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Pay television is the predominant outlet for both domestic and international Soccer in Australia. Some games can also can be heard on local radio stations. The anti-siphoning list which controls what must be kept on free to air television in Australia includes only the FA Cup games. The Domestic A-League will be added to the anti-siphoning list, but not until 2014 in order to prevent a breach of contract on the part of Football Federation Australia.
Following a A$120million, seven-year deal between the FFA and Fox Sports, Fox Sports will have exclusive rights from 2007 to all Socceroos home internationals, all A-League and AFC Asian Cup fixtures, FIFA World Cup qualifiers through the AFC, and all AFC Champions League matches.
Representing the most significant TV rights agreement for soccer in Australia, it is still relatively small compared to European soccer leagues, such as the Premier League in England.
Fox Sports also has exclusive rights to the English Premier League and shows every match, with a viewers choice option available to viewers when multiple matches are being played at the same time.
SBS shows live UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League games and retains the Australian broadcast rights to the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. Pay Television stations (Fox Sports, ESPN and Setanta) also show Scottish, Italian, German, Dutch and Spanish leagues.
As of the 2009–10 season, free-to-air digital station ONE HD airs the German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and the FIFA Club World Cup competitions live and commercial free.
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