Racing
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| Type | Racing |
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| Country | Australia |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Network | Seven Network Foxtel |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 576iSDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Seven West Media Racing Victoria |
| Sister channels | Channel 7 7HD 7two 7mate 7Bravo 7flix TVSN |
| History | |
| Launched | 29 August 2015 |
| Replaced | TVN(onFoxtel)
Fresh Ideas TV(onSeven O&O) except regional stations acquired bySeven West Mediain the past year likePrime7andGWN7. Aspire TV(onSouthern Cross Austereo’s Seven affiliated stations.) |
| Links | |
| Website | racing |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview Seven owned (virtual) | 78/68 |
| Freeview Southern Cross/Seven Regional (virtual) | 68 |
| Streaming media | |
| Racing | Live Vision |
| Seven Network | 7plus |
Racing(stylised asRACING.COM) is an Australianfree-to-airstandard-definitiondigital television channel, owned and operated by theSeven NetworkandRacing Victoria.The channel broadcasts live Victorian and South Australian horse racing, news, racing statistics and information, race replays, event calendars and other related media.
The service officially launched on 29 August 2015,[1]after a blackout of Victorian horse races bySky Racing,and is available to viewers in metropolitan areas, as well as regional areas viaSouthern Cross Television,and nationally viaFoxtel.[2]
History
[edit]Following a blackout of Victorian horse racing bySky Racingon 16 June 2015,Seven West MediaandRacing Victoriaentered into talks and reached an agreement to broadcast an interim feed sourced from the Racing website's live stream starting 26 June 2015.[1]Seven in regional areas began an interim broadcast on channel 68 on 28 July 2015.[3]The channel was officially launched on 29 August 2015, withSouthern Cross Televisioncommencing broadcasting on the same day.[4]Foxtel began broadcasting the channel on 12 September 2015.[5]
Dubai World Cup Carnival 2016 announced that it will broadcast the final three meetings of the Dubai World Cup Carnival on Racing.[6]
On 1 August 2017, Racing began broadcasting South Australian Racing following the successful closing of a seven-year content deal with Thoroughbred Racing South Australia in June.[7][8]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ab"Channel 78 to go live on Friday".Racing. 25 June 2015.Retrieved3 March2016.
- ^"New channel, Racing, to join Foxtel line-up".The Green Room.Foxtel. 10 September 2010.Retrieved20 September2010.
- ^O'Brien, Bren (28 July 2015)."Racing channel expands into regions".Racing.Retrieved3 March2016.
- ^Biddington, Tom (28 August 2015)."Southern Cross TV picks up Racing".Racing.Retrieved3 March2016.
- ^"Racing broadcast on Foxtel Channel 522 from Saturday".Racing Victoria. 10 September 2015.Retrieved3 March2016.
- ^"Dubai World Cup Carnival".Racing.Retrieved27 March2016.
- ^Anderson, Shane (26 July 2017)."SA coverage heralds Racing evolution".Racing.Retrieved3 September2017.
- ^Knox, David (3 June 2017)."Racing signs South Australian deal".TV Tonight.Retrieved3 September2017.
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