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Only seven rounds are being broadcast on Channel 10 this year, the Adelaide 500, Perth Supernight, Townsville 400, Bathurst 1000, Gold Coast 600, Sandown 500, and season finale Newcastle 500.
Supercars is keen to evaluate its live television schedule with Ten.Supercars is talking to Network Ten to investigate ways to further integrate the championship on the station and decrease gaps between live free-to-air events for 2019.The series’ current media rights deal with Fox Sports and Network Ten sees the latter broadcast seven of the 16 championship rounds live and free, with a 60 minute highlights show produced for the remaining races.Fox Sports has the exclusive rights to televise every session of the season live under the $241 million TV deal, which began in 2015 and expires at the end of 2020.Ten currently broadcasts live from the season opening Adelaide 500, Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix (Coates Hire Melbourne 400), Watpac Townsville 400, Rabble.club Sandown 500, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, Vodafone Gold Coast 600 and the Coates Hire Newcastle 500 finale.The current schedule sees a gap of more the three months between live broadcasts from Albert Park in March to Townsville in July, which is too long in the eyes of Supercars CEO Sean Seamer.Gaps between other events are a lot less with the next largest being the 10 weeks from Townsville to Sandown, held from September 14-16.“We’re dark too long on Channel 10 I think, and we’ve got our highlights, but between AGP and Townsville, we’re not live on Ten,” Seamer told Speedcafe.com.“So we’re talking to them about that obviously, that’s a long time not to be live on Ten.
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Join Iain and 5,728 supporters today. Get live Supercars Race updates, Fastest Laps & more. All other rounds will be packed together as highlights, and screened after the races finish at Channel 10… We want to see it. The quality of the broadcast, and the ratings have been fantastic.”.Meanwhile, Supercars reported that its recent Sydney SuperNight 300 recorded a significant increase in television figures on Fox Sports with the Saturday coverage 17 percent up on last year’s numbers.Users are encouraged to flag/report comments which should be removed.Some comments may require approval before being published which can take up to 48 hours.Try our daily email, The best way to get your news first, fast and free!By submitting above you agree to the Speedcafe.com.Speedcafe.com has been established to provide a daily motorsport news service to the industry and fans in Australia and internationally.Subscribe to our daily newsletter, the best way to get your news first, fast, and free!All material copyright © 2020 : Speedcafe.com,Supercars investigating changes to Ten’s TV schedule,Plenty of positives for De Pasquale after final rookie day,Confidence high at Kelly Racing after near double podium,Coulthard: Supercars can take tyre learnings from F1,Fullwood hails historic first Supercars podium ‘unbelievable’,Van Gisbergen knew tyre struggle was coming,McLaughlin bemused by penalty, Holdsworth labels Kiwi ‘desperate’,Whincup understanding of ‘harsh but not harsh’ penalty,Coulthard wins epic as Whincup, McLaughlin both penalised,Castrol Live Updates: The Bend SuperSprint,Michelin Live Updates: 24 Hours of Le Mans,Toyota firmly in Le Mans box seat through opening hours,Conway leads Toyota one-two through dramatic Le Mans opening hour,Viñales breaks record on way to pole, Miller second-fastest.Network Ten was awarded a TV Week Logie Award last month for its coverage of the 2017 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. Become a member to join in Australia's biggest sporting debate, submit articles, receive updates straight to your inbox and keep up with your favourite teams and authors.Oops!
Channel: Fox Sports 506 The live Fox Sports coverage for Saturday's Supercars action in Townsville will start at 9:45am AEST, right before the first of two free practice sessions.
The broadcast of the V8 Supercars Championship is live and exclusive to Kayo Sports and Foxtel. But other than that, the dynamic works well.”.To keep the series more visible on Ten, the championship is actively working with the station’s new head of sport and long-time Supercars host and commentator Matt White.In addition to the motorsport magazine show,This week David Reynolds made a guest appearance on the popular panel show.“Having Matt White in that role, as well as the support of Channel 10, has definitely helped, and we’re looking to work with him and integrate with him a lot more,” added Seamer.Meanwhile, discussions regarding the championship’s next media rights deal are yet to begin, but Seamer says he is happy with the current deal between Fox and Ten.“No, they (talks) haven’t (begun),” said Seamer.“I said we’ll talk to people, but there’s a lot going on in the media market right now, and we said earlier on in the year that we would let Fox and our partners go through what they needed to go through, and they continue to do it.“We talk to them every day, we’re watching the ratings and we’re really happy with how we’re going this year.
The top ten shootout will confirm the final places on the grid for the Bathurst 1000 on Saturday afternoon, following yesterday’s qualifying session.