Fox Footy is an upcoming Australian Rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 subscription television channel dedicated to screening Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 matches and related programming. It will be owned by Premier Media Group

Premier Media Group

Premier Media Group is a 50/50 joint venture of News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings and is Australia’s leading sports producer and broadcaster...

, operated out of their Melbourne based studios and available on Foxtel

Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....

, Austar

Austar

Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones...

 and Optus Television

Optus Television

Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus.-History:Its immediate predecessor was Optus Vision, a joint venture between, Optus and Continental Cablevision with small shareholdings by media companies Publishing and Broadcasting Limited and Seven...

. The channel is a revival of the former Fox Footy Channel

Fox Footy Channel

The Fox Footy Channel was a channel exclusively dedicated to Australian rules football. It was owned by Foxtel, and operated out of their Melbourne based studios. It was available on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television, TransTV and Neighbourhood Cable up until transmission was ceased on 1 October 2006...

, which was in operation between 2002-2006. The channel will recommence prior to the 2012 AFL season after a new broadcast agreement was reached between Premier Media Group

Premier Media Group

Premier Media Group is a 50/50 joint venture of News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings and is Australia’s leading sports producer and broadcaster...

, Austar

Austar

Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones...

, Foxtel

Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....

 and the AFL

AFL

AFL may refer to:* American Federation of Labor, one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States, and now part of the AFL-CIO* American Football League AFL may refer to:* American Federation of Labor, one of the first federations of labor unions in the United States, and now part...

.

History

It was announced on 28 April 2011 that the channel will be revived for the 2012 AFL season. The channel will return exclusively on Foxtel and its broadcasting partners, under the proposed new name of Fox Sports AFL, which was later changed back to its original name Fox Footy. The channel will relaunch on Friday 17 February 2012 with the first NAB Cup round-robin

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

 match between Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

, Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

 and North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

 broadcast that night. Fox Footy will broadcast all NAB Cup games exclusively (except for the NAB Cup Grand Final which will also broadcast on Seven

Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

), all home and away matches and all finals matches (except for the Grand Final which will screen exclusively on Seven). All matches will be broadcast live to air

Live television

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 in both Standard

576i

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 and High Definition

1080i

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 with no commercial breaks during play. When two live matches are being played simultaneously, Fox Sports 1

Fox Sports (Australia)

Fox Sports is an Australia group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Consolidated Media Holdings. Its main competitors are ESPN, which has little local content and the free-to-air digital channel One HD...

 will broadcast one of the matches.

Programming

• AFL 360
• On the Couch
  On the Couch
  On the Couch is an Australian television program focusing on the current issues in the Australian Football League. From its debut in 2002 through to 2006, it was shown on the now defunct Fox Footy Channel. Since then it has been broadcast on Fox Sports....
  
  
• AFL insider
• The Winners
  The Winners
  The Winners is the name of two Australian television shows that show highlights of Australian rules football matches.The original version was broadcast during the late 1970s to late 1980s on the ABC on Sunday mornings. It was normally hosted by Drew Morphett with a panel consisting of former...
  
  
• AFL Teams
• After The Bounce
• The Greatest
  The Greatest
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• Brownlow Medal
  Brownlow Medal
  The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
  
  
• North Melbourne Grand Final Breakfast
  North Melbourne Grand Final Breakfast
  The North Melbourne Grand Final Breakfast is a breakfast function organised by the North Melbourne Football Club on the morning of the AFL Grand Final. The breakfast marks the traditional beginning to Grand Final day and is one of the biggest social highlights on the Australian sporting calendar...
  
  
• All Australian awards

Staff/Commentators

• Dwayne Russell
  Dwayne Russell
  Dwayne John Russell is a former Australian rules footballer and currently a commentator of the sport. He played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL, before crossing over to VFL club Geelong in 1987...
  
  
• Anthony Hudson
  Anthony Hudson
  For the footballer of the same name see Anthony Hudson Anthony Hudson is an Australian rules football commentator on both television and radio.-Early career:...
  
  
• Dermott Brereton
  Dermott Brereton
  Dermott Hugh Brereton is a former Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League, regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. Of Irish descent , he is known for his aggressive style of play. Brereton kicked 464 goals and played in five Premierships for during...
  
  
• Eddie McGuire
  Eddie McGuire
  Edward Joseph "Eddie" McGuire AM is an Australian television presenter and businessman known for his long association with Australian rules football and the Channel 9 television network....
  
  
• Glen Jakovich
  Glen Jakovich
  Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...
  
  
• Liam Pickering
  Liam Pickering
  Liam Michael Pickering is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.-Football career:He played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club. He played 102 games with Geelong from 1993–1999, before his retirement from AFL football...
  
  
• Matthew Campbell
  Matthew Campbell
  Matthew Campbell, born 30 January 1964 in South Australia.Matthew Campbell is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL and is now an AFL match commentator for Fox Sports...
  
  
• Paul Roos
  Paul Roos
  Paul Roos may refer to:* Paul Roos , former Australian rules football player and Sydney Swans AFL coach* Paul Roos , Springbok rugby union captain* Paul Roos Gymnasium, a high school in Stellenbosch, South Africa...
  
  
• Gerard Healy
  Gerard Healy
  Gerard Healy is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator.Healy attended St Bede's College in Mentone, where he was the Senior Football Captain.-Melbourne Demons:...
  
  
• Mark Riccuto
• Tony Shaw
  Tony Shaw
  Anthony 'Tony' Shaw is a former Australian rules footballer, coach and media personality.-Playing career:Shaw was recruited to Collingwood from Reservoir-Lakeside to make his debut in 1977 alongside brother Ray...
  
  
• Brad Johnson
  Brad Johnson
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• David King
  David King
  David or Dave King may refer to:In sports:*David King , Australian rules footballer for the Kangaroos Football Club*Dave King , Scottish businessman, Rangers F.C...
  
  
• Jason Dunstall
  Jason Dunstall
  Jason Hadfield Dunstall is a former Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club of the AFL. He is the third greatest goalkicker in the history of the VFL/AFL. Dunstall is regarded as one of the greatest full-forwards to have ever played, kicking 1254 goals, a feat only...
  
  
• Danny Frawley
  Danny Frawley
  Danny Frawley is a former Australian rules footballer and coach and a current football commentator with Fox Sports.He is the nephew of Collingwood player Des Tuddenham and the uncle of current Melbourne Football Club player James Frawley.- Football career :Recruited from Ballarat, after attending...
  
  
• Wayne Schwass
  Wayne Schwass
  Wayne Schwass was an Australian rules football player in the VFL/AFL who debuted in 1988.He is notable as one of only a few New Zealand-born players of Māori heritage in the history of the VFL/AFL....