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  On 02/02/2021 at 06:28, Grr-owl said:

Boys, use a VPN to locate your net address outside Aus, then take an international membership at MFC which gives you access to the WatchAFL app at a minor discount and you get every game, plus Fox Footy shows, no ads during play and all the sauce....

 

Not bad. Or just split a kayo sub 2 or 3 ways with mates

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      On 02/02/2021 at 06:30, binman said:

    Not bad. Or just split a kayo sub 2 or 3 ways with mates

    Not sure why I did not think of that I already do that with Netflix and Disney+ with my daughter.

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    I wouldn't mind paying on a pay per view basis, but I do object to paying a large fee to sign up to 'plans' where I am paying for stuff I have no interest in.  I have zero interest in any sport other than AFL.  But Kayo has me effectively helping pay for loads of sports and guff which I don't want. Ditto for Foxtel.   It's like going to the supermarket wanting to buy just a can of beans but being forced to buy all the canned food in the supermarket, none of which I eat. 

    I may be unusual in following only one sport, but I suspect a lot of people are interested in only a small handful of sports but are forced to pay for dozens, including farnarkeling.  (Actually I would pay for that.)

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      On 02/02/2021 at 04:49, america de cali said:

    I am not sure this Kayo app can be watched on full screenTV’s. May be only for mobile devices.

    It can be watched on full screen tv.  You either need an android tv or chrome cast 

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      On 02/02/2021 at 06:51, sue said:

    I wouldn't mind paying on a pay per view basis, but I do object to paying a large fee to sign up to 'plans' where I am paying for stuff I have no interest in.  I have zero interest in any sport other than AFL.  But Kayo has me effectively helping pay for loads of sports and guff which I don't want. Ditto for Foxtel.   It's like going to the supermarket wanting to buy just a can of beans but being forced to buy all the canned food in the supermarket, none of which I eat. 

    I may be unusual in following only one sport, but I suspect a lot of people are interested in only a small handful of sports but are forced to pay for dozens, including farnarkeling.  (Actually I would pay for that.)

    I believe the new national Women’s Farnarkeling League matches will be televised by SBS this year! 

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      On 02/02/2021 at 06:51, sue said:

    I wouldn't mind paying on a pay per view basis, but I do object to paying a large fee to sign up to 'plans' where I am paying for stuff I have no interest in.  I have zero interest in any sport other than AFL.  But Kayo has me effectively helping pay for loads of sports and guff which I don't want. Ditto for Foxtel.   It's like going to the supermarket wanting to buy just a can of beans but being forced to buy all the canned food in the supermarket, none of which I eat. 

    I may be unusual in following only one sport, but I suspect a lot of people are interested in only a small handful of sports but are forced to pay for dozens, including farnarkeling.  (Actually I would pay for that.)

    I'm exactly the same. 

    I hate supporting Murdoch as well.

    3 years in a row I've threatened to cancel my foxtel sub and then they drop the cost and I stick with it.

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    Who likes paying but Kayo at $15/25per month (easily cancelled when the season is over) is a vast improvement on around $90 a month for Foxtel.

    The problem for kayo is that Foxtel used sport as a loss leader. The new management is trying not to use this practice so how it meets the ongoing demands of individual sports in the future is the big question.

    For example it would not surprise me if F1 is lost to kayo in the next few years.

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      On 02/02/2021 at 07:07, Earl Hood said:

    I believe the new national Women’s Farnarkeling League matches will be televised by SBS this year! 

    I hear Dave Sorenson's daughter is a chip off the old block... Something' to watch out for!

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      On 02/02/2021 at 04:44, Diamond_Jim said:

    At least if you get a kayo account for $5 per month you can watch it on full screen TV.

    Now if only we could get rid of the Channel 7 commentary

    Mate! Its not that hard anymore to sync up digital radio with a broadcast! 

    Because DAB is further behind the live stream of KAYO!

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    I have no reason to stay with Telstra now at all,  if I ever did !

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      On 02/02/2021 at 06:35, old dee said:

    Not sure why I did not think of that I already do that with Netflix and Disney+ with my daughter.

    FYI you get two simultaneous users for $25 per month or three simultaneous users for $35 per month

    You need an internet speed that provides a solid 15 Mbs ( a little more than Netflix as it is not buffered like Netflix)

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      On 02/02/2021 at 20:50, Doug Reemer said:

    Mate! Its not that hard anymore to sync up digital radio with a broadcast! 

    Because DAB is further behind the live stream of KAYO!

    Generally watch kayo on 30 minute delay as it allows one to avoid the ads and fast forward through the quarter breaks

    TBH I turn most games off around 3/4 time unless they are interesting

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      On 02/02/2021 at 23:32, Diamond_Jim said:

    FYI you get two simultaneous users for $25 per month or three simultaneous users for $35 per month

    You need an internet speed that provides a solid 15 Mbs ( a little more than Netflix as it is not buffered like Netflix)

    Yep. Do this with my brother who lives up at Yackandandah. AFL, Rugby Union, Formula 1, and Death Diving among other things.

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      On 02/02/2021 at 06:11, don't make me angry said:

    The more money tv give to sport the less people actually watch that sport, ever since cricket was taken off free to air tv in the UK less and less people now watch cricket in England. It's actually a trap for sport, they lose viewers for more money, and in the long run they lose money.

    The problem is exacerbated by FTA really only being interested in the major teams. For AFL, that means endless matches involving Collingwood, Carlton, Richmond, Hawthorn and Geelong and barely any games involving North, St Kilda, Melbourne and the Bullies. It's a self-defeating model but because the FTA networks have short-term interests (ie, ad revenue) the long-term interest of the competition gets damaged. 

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      On 03/02/2021 at 01:46, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    The problem is exacerbated by FTA really only being interested in the major teams. For AFL, that means endless matches involving Collingwood, Carlton, Richmond, Hawthorn and Geelong and barely any games involving North, St Kilda, Melbourne and the Bullies. It's a self-defeating model but because the FTA networks have short-term interests (ie, ad revenue) the long-term interest of the competition gets damaged. 

    so much for a national comp. Many Melbourne based AFL supporters go through the whole season seeing an interstate team once or twice at most.

    TBH there are simply too many Melbourne based teams. There's no city in the world that has ten local teams in a national comp that I can think of. London has around 5 or 6 in the EPL and it's catchment area is maybe 2 or 3 times the population of Melbourne.

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      On 03/02/2021 at 01:55, Diamond_Jim said:

    so much for a national comp. Many Melbourne based AFL supporters go through the whole season seeing an interstate team once or twice at most.

    TBH there are simply too many Melbourne based teams. There's no city in the world that has ten local teams in a national comp that I can think of. London has around 5 or 6 in the EPL and it's catchment area is maybe 2 or 3 times the population of Melbourne.

    It will never change DJ. The AFL tried to amalgamate teams remember that exercise ? The only thing that might change is a team might move interstate. The problems is moving or amalgamating result in a large number of the former members / supporters drop off the game completely. If the MFC disappeared I would have little if any interest in Aussie rules at senior level. 

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    Yes they are a pack of maggots who stole the game and the stupid AFL is complicit in it.

    170 years  of goodwill ,human endeavour personal injuries,blood ,sweat and tears vacuumed up into the Murdoch hole.

    Centralise power in the hands of a few Coke heads and this is what happens.

     

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      On 02/02/2021 at 04:30, america de cali said:

    The AFL App on Telstra will be integrated with Rupert Murdoch’s Kayo sports app and AFL App users on Telstra will now pay for the Kayo app. This means all other sports now on Kayo including NRL will be included. Some will be happy and others including me will not welcome the bloatware of sports I’m not interested in and having to pay for it. Telstra customers will only pay $5 a month at least for the first year. Then likely they will like be slugged up to the full $25 a month for the Kayo App. It is unclear how this affects AFL App users on other carriers. 
    https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/telstra-to-quit-nrl-afl-streaming-apps-in-sports-strategy-shift-20210202-p56ysc.html

    ...and the AFL promised it would always be free, lying bunch of a'holes. So now we're paying a bloody foreigner to watch a homegrown Sport. How unfunny is that?

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    I pay for Kayo. I literally start my subscription on the day the regular season starts, and cancel it to end after the Grand Final. That way I end up paying for maybe 7 months of service, I never have to worry about missing out on seeing a game in the current environment where schedules and access are changing, and if I want to watch some Fox footy shows I can. It helped keep me sane in 2020. I also can cast it to any TV if I’m travelling.

    I hate watching games on the phone. It’s hard to swear at the umpire and hold the phone at the same time.

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      On 03/02/2021 at 21:21, The heart beats true said:

    I pay for Kayo. I literally start my subscription on the day the regular season starts, and cancel it to end after the Grand Final. That way I end up paying for maybe 7 months of service, I never have to worry about missing out on seeing a game in the current environment where schedules and access are changing, and if I want to watch some Fox footy shows I can. It helped keep me sane in 2020. I also can cast it to any TV if I’m travelling.

    I hate watching games on the phone. It’s hard to swear at the umpire and hold the phone at the same time.

    I can only imagine how many times your phone was at risk following the Dees. 

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    Amazon TV has just bought the rights to the Australian Olympic swimming trials.

    Low impact but a thin wedge.

    Bad move by swimming but in reality they aren't quite what they used to be.

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      On 03/02/2021 at 21:21, The heart beats true said:

    I pay for Kayo. I literally start my subscription on the day the regular season starts, and cancel it to end after the Grand Final. That way I end up paying for maybe 7 months of service.

    I do the same but drop mine one month earlier as all the finals are on channel 7.

    We bought a "Telstra TV" box on gumtree for $50 (don't need to be with Telstra to use it) and watch the games on kayo in hd on it. Have done this for the last 2 years and it's great

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    I knew this was coming. No more live games streamed on the AFL app. Only good for replays live scores and stats now. I’m not buying into that dog Murdoch’s Kayo. It can go to buggery. Next for the chop is FTA.
    https://www.afl.com.au/live-pass-changes

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      On 18/02/2021 at 08:24, america de cali said:

    I knew this was coming. No more live games streamed on the AFL app. Only good for replays live scores and stats now. I’m not buying into that dog Murdoch’s Kayo. It can go to buggery. Next for the chop is FTA.
    https://www.afl.com.au/live-pass-changes

    ADC I understand you don't like Murdock but if you bid up the price to the Max then you eventually reach nothing left to give to the media. That is where the AFL is at, the last chip is the live broadcast app. Major sport sold its soul a while back. You want to watch AFL  pay either by going to games or pay to watch it via the media. 

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