The Wallabies will play South Africa in Pretoria on late night Saturday July 8 and against Argentina in Sydney on July 15. The Springboks match will definitely clash with the Ashes and Wimbledon due to time difference (1am to 3am AEST), so it may have to be shown on 9GO!. The Pumas clash (7.45pm AEST kickoff) however is held before Wimbledon ladies singles final (10.30pm AEST start) so can be shown live on 9Gem, with the Ashes on the main channel.
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Nine have plenty of precedence to use 9Go! so viewers should be used to it. They can also encourage 9Now for HD viewing of all sports coverage.
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I just realised I made a mistake before, I forgot Nine don’t have rights to NRL on Saturdays - unless there’s any multiple contracted broadcast sports at the back-end of that season?
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They recently televised a Saturday night match between the Storm and Rabbitohs due to there not being a Thursday night match during the recent Magic Round, while Nine televises the final five Saturday night matches of the season leading into finals, though with the Fox transitions but still with the Nine score graphics.
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They may need to use 9Life for sport too?
Most regionals have this channel but not 9Rush. No HD on either of those anywhere though.
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Last Ashes they used 9Life for netball a few times when tennis, cricket and NRL overlapped, so would be the assumed 4th sport channel before the fully paid programming of 9Rush with it’s even more limited reach.
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If you’re talking about the drawn 2019 Ashes series in England, Seven still had Wimbledon that year.
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Here it was:
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My mistake, either way they used 9Life for the netball.
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Difference being Life is wholly owned by Nine.
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Footy Classified appears to have disappeared from the NSW GEM schedule for tonight.
Aired at 7:30pm
In NSW?
Crap, you are right, how odd. 8:30 in Mel/Ade/Per IIRC yet out of nowhere 7:30 here doesn’t make sense considering how reluctant they have been with the Wednesday edition to run it before 11.45/midnight.
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Odd that it aired at 7.30pm in Sydney, despite it airing towards midnight for some years now. Will this be a permanent thing in Sydney on Wednesdays, or was it a once off (or a stuff up)?
Nine has dumped tonight’s 8.30 offerings for a repeat of The Summit’s first episode. 10.30pm is Late News or Footy Classified.
Unprecedented scheduling move from Nine reflecting the show’s ratings.
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Surely they move 60 Minutes to 7pm on Sunday, Summit now a serious chance of dropping into the 300k metro? Famer Finale Pt 2 no doubt could hit 700k and another ‘reunion’ ep for Monday. Plus a mega AFL match leading-in to Seven News for Melbourne that day. A concern though it 60 Min hasn’t been firing either, beaten the past 3 or 4 weeks by Spotlight.
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And for next Wed, Footy Classified is back at post-11.30 in NSW/QLD. Will have to keep a closer eye on the schedule in case of another late change…
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MOUNT EVEREST’S GREATEST MYSTERY
TUESDAY, MAY 23, AT 8:40PM ON CHANNEL 9 & 9NOW
Lost on Everest , the thrilling documentary that surrounds the mysterious fate of the explorers who set out on the first true summit of Mount Everest, will premiere Tuesday, May 23, at 8:40pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
In 1924, British explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared after being seen just 800 feet (244 metres) from Everest’s summit.
It is believed that the camera the men were carrying on the final day of their expedition holds the key to solving the mystery of whether these two mountaineers were the first to successfully conquer the world’s tallest mountain.
When George Mallory’s body was discovered 75 years later, in 1999, there was no camera with it. It has therefore been believed that Andrew Irvine was the one who carried the camera that final day, and that it rests with his body.
This breathtaking documentary follows a team of professional climbers, filmmakers and experts led by journalist Mark Synnott and National Geographic photographer Renan Ozturk, who present new information on the location of Irvine’s body.
If found, the film inside their Vest Pocket Kodak camera offers a chance at solving Mt. Everest’s greatest mystery – and could rewrite history.
Lost on Everest is produced and directed by Renan Ozturk, with Taylor Rees as executive producer, for National Geographic. The documentary is narrated by actor Tate Donovan (MacGyver, The Man in the High Castle).
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