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  Parramaster April 13, 2018 at 2:04pm

  They lost it to channel 7 and Foxtel
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    Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown > Parramaster April 13, 2018 at 2:07pm

    Parramaster what does this mean for free to air test cricket?

    What will change?
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      Brett Allen > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown April 13, 2018 at 4:21pm

      Only Test cricket & Big Bash will be on 7, ODi's & International T20's will only be on Foxtel.
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    iamnot > Parramaster April 13, 2018 at 3:25pm

    It goes to Channel 7, simulcast on Fox. The anti-siphoning laws meant Fox had to get into bed with a free-to-air network for the summer test matches
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  Parramaster April 13, 2018 at 2:04pm

  Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp-controlled Foxtel will pay for the majority of the rights in a deal that will re-shape the broadcast landscape for Australia’s most popular summer sport.
  The new deal will mean Nine is no longer the home of Test cricket, and Ten loses ownership of the Big Bash League rights.
  Sources close to the discussions say Foxtel could broadcast One Day Internationals and International Twenty20 games on pay-TV exclusively.
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    Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown > Parramaster April 13, 2018 at 2:12pm

    If that happens and they take one dayers and 2020 away from free to air it will seriously hurt the game.

    Ch 7 have always been fairly poor at sports coverage imo, its a bit of a worry.
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      Longfin Eel > Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown April 13, 2018 at 3:02pm

      Agree. ODIs and international T20s are on the slippery slope and this could push them over the edge. If they are expecting hoards of people to buy Fox Sports subscriptions to watch half a dozen games each year, they have learnt nothing about the Australian public.
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  Enforcer Eel April 13, 2018 at 2:05pm

  Yeah heard that too.
  Excites me not to hear that pom Mark Nicholas anymore
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  Billy Bob April 13, 2018 at 2:11pm

  They just announced Michael Clarke as the face of the new cricket commentary team
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    Snakey - Sack Dylan Brown > Billy Bob April 13, 2018 at 2:39pm

    BULLSHIT!