Fox Sports has won a bidding war against Stan Sport to secure Tim Tszyu on multi-year broadcast deal. Nine had been secretly negotiating with Tszyu’s promoters No Limit Boxing to televise his fights on Stan Sport. Details of the new deal will be revealed soon and will involve many of the biggest names in Australian boxing.
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If this was going to be on Stan sport I’m assuming they were trying to set up their own PPV set up?
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I am just happy that Stan are really going after sport. This is very interesting, at what point does Fox start to pull back due to paying overs for the sport or sports?
The competition for sport rights is back!
The Heat Repeat premieres on FOXW on April 7.
https://twitter.com/cricketcomau/status/1377446001737297929
Should be followed by an indepth doco on the mighty Sydney Thunder’s title win this year. #Thundernation #BeatTheHeat
That was rigged… stars finish top but need to play at the thunders home ground
That whole series was played in a bio-security bubble. Not their fault it just happened to be in Sydney.
Also, not Thunders’ home ground.
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The Masters 2021
MASTERS CHANNEL AVAILABLE ALL WEEK APRIL 6-12
LIVE COVERAGE OF 2021 MASTERS: APRIL 9-12
OVER 100 HOURS OF MASTERS PROGRAMMING
EVERY ROUND OF THE 2021 MASTERS LIVE AND AD-BREAK FREE
FAMOUS AMEN CORNER TO BE BROADCAST IN 4K ON FOX SPORTS ULTRA HD
WATCH ON FOXTEL, STREAM ON KAYO
The holy grail of golf, THE 2021 MASTERS TOURNAMENT, will be presented bigger and better than ever before with golf fans set to enjoy a week-long celebration of the Masters with a dedicated FOX SPORTS Masters pop-up channel.
Fox Sports dedicated Masters channel will feature a special theme each day, capturing the history and providing an immersive destination for fans to build excitement ahead of the tournament.
The Masters pop-up channel (FOX SPORTS 505) will run all week in the lead up to the 85th edition of The Masters at the famed Augusta National Golf Club, teeing off on Friday, April 9 with LIVE daily coverage from 5.00am. The Masters will continue across the weekend with LIVE final round coverage on Monday, April 12 from 4.00am.
With over 100 hours of LIVE coverage, FOX SPORTS 505, on Foxtel, will become the dedicated Masters channel, with FOX SPORTS 503 as a secondary channel so fans won’t miss a moment of the action. Every round will be broadcast LIVE and ad-break free to watch on Foxtel and stream on Kayo.
Viewers will again this year be treated to special coverage of the legendary Amen Corner, comprising of the 11th, 12th and 13th holes, to be broadcast in 4K on FOX SPORTS Ultra HD (Channel 508) across the tournament.
In the build-up, Australian golf fans can also enjoy Aussies at The Masters with Australian professional golfer Paul Gow, FOX SPORTS’ Braith Anasta and some of Australia’s favourite golfers share their Masters stories and preview the upcoming tournament.
Also set to feature on the Masters channel:
BEST OF THE 90’S
Tuesday, April 6 from 12.30pm
We look back at one of the best golfing decades in history including Fred Couples, Nick Faldo, Mark O’Meara and Tiger Woods delivering some of the greatest Masters moments ever seen.
BEST OF THE INTERNATIONALS
Wednesday, April 7 from 12.00pm
Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Angel Cabrera, Charl Schwartzel and Sergio Garcia are among the best internationals to take the coveted Green Jacket back to their homelands.
ADAM SCOTT
Thursday, April 8 from 1.30pm
Our very own Adam Scott emerged from the chasing pack on the final day to join in a tie for the lead heading into the 72nd hole – watch his memorable final round.
The 2021 Masters pop-up channel will be available on Foxtel, and to stream on Kayo, Foxtel Go and Foxtel Now.
FOX SPORTS 2021 MASTERS WEEK BROADCAST
Tuesday, April 6
Best of the 90’s 12.30pm FOX Sports 505
The Masters On The Range – Day 2 11.00pm FOX Sports 505
Wednesday, April 7
Live from the Masters 9.00am FOX Sports 505
Wednesday: Best of the Internationals 12.00pm FOX Sports 505
The Masters On The Range – Day 3 11.00pm FOX Sports 505
Thursday, April 8
The Masters Practice Round Show 2.00am FOX Sports 505
Live from the Masters 8.00am FOX Sports 505
Thursday: Adam Scott 1.30pm FOX Sports 505
The Masters On The Range – Round 1 10.30pm FOX Sports 505
Friday, April 9
Amen Corner: Round 1 12.30am 4K Ultra HD (Ch 508)
Holes 15 & 16: Round 1 1.30am FOX Sports 503
The Masters: Round 1 5.00am FOX Sports 505
Live from the Masters 9.30am FOX Sports 505
The Masters On The Range – Round 2 10.30pm FOX Sports 505
Saturday, April 10
Amen Corner: Round 2 12.30am 4K Ultra HD (Ch 508)
Holes 15 & 16: Round 2 1.30am FOX Sports 503
The Masters: Round 2 5.00am FOX Sports 505
Live from the Masters 9.30am FOX Sports 505
Sunday, April 11
Masters On The Range – Round 3 1.00am FOX Sports 505
Amen Corner: Round 3 1.30am 4K Ultra HD (Ch 508)
Holes 15 & 16: Round 3 2.30am FOX Sports 503
The Masters: Round 3 5.00am FOX Sports 505
Live from the Masters 9.00am FOX Sports 505
Monday, April 12
Masters On The Range – Final Round 1.00am FOX Sports 505
Amen Corner: Final Round 1.30am 4K Ultra HD (Ch 508)
Holes 15 & 16: Final Round 2.30am FOX Sports 503
The Masters: Final Round 4.00am FOX Sports 505
Live from the Masters 9.00am FOX Sports 505
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EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE: A STORY OF TRIUMPH AND TEARS
The drama, passion and sacrifice of the world’s best netball league is laid bare in the ground-breaking documentary broadcast on FOX SPORTS and Kayo, Everything Is Possible: Inside Season 2020.
Filmed in the high-pressure environment of Suncorp Super Netball’s Queensland hub, Everything Is Possible: Inside Season 2020 is an unflinching account of the extraordinary efforts of players, coaches, and officials to deliver season 2020 in the shadow of a global pandemic.
The documentary was filmed over several months with producer Andrew Jansen granted unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to each club as they battled each other, and the knowledge that they were a single infection away from potential disaster.
The result is a six-part series which probes the emotional highs and lows of elite competition and challenges many of the preconceptions surrounding women’s sport.
FOX SPORTS and Kayo will air all six episodes over a three-week period leading into the 2021 Suncorp Super Netball season. Episodes one and two will run back-to-back on April 13 at 8:30PM AEST with episodes three and four to appear on April 20 and episodes five and six to appear on April 27.
Netball Australia Executive General Manager of Media, Spencer Retallack, said Everything Is Possible: Inside Season 2020 is a raw and challenging series that provides a completely fresh take on the sport.
‘’What we saw on court during season 2020 was a group of fierce, proud athletes who were determined to showcase their code when the rest of the sporting world was in forced hibernation,’’ he said.
‘’What this documentary series reveals is the enormous challenge – both emotional and logistical – that allowed them to do that. Thanks to the understanding and co-operation of clubs, players, coaches, and officials we now have a unique insight into the world’s best elite netball competition during the hardest of times.’’
“Partnering with FOX SPORTS and Kayo provides us with the ability to attract a new audience which will ensure the 2021 season will be the most successful to date but also build a platform for growth in the years to come. And we’re sure our current and loyal fan base will love the access to the behind-the-scenes stories of 2020.”
All episodes will be aired on FOX SPORTS, FOXW, Kayo and Kayo Freebies.
Once the Suncorp Super Netball season has commenced, all episodes will be available on-demand via the Netball Live mobile and Telstra TV app.
Round one of Suncorp Super Netball will feature the Grand Final replay between the Melbourne Vixens and West Coast Fever on Saturday, 1 May.
Please click here for the 60 second trailer.
I wonder if this documentary is part of Foxtel’s broadcast deal with Netball Australia, given there is one more season of Super Netball on Nine this year.
April Mega Motorsport Weekend
SUPERCARS, FORMULA 1™, MOTOGP AND INDYCAR ALL IN THE ONE PLACE – FOX SPORTS
WATCH ON FOXTEL, STREAM ON KAYO
The wheels are in motion for a ferociously fast Mega Motorsport Weekend on Fox Sports when the best wheel-to-wheel racing is Live and ad-break free during racing from Friday April 16-18.
Available to watch on FOXTEL and stream on Kayo, racing fans can feast on Supercars, F1, INDYCAR and MotoGP in an exciting lineup of two and four-wheel racing.
COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS
- Over 50 hours of LIVE motorsport on Fox Sports
- Supercars: Every session of Tasmania SuperSprint Exclusively Live
- Scott McLaughlin’s first INDYCAR season Live
- Daniel Ricciardo chases his first McLaren podium at Imola
- F1 available in 4K on FOXTEL
- MotoGP Portugal: Every session Live
- Minis for F1, Supercars and MotoGP races available on Kayo and FOXTEL
- Kayo RaceView: Four additional F1 feeds available
The Supercars 2021 juggernaut that is Shane van Gisbergen will be aiming to keep his unbeaten run alive at the Tasmania SuperSprint on the short and sharp Symmons Plains circuit, where every session will be Exclusively Live across the weekend.
On the other side of the planet at his old sparring partner and reigning Supercars champion, Scott McLaughlin, will begin his American INDYCAR adventure with Fox Sports following along on his journey with Live coverage of the NTT INDYCAR Series in 2021.
Fox Sports will build up to McLaughlin’s first INDYCAR qualifying session on Sunday morning when Jess Yates sits down for a candid chat with the three-time supercars champion at 6.00pm straight after Saturday’s Live Supercars coverage.
F1 ventures to the legendary Imola circuit where Ayrton Senna was tragically killed and Sir Lewis Hamilton will have his mirrors full from the charging Red Bull of Max Verstappen in what is shaping to be the closest F1 season in recent memory.
Daniel Ricciardo will be aiming to replicate his 2020 podium finish at the same circuit in his new guise at McLaren. Can he fend off teammate Lando Norris and a fired-up Ferrari outfit piloted by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jnr?
MotoGP will chip in from Portugal with the most unpredictable and exciting racing there is. Marc Marquez will return from injury and Yamaha pilots Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo drew first blood in the season opening Qatar races, however Ducati are seeing red and will be keen to bite back via Australia’s Jack Miller.
FOX SPORTS BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Repco Supercars Championship
Beaurepaires Tasmania SuperSprint
FIA Formula One World Championship™
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari – Imola, Italy
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
MotoGP World Championship
Portimão, Portugal
Friday, April 16
F1 Practice 1
6.30pm
FOXTEL Ch 506
Kayo
F1 Practice 2
10.15pm
Saturday, April 17
Supercars Practice 1
9.20am
FOXTEL Ch 506
Kayo
Supercars Practice 2
11.25am
Supercars Qualifying
1.25pm
Supercars Race (6)
4.25pm
Scott McLaughlin Feature IV with Jess Yates
6.00pm
Supercars Life episode 2
6.15pm
F1 Practice 3
6.45pm
F1 Qualifying
9.00pm
MotoGP Qualifying
11.00pm
FOXTEL Ch 507
Kayo
Sunday, April 18
INDYCAR Qualifying
7.30am
FOXTEL Ch 506
Kayo
Supercars Qualifying
10.45am
Supercars Race (7)
1.35pm
Supercars Race (8)
4.25pm
MotoGP Portugal Race
10.00pm
FOXTEL Ch 507
F1 Imola Race
11.00pm
FOXTEL Ch 506
Monday, April 19
INDYCAR Race
5.00am
FOXTEL Ch FS506
Kayo
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Massive weekend at Fox Sports sees 2021 break more audience records
Fox Sports has completed a massive weekend of sport playing out over 10 Fox channels on Foxtel and 372 live-streamed events on Kayo, including 37 concurrent live streams on Saturday, providing sports fans with over 1,700 live hours of outstanding entertainment.
Sports fans watching on Foxtel and streaming on Kayo continued to grow confirming Fox Sports as Australia’s unrivalled home of sports. Highlights included:
NRLRound 6 saw average audiences of 369,000 on Foxtel and Kayo, up 11% year on year. Saturday afternoon’s Rabbitohs v Wests Tigers clash was the Round 6 standout on Fox, attracting an average audience of 465,000 and ranks as the eleventh highest NRL game of all time on subscription television. Round 6 has consolidated an outstanding start to the 2021 Season for Fox League with average audiences of 372,000, up 12% year on year making 2021 the number one rating NRL season ever for the Foxtel Group.
The 2021 AFL Season is also seeing fans choose Fox Footy in record numbers. Average audiences for the first five rounds reached 253,000 on Foxtel and Kayo, up 18% on 2019 and ranking the 2021 Season alongside 2020 as the highest rating AFL season ever for the Foxtel Group.
AFL Round 5 saw average audiences of 213,000 on Foxtel and Kayo. With matches back to three-hour durations and quarters returning to 20 minutes from the shortened form of the game in 2020, 2019 provides the best average audience comparisons for 2021. Nevertheless, average audiences fell for Round 5, with the equivalent 2019 round played over Easter, which featured nine standalone games. Friday night’s game between West Coast and Collingwood was the number one game of the round with an average audience of 339,000.
The AFLW 2021 Season concluded with Brisbane’s 18-point victory over Adelaide with an average audience of 128,000, up 64% on the 2019 Grand Final, ranking it as the third-highest rating AFLW game ever on subscription television. The 2021 AFLW Season attracted average audiences of 35,000 across 68 games on Foxtel and Kayo, up 19% on 2019 and up 3% on the shortened 46-game 2020 Season.
Fox Sports Executive Director Steve Crawley said: “Fox Sports is going from strength to strength as the go-to destination for fans wanting the best Australian and international sports.
“To play out 1,700 hours of live sport on one weekend is quite an achievement. We had it all from the IPL and Queensland’s dominant performance in the Sheffield Shield Final in cricket to the best motorsports with the Supercars Tasmania SuperSprint, Portuguese MotoGP and Formula One in Imola, together with Mick Fanning’s comeback at the World Surf League’s Narrabeen Classic, the A-League, and Australia’s most winter popular sports codes in AFL, including the AFLW Grand Final, and NRL.
“Our shows are also knocking it out of the park. Fox League’s Sunday Night with Matty Johns delivered an overnight cumulative audience of 142,000 on Foxtel, while on Fox Footy, last night’s episode of Bounce hosted by Jason Dunstall saw overnight cumulative audience of 152,000.
“Our selection of sports is unrivalled, we are working hard to deliver an outstanding product that people love, and we have a commentary and production team and the personalities that are the best in the business. It’s seeing Fox Sports audiences continue to grow across the Foxtel Group.”
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Jessica Yates, who gave birth to her son Samuel in March, will return to Fox Sports’ coverage of Supercars event at The Bend in South Australia on May 7-9.
https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/04/27/yates-back-to-lead-supercars-broadcast-at-the-bend/
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Ford fightback and Formula 1 Exclusively Live this weekend on Fox Sports
SUPERCARS OTR SUPERSPRINT AT THE BEND
FORMULA 1™ SPANISH GRAND PRIX, BARCELONA
F1 QUALIFYING AND RACE AVAILABLE IN 4K ULTRA HD ON FOXTEL
WATCH ON FOXTEL, STREAM ON KAYO
A Ford fightback and Lewis Hamilton waving a red flag, to the Red Bull of Max Verstappen in Spain, will set the tone for a big weekend of motorsport Exclusively Live on Fox Sports, from Friday May 7-9.
Available to watch on FOXTEL and stream on Kayo, Supercars will attack The Bend in South Australia while F1 heads to Catalunya, Spain with both championship battles heating up.
COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Supercars: Every session of the OTR SuperSprint at The Bend Exclusively Live
Daniel Ricciardo chases his first McLaren podium at Barcelona
F1 Qualifying and Race available in 4K on FOXTEL
Minis for F1 and Supercars races available on Kayo and FOXTEL
Kayo RaceView: Four additional F1 feeds available
Ford’s leading Supercars pilots Cam Waters, David Reynolds, Will Davison and Anton De Pasquale will set their targets firmly on the Red Bull Holden Commodore of Supercars championship leader Shane Van Gisbergen over three sprint races.
Jess Yates will return from maternity leave to host Fox Sports Supercars coverage over Mother’s Day weekend with commentary from Mark Skaife and Neil Crompton.
In pit lane Craig Lowndes, Garth Tander, Mark Larkham, Chad Neylon and Charli Robinson will cover all the off-track action from The Bend.
In F1 tensions are rising between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen with a very close world championship battle developing between the Mercedes and Red Bull drivers.
Daniel Ricciardo will be eager to return serve on McLaren teammate Lando Norris who has beaten Ricciardo home in all three races so far in 2021, while Spanish F1 heroes Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz Jnr will be eager for a podium result on home soil.
Fox 506 and Kayo AEST :
Friday, May 7
F1 Practice 1 - 7.30pm
F1 Practice 2 - 11.00pm
Saturday, May 8
Supercars Practice 1 - 9.15am
Supercars Practice 2 - 11.15am
Supercars Qualifying - 1.20pm
Supercars Race (9) - 4.35pm
F1 Practice 3 - 8.00pm
F1 Qualifying - 11.00pm
Sunday, May 9
Supercars Qualifying - 9.40am
Supercars Race (10) - 1.00pm
Supercars Race (11) - 4.10pm
F1 Barcelona Race - 11.00pm
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Fox Sports lost their connection to the Sky Sports F1 feed about 3 minutes into the coverage (9.33pm AEDT). After an extended ad break they are now showing the raw F1 World Feed which is currently driver interviews (in both English and the driver’s native languages).
EDIT: Sky F1 feed was restored at 9:59pm AEDT.
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2021 US PGA Championship
EVERY ROUND LIVE, EXCLUSIVE AND IN HD
WATCH ON FOXTEL, STREAM ON KAYO
The best golfers in the world will take to the Kiawah Island Ocean Course in South Carolina for the 2021 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP from May 21-24 with Live coverage exclusive on FOX SPORTS, available on FOXTEL and Kayo.
Ahead of their clash this Sunday, getting into the spirit of the PGA Championship, Parramatta Eels’ playmaker Mitchell Moses and Manly Sea Eagles’ superstar Tom Trbojevic went head-to-head on the Kiawah Links course on a golf simulator.
FOX SPORTS 503 will present daily coverage of the tournament with Live first round action to begin from 3.00am AEST on Friday, May 21. Coverage will continue across the weekend with Live final round coverage on Monday, May 24 from 3.00am AEST.
It will be the second major championship to take place on the Ocean Course since its last time in 2012. Featuring one of the strongest fields of players aiming to win one of golf’s most prized possessions, the coveted Wanamaker Trophy - including world number one and two-time PGA Championship runner-up Dustin Johnson, 2020 PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa hoping to defend his title, 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama as well as the likes of Bryson DeChambrau, Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka.
Leading the Australian charge will be led by young hopeful and Zurich Classic champion Cameron Smith alongside former PGA Championship 2015 winner Jason Day, as well as Adam Scott, Marc Leishmann and Matt Jones.
The 2021 PGA Championship will be available on FOXTEL, and to stream on Kayo, FOXTEL Go and FOXTEL Now as well available to record and watch On Demand.
FOX SPORTS 503 COVERAGE OF THE 2021 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Friday, May 21
Round One – Live from 3.00am to 9.00am
Saturday, May 22
Round Two – Live from 3.00am to 9.00am
Sunday, May 23
Round Three – Live from 3.00am to 9.00am
Monday, May 24
Final Round – Live from 3.00am to 9.00am
*All times are in AEST
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A-League used to be Good for Fox Sports, but declining Ratings Hurt it.
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