Australia’s Seven Network has appealed the decision to dismiss its lawsuit alleging Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and others colluded to win TV rights for the Australian Football League, forcing the closure of its C7 sports channel.
The appeal will focus on two allegations: that Foxtel's owners colluded in late 2000 to ensure C7 lost the AFL rights and did not pick up the NRL rights; and that Foxtel misused its market power by refusing to carry C7's sports channels from 1998 to 2000.
The appeal means the case could now go on until 2009. Seven’s case was dismissed by Justice Ronald Sackville in July this year.
Three Federal Court judges will now hear the appeal, likely to be in heard in the second half of next year.
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