Foxtel to give Commonwealth Games coverage to its sports subscribers
In a change of strategy from the Winter Olympics, Foxtel is to provide access to its extensive Commonwealth Games coverage to all of its sports subscribers at no further charge.
The company announced that it would be providing 500 hours of live events and 1700 hours of total coverage on six dedicated channels which will be available in both standard and HD.
During the Winter Olympics, Foxtel provided four dedicated channels, which is charged an additional subscription fee for. While it has not disclosed how many people signed up for it,most assumptions in the industry were that numbers were low.
Announcing the Commonwealth Games move, Foxtel CEO Kim Williams said: “We will offer our customers even more value for their Foxtel subscription by offering them – for free to all sports subscribers – the most comprehensive coverage of any sporting event ever in Australian television history.
Sick! Glad they are not charging for this.
Commonwealth Games for free? That’s still overpriced!
Another “major event”? After the world cup, winter Olympics etc etc, i just couldn’t care.
Maybe because they couldn’t sell it? Given TEN is also broadcasting?
They are also streaming all channels simultaneously online which is kinda cool http://www.foxtel.com.au/delhi-2010
I bought the Winter Olympics package… ZzzzzzzZ! No way I’ll ever buy a major events package again -> long live online!!