Editing Fox Footy Channel (section)

===End of the channel===
The future of the channel was placed in doubt after the [[Seven Network]] and [[Network Ten]] were awarded the AFL rights from 2007 to 2011. On 23 August 2006, Foxtel announced the Fox Footy Channel would cease broadcasting at the conclusion of the current AFL season and be replaced with [[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports 3]]. Foxtel CEO [[Kim Williams (media executive)|Kim Williams]] stated "It's not financially viable to continue operating a 24-hour-a-day (Australian rules) football channel when we can only get three live games a week and not on the terms we have sought."<ref>
{{cite news
 | title =  Broadcasters brawl as Foxtel axes AFL
 | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Broadcasters-brawl-as-Foxtel-axes-AFL/2006/08/23/1156012608114.html
 | agency = [[Australian Associated Press|AAP]]
 | newspaper = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]
 | date = 23 August 2006
 | access-date = 6 September 2009
 }}
</ref> The channel ended after a replay of the [[2006 AFL Grand Final]] at 4.00am. Seven and Ten later came to terms with Foxtel and four games per round will be shown on pay-TV through the [[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports]] channels.