Fox Sports launches international AFL streaming product
Just days after Foxtel made headlines for cutting the feeds of subscribers who live streamed the Danny Green versus Anthony Mundine fight to non-paying Facebook viewers – raising questions about the future of live streaming and content piracy – Fox Sports Australia has announced a new international sports’ streaming product, while Foxtel has launched a new sport promo bundle.
The Watch AFL service will be the network’s first direct-to-consumer international streaming product.
The move marks Fox Sports’ first foray into international distribution and “will also provide a blueprint to explore similar opportunities with rights holders across the company’s full suite of sports”, a statement from the network said.
I paid £87 to watch all games live or in replay on the AFL website last season. In order to do the same this year I need to pay Foxtel £149. That’s a 71% increase. C’mon Mumbrella! It’s a rip off and I’d suggest it’s appropriate to mention as much in your glowing PR guff. First, Brexit and now this. I can’t cope.
Well said. All with AFL compliance. The price I was quoted is now mysteriously £125 but still represents a 43% increase on 2016. Ground breaking? The addition of Australian football ‘entertainment’ shows are not ground breaking and certainly not insightful. Embarassing maybe.