I’ll bring this over into the election coverage topic because it looks to apply to Seven’s debate as well.
Current schedules provided suggest that there will be delayed coverage outside the eastern states on FTA. Viewers can watch live on 7Plus and 9Now.
It suggests that the reasons the commercial networks are showing the debates go beyond wanting to inform the public. There is also brand recognition and reputation etc to consider. It will be interesting to see if a clean feed is offered to the other networks of either or both debates.
Also wondering if Nine’s debate will be recorded earlier in the night - Seven’s media release says “live”. Will there be commercial breaks?
Pity that the ABC missed out on a debate.