NRL 2020: Rugby State of Origin TV rights play from Channel 7

Channel 7 has reportedly sent a clear threat to Channel 9 after a momentous plot to snatch the NRL’s jewel in the crown was revealed. nsw vs qld 2020

Channel 7 has reportedly turned its eye to State of Origin in the wake of the network’s bitter falling out with Cricket Australia.

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In the most tumultuous year for sports broadcast rights in memory, TV revolutions are brewing on the back of discontent from free to air networks. State Of Origin 2020 Live Online

Seven is threatening to terminate its $450 million contract with Cricket Australia.

Channel 7 chief executive James Warburton last week delivered a scathing assessment of Cricket Australia’s management, calling it a “trainwreck” and the “most incompetent” administration he has ever worked with.

CA is reportedly refusing to give broadcast partners a discount on its rights fees, despite the coronavirus looming large over the 2020-21 summer of cricket.

Seven currently pays approximately $82 million a year to CA for the broadcast rights as part of its six-year deal.

However, it emerged on Monday that Seven is considering a play to put that money towards snaring the free to air rights for State of Origin, beginning in 2023. Live stream State of Origin NSW vs QLD

Seven’s public attack on Cricket Australia comes just months after a public war between Channel 9 and the NRL over a similar reduction in broadcast rights costs.

The NRL announced in May it had reached an extended agreement with Foxtel to keep the game on the Pay TV subscriber through to the end of the 2027 season.

Nine was reportedly left seething by the NRL’s attempts to push on with the 2020 season after informing investors the company could have saved $130 million by cancelling the 2020 premiership.

The war of words ultimately resulted in former NRL CEO Todd Greenberg being forced out. State of Origin NSW vs QLD Watch online

As part of that agreement, Nine only agreed to continue through to the end of the original broadcast deal, which was signed through to the end of the 2022 season.

That agreement reportedly included Fox Sports having a $90 million nibble at Nine’s exclusivity for State of Origin — but Nine eventually signed a deal to keep the grand final and all three State of Origin matches exclusive to the network through to the end of 2022.

Now Seven is reportedly muscling in on Nine’s turf in a potential joint-bid with Foxtel for State of Origin from 2023-27. https://stateoforiginrugbyau.blogspot.com/

The Australian first reported Seven is interested in State of Origin and could even make a play to take the NRL premiership out of Nine’s hands, beginning in 2023.