Status quo?
seems like maybe even less on FTA ???
I would not expect the number of FTA races to be less than 6 a year, but nothing is certain at this stage. Not even the calendar.
If it is only 3 races live, RIP touring car racing in this country.
It’s bizarre that Supercars decided to make this announcement without finalising a fundamental aspect of the rights package.
Wished another broadcaster like 10/P or 9/Stan picked it up. If it went to 10/P, 10 would’ve aired half of the races and P all of them ditto for Nine/Stan.
The AFR is reporting deal is worth $200 million over 4 years. Which makes the rights fee a 20% increase on previous deal.
How can you be so sure? How many games of Super Rugby airing on FTA next season?
Wasn’t there talk that 7 may have more races in the next deal? It seems really strange for this to come out and the FTA side of it not to be finalized…
My guess is the new deal allows Seven to pick the races it wants to broadcast live during each year of the deal, on top of the four base races (opening round, Bathurst, Gold Coast, Adelaide). For example, Seven showed Darwin and Townsville races this year. In 2026 it could be Perth and Townsville.
Three definite races for the life of the deal and then two or three more per year that may change from year to year.
This article came out today and really just reaffirmed my point.
- Seven is understood to still have six races broadcast live a year.
- Calendar expansion must be quite substantial that point 1 is not outright stated in the initial announcement. 6 out of 13 or 14 does not make a difference, but 6 out of some random numbers like 17, 18 would be.
We have to wait for next month’s 2026 calendar release to find out what other races Seven will pick outside of the “fab four”.
Gold Coast seems such a random race, is there significance to it?
Yeah, that’ll be the reason I’d say. Although with more races you’d have hoped that would have meant a couple more on FTA. Seven’s 6 + the F1.
Probably because it’s a street circuit, like Townsville and Adelaide (two other events that gets prominent Seven coverage) are.
When they existed, Homebush and Newcastle also got the full treatment from Ten when they had the rights; Seven televised what turned out to be the last Newcastle 500 in 2023.
The Fox press release said “more races, more exclusivity” though.
If we’re just taking them at their word right now (next year’s calendar isn’t yet out), safe to assume that Fox will carry all the new races to themselves.
Think about it. If Seven also has them, wouldn’t that invalidate Fox’s claim?
Literally one more race on Fox would make that claim correct.
Also mate I wasn’t saying it had happened, it was just that if they were increasing the amount of races you’d hope there’d be more on FTA, not that there will be.
Surely they should show some non-street circuit races?