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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today announced Free TV Australia (Free TV) as their new media partner in various island nations in the Pacific Ocean, including Fiji, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Free TV’s deal covers the AFC’s major national team and club competitions in the year 2022, including the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar, the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan, the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup.
PacificAus TV is the result of a partnership between Free TV Australia and the Federal Government. PacificAus TV has sourced content from Australian commercial television networks and other content providers to supply Pacific partner broadcasters with premium Australian content across the Pacific, free of charge.
Sport fans across the Pacific Islands can now catch all the action from the AFC’s national team and club competitions on networks such as Kiri One (Kiribati), NTV (Nauru), FBC 1 and FBC 2 (Fiji), TTV 1 and TTV 2 (Solomon Islands), VBTC (Vanuatu), TBC 1 and TBC 2 (Tonga), TV3 (Samoa) and Tuvalu.TV (Tuvalu).
Datuk Seri Windsor John, the AFC General Secretary, said, “The AFC is pleased to enter into this partnership with Free TV Australia, which will bring captivating Asian football action to new audiences in the Pacific Island nations.”
“The AFC’s competitions are now available in virtually every market across the globe and this partnership further underlines the ever-growing and universal appeal and fanbase of our world-class tournaments.”
Free TV’s CEO, Bridget Fair said, “We are delighted to partner with the Asian Football Confederation to bring these exciting football matches to our Pacific neighbours as part of the PacificAus TV service. This deal will bring more of the world game to viewers in our region through our Pacific partner broadcasters, and will further strengthen our portfolio of the best of Australian drama, sport, entertainment, children’s and factual programming.”
Patrick Murphy, Board Member and CEO at Football Marketing Asia, commented, “We are very pleased to partner with Free TV to strengthen the presence of Asian football across the Pacific Islands, and look forward to working together over the course of the coming year.”
