I doubt they’re the main factors.
It’s the Olympics, biggest sport event in the world, people will flock (particularly swimming and athletics here).
I believe the main reason was due to Rio’s time zone. With no live events at the core prime-time of 7:30pm, having to have a ‘highlights’ show.
Tokyo will be much better.
and using the ABC’s OB vans
I care. Davis Cup/Fed Cup is tied in with the Aus Open contract. TA will always been looking to bundle that in with the warm-up events and AO.
Not in WA, when I’ve been to WAFL matches TVW have used a small independant production company.
Wimbledon I would imagine be reviewed when contract expires.
Its a good opportunity for Ten to pick up some events.
I reckon if they wanted to cut costs they could riskily wait until the rights are at a cut price rate like the Winter Games 10 covered, but that would be a risky preposition. I’d suspect Tokyo may perform better being in a friendlier time zone to Australia than Rio was.
Ten would be keen on the NFL rights as new owner CBS broadcasts AFC matches.
NFL can be shown on One like what 7 does with NFL on 7mate
I’m enjoying the coverage, with the freshened graphics.
Odd not seeing Simon Marshall nor Peter Donegan there.
Heaps of roving reporters/presenters.
Otherwise the usual marquee segments, mounting yard and locker room crosses, etc.
Bruce McAvaney in his absolute element 
Edit:
Spectacular looking ‘Seven Sport’ promo with Bruce McAvaney just aired, anyone got caps/video (standing in front of a virtual megawall)?
Not that you’ll hear Seven mention this, but today’s Melbourne Cup is possibly* the first time that Sydney, Brisbane/Gold Coast and Perth (I’m pretty sure Melbourne & Adelaide would’ve been able to last year) will get to watch “the race that stops the nation” in High Definition.
*I say possibly, because I’m not sure if there were any HD broadcasts of the Melbourne Cup in 2007, 2008 or 2009 when Seven previously ran main channel content in 1080i.
Last years Melbourne Cup was in SD in Sydney, Brisbane and perth. This year it’s about time that the coverage goes into HD.
For the horses?
I’d go with the jockey’s room.
Matt hill calling the race at Melbourne Cup.
I’d like to think this isn’t breaking news
Yeah he replaced Greg Miles as the Victorian Metropolitan race caller in April
Meanwhile, Greg’s son Dan is working for ABC Grandstand in the mounting yard today.
I’m surprised 7 never went back to using their own caller after the debacle of Wayne Wilson in their first year of the contract.
Ten used Dan Mielicki until Seven took the rights. Mielicki is now involved in Harness Racing
Seven have clearly changed things, new era (like Matt Hill) too?
As I noticed first time without Pat Welsh (veteran in the wagering ring) and also Glen Munsines from TAB?
So a lot of regualr faces missing today, a shame I reckon.
Good to hear Dan’s still involved in the industry, he also called for Southern Cross Ten for Bendigo and Kyneton Cup meets. I always thought it was a good point of difference for the casual viewer compared to the hard core in Sky. Before Dan there was Mcavaney himself who called a few, before him Clem Dimsey. There’s a good archive of Victorian racing on YouTube. The user escapes me for now but I suspect they were from the BTV6 area.