Editing C7 Sport (section)

===Claim===
Seven's principal claims, relying on anti-competitive provisions in Part IV of the [[Trade Practices Act]], were that:

* Foxtel denied C7 access to Telstra's cable network and Foxtel's STBs in order to weaken C7's position when negotiating television deals with the AFL and NRL; 
* One or more of the named defendants acted illegally to collude in the marketplace and use their combined market power to prevent competition;
* Foxtel's owners (Telstra, News Corporation and PBL) signed an agreement in late-1999 to ensure Foxtel gained the AFL and NRL rights. 
* Optus's undertaking to carry Fox Sports was a breach of an 'exclusive' contract it had with Seven for provision of sports programming.

Seven claimed damages of A$480 million (amended from the original A$1.1 billion).<ref>Ryan, Peter. [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2005/s1469680.htm C7 court case gets personal] [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] radio PM, 27 September 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2014</ref> Soon after the case began, the suits against Network Ten and the AFL were settled in the [[Federal Court of Australia|Federal Court]].