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AFL broadcast deal: record $2.5 billion agreement between News Corp, Seven and Telstra

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AFL broadcast deal: record $2.5 billion agreement between News Corp, Seven and Telstra

Just a week after being blindsided by the NRL’s broadcast agreement with Channel Nine, Rupert Murdoch – the man who started the Super League war to gain control of the code – hit back by telling a press conference to announce News Corp’s deal with AFL: "We have always preferred Aussie rules".

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