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Ashes TV coverage faces axe
By Chloe Saltau
November 9, 2004

For the first time in more than 30 years, Australian cricket fans are likely to be denied free television coverage of an Ashes series. The Seven and Nine networks have both indicated they are unlikely to broadcast next year's highly anticipated series in England, leaving only pay TV coverage on Fox Sports.