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I just don't understand why the AFL doesn't embrace the online world like it should.  They would have tens of thousands of subscribers if they offered lots of options, but instead they act as if it's still 1997 and not 2017.  I just don't understand it.

I've got Foxtel so it doesn't worry me as such, but then I've only really got it for Fox Footy.  I'd happily get rid of Foxtel and get a good, online service, but Telstra and the AFL just treat us with disrespect. 

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4 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I just don't understand why the AFL doesn't embrace the online world like it should.  They would have tens of thousands of subscribers if they offered lots of options, but instead they act as if it's still 1997 and not 2017.  I just don't understand it.

I've got Foxtel so it doesn't worry me as such, but then I've only really got it for Fox Footy.  I'd happily get rid of Foxtel and get a good, online service, but Telstra and the AFL just treat us with disrespect. 

They dont embrace it because they get alot more out of the broadcast deal if they make it a nightmare to watch any other way. They would be lucky to get half as much if people could just watch it online without needing to pay for fox or watch channel 7's [censored] shows either side for the games

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3 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I just don't understand why the AFL doesn't embrace the online world like it should.  They would have tens of thousands of subscribers if they offered lots of options, but instead they act as if it's still 1997 and not 2017.  I just don't understand it.

I've got Foxtel so it doesn't worry me as such, but then I've only really got it for Fox Footy.  I'd happily get rid of Foxtel and get a good, online service, but Telstra and the AFL just treat us with disrespect. 

It's not just the AFL 'Wise'...

I was going to say the government but let me say more broadly that our elected representatives are in collusion with the big media players to lock up the shop.

We are the worse for policy decisions that make us a backward country rivalling the days of 6 o'clock closing.

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34 minutes ago, Siren said:

I've used an iPhone to HDMI cord which worked fairly well last year. Didn't try it last night so not sure about this new problem. May enable a workaround the airplay issue though?

As someone who used airplay last year but could use a HDMI cable, I'd be grateful if you could please try this soon and let us know the result.  Otherwise it's yo ho ho and a bottle of rum even if I have to wait a day or two.  (I'm not paying to wait a day for a full screen version Mr AFL.)

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6 hours ago, Biffen said:

I generally steal the vision anyway.

Works well for me.

Same.

I pay my membership to the club.
And stick it to the man.
Fork 'em.
 

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This is very annoying, thanks for the heads up i will check carefully before buying my overseas subscription. And has been said before if the service is BS, I'll get all assange on their derrier (have been buying for last 5 years)

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The AFL is pleased to announce its upgrade to last years app

Ver: fcukU2 now avail.

They guarantee you'll not enjoy it one 'little' bit :rolleyes:

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2 hours ago, Salems Lot said:

Pmsl 

Benjamin J Cousins 17 February 2017

The new smaller screen is perfect for my overdilated pupils. Thanks AFL. #shardislife

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40 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I just don't understand why the AFL doesn't embrace the online world like it should.  They would have tens of thousands of subscribers if they offered lots of options, but instead they act as if it's still 1997 and not 2017.  I just don't understand it.

I've got Foxtel so it doesn't worry me as such, but then I've only really got it for Fox Footy.  I'd happily get rid of Foxtel and get a good, online service, but Telstra and the AFL just treat us with disrespect. 

Foxtel are just as pathetic the way they structure their offering. I'm the same, bought it for the footy but when GOT was on Showcase it was an added bonus. Now they've moved Showcase to the Premium movie channel so you have to cough up extra for that. Strokers.

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Foxtel are just as pathetic the way they structure their offering. I'm the same, bought it for the footy but when GOT was on Showcase it was an added bonus. Now they've moved Showcase to the Premium movie channel so you have to cough up extra for that. Strokers.

Is Showcase premium now?  Damn it!!  I didn't know that.

I get what everyone else is saying, though.  I guess I was just complaining out loud about it and I'm genuinely gob smacked as to why the AFL can't see the value in making their online service much better than it is.  I'm sure people would pay a little more so they can stream on TV, and I'm also certain they can get lots of advertising at quarter time, half time etc as well.  I might be naive about it all but I just wish the AFL would see sense for once.

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8 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Is Showcase premium now?  Damn it!!  I didn't know that.

I get what everyone else is saying, though.  I guess I was just complaining out loud about it and I'm genuinely gob smacked as to why the AFL can't see the value in making their online service much better than it is.  I'm sure people would pay a little more so they can stream on TV, and I'm also certain they can get lots of advertising at quarter time, half time etc as well.  I might be naive about it all but I just wish the AFL would see sense for once.

Yeah I agree. However, it's clearly a strategy to direct more customers to Foxtel and would be a significant contract item in the broadcast deal.

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Screen sharing still works for me - iphone (iOS 10) to apple tv is my example. PM me for info ( dunno if its wise to flaunt it here...)+

 

 My tv last night...

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I've never got Foxtel because I don't want anything they offer other than the AFL and refuse to pay for that unwanted product.  I'd feel the same way if Coles forced me to buy grapes, plums and ham when I just wanted an apple.  Now that people can get  by other means much of the non-footy stuff that Foxtel offers, Foxtel is toast.  So they are keeping the footy in a tight fist trying to milk the last cent they can.

It looks like we won't get anything sensible out of the AFL until their current Foxtel and free-to-air contracts expire. 

Living outside Melbourne I can't get to games. I (and 2 other family members) pay Demons memberships which frankly is worthless to us (bar emotion), and now I'm expected to pay for some inflated Foxtel service or just watch endless GWS and Sydney games. P!ssed off with the AFL is too mild a word.

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5 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Yeah I agree. However, it's clearly a strategy to direct more customers to Foxtel and would be a significant contract item in the broadcast deal.

Very true.  It's a shame that's part of the deal.  If they offered better coverage they could get far more money out of it but, as you say, their interests seemingly lie elsewhere.

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Foxtel must be haemorraghing customers or at the very least its growth rate is nil.

Netflix and Amazon are eating their lunch and the future does not look pretty.

Sport is the last bastion of their defence and even that is limited to local sport as we have seen with Optus taking the EPL

The Foxtel model of giving lots of nothing for say $50 a month and then asking another $10 here and another there for anything you want to watch is fast becoming  a dinosaur. I give it 5-10 years at the very outside

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1 minute ago, Bells said:

Does anyone have an international AFL account?  Is this the same for everyone - I just signed up for this year last week and I'll be very annoyed if I can't see full size apple mirrored - it's not like I have any other options to watch it.  

International account allows you to stream in reasonably high quality on a desktop It seems to be HD or close to it either way it's 100x better than the tablet. You can also stream the actual Foxfooty channel 24/7

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11 minutes ago, ArtificialWisdom said:

International account allows you to stream in reasonably high quality on a desktop It seems to be HD or close to it either way it's 100x better than the tablet. You can also stream the actual Foxfooty channel 24/7


Foxtel are now hosting the International AFL broadcast online this year – I used it last year (Its called WatchAFL) and I was able to use a VPN to watch all Melbourne games on my laptop no matter where I was, for example in Hawthorn. This saved me having to fork out and purchase Foxtel.

But I signed up again last night and it wouldn't load up with the VPN running – had a quick look at their FAQs and it mentions you will be unable to view the feed if you're running a VPN. Not sure what the next work around might be now!

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1 minute ago, Eyes on Red & Blue said:

Foxtel are now hosting the International AFL broadcast online this year – I used it last year (Its called WatchAFL) and I was able to use a VPN to watch all Melbourne games on my laptop no matter where I was, for example in Hawthorn. This saved me having to fork out and purchase Foxtel.

But I signed up again last night and it wouldn't load up with the VPN running – had a quick look at their FAQs and it mentions you will be unable to view the feed if you're running a VPN. Not sure what the next work around might be now!

My understanding is the only real way for them to determine if a user is using a VPN is by checking if the IP they detect is registered to a VPN provider (which will also provide false positives). Since it is nearly impossible to register them all, they would surely not be able to detect every VPN. 

Regardless I havent used the international in the past because my tablet was enough.... But just a phone now? geez, they wonder why people look at the illegal options.

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3 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

it's $50 a month isn't it, for all sport including espn and be-in channels as well as the 'standard' channels?

if you like nba and champions league as well as afl, international cricket, and drama, comedy and the like it's hardly break the bank stuff.

and if you don't?

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4 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

it's $50 a month isn't it, for all sport including espn and be-in channels as well as the 'standard' channels?

if you like nba and champions league as well as afl, international cricket, and drama, comedy and the like it's hardly break the bank stuff.

I have no interest in the rest of what Foxtel offers. so for me i would be geting it for footy. $600 a year bloody expensive

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