Fox Footy Channel
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SDTV) | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | Foxtel |
History | |
Launched | 6 March 2002[1] |
Replaced | C7 Sport (Optus) |
Closed | 1 October 2006 |
Replaced by | Fox Sports 3 |
The Fox Footy Channel was a channel exclusively dedicated to
History
The channel was created in 2002 after
Due to broadcasting rights, each state had a separate version of the channel to allow free-to-air right holders exclusive live coverage. For example, if Channel Nine or Channel Ten broadcast a match between the
End of the channel
The future of the channel was placed in doubt after the
Revival
It was announced on 28 April 2011 that the channel will be revived for the 2012 AFL season. The channel returned exclusively on Foxtel and its broadcasting partners, under the proposed new name of Fox Sports AFL,
Former 2002–2006 commentary team
- Clinton Grybas
- Matthew Campbell
- Jason Bennett
- Kevin Bartlett
- Gerard Healy
- Jason Dunstall
- Wayne Schwass
- Mark Aiston (Saturday Adelaide Games Only)
- Kym Dillon (Sunday Adelaide Games Only)
- Chris McDermott (special comments) (Adelaide Games Only)
- Tim Gossage (Saturday Perth Games Only)
- Peter Wilson (special comments) (Perth Games Only)
- Alastair Lynch (special comments)
- Tony Shaw (special comments)
- Wayne Carey (special comments)
- Scott Cummings (boundary rider)
- Tiffany Cherry (boundary rider)
- Glenn Manton (boundary rider)
- Richard Osborne (boundary rider)
The Sunday afternoon game covered by Fox Footy usually had the combination of Grybas, Carey and Healy; Saturday afternoon saw Bennett, Schwass, Lynch or Shaw; while Bartlett and Campbell were among the Saturday night match commentators.
Programming
Fox Footy produced and aired shows, including:
- White Line Fever
- Saturday Central
- On the Couch
- Living With Footballers
- AFL Lovematch
- The Gospel
- Grumpy Old Men
- Classic Quarters
- The Fox Footy Archive
- Fox League Teams
- Fox Footy Feature
- From The FOX Footy Vault
- Footy Flashbacks
- Auskick'n Around - Featuring "The Lynch Mob"
References
- ^ FOX SPORTS Video Player Archived 9 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Canberra Times. 12 June 2005. p. 41.
- ^ Fox Footy package is free for a price. From The Age online, 4 January 2004. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
- ^ "Broadcasters brawl as Foxtel axes AFL". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ^ "FOXTEL to Deliver Most Comprehensive Live AFL Coverage Ever". Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.