ABC TV Digital set-top box competition

Submitted by NorthPort on
Just thought I'd mention that I got a huge surprise when the great Barry Round pulled my name out of the basket!
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footyman Sun, 24 Jul 2005 - 21:16
Hahaha, you were probably the only entry David :D Seriously, well done. Now all we want is ABC2 to show the Tasmanian match in a few weeks time...hint, hint ABC take note please.
Robbo Mon, 25 Jul 2005 - 08:56
onslaught wrote:Just thought I'd mention that I got a huge surprise when the great Barry Round pulled my name out of the basket!
I was watching the coverage on Saturday and saw it. Well Done David.
NorthPort Topic starter Tue, 29 Nov 2005 - 09:35
bcarbonaro wrote:What did you win ?
It was a Standard Definition digital set-top box... Perfect for ABC2 repeats during the season.
bcarbonaro Wed, 30 Nov 2005 - 15:37
Sounds awesome, Ons. Have you been using it yet, any sport you have been watching ?
vfa Wed, 30 Nov 2005 - 16:42

Why doesn't ABC2 show old replays like Fox Footy's from the Fox Footy Vault ? Show classic VFA games from yesteryear. ABC can also borrow tapes from viewers to show if they are up to a fair standard to view. Oakleigh, Dandenong, Caulfield, Prahran, Northcote on your ABC. I have heard from a source that Fox Footy have the following VFA games- 1960 VFA Grand Final between Oakleigh v Sandringham, 1962 Sandringham v Moorabbin and 1963 Moorabin's flag. Apparently the ABC televised the last quarter in those years. Fox bought hundreds of old VFA and VFL tapes from the ABC. The ABC also got what tapes Channel 0/10 had on the VFA. Mindless VFA deleted, taped over and threw out a lot of old tapes from VFA games.
bcarbonaro Wed, 30 Nov 2005 - 19:13
Yes, Vfa. It's important that we promote the history of VFA and more so, community football.
zebraman Wed, 30 Nov 2005 - 19:42
I was at the 1962 Grand Final...all of 7 years old!....and I don't remember a thing about the game...so I'd love to see some footage of it
billythekid Wed, 30 Nov 2005 - 21:09
vfa wrote:Why doesn't ABC2 show old replays like Fox Footy's from the Fox Footy Vault ? Show classic VFA games from yesteryear. ABC can also borrow tapes from viewers to show if they are up to a fair standard to view. Oakleigh, Dandenong, Caulfield, Prahran, Northcote on your ABC. I have heard from a source that Fox Footy have the following VFA games- 1960 VFA Grand Final between Oakleigh v Sandringham, 1962 Sandringham v Moorabbin and 1963 Moorabin's flag. Apparently the ABC televised the last quarter in those years. Fox bought hundreds of old VFA and VFL tapes from the ABC. The ABC also got what tapes Channel 0/10 had on the VFA. Mindless VFA deleted, taped over and threw out a lot of old tapes from VFA games.
I was told many years ago when the SFC asked for a tape of the 1962 GF that the ABC apparently wiped the tapes of the VFA games in 1950s and reused them so there is no vision avaiable for that era.
bcarbonaro Fri, 2 Dec 2005 - 22:59
Whilst we get angry at networks for doing this, sometimes financial issues dictate that the tape issues have to be done. Sometimes networks don't have enough money to get new tapes, as the sorts of tapes that they use are very expensive.