Seven Sport
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Division of: | Seven Network |
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Major Broadcasting Contracts: | AFL Australian Open Davis Cup Kooyong Classic Apia International The Melbourne Cup Carnival Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race |
Parent: | Seven West Media |
Slogan: | Sport Plays Here |
Sister networks: | 7Two 7mate |
Website: | Seven Sport |
Seven Sport is the brand that all sporting events broadcast on the Seven Network are broadcast under.
History
The Seven Network is a major player in Australian sports broadcasting.
Australian rules football
Before 2001, Seven was the only broadcaster of Australian Football League matches. As the single broadcaster, only one match could be broadcast in any timeslot, so it was not possible for every match to be broadcast. In 2000, Nine and Ten entered a joint rights deal with pay TV provider Foxtel to ensure that all eight matches of each round were televised, starting in 2002 & concluding in 2006. That brought Seven's 45-year run as VFL/AFL football broadcaster to an end.
Seven regained rights to Australian Football League in the following broadcast deal, covering the period from 2007–2011, in a joint contract with Ten and Foxtel. The cost of the deal was A$780 million, an A$280 million increase on the Nine/Ten/Foxtel 2002-2006 joint broadcast venture. Under the deal, Seven and Ten alternated the Brownlow Medal ceremonies and the AFL Grand Final;[1] Seven broadcast Friday night and Sunday afternoon Premiership season matches, with Ten broadcasting two Saturday matches and Foxtel broadcasting the rest.
In 2011, it was announced that Seven and Foxtel would share the football broadcast rights from 2012–2016, bringing Ten's 10-year run to an end. Under the new deal, Seven would broadcast four games per week, and Foxtel would simulcast coverage of Seven's games and broadcast the other five weekly games live and exclusive. Seven would broadcast the entire finals, with Foxtel simulcasting all finals except for the Grand Final. The deal required Seven to broadcast all but the Saturday afternoon match live into Victoria and Tasmania; all four games are shown live into the northern states on 7mate, and all games are shown on delay into Western Australia and South Australia due to differences in time-zones.
Other sports
During its time as the broadcaster of the Olympic Games, it has won the Olympic Golden Rings for the Best Television coverage for the best television programme during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.[2] [dead link]
During the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Seven and NBC Universal were the major recipients of the Golden Rings; with Seven taking the Golden Rings for the best Olympic Programme, the Silver Rings for the best Olympic feature (NBC Universal received the Golden Rings), and the Bronze Rings for the Best Sports Coverage (behind SRG Switzerland and YLE Finland).[3]
In 1997, Seven lost the rights to the Australian Touring Car Championship but still broadcast the Australian Super Touring Car Championship to the end of the series in 2001. And in 2003 Broadcast Nations Cup and V8 Utes in 2003 before Network Ten won the rights to broadcast the V8 Utes in 2005.
During Seven's coverage of the XXIX Olympiad, numerous complaints by the general Australian public were made to the Seven Network for several reasons, including the lack of a broadcast of events to which Australia is not competing in, too many advertisements and at inappropriate times during events and poor commentating of events. There has also been media speculation about the editing of Olympic events by Seven; how live sound from events is faded and the commentary sound is the prominent sound feature.
From 1963 to 1997, Seven was the home of motor sport in Australia as they broadcast the Australian Touring Car Championship and the Bathurst 1000. Seven were the first Broadcasters to use race cam in 1979 Bathurst 1000 and also were able to talk to the drivers.
The Seven commentary team included Evan Green, Will Hagon, Geoff Stone (late 60s to the mid 70s). From 1977-1995 Mike Raymond and Gary Wilkinson from 1978-1996(V81000). Neil Crompton reporting from the pits from around 1985, Mark Oastler(1989-1996), Doug Mulray(1988-1994), Allan Moffat (1985-1996,V81000) and as a pit reporter Andy Raymond (early 90s). At the Bathurst 1000 Sandy Roberts or Bruce McAvaney would be the host during the early to mid 1990s.
Theme
Seven Sport has used "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Emerson, Lake & Palmer as its theme since 1980. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Seven used the music piece for Sporting events such as: AFL, Australian Open and Australian Touring Car Championship. Up until 2011, an abridged version of the opening fanfare was used.
Events
Seven Sport holds broadcast rights to the following events:
Current
Past
Programs
Seven Sport has presented the following recurring programmes:
Sport (Event) | Program | Date |
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All | Sportsworld | 1988–2006 |
All | Sport Fever! | 2012– |
Australian rules football (AFL) | The Bounce | 2010 |
Australian rules football (AFL) | AFL Game Day | 2008– |
Australian rules football (AFL) | Talking Footy | 1995–2004 2013- |
Australian rules football (AFL) | Rex's Footy Panel | 1994–2003 |
Australian rules football (AFL) | The Club | 2002 |
Motor Racing (V8 Supercars) | V8Xtra | 2007– |
Motor Racing (V8 Supercars) | Friday Night Live | 2012– |
Rugby League (NRL) | The Matty Johns Show | 2010 |
Staff / Commentators
AFL
As Seven is forced to show viewers in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Queensland games featuring their respective teams live, sometimes it will show a different game at the same time into these markets then into the rest of Australia. On these occasions, it will pick up Fox Footy's coverage of the match.
Matthew Lloyd is tipped to defect from the Nine Network where he is a regular pannelist on The Footy Show to join Seven's footy team in 2013 replacing new Carlton coach Michael Malthouse.
Current
- Bruce McAvaney (1990s-2001) (2007-)
- Dennis Cometti (1986-2001) (2007-) (Though it was speculated[by whom?] that he would retire in 2011, Cometti is contracted to call football for Channel 7 until 2015)
- Leigh Matthews (1996-1998) (2009-)
- Tom Harley (2010-)
- Tim Watson (1992, 1996-1998) (2007-)
- Matthew Richardson (2010-)
- Luke Darcy (2012-)
- Peter Larkins (2012-)
- Brian Taylor (2012-)
- Cameron Ling (2012-)
- Samantha Lane (2013-)
- Andrew Welsh (2013-)
- Hamish McLachlan (2012-)
- Basil Zempilas (2012-)
- Jude Bolton (2014-)
- Wayne Carey (2014-)
Past
- Michael Malthouse (2012) -Now coach of the Carlton Football Club
- Brett Kirk (2012) -Now Midfield coach at the Fremantle Football Club
- Sandy Roberts (1980s-2001) -Continues with the Seven Network in various other roles
- Neil Kerley (1990s-2001)
- Nathan Buckley (2008-2009) -Now coach of the Collingwood Football Club
- Rick Olarenshaw (2007-2009)
- Richard Osborne (1997-2001)
- Anthony Hudson (1999-2001) -Now Fox Footy commentator
- Peter McKenna (1970s-2001)
- Robert Walls (1998-2001) -Now SEN 1116 commentator
- Mark McVeigh (2013)
- Malcolm Blight (1988, 1995-1996, 2000)
- Robert Dipierdomenico (1991-2001)
- Ian Robertson (1980s-2001)
- Matthew Campbell (1990s-2001) -Now Fox Footy commentator
- Gerard Healy (1990s-2001) -Now Fox Footy Commentator
- Peter Landy (1970s-1999)
- Drew Morphett (1988-2000) -Now commentator on ABC Radio
- Andrew Maher (2001) -Now hosting Before The Game on Network Ten
- James Brayshaw (1997-2001) -Now host of The Footy Show and Triple M commentator and presenter
- Chris Dittmar (1995-2001) -Now Triple M commentator
- Dale Lewis (2001) -Now Triple M commentator
- Mike Williamson (1959-1977)
- Tony Charlton (1957-1960) -Deceased
- David Schwarz
SANFL
Tennis
Australian Open
- Bruce McAvaney (1990s-)
- Matthew White (2004-)
- Mark Beretta (2013)
- John Alexander
- Sandy Roberts (?-2013)
- Jim Courier (2005-)
- Tracy Austin (2006-2010)
- Darren Cahill
- Kerryn Pratt
- Roger Rasheed (2008-)
- Alicia Molik (2011-)
- Todd Woodbridge
- Hamish McLachlan (2009-)
- Lleyton Hewitt (2011-)
- John Newcombe
- Sam Smith
- Allan Stone
- Rennae Stubbs (2011-)
- Geoff Masters
- John Fitzgerald
- Nicole Bradtke
- Henri Leconte (2010-)
- Neil Kearney
- Peter Donegan
- Basil Zempilas
Wimbledon
Davis Cup
AAMI Kooyong Classic
Melbourne Cup
- Bruce McAvaney (2002-)
- Simon Marshall
- Rachael Finch (2011-)
- Hamish McLachlan (2007-)
- Richard Freedman
- Matthew White
- Glen Boss (2011-)
- Sandy Roberts
- Warren Smith (2013-)
- Peter Donegan
- Neil Kearney
- Michael Felgate
- Greg Miles (2002-)
- John Letts (2002-)
- Francesca Cumani
- Johanna Griggs
- Pat Welsh (2002-)
- Sonia Kruger (2002-2011)
Cricket
- Matthew White ipl
- Mark Waugh ipl
- Keith Stackpole
- James Brayshaw (2001 Ashes & ODI Series vs. England & Pakistan)
- Greg Chappell
- Dennis Cometti
Rugby League
Yachting
- Mark Beretta
- Sandy Roberts
- Matthew White (2005–2008)
- Gordon Bray (2009)
V8 Supercars
- Matthew White
- Mark Larkham
- Mark Beretta
- Aaron Noonan
- Neil Crompton
- Mark Skaife
- Riana Crehan
- Tom Williams (occasionally)
Golf
- Bruce McAvaney
- Sandy Roberts
- Peter Donegan
- Ian Baker Finch
- Wayne Grady
- Pat Welsh
- Grant Dodd
- Ossie Moore
See also
- ABC Sport
- Nine's Wide World of Sports
- Ten Sport
- SBS Sport
- List of Australian television series
- List of longest running Australian television series
- Sports broadcasting contracts in Australia
References
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1542495.htm
- ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=1187
- ^ http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=1995
- ^ "Sky Sports buys exclusive rights to 14 GAA matches". http://www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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- ^ "Sky Sports buys exclusive rights to 14 GAA matches". http://www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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- ^ "Seven secures Wimbledon" (PDF). http://www.sevencorporate.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
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- ^ "Seven Network response to ASTRA submission" (PDF). http://www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
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- ^ a b "Economic Impact of the Rugby World Cup 2003 on the Australian Economy – Post Analysis" (PDF). http://www.aussport.gov.au. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
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