I was able to watch tonight’s Raceday Review on 7plus, with full replay of all nine races from Flemington, plus interviews with the winning trainer and jockey.
So Nine only has the live rights to the Melbourne Cup Carnival but not the replay rights.
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I just noticed in RDC’s EPG for today that at the conclusion of the regular coverage of Victorian and South Australian racing just after 6pm, they’re taking WA racing until 9pm. Presumably this is joining Racing WA’s feed as seen on Racing WA’s website and 7plus.
Last Saturday night RDC had a major greyhound racing meeting at The Meadows.
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RDC is getting a clean feed from Racing WA and adding their own graphics. A comparison of one moment…
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Have to say, the Racing WA coverage has been seamlessly ‘integrated’ into the existing RDC presentation and production styles, creating a cohesive and polished product despite being externally produced.
If only the same effort was applied to their Harness and Greyhound racing simulcasts. Instead of relying on outsourced, poorly produced third-party coverage, investing in higher-quality in-house production could provide a far more effective platform to promote those codes to the standard they truly deserve.
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Racing Victoria CEO Aaron Morrison announced last week he was restructuring the industry’s media businesses, Racing.com and RSN.
The changes would see RSN CEO Bernard Saundry step down at the end of this year, while Racing.com CEO Peter Campbell has agreed to finish up at the end of June next year.
Morrison also indicated that a number of Racing.com’s staff would be moved from their Docklands office back to Racing Victoria’s Flemington headquarters.
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Racing Victoria and Seven announce broadcast extension
Racing Victoria (RV) and the Seven Network today announced a long-term extension of their broadcast partnership to further showcase and grow the sport of thoroughbred racing.
The new agreement will help foster a closer working relationship between RV and Seven in the broadcast and promotion of Victorian thoroughbred racing across Australia.
It also cements Seven’s standing as the home of live and free thoroughbred racing and ensures that sports fans can continue to enjoy unprecedented access year-round to Victorian thoroughbred racing and much more.
For the past decade, RV-owned and operated Racing.com has been Australia’s only 24/7 free-to-air sporting channel showcasing Victorian thoroughbred racing and that will continue for another five years from 1 July 2025.
Racing.com will be broadcast on free-to-air Channel 78 (metropolitan) and Channel 68 (regional) across the nation, with the broadcast quality to be further enhanced across the next 12 months.
In addition, Racing.com will be accessible daily on 7plus Sport where it will garner more prominence alongside Seven’s premium sporting products for those streaming or watching on the go.
The announcement coincides with plans for Racing.com to expand its coverage of Western Australian racing as Seven has done, alongside broadcasting Victorian, South Australian and Hong Kong racing and feature international meetings, including Royal Ascot next week.
RV Executive General Manager – Media, Content and Marketing, Andy Hoad, who leads Racing.com, welcomed the announcement as the consolidation of a profound relationship between two leading and passionate racing broadcasters.
“Seven and Racing.com have enjoyed a long-standing partnership and this exciting new agreement marks the beginning of an even deeper collaboration,” Mr Hoad said.
“We are excited to elevate both networks’ coverage of Victorian racing — both on raceday and beyond — by harnessing the full strength of our digital and news platforms.
“We’re united by a deep passion for racing and a shared commitment to growing the sport’s audience and we’ll be building on that through an exciting next phase of our partnership,” he said.
“The consolidation of a new agreement has been incredibly rewarding, and it’s clear that our aligned values and love of the sport will deliver an enhanced experience for audiences across the country.
“This agreement also reflects a strong vote of confidence in the value Racing.com brings to the sport — not just in Victoria, but for our partners in South Australia, Hong Kong, and soon, Western Australia. We’re not just committing to continue the channel, but to significantly grow it over the next five years,” Mr Hoad said.
Seven’s Commercial Director, Sport, Renée Quirk, said: “Seven and RV have a long, proud history together and we look forward to continuing this partnership for at least the next five years.
“Making horse racing more accessible through greater free-to-air coverage means more Australians can experience the thrill, tradition and excitement of the sport, live and free.
“With a shared genuine commitment to growing the sport at all levels, this partnership with RV is incredibly meaningful for Seven.”
In addition to its daily Racing.com broadcast, Seven also showcases thoroughbred racing from Victoria and New South Wales, as well as feature meetings from Queensland and South Australia, each Saturday afternoon across the channels of Seven and 7plus Sport.
An upgrade of the broadcast quality is well overdue. It is still shown in SD on FTA. If you want HD you will have to use your computer or smartphone.
7flix should be the channel in HD first before Racing.com.
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This.
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To be fair it has taken sky racing a lot longer to upgrade to HD and even with them slowly rolling it out it’s still not done.
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Doesn’t include the Melbourne Cup Carnival which is a property of two dials down
Odd wording in the announcement. I assumed it meant more bandwidth rather than a HD upgrade. 
4K Horse Racing!
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Vertical Hold?
Nine (flick up twice and it lands you on 90)
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Bursting with excitement now 