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Foxtel is to blame in my view for the lack of A-LEAGUE viewers, their system is outdated and pricing is an absolute rip-off. I will never pay a greedy company that hiked up their prices right after they forced the government to crack down in the average Joe that streams content illegally. If that isn’t greedy and if you agree that it was the correct move than I feel for you.
Foxtel have all the best shows and some sports but can’t structure their streaming system to even work properly. It’s unbelievable that they owned Presto their streaming system that had great content but lacked their best series like GOT, TWD why because again they are greedy. How hard is it for them to offer individual game purchases? In this day and age we should be able to purchase to view a WSW vs SFC for $5 and stream that live but that’s just Foxtel they refuse to innovate because they want you to pay a fortune. So if you want FoxTel Now Sports you are now forced to pay for the Pop & Lifestyle pack – $25/mth to have the Sport* pack – $29/mth that’s $54 a month vs Optus Sports $14.99 and BeinSports $19.99. Some might argue but that’s a lot of sports channels offered by Fox and yes that’s correct but I don’t watch NRL or AFL only Football and F1. Bare in mind if you where to choose their entire pack it would cost you $104 a month.
Moving forward the A-LEAGUE would be better off on Optus Sports that has a much better pricing and a system that streams properly and also works in Fetch TV seamlessly, I had no issues during the World Cup. Anyone here that has Optus Sports has to agree their coverage of the EPL and World Cup is absolutely brilliant.
A-LEAGUE needs to look into their negotiations and should join the home of Football that is Optus Sports not only would they promote the A-LEAGUE better but their streaming system is modern and their pre game and after game show is brilliant.
By joining Optus Sports the A-League will be sitting alongside the most marketed and popular League in the world the Premiere League and if that itself isn’t a way to get more people into the A-League then it has no hope at all.
Can you call yourself an A-League fan if you don't have Fox Sports?