have been a few of those
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Olympic Flame arriving in France after its initial journey in Greece
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The Paris Olympics are only 69 days away and Sunday Confidential hears thereâs already tension brewing behind the scenes in the Channel 9 broadcasting team.
We hear a few noses are out of joint after Nine chief executive Mike Sneesby let streaming service Stan employ some Olympic stars for a hefty sum, while regular Nine talent âare being paid peanutsâ.
Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe, cycling star Cadel Evans and former Boomers basketballer Andrew Gaze have been confirmed as commentators, and former swimmers Grant Hackett and Stephanie Rice are rumoured to have also signed on.
âIt is rumoured some of these Olympic stars are being paid up to $10,000 a day to feature on Stanâs coverage of the Olympics, have been offered business-class flights and will stay right near where all the action is,â one insider said.
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Call me cynically, but what a surprise NEWS.LTD is finding a negative within Nine.
Nine and Ten are continually given a negative light within Murdoch whinge press.
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So it wonât be consistent coverage across FTA and Stan?
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NINE TO SCREEN AUSTRALIAâS MOST COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF A PARALYMPICS EVER SEEN
HUGE LINE UP OF PARALYMPIC AND OLYMPIC LEGENDS TO LEAD 9NETWORK BROADCAST
With tomorrow marking 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the 9Network today reveals its full hosting and commentary line-up that will lead the most comprehensive broadcast of a Paralympic Games ever screened in Australia.
Utilising the globally-renowned Wide World of Sports production team, the 9Network will screen the Paralympics across two curated linear channels - Channel 9 and 9Gem - and feature more than 20 dedicated high definition live streams on 9Now. Stan Sport will also screen the Paralympics.
Across the 9Network, there will be more than 300 hours of Paralympics coverage, with 14 hours a day of live coverage across Channel 9 and 9Gem from the Opening Ceremony on August 28 to the Closing Ceremony on September 8. With 20 streams in full high definition, 9Now will screen every event as well as replays, highlights and behind the scenes.
Viewers will be guided through the competition by some of Australiaâs most celebrated Paralympians and Olympians and Nineâs accomplished television hosting team. As Paris wakes up and competition begins, prime time coverage (5.00pm - 10.30pm AEST) will be helmed by Australiaâs most decorated female Paralympian Ellie Cole alongside James Bracey and one of the worldâs greatest Para-athletes Kurt Fearnley.
They will then pass the baton to Paralympic gold medallist and former Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott and Nineâs Sylvia Jeffreys live at the Mob Hotel in Paris - which will be the home away from home for the Australian Paralympic Team - who will take viewers from 10.30pm - 2.30am AEST.
The dayâs action will be rounded out with Paralympic gold medal swimmer Blake Cochrane alongside Nineâs Roz Kelly from 2.30am - 6.00am AEST.
Our superstar line up of commentators and experts will reveal what it takes to excel on the worldâs biggest sporting stage. The lineup includes Paralympian gold medalists Annabelle Williams, Ryan Scott, Troy Sachs, Kelly Cartwright, Katrina Webb and Tim Matthews; silver medalist John Maclean and Para-triathlete Kate Naess.
Alongside them will be Olympic champions Sam Willoughby, who acquired tetraplegia after suffering a career-ending injury in 2016; Cate Campbell - commentating on the swimming - and Jess Fox, who will commentate during canoe events.
Nineâs Director of Sport, Brent Williams, said: âThe Paris 2024 Paralympic Games has the ability to captivate the world and unite a sports loving nation. It provides a powerful platform to showcase our elite athletes competing on a global stage and to share their journeys with all of Australia. Nine and Wide World of Sports are proud to be the exclusive home of this incredible event and look forward to providing the most comprehensive Paralympic Games coverage ever seen in this country.â
A total of 22 para-sports are scheduled, with a total of 4400 athletes competing across 549 medal events. Viewers will not miss any event featuring an Australian, with 9Now providing 24/7 coverage.
On the path to Paris 2024, the Beyond The Dream documentary series continues in the lead up to the Paralympic Games, going beyond the headlines with unprecedented access to discover the untold stories of some of the worldâs greatest Para-athletes.
Australian Paralympian and three-time gold medallist Curtis McGrath opens his door to cameras to share his personal story in the lead up to the Paralympic Games.
We also have full access to the inspirational Australian wheelchair rugby team, the Steelers, as we take a look into the back stories that make this team and Paralympic sport so compelling to watch.
Director of Programming and 9Now, Hamish Turner, said: âAs one of the worldâs greatest unifying events, we are proud to screen every moment of every event of the Paralympic Games across 9Nowâs 20-plus streams and our free to air channels. With our Beyond The Dream documentary series giving viewers a front row seat into the stories of some of the worldâs greatest Paralympians in the lead up to the Opening Ceremony, the 9Networkâs Paris 2024 Paralympic Games coverage will set the bar for future Paralympics. We cannot wait to cheer on the Australian Paralympic Team as they make our nation proud."
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will screen on the 9Network and 9Now live and free, and on Stan Sport, from August 28 - September 8.
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This is arguably the most comprehensive coverage of a Paralympic Games in Australia. It will be a hard act to follow for any broadcaster that gets the rights to Los Angeles 2028 and/or Brisbane 2032.
How does this compare to Channel 4âs Paralympics broadcast?
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Well done to Nine for comprehensive Paralympic coverage. NBC puts their coverage behind a paywall on Peacock
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Channel 9 also has the rights for LA and Brisbane, so expect similar coverage for LA, and even more extensive coverage for Brisbane.
Paralympics broadcasting have come a long way - use to be only daily or even just a weekly highlights package on ABC - now itâs almost same scale coverage of an Olympic broadcast.
BTW - Anyone remember what ABCâs Sydney 2000 coverage was like?
Be hard to top the late night coverage with Adam Hills and The Last Leg team (pretty much the Paralympics equivalent to The Dream)
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IIRC Nine only has the rights to Paralympic Games in Paris this year (from Australian Paralympic Committee). It will need to pay separately for Los Angeles and Brisbane.
The ABC showed the opening and closing ceremonies live. The rest was daily highlights.
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Oh yeah. Forgot it was a separate deal. Hopefully Seven and/or 10 will try to bid for 2028 and 2032. Will be disappointing if there everyone only wants the Paralympics if they get the Olympics as wel.
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Think itâs been confirmed that Stan will have its own coverage which will be separate to Nineâs offering.
As for the News Corp article (assuming thereâs some truth behind it), I suspect thereâs some creative accountkeeping going on. What I mean by that is while Thorpe, Gaze, Rice, etc will likely appear on Nineâs coverage, theyâll perhaps be paid by the Stan Sport division.
Channel 4 hasnât yet announced their coverage plans for Paris. However, the number of linear hours is in the same range as what it offered for the Tokyo Paralympics across the main channel and More4:
NBC does air some Paralympics coverage on the main network. However, itâs nowhere near the tonnage of coverage offered for the Olympics. For context, only 9 hours are planned for the Paris Paralympics - 6 of them being primetime highlight programs.
Most of the companyâs Paris Paralympics coverage will air on USA Network & CNBC (i.e., cable) and Peacock.
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Australia and the UK are the only countries to my knowledge to really embrace the Paralympics. Carries a very niche following elsewhere.
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NBC doesnât offer as much live coverage as Australiaâs Nine Network or UKâs Channel 4.
Only weekend will be live with mostly tape-delay coverage
Nine also do this with their summer of tennis AFAIK
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It is surprising NBC is making US viewers pay for Paralympic coverage in the US
No AFL on the first weekend of the Paralympics with Nine getting clear airtime
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Playing devilâs advocate. They donât have a free streaming service anymore and the NBC network only schedule so much (mostly evenings, mornings and weekends) with the local stations filling out the rest and the local stations arenât going to be happy if they swapped their prime time out for the Paralympics.
Not to say they couldnât conjure up some free streaming (or put it on YouTube or something) but I donât think theyâd see the benefit in doing that.
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