save my sport - latest information

6 February 2009 - Network Ten will kick off Australia's first free-to-air 24-hour sports channel, ONE, on Thursday, 26 March 2009 at 7.30pm with an exciting program of top sporting action. Click here for a copy of the media release.

19 September 2008 - The pay TV lobby's latest, predictable attack on the anti-siphoning list proves once again it will go to any lengths to force Australian viewers to pay for sport.  Click here for a copy of the media release. 

29 August 2008 - Peak industry body Free TV Australia said today that official ratings data for the Olympic Games reaffirms the popularity of sport on free-to-air television with Australian viewers.  Click here for a copy of the media release.

‘Use it or lose it’ guidelines released for anti-siphoning sport
Click here for a copy of Senator the Hon Helen Coonan's media release.

Free To Air Sport at Risk Under Coonan Plan
Click here for a copy of Senator Stephen Conroy's media release.

save my sport - campaign

Last year Australian sports fans watched over 1648 hours of sport on free TV.

Events like the Melbourne Cup, AFL and NRL competitions, Bledisloe Cup, Australian Open Tennis, Wimbledon and V8 Supercars were just some of the sports that brought Australia together like nothing else.

Australian sports fans take for granted that they will always be able to see their favourite sporting events on free-to-air television.

But that right is under threat as never before.

Pay TV want exclusive, live rights to sporting events so Australians have to pay to watch sport just as they do in the UK and New Zealand.

And last week three of the major football sporting bodies joined with them in what amounted to a “gang tackle” on viewers’ rights to see the best games for free.

If they win – Australian viewers will be the big losers.

The focus of the attack is the antisiphoning list - a list of major sporting events the Government established to ensure they could not be bought exclusively by pay TV and that all Australians would have the chance to watch them free of charge.

We think that sport on free TV is too good to lose. And we urge you to let your local Member of Parliament know that you do too! Please follow the links on this site to find out more about the sports that are at risk and what you can do to help save them.