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[doodlefeatures]

I don't reckon there is a snowflake's chance of any channel 7 games being in HD, Fox are full of crap, they advertised the swimming last week 'see Thorpe's comeback in HD'...it wasn't HD

[laurie]

Once Ten was out of the picture HD is not a priority with Seven and it seems Foxtel is catching the same diseases !

cheers laurie

[Jeffmister]

Luke Darcy said on Triple MMM this morning that Seven's games will be shot in HD next year, he didn't say anything about games being broadcasted on 7mate (besides broadcasts in NSW/QLD already announced)

[Wags]

Jeffmister, on Nov 7 2011, 05:09 PM, said:

Luke Darcy said on Triple MMM this morning that Seven's games will be shot in HD next year, he didn't say anything about games being broadcasted on 7mate (besides broadcasts in NSW/QLD already announced)

What the hell would he know!?

[bomba111982]

so no Athony Hudson, Stephen Quatermain,

[doodlefeatures]

Jeffmister, on Nov 7 2011, 05:39 PM, said:

Luke Darcy said on Triple MMM this morning that Seven's games will be shot in HD next year, he didn't say anything about games being broadcasted on 7mate (besides broadcasts in NSW/QLD already announced)

Im taking that with a grain of salt but it may mean there is a slight hope, especially for the finals and GF.
Where is all of the extra HD equipment going to come from though?  Last year we were lucky to get 3 games in HD before ONE cracked the sads, how will they be able to do 9??

[hidefdave]

bomba111982, on Nov 7 2011, 09:13 PM, said:

so no Athony Hudson, Stephen Quatermain,

The rumour was Huddo was going to Fox Footy. Seems likely, given Seven really only need 2 commentary teams. McAvaney/Commetti and Taylor/McLaughlin/Darcy, and Fox have one extra game to cover each week.

Quartermaine is staying at Ten as their sports anchor and news fill in (same role he has had for years) AFAIK.

D.

[hidefdave]

doodlefeatures, on Nov 7 2011, 10:04 PM, said:

Im taking that with a grain of salt but it may mean there is a slight hope, especially for the finals and GF.
Where is all of the extra HD equipment going to come from though?  Last year we were lucky to get 3 games in HD before ONE cracked the sads, how will they be able to do 9??

Hosko who frequents these forums is the main man for explaining all this...but from what I understand, Global (who supply the OB gear for Fox's broadcasts) have bought out Cutting Edge (who supplied OB gear to Ten). Plus there have been an extra couple of HD trucks come online in the last month or two.

Seven uses Gearhouse to supply their equipment, which I believe is already HD equipped (although it's anyone's guess as to why they downscaled everything to SD previously).

If the broadcasters demand HD, and a company that provides the OB facilities wants the contract, then it's in their interest to upgrade their fleet.

In any case, I bow to your infinite wisdom on such matters Hosko, so please correct me if I'm wrong!

D.

[Hosko]

hidefdave, on Nov 7 2011, 10:19 PM, said:

Global (who supply the OB gear for Fox's broadcasts) have bought out Cutting Edge (who supplied OB gear to Ten). Plus there have been an extra couple of HD trucks come online in the last month or two.

Thats correct Global has purchased Cutting Edge who have a lot of HD equipment, they purchased stacks to shoot the last season of big brother on Ten in HD. Between Global and Cutting Edge last year there was at least 3 games of AFL in HD a week. Add to that Global has built another HD truck and its not hard to see them doing all 5 very easily. That and the contract will be for every game to be in HD, so they will provide equipment for it. I see the big loser next year being NRL as its the last year of the broadcast rights, so its the last year of the OB provider contracts which don't have HD written into them. That will change the following year but next year could be interesting. My brother knows more about it but he's gone to ground.

hidefdave, on Nov 7 2011, 10:19 PM, said:

Seven uses Gearhouse to supply their equipment, which I believe is already HD equipped (although it's anyone's guess as to why they downscaled everything to SD previously).

Gearhouse do have some HD equipment, however over winter they supply equipment for Super Rugby.

[bomba111982]

Now with Eddie at Fox Footy can we see a show called "THE FOX FOOTY SHOW" starring Eddie Mcguire, Jason Dunstall, and bring back Trevor behind the bar

[strazos]

bomba111982, on Dec 17 2011, 11:20 AM, said:

Now with Eddie at Fox Footy can we see a show called "THE FOX FOOTY SHOW" starring Eddie Mcguire, Jason Dunstall, and bring back Trevor behind the bar

LOL I like the name.

Hudson, Dremie are on FOX as well

[bigcon84]

Starting to get pumped about the new afl channel. Has anyone heard of a launch date and time. I know they have said february, one would assume they would mean feb 1. The commentators seem good as well. That's the good then about 2 networks. Better commentary teams and panels.

[Aussiedude]

the date that has been floating around the internet is Feb 17th the day of the first NAB cup game

[chewygumby]

bigcon84, on Jan 6 2012, 06:53 PM, said:

Starting to get pumped about the new afl channel. Has anyone heard of a launch date and time. I know they have said february, one would assume they would mean feb 1. The commentators seem good as well. That's the good then about 2 networks. Better commentary teams and panels.

17th of February  which is 42 days away

[BigVic]

Counting down the days until Fox Footy launches. Will Eagles home games be in native HD or just upscaled SD?

[wheelz]

BigVic, on 07 January 2012 - 11:38 AM, said:

Counting down the days until Fox Footy launches. Will Eagles home games be in native HD or just upscaled SD?

If its a foxtel game it will be HD,if its a ch7 coverage game it will be upscaled on fox. Obviously all freo/wce games get played on fta tv over west but they'll all be SD on 7

PS.The fixture i got with my 2012 doggies memberships list whether the games are fox or 7 games,we get 11 fox games this year .

Edited by wheelz, 07 January 2012 - 12:35 PM.

[Forest Lake]

Just read this on the Foxtel website.

How will FOX SPORTS broadcast live games simultaneously?

FOX FOOTY will always be the primary destination for live Games, however if there is a clash becasue there are 2 games on simultaneously, then the “other” live game will be on FOX SPORTS 1. In short though, all 9 Games per week will be shown LIVE across both FOX FOOTY and FOX SPORTS 1.

[pc9]

wheelz, on 07 January 2012 - 12:30 PM, said:

If its a foxtel game it will be HD,if its a ch7 coverage game it will be upscaled on fox. Obviously all freo/wce games get played on fta tv over west but they'll all be SD on 7

PS.The fixture i got with my 2012 doggies memberships list whether the games are fox or 7 games,we get 11 fox games this year .

It will be interesing to see whether the Foxtel games scheduled for the non traditional venues, ie Darwin, Cairns, Canberra, Hobart (3 games), Launceston (3 games) will be broadcast in native HD. I suspect that on some weekends it may only be 4 out of the 9 games in native HD; still that's an improvement on 2011 when Foxtel basically 'dropped the ball' in relation to their hd coverage.

[Wags]

Be interesting to see how it looks with yet another channel added to the Fox HD list.

[laurie]

Wags, on 09 January 2012 - 09:13 AM, said:

Be interesting to see how it looks with yet another channel added to the Fox HD list.

I'm sure Foxtel will give the FFC at least 14Mbp/s for the first month to sell the channel then once we get settled in it will revert back to 9Mbp/s or there about

cheers laurie

[mrmaxwell]

laurie, on 09 January 2012 - 03:18 PM, said:

I'm sure Foxtel will give the FFC at least 14Mbp/s for the first month to sell the channel then once we get settled in it will revert back to 9Mbp/s or there about

cheers laurie

It's hard not to assume come mid-way through the season most games will be in SD and we will all be here complaining how Fox Footy has conned us all!

Cannot believe it's 2012 and we are still talking about HDTV as if it is a new experiment and how we are lucky to get anything in native HD.

Edited by mrmaxwell, 09 January 2012 - 10:17 PM.

[Hosko]

mrmaxwell, on 09 January 2012 - 10:16 PM, said:

It's hard not to assume come mid-way through the season most games will be in SD and we will all be here complaining how Fox Footy has conned us all!

I don't see it happening.

[bigcon84]

Why is everyone so negative u r all forgetting this is the first year we can watch all games live. Twitter is going to be awesome interaction with all the fans. If it is scaled Down at first then Im still happy. I have hd channels and I'm ok with then

[Hosko]

bigcon84, on 10 January 2012 - 08:26 AM, said:

Why is everyone so negative u r all forgetting this is the first year we can watch all games live. Twitter is going to be awesome interaction with all the fans. If it is scaled Down at first then Im still happy. I have hd channels and I'm ok with then

Its not going to start scaled down, these guys sign contracts for equipment to be supplied and its exactly what they will get. Its the same reason why even though Ten wasn't showing games in HD towards the end of the season they still got HD equipment supplied because it was contracted that way.

[pc9]

mrmaxwell, on 09 January 2012 - 10:16 PM, said:

It's hard not to assume come mid-way through the season most games will be in SD and we will all be here complaining how Fox Footy has conned us all!

Cannot believe it's 2012 and we are still talking about HDTV as if it is a new experiment and how we are lucky to get anything in native HD.

If the summer sporting calender is any guide ie Big Bash and A League soccer, it looks like Foxtel is addressing the weak spots (Hobart & Perth) in its outside broadcast hd capacity. Nevertheless, suspect on average, Fox will be able to cover about 4 out of its scheduled 5 games in native HD.  There's so much live sport, ie NRL, Super Rugby etc that it wil be a stretch for them to cover 5 AFL games every week at every location in HD.   So if you combine the FTA and pay coverage, theoretically this will mean a majority of AFL games (5 out of the 9) will not be in native HD.

I guess it also boils down to a matter of opinion whether one regards upscaled sd telecasts as HD. One constant which we can rely on is that for FTA viewers, the channel 7 games will retain the mantle as the worst outside broadcast quality sporting coverage of all time.