c7 continued to provide its service to optus and austar, but its programming lineup near the end of its run was extremely weak. c7 was reduced to showing xfl games (on several weeks' delay) and live woodchopping in prime time. optus dropped the channel in late march, replacing it with fox sports. soon after austar replaced it with the fox footy channel. with no carrier, the channel was officially closed on 7 may.