The problem for 7 and 10 is that they can't go free to air with 2 games on Friday and Saturday nights against the Rugby League in the NSW and Queensland markets. It would be commercial suicide.
Therefore, they're trying other avenues in the absence of an agreement with Foxtel and it seems to me that the ABC might come to the party with their ABC2 station on digital TV. As they're phasing out the analog, that will be the a real possibility. Channels 31 in Sydney and Brisbane have a poor signal so they must be ruled out.
