How many km from the city?
About 4km
It is still a fair distance away. Is there much out that side of the city?
The casino is next door I understand.
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Of course they would…
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At Australian Sports Commission Awards tonight
Best coverage of women in sport goes to Network 10 for coverage of Women’s Big Bash League
and
Best coverage of a sporting event by a media organisation goes to Network Ten for the Big Bash League
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Ten Executive David Barham said this a couple days ago.
We’re ploughing on at 1000 miles an hour with our planning," says Ten’s cricket boss. "There are no contingency plans. There’s plenty of time.
“Obviously, we’re keeping an eye on what’s going on,” he adds, “but we don’t feel the need to do anything – we’re even signing new commentators right now.”
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Sydney 6ers have tweeted this
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Cricket Australia has not settled on a pay deal with players and it plans to announce the BBL fixture in the morning? How gutsy it is.
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It’s the old, “look over here, nothing to see over there” technic used by Cricket Australia. If they don’t talk about it, than it’s not happening…
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They have to announce it soon, otherwise venues are left open to be snapped up by other events. Plus even though a new deal isn’t yet done with domestic players, I’m sure they’ll want to get a schedule out so franchises can seek out new overseas imports if they wish, then secure the domestic talent when the deal is done.
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As it turns out, Sydney 6ers BBL wasn’t joking. They officially have released their fixtures for the upcoming season.
Big Bash Schedule Announced for 2017-18 Season.
Starts 9 December.
With just over four months to go until the highly anticipated return of the KFC Big Bash League and the Rebel Women’s Big Bash League, Network Ten is delighted to announce that it will broadcast a whopping 55 matches over the coming summer.
Cricket Australia today released a bumper schedule that sees 40 KFC Big Bash League matches played in 48 days, including six double-headers. With all matches of the extended season broadcast in prime time, live, free and exclusive on TEN or ONE, fans will not miss a minute of the action.
The expanded KFC Big Bash League competition will see an additional eight matches played, with each club allocated one additional home match. The league will also venture to a new venue in Launceston, with other venues currently being considered.
Following on from last year’s success, the summer schedule will launch with a Rebel Women’s Big Bash League carnival at North Sydney Oval on Saturday, 9 December, that will see Network Ten broadcast four matches live across the weekend.
Across the season, Network Ten will broadcast 12 Rebel Women’s Big Bash League matches, including the final, live, free and exclusive on TEN or ONE.
Network Ten Chief Executive Officer, Paul Anderson, said: “We are excited about and looking forward to another great summer of BBL and WBBL cricket on Network Ten.
“We are proud to be working with Cricket Australia on the future development of this competition, by broadcasting matches in new venues this summer.
“Together, Ten and Cricket Australia have built the Big Bash into the most anticipated sporting competition of the summer. This year looks particularly exciting, with eight extra matches taking us through until the first week of February,” he said.
“Starting with the standalone opening weekend, Network Ten will be broadcasting 12 matches of the WBBL, reinforcing their commitment to growing women’s cricket in Australia.“Every BBL match will again be broadcast on Network Ten after averaging more than a million viewers every match last season, complementing the record-breaking attendance, which averaged more than 30,000 per regular season match.
The sizzling 2017-18 KFC Big Bash League season will kick off with the Sydney derby on Tuesday 19 December at Spotless Stadium.
The semi-finals will be played on Thursday, 1 February and Friday, 2 February, with the highest-finishing club to host the Big Final on Sunday, 4 February 2018.
Rebel Women’s Big Bash League
Returns Saturday, 9 December 2017.
Live, Free and Exclusive on Network Ten
KFC Big Bash League
Returns Tuesday, 19 December 2017.
Live, Free and Exclusive on Network Ten
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I am a bit shocked that there is no Foxtel involvement in the Big Bash for the upcoming season. As I thought they would be involved in some capacity
But, it’s exclusive to Ten, what involvement would Foxtel have?
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According to the BBL website, the final has been scheduled as a twilight match on Sunday, February 4 at 4.30pm AEDT, the first day of official ratings for 2018. The last two BBL finals rated pretty well for Ten and I think the Sunday clash will provide a big lead-in to I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in Sydney and Melbourne.
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Why? It’s Ten’s thing. And if Ten are to lose this, Nine will swoop instanty. I’m sure CA have no interest in limiting the Big Bash’s audience to the diminishing few who have Foxtel.
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like so many sports in the past have been exclusive to Ten, which somehow Foxtel acquires them on the last year of Ten’s exclusive contract. Like MotoGP and Formula 1. Last year, Foxtel tried to gain access to it in exchange for Ten getting AFL.
Twilight grand final is a good decision for broadcast and for families attending the match. Hopefully they run I’m A Celebrity LIVE into all markets (except WA) as I assume it will be the launch episode as well.
7:30pm - VIC/NSW
7pm - SA
6:30pm - QLD
6pm - NT
Knowing Ten though, they’ll probably inflict those states with tedious amounts of post game analysis or worse 2x Modern Family repeats.
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