Rules · TV coverage · Must-follow
Every game live on pay TV
BC-03Catalogue name: Every match on pay television
What it means
All nine games in a round can be watched live on pay televisionSubscription television and its streaming service. Every home-and-away game is available live there.Read more in the glossary or its streaming service.
Why it exists
The TV deal gives the pay-television broadcaster every home-and-away game live (the Grand Final is the exception, and finals are not modelled here).
For example
Even a Sunday twilightThe late-afternoon time band, between the day and night games.Read more in the glossary game in Perth that free-to-airTelevision anyone can watch without a subscription.Read more in the glossary does not show live is available live on pay TV.
How strictly it applies
Must-follow The fixture must obey this rule. A separate checker tests the finished fixture afterwards.
Must-follow. In the model this is true by construction, and the checker confirms it in every version from 18 September.
Where to see it
Prime-time games shows how this plays out across the season.
How it played out across versions
One cell per release, oldest first. Each shows the verdict that release recorded for this rule; a release with no row for the rule says so.
- Preview 13 September2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- Preview 14 September (seed 42)2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- Repeat-qualified (seed 42)2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- Corrected (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- Rules release (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- B009 nominal (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Off, switched off by these settings
no checker yet
- B010 nominal (weight 0.10)2027 · Generated
Met, met
- B011 nominal2027 · Generated
Met, met
- B012 Wednesday opening2027 · Generated
Met, met
- 20252025 season as played2025 · As played
This version has no recorded result for this rule.
First checked independently in TV slots added, 18 Sep 2026.
Related
For analysts: catalogue text and codes
- Rule id
BC-03- Catalogue text
- All nine matches per round available live on Foxtel/Kayo.
- Catalogue type
- Hard / contract
- Catalogue family
- Broadcast Rights Constraints (2025–2031 Deal)
- Class
hard· The fixture must never break it.- Step
S4· Step 5: TV slot- Recorded status
met· source rowevaluated- Catalogue reason
- A commitment in the broadcast deal (the Grand Final excepted).