According to the Daily Telegraph, Tara Rushton will be staying with Fox Sports despite the network losing the rights to Australian football. She’ll present the network’s netball coverage when the new rights deal begins next year.
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She’ll probably also be involved in League and Fight coverage.
Big loss to Football.
Fox Sports News on Kayo now playing Sky News technical difficulties slides (I.e. A world weather map fly through and a voiceover saying “sky news will be right back after this short break”).
Now it’s playing NRL 360.
Speedcafe is reporting that this year’s Bathurst 1000 has been postponed due to the current COVID-19 situation in Sydney, while the Supercars races in Auckland and Perth have been cancelled altogether due to border restrictions.
UPDATE 30/7: now confirmed
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The Supercars round at Queensland Raceway in Ipswich, which was only announced last month, has been cancelled as well.
MotoGP™ remains with the Foxtel Group in Australia | MotoGP™.
No mention on FTA component as yet
I wouldn’t be surprised if 7 make a play for the next FTA rights, 10 barely even promote the races anymore and other than Melbourne F1 Grand Prix they don’t have any other Motorsport coverage anymore.
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This is MotoGP. 10Bold show every race live.
Not anymore it appears. Article states “exclusively live” from 2022
I gathered that. Do we think there will be any FTA component (except maybe Australian races)?
Yup, well aware of that.
I’m saying 10 hardly promote the MotoGP races anymore AND other than the Melb F1 they don’t have any other Motorsport coverage.
So, I wouldn’t be surprised to see 7 make a play for it since they have most other FTA Motorsport.
Whether 7 see any benefit in races that are mostly overnight though, remains to be seen. A highlights package on 7Mate the next morning though could be good. (Obviously the Australian GP live)
The MotoGP article mentions “the free and paid rights” which means there will be some FTA coverage, but whichever network wants it will have to pay Foxtel instead of organising body Dorna Sports.
Most races do pretty well for Bold, appearing in the Top 20 and some demos.
Seeing them in HD if they presumably aired on Mate
if 7 are at all interested would be a bonus too.
Of course it depends on whether Foxtel on sell the rights again as Johnson mentions.
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They could of course just show a handful of the ones that don’t rate as Kayo Freebies.
I think Foxtel are trying to promote their Kayo Freebies so unless they need to sell FTA rights to networks I don’t think they will
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Depends on the return, on selling to FTA might yield higher than their Kayo Freebies distribution.
Guess we’ll see what happens soon.
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Foxtel Group rides MotoGP™ Exclusively into a new era
New multi-year rights deal to show every MotoGP™ race live from 2022
MotoGP and World Superbike join F1 and Supercars at Australia’s unrivalled Home of Motorsports
The Foxtel Group today announced it will take viewers on the ultimate hi-octane ride with a first-of-its-kind exclusive multi-year deal that will see every MotoGP™ practice, qualifying and championship race to be shown live on Foxtel and Kayo from 2022 onwards.
In addition, the group announced a renewed agreement to show every race of the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship live on Foxtel and Kayo from 2023.
These landmark deals confirm Foxtel Group as the home of motorsport with MotoGP and World Superbike (WorldSBK) re-joining Supercars and Formula 1 in the strongest line up of motorsports available anywhere to Australian fans across platforms.
Amanda Laing , Foxtel Group Chief Content and Commercial Officer, said: “With 2.4 million households now watching sport on Foxtel and Kayo, up 26% on last year, the Foxtel Group provides the largest audience of sports fans in the country.”
“MotoGP is fantastic entertainment and we have seen double-digit annual audience growth over the past six years. Kayo has turbo-charged this growth, attracting a new legion of fans.”
“The 2021 season is up 28% on last year and featured the record-breaking MotoGP Spanish GP, won by Australian Jack Miller and watched by almost 180,000 fans.”
“This exclusive multi-year deal sees us secure the free and paid rights with MotoGP and the exclusive renewal of our rights with World Superbike, cementing our unrivalled motorsport offering and again highlighting Foxtel and Kayo as the go-to destinations for sports fans in Australia.”
Manel Arroyo , Chief Commercial Officer, Dorna Sports, says: “For MotoGP it’s an honour. We are proud to extend, in a multi-year deal, our relationship and partnership with Fox Sports. Clearly to be with the home of motorsport in Australia at this moment, when new stars are arriving to the Championship in the main category, with Jack Miller now joined by Remy Gardner, makes us sure we’re going to deliver what the Fox Sports family needs and is expecting from MotoGP. We’re proud to be here because we have a challenge to develop new audiences together with Foxtel and Kayo. Thank you very much for your confidence in MotoGP.”
MotoGP audiences have grown rapidly as the thrilling feats of the best riders in the world are showcased, with Australia’s Jack Miller’s rise to challenge in the MotoGP World Championship, and Remy Gardner atop the Moto2 standings before he steps up to Moto GP in 2022.
Fox Sports is the only place fans can watch every race of MotoGP, WorldSBK, Supercars, Formula 1, World Rally Championship, NASCAR, INDYCAR, Formula E and more on FOXTEL and Kayo, the home of motorsport.