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I can't sleep so today's season fixture lift out in the little paper provides the following information:

Number of games per team that are live on foxtel this season;

Adel 17

Freo 17

WCE 16

Port 15

Bris 14

Syd 14

Melb 12

St.K 12

Nth 11

Foot 11

Ess 8

Gee 7

Carl 6

Haw 6

Rich 6

Coll 4

1: Looking at the numbers, I assume Foxtel must either get 3rd pick nearly every week after 7 & 10 OR Their market penetration in Adelaide & Perth must be even worse than their 25% National figure and it's mostly a marketing decision.

2: I think we can sheet the blame back to Kerry Packer, (who pushed up the rights bid), for the fact that half of the matches played each round are now only available to the 25% of the population who have/can afford pay & pay & pay & pay television.

3: Incidentally, given the press today, if Port Adelaide supporters can't afford to go to the footy I can't see them coming up with the dough for Foxtel with Sports. (I certainly can't justify it in our budget)

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    I for one like foxtel showing the games. Simply if it wasn't there we would not see 1/2 as many MFC games on free to air.

    Being that we are the highest ranking vic side I think it tells the tail of our ratings values for prime time ATM.

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    I can't sleep so today's season fixture lift out in the little paper provides the following information:

    Number of games per team that are live on foxtel this season;

    Adel 17

    Freo 17

    WCE 16

    Port 15

    Bris 14

    Syd 14

    I assume those are the games shown live on Fox Sports in Victoria.

    Are you sure that there aren't more games shown FTA in each team's home state?

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    KW, those figures are for Victoria. Adel gets FTA coverage of its matches much more often.

    I'm surprised at how often St Kilda is on Foxtel. Made the prelims last year, but have as much exposure on FTA as us. Unlucky them.

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    Collingwood 4 times. That's good. Means I won't see alot of them this season. :lol:

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    2: I think we can sheet the blame back to Kerry Packer, (who pushed up the rights bid), for the fact that half of the matches played each round are now only available to the 25% of the population who have/can afford pay & pay & pay & pay television.

    25% of the population getting to see the other 4 games on tv is a hell of a lot better than the 0% that used to when 7 had footy to themselves. There's never been more footy on free to air telly than there is now. There's plenty of things to sheet blame on Kerry Packer for, but this isn't one of them

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    ess with 8 games, with their fan base this is a real supprise for me. Even though they have an average side I still would have thought they would have been up in the top 3? Good stuff 8 less essendon games I have to watch!

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