Complex sentence: The channel was created in 2000 after News Limited won the television broadcast rights to the AFL, jointly with the Nine Network and Network Ten for the 2002-2006 seasons, and granted the subscription rights to Foxtel.
Split into simpler sentences: The channel was created in 2000 after News Limited won the television broadcast rights to the AFL for the 2002-2006 seasons. It granted to free to air rights to the Nine Network and Network Ten, and granted the subscription rights to Foxtel.