ABC TV not yet committing to VFL games in 2015 and beyond

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:41 pm

http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_pag ... D=31937816

"ABC TV is unable to commit to the broadcast of the VFL in 2015 and beyond," ABC Television Head of TV Sport & Events Justin Holdforth said.

if coverage of the vfl is discontinued by abc i really hope someone else picks it up. perhaps though, lack of coverage might be the making of the comp and drive more people to attend. i do wonder how many watch games on tv.

edit: there's a possibility of 7mate televising the games.

MagpieBat · Post by **MagpieBat** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:11 pm

It's pretty much a done deal that Eddie's company will be broadcasting the VFL and probably the WAFL next year. McGuire Media took the SANFL this year and seem to have done an okay job with it.

Apparently, some mooted timeslots are 12pm on Sundays and Monday night games out of Punt Road...

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 7:37 pm

one thing i noticed was the lack of availability of sanfl game torrents this year.

Bruce Gonsalves · Post by **Bruce Gonsalves** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:18 pm

MagpieBat wrote:It's pretty much a done deal that Eddie's company will be broadcasting the VFL and probably the WAFL next year. McGuire Media took the SANFL this year and seem to have done an okay job with it.

Apparently, some mooted timeslots are 12pm on Sundays and Monday night games out of Punt Road...

Eddies company may sell the rights to Channel 7 to be shown on 7Mate, as suggested on KB's radio show with Phil Cleary.

Dave The Man · Post by **Dave The Man** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:20 pm

Hopefully that means we get more then 1 or 2 games a Season like we did in the ABC

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-18/v ... -confirmed

MagpieBat · Post by **MagpieBat** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:15 pm

Dave The Man wrote:Hopefully that means we get more then 1 or 2 games a Season like we did in the ABC

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-18/v ... -confirmed

When Luke Darcy is doing the play-by-play, you may reconsider your enthusiasm for the Channel 7 era...

But then, we'll probably be going to most of our games in any event, so it doesn't really matter to diehards like us.

Dave The Man · Post by **Dave The Man** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:22 pm

MagpieBat wrote:
Dave The Man wrote:Hopefully that means we get more then 1 or 2 games a Season like we did in the ABC

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-11-18/v ... -confirmed
When Luke Darcy is doing the play-by-play, you may reconsider your enthusiasm for the Channel 7 era...

But then, we'll probably be going to most of our games in any event, so it doesn't really matter to diehards like us.

Well - better then no Coverage as well

Post by **Jezza** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:59 pm

It's good news even if I'm not fond of channel 7's commentary unless the likes of Phil Cleary end up joining channel 7.

Hopefully channel 7 airs more Collingwood games because ABC hardly showed any of our matches live.

3rd degree · Post by **3rd degree** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 3:39 pm

Jezza wrote:It's good news even if I'm not fond of channel 7's commentary unless the likes of Phil Cleary end up joining channel 7.

Hopefully channel 7 airs more Collingwood games because ABC hardly showed any of our matches live.

Agree keep Phil and summon back Peter Landy

Post by **Jezza** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 4:21 pm

Whatever happened to Peter Landy?

He just seemed to disappear after we entered the 21st century.

John Wren · Post by **John Wren** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:37 pm

Jezza wrote:Whatever happened to Peter Landy?

He just seemed to disappear after we entered the 21st century.

much like 3rd's hair. speaking of hair, didn't landy have a perm or really fuzzy hair?

i also wonder where he has got to.

Dave The Man · Post by **Dave The Man** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:58 pm

Jezza wrote:It's good news even if I'm not fond of channel 7's commentary unless the likes of Phil Cleary end up joining channel 7.

Hopefully channel 7 airs more Collingwood games because ABC hardly showed any of our matches live.

Phil Cleary could still be the Boundary Rider

The Prototype · Post by **The Prototype** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:38 pm

Peter Landy the last time I saw him was at a Commonwealth Games doing the boxing and weightlifting it was after Seven lost the footy. I don't think he's done much in the media since.

Post by **Jezza** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:08 pm

Wikipedia research of Peter Landy says that his last commentary gig was indeed the Commonwealth Games in 2006 which were broadcasted on channel 9 at the time.

I just found his disappearance from the commentary circuit somewhat unusual considering how prominent he was in footy commentary from the 1970s right up to the late 1990s.

Bruce Gonsalves · Post by **Bruce Gonsalves** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:23 pm

Jezza wrote:Wikipedia research of Peter Landy says that his last commentary gig was indeed the Commonwealth Games in 2006 which were broadcasted on channel 9 at the time.

I just found his disappearance from the commentary circuit somewhat unusual considering how prominent he was in footy commentary from the 1970s right up to the late 1990s.

I think Peter Landy retired up to the Gold Coast, He's no spring chicken.

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ABC TV not yet committing to VFL games in 2015 and beyond

ABC TV not yet committing to VFL games in 2015 and beyond