In July and August 2023, Channel 7 and 7plus will present the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 ⚽️

Across the competition, 15 key matches will be broadcast for free on Seven and 7plus, with Seven’s matches also available to stream on-demand via 7plus. #7Upfront

From Thursday, July 20 until Sunday, August 20, 15 key matches – including the opening match, quarterfinals, semi-finals and the final – will be broadcast live and free on Seven and 7plus, with Seven’s matches also available to stream on-demand via 7plus.

A daily highlights program will also be broadcast on the screens of Seven throughout the competition period, following an extensive lead-up program.

The rights have been sub-licensed by Optus, with Seven and Optus Sport developing a range of innovative plans to ensure Australians have the best possible coverage of the entire 64-game tournament

Nobody screws soccer like seven, right?
And Optus too for that matter.

Optus screwed the last world cup but it was hardly intentional.

And Sevens awful treatment of the game was decades ago. They have clearly bid for the world cup here as they know it'll be a ratings success. 

This is a good thing and I encourage anybody to explain how it isn't 

Are you kidding? 7 were terrible with the Olympics,  I recall one game where to watch you missed the start,  then had it on 7 and then had to switch at half time to a secondary channel.  That's terrible. I'm pretty sure they aren't able to cross promote on the coverage so we shouldn't have to hear about the AFL at least. 

Optus technical glitchs was bad timing but they at least corrected it And compensated all those who stayed with them as I have and to this day.
I have no issue paying more and even a Fox subscriber still, people whinge not affording it more than anything else.
Rapted OS has the rights for watching EPL is still a joy and they have the best coverage/intel and play backs so easy plus the other comps.....
FTA is important for many - 7 is better than nothing I guess not that I'll use FTA much but I'll giggle hearing if anything gayfl is dripped through with dippa commentating lol but the big one is as mentioned, the big aplm investor not making sure getting the co rights to broadcast here.
They obviously didn't want to up 7's bid lol.....
That boardroom at silverlake must be full of bent over executives with vaso in front of their nose's haha

Cut to some bogan sheila from swimming or AFLW commentating by screeching like a banshee at 'our girl's going for gold' before throwing to Kochie to make injokes about the funny names of the fuzzy little foreigners

They've done the olympic football before and they've been fine.

Haha this is so accurate 

Shit, I didn’t know Optus were involved. Am I going to have to cough up $25 for the month?

Who from the channel 7 will be hosting and doing commentary? The only person that comes to mind is Mel Mclaughlin.

Did channel 10 put in a bid at all?

what    a   Joke .

And    where   is   the    FA/APL' s    wonderful    new   broadcast/"commercial "   partner ,  Chanel  No. 10 ??

You could probably save the time writing 'What a joke' as we take it for granted you will open every obsessive a-league post with that or a version of.

@ tsf

I   notice   you    haven' t   disagreed   that   it   is   a  Joke.

And    who    are    you    to   speak    for    every   single   person    who    might   read    this    particular   thread ?

I don't think it's a joke. 

A joke would be channel 31. 

Well ,  it  will   certainly   be   interesting  to   see   how  many   Sherrins   we   see   getting   kicked   and    cross- promotion   of   the   AFLW ,   and   how   many  "we' ll   take   you   back   to   the   'live'   sockah    after    this   important   message   from   world   renowned   AFL   Superstar    Buddy    Franklin  and   re- runs   of  My  Kitchen    Rules  "   there   are ...

Explain how it is a joke?

People   know   where    C7' s    bread   is   buttered ...

Are you implying that C7 promotes a rival football code and therefore they try and sabotage the "wogball" again, just like uncle Frank's two last CEO's..... ???

Your good ol personality is starting to peek through your carefully constructed space bar poundings Paulie .....  The "Remote Conrol" persona is the "monotone, Lowy loving  robot from the future" remember? I miss the old xenophobic Croatian calendar hating one btw... bring him/her back please.

got to blame the FA for this - disgrace should be given to 10 considering they will promote the A leagues during the competition 

It has nothing to do with FA.  It is an agreement between Optus and Ch7.

how the hell does Optus have the rights....im confused 

It' s    more   a   question    of   why    couldn' t    the   FA   persuade    its    own   broadcast / "commercial "   partner   to   outbid   Seven  for   the   rights ?

Or    has   C10     already    given   up    on   the   Soccer  ,  and   looking    to   cut   its   losses  ?

No different to any other country in the world. Packages are sold off for all different competitions with the highest bidder getting them.

Yes.  But   why    weren' t   c10   the   highest   bidder ?  They  have   already    sunk   money    into   australian   football . The   WWC   rights   would   be   chicken  feed. Wouldn' t   it   have   made   sense    for   them   to   have   the   rights  ?   Yet   C7,  a   channel   with   no   investment  in   the  game,    were    allowed   to   outbid    them ...

An excellent point. 

I assumed a top priority focus for Ten/Paramount was women's football, with the jewel being the WWC.  Maybe they've realize they've paid $200 million for a pup?

Im confused Enzo... a "pup"? Isn't Sir Frank Lowy's golden dream of an Aleague the bright shiny league the whole professional sporting world should aspire too?

It hasn't been Frank Lowy's A-League since 2015.  You have to keep up.

I tried "Keep Up" but nothing on the site to interest me. So are you saying the Aleague itself is different to how Frank Lowy, the white knight of Australian football, set it up? Isn't it still a bunch of foreign owned franchises in a closed of league? Same same really?

You   would  hope    that    is   not    the   case .  But  geez,   it    does   make   you   wonder ,   doesn' t   it ?

Hasn' t    c10    already   kicked    the   ALW   from   their    channels  ,  to paramount ?

Could   be    a   real    worry ...

If Optus won the bid, but were forced to show some games on FTA due to anti-siphoning rules, perhaps they refused to negotiate with CH10 as they are a rival Football broadcaster?

thats adorable.

they advertise the AL during PL matches and highlights on the optus sports app

Maybe the unfriendly match times put a bit of a dampner on their bidding. Budget is also another one.

Thirdly it may have been a blind bid.

Anyhoo what the fuck does it matter who is televiing it as long as it is telivised live and commercial free.

Oh,  so   is  THAT   why   they   have   already   bounced   the  ALM    to    a   secondary   channel  after   just   1   year   of   the   contract ?

And   is   THAT   why    they   have   already    bounced   the  ALW   from   their   channels   to   paramount  after   just  1   year   of   the   contract  ?

Gee ,  how   hard   up   are   they   for   money ??  Maybe   we   should   all   make   a   small    donation   to   help    them   keep   the   lights   on   over   there ...

Paulie your spaces are getting bigger every post ... FFS your gonna break your keyboard.... hahahahahahahahahah Ah re megale, you make me laugh.

You’re getting destroyed in this thread mate give it up 

How   so  ?

Maybe I say this more in hope ... but if 7 outbid everyone else they must have spent a lot and will need a return on investment so do a good job... but FMD i hate the kents... 

Im with you on this Mid - below statement from them brings me hope - Daily highlights show, entire 64 game coverage - broadcasting across both FTA and streaming..... and like you said they paid money for it and would expect an ROI....

A daily highlights program will also be broadcast on the screens of Seven throughout the competition period, following an extensive lead-up program.

The rights have been sub-licensed by Optus, with Seven and Optus Sport developing a range of innovative plans to ensure Australians have the best possible coverage of the entire 64-game tournament

Ahahaha

How    many    Billions   did   they   spend   on  the   AFL   rights   again  ?

This   would   be   absolute    chicken   feed ...

Who   would   have   thought   there   would   be   so   many   Channel  7    apologists   and   supporters    on    here .. .

You might have been one of us if they bid for the rights to the Australian 2022 Men's World Cup.... Poor "Sir" Frank, he must be cursing the plebs turffed him out of soccer again and won a WC bid on their very first try.... wwwaaaahhhhh, wwwaaaaahhhhhhh ....  

The   old   FFA   did   much   of  the   planning   for   the  WWC  bid.  No   doubt   their   experience    was   instrumental   to   the   ultimate   success  of   the   bid.

Ahhh I see , so they spent their final moments planning for the WWC bid but strangely DIDNT have anything to do with awarding licenses to WU and Macarthur and souring the Foxtel deal????  Did they mark they days on their Melbourne Knights calander off one by one?

hahahahaha 

It  would    seem  to  me   that   in  the  circumstances  it  would   have   been  appropriate   for   the   old   FFA   to   have   continued   the  planning  for   the  WWC  bid.

But  much   very    much  unlikely   that    they   would    have   been  involved    in   any   major    decision   making   on  the   expansion   licences,  given  they   were   in  "caretaker  mode" .

Thank Christ they didnt, we would have ended up with another cartoon kangaroo commercial, an embarrassing attempt at bribery and watching the World cup on Channel 7 next year (being played in another country) .... Well done to the all new (with a handful of parasitic old hangers on) FA

I   believe    that   planning   for  the   WWC   bid   would  have   already   been   well   progressed   by   the   time   the   new  FFA   took   over ,  as   completed  bid   registrations   were   originally    due   for  submission    in   early   2019 .

Well   done   old  FFA .

Nobody- besides you - gives 2 fucks

Leave Paulie alone Trev, the resort flooded.....

Better on the spacing .... WD :)

So, early 2019 eh. 3-4 months after the Aleague expansion bids were awarded? Hmm so caretaker mode for expansion, but still "at the helm" for the WC bid? Haahahaha you goose,

The OLD FFA is exactly the same as the new FA --- same old dildos. Fat Nick, Dopey Greg, the gangs still mostly still there just your toxic Lowy family are finally gone.... WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO

If   that' s   the  case ,  why   did   they   even   bother ...

Same reason why you would take the rubbish out to the council bins even if  the kitchen bin is still half full.. Something really smelly about that last bit of trash.

 I' ve   previously   explained  .   Have   you   confused   dates / timeframes   ?    The   new   FFA   took    over   in   later   2018,  by   which    time   much   of   the  WWC   planning   work   would   have    needed   to   have    been   substantially   progressed .

Can you send me a Melbourne Knights calendar? Ill check the dates again.

@ Balin   Trev

I  wasn' t   the   one   who   brought   up  the   old   administration.  So   obviously   someone    else   does ...

Time to blow the dust off this old beauty...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcWVLmCmhto

Ahahahahahaha 

Fucking LOL.  

At least they can't cross promote the AFLW.
But watch the Sherrins interfere