AFL on FSN

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The

Fox Sports Net (beginning in 2004[1]), where FSN regional affiliates[2]
in AFL markets carried local team games. In some areas Fox Sports affiliates still carry the games.

Terms of the deal

The Fox Sports Networks agreement had some of the revenue-sharing aspects in common with the two-year deal that the AFL had with NBC. FSN, like NBC, didn't pay rights fees to carry the games. The network instead, split ad revenue with the AFL; NBC split ad revenue 50–50 with the league, and the Fox deal was similar but apparently not 50-50. The agreement calls for FSN to produce the game telecasts, and both the AFL and FSN will work together to sell advertising inventory. Once FSN reimbursed for its production costs, the two organizations would share ad revenue. The agreement, combined with individual team broadcasting agreements, increased the number of AFL non-NBC games on television from 39 in 2004 to more than 120 in 2005. Most FSN regional telecasts took place on Fridays and Saturdays, and were in addition to the AFL's exclusive Sunday afternoon national window on NBC.

FSN would carry more than 100 telecasts in

Sunshine Network (now Sun Sports)
, with 15 of the 17 teams appearing a minimum of five times. All 17 teams would have at least two games televised through this agreement.

In addition, FSN would continue producing and televising AFL WEEKLY, a weekly magazine program that premiered on the network in the previous season.

Affiliates

The AFL had 17 teams in markets from coast to coast, with 16 of them located in markets serviced by a Fox or

FSN Ohio (Columbus Destroyers
). Each region had its own broadcast team, with the home market's FSN network responsible for a single production which in return, would be fed to the visiting team's local FSN network.

Chicago

The

Comcast SportsNet Chicago took its place. Once again the Rush were widely featured during the national ESPN telecasts on Monday nights and Sunday afternoons.[3]

The regional telecasts went to Comcast SportsNet. From 2001 to 2008, the Rush games were broadcast by

670 The Score and ESPN Radio
1000.

When the Rush returned in 2010, the AFL signed its TV deal with

UStream.[4]

Prime Network's coverage

The

Prime Network, the forerunner to the Fox Sports Networks (officially starting on November 1, 1996, when the Prime Network names were dropped for the FSN name nationwide) broadcast the ArenaBowl from 1989–1991. Dave Enet and Bill Land served as play-by-play men and Howard Balzer and Tony Hill served as color commentators. Jim Grabowski served as a sideline reporter for ArenaBowl IV in 1990.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Arena Football League: A history of playing rough indoors". SportsBusiness Journal. 23 January 2003. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. ^ Gough, Paul J. (20 December 2004). "FSN to fans: are you ready for some arena football? 2-year deal to air regional games.(news)(Fox Sports Networks)(Brief Article)". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Home". arenafan.com.
  4. ^ "The Chicago Rush". arenarush.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-14.
  5. ^ "Sports Streaming Online". Wednesday, 2 December 2020

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