Sevens increases arent paid by Foxsports.
From 2017 - News Corp will pay the AFL an estimated $1.3 Billion, with
Channel 7 paying $900 Million including 60 Million in contra (840m cash (140m pa), Telstra will pay $300 Million for Digital Rights.
From 2020 -
AFL chief Gillon McLachlan said the revised five-year deal with Seven for 2020-2024 was for $730 million or an average of $146 million per year for free to air rights. Seven will receive a 19 per cent saving and a net benefit of $87 million over the remainder of the current deal through to the end of 2022 before the extended rights deal kicks in.
From 2023 - ?? This figure isnt really definable as the final Seven figures for 2023 and 2024 were never published as far as Im aware. Calculations using the 19% or the 87m havent generated a realistic figure, given the recent proportions of the relative deals - and savings/cost reductions arent necessarily equal to rights amounts due, as some of this was in production cost reductions - normally borne by Seven (ie. they stopped shipping commentators around the country during this deal)
From 2025 -
Seven will pay a 14% increase on the 2024 rights in 2025; with indexation over the term this represents a 3.6% compound annual growth rate in rights fees across the period. Given we dont actually know what the 2023-24 figures are, we cant accurately give anything for this. Further rights arent the exact same amount each year, they tend to start low and end high and can also be affected by advance payments.
