Saturday's Brisbane Lions-St Kilda game in Moreton Bay and the Adelaide-North Melbourne clash at Port Lincoln on Sunday will both be streamed, as will two games on each of the following two weekends. After earlier being deterred on the premise that stream quality could not be guaranteed, the league ultimately decided it was worth taking the risk.

AFL general manager of broadcasting Simon Lethlean explained in a statement why the league had changed its mind.

"We've listened to the concerns of those supporters who don't want to miss a minute of their club competing in this year's NAB Challenge, which is why we're pleased to have overcome a number of significant hurdles to ensure every fan has the opportunity to watch their team compete in every NAB Challenge match," Lethlean said.

"This year we have worked with our broadcast partner Fox Footy to expand NAB Challenge live coverage from 18 to 21 games and we have also increased the number of NAB Challenge matches played in regional and suburban communities around Australia.

"As a result we have encountered some significant logistical, technical and signal delivery issues at some venues but through a great deal of work with AFL Media we've been able to repurpose resources originally slated to produce match highlights to provide live streaming from those venues for the respective club websites and apps.