FFA CEO David Gallop Reveals A-League Moves Back To Free-To-Air TV Channel SBS2

Football Federation Australia CEO David Gallop confirmed the A-League "would be moving back to" free-to-air TV channel SBS2, according to the AAP. The broadcast demotion "is a blow for the league after months of negotiations with the Nine Network and Channel Seven have so far failed to bear fruit." A-League bosses "had hoped to move the free-to-air (FTA) broadcast at the midway point of a four-year deal, shared with subscription Fox Sports." With the A-League less than a month away, there "is growing certainty that the 2015/16 A-League season will stay with the multiculturally-focused national broadcaster." Gallop: “It’s been reasonably well documented that FFA and SBS have explored alternatives. The game of (AFL and NRL rights) musical chairs has stopped with the season so close." Gallop said that "despite the move to the poorly-watched channel, he was 'optimistic about our ability to have an improved year for TV ratings'" overall in '15-16 (AAP, 9/9).