Economy

Kayo’s Super Saturday footy coverage is about to get more expensive

Just two months after AFL fans were shocked to find out it would cost a minimum of $25 a month to watch any live football on a Saturday, Foxtel’s Kayo is preparing to hike its subscription costs again.

While it was announced last year, it wasn’t until round one of the season that many Australians switched on free-to-air broadcaster Network Seven on Saturday night to find a movie rerun playing instead of football.

An advertisement for Kayo Sports promoting their exclusive Fox Footy AFL coverage on Saturdays.Credit: Paul Rovere

Foxtel, less than two months into its new ownership by British streamer DAZN, had made it clear before the start of the 2025 AFL season that the only place to watch the footy on a Saturday would be through a subscription to its streaming platform, Kayo, or for those still paying a premium for a set-top box at home.

But for the average Australian, watching the AFL on a Saturday night is standard appointment viewing, and most do not expect to pay for it. While all games are available on Foxtel, there was an expectation among fans at least one game would be available each day across the weekend.

In Foxtel’s final reported figures before being sold by News Corp and Telstra, it reported 1.5 million paying subscribers for Kayo in September last year.

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On the eve of the season kicking off in March, Kayo’s “basic” tier was renamed “Kayo Premium”, with its price rising to $40 a month (up from $35). Meanwhile, those still on its standard tier, will have to pay $30 from June 3, up from $25.

This is the first year of the blockbuster $4.5 billion contract signed by the AFL, Foxtel and Seven in 2022. The contract will run until 2031; Foxtel pays about $418 million a year to the AFL as part of the deal.

Given the cost of the AFL rights, and rising costs of all of its other sports contracts, Foxtel has had to find ways to make a profit. And a part of the remedy has been to put AFL games behind a paywall on the biggest day of the week for the league.

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