which will screen exclusively on Seven). All matches will be broadcast live to air in both Standard and High Definition with no commercial breaks during play. When two live matches are being played simultaneously, Fox Sports 1 will broadcast one of the matches.
Brian Taylor left the network at the end of the 2011 season to join the Seven Network. He was replaced by former Network Ten commentator Anthony Hudson.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||