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===Revival=== {{Main|Fox Footy}} It was announced on 28 April 2011 that the channel will be revived for the 2012 AFL season. The channel returned exclusively on Foxtel and its broadcasting partners, under the proposed new name of ''Fox Sports AFL'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/foxtel-to-deliver-every-afl-game-live-via-dedicated-fox-spor-124760.htm |title=FOXTEL to Deliver Most Comprehensive Live AFL Coverage Ever |access-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103051536/http://www.foxtel.com.au/whats-on/foxtel-insider/foxtel-to-deliver-every-afl-game-live-via-dedicated-fox-spor-124760.htm |archive-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was later changed back to its original name ''Fox Footy''. The channel relaunched on Friday 17 February 2012 with the first [[NAB Cup]] [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] match between [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]], [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] and [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] broadcast that night. ''Fox Footy'' broadcasts all NAB Challenge games exclusively, all home and away matches and all finals matches (except for the Grand Final which screens exclusively on Seven). All matches are broadcast [[Live television|live to air]] in both [[576i|Standard]] and [[1080i|High Definition]] with no commercial breaks during play. When two live matches are being played simultaneously, [[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports 1]] broadcasts one of the matches. Football personalities and commentators who signed or re-signed to be a part of the relaunched channel included [[Eddie McGuire]] (who commentates one non-[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] match a week and hosts his own talk show), [[Gerard Healy]], [[Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer)|Paul Roos]], [[Jason Dunstall]], [[Dwayne Russell]], [[Brad Johnson (Australian footballer)|Brad Johnson]], [[Alastair Lynch]], [[Tony Shaw (Australian rules footballer)|Tony Shaw]], [[Liam Pickering]], [[David King (footballer, born 1972)|David King]], [[Danny Frawley]], [[Mark Ricciuto]], [[Glen Jakovich]], [[Anthony Hudson (commentator)|Anthony Hudson]] and [[Dermott Brereton]].
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