They now have a slice of every major sports product in Australia. They’re doing what they think is best to secure good content for those who pay, sometimes up to a small fortune, for subscription television service.
Channel Ten are given the free to air rights, with the kind of money on offer from Foxtel unlikely to be matched by a free to air station for motor racing.
V8 SUPERCARS TELEVISED FULL
How else do you explain taking all but six full race meetings off network television and replacing them with a one-hour highlights package?įoxtel, obviously, have plenty of money to throw at the series, because the nature of their work is subscription television (though I bet we’ll see a slight subscription increase as a result of this).Īnd the dollar signs – all 241 million of them – have obviously flashed in the eyes of CEO James Warburton and his staff, so they’ve jumped at the chance to make a massive amount of cash. Joining the Repco Supercars Championship in action at Wanneroo Raceway will be the Dunlop Series, GT World Challenge Australia, V8 SuperUte Series and WA Historic Touring Cars. You can’t help but think V8 Supercars have delivered a gut punch to the people that have been the heartbeat of their fan-base for a long time. V8 Sleuth managing director Aaron Noonan and Tickford Racing co-driver James Moffat will call the shots, with access via the SEN app and selected stations.
On Friday the coverage will be limited to Fox Sports with the broadcast kicking off at 11:30am AEST. Primary broadcaster Fox Sports and free-to-air partner the Seven Network will share live TV coverage of the 2022 Gold Coast 500. That’s sad, but it’s also a reality of life in Australia, and the V8 Supercars either didn’t know that or just don’t care. Channel: Fox Sports 506, 7mate, Channel 7. They just don’t have the available funds. As much as some fans might want to, the fact is they can’t. Of course, aside from the re-launch of RPM, you’re going to have to pay for the privilege.
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