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| Seven Sport | |
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| Format | Sport |
| Starring | Bruce McAvaney, Sandy Roberts, Johanna Griggs, Matt White |
| Country of origin | Australia |
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| Running time | varies |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Seven Network |
Seven Sport is the brand that all sporting events broadcast on the Seven Network are broadcast under.
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[edit] History
The Seven Network is a major player in Australian sports broadcasting. However, In 2001 the network ended it's famous 40-year run as AFL football broadcaster when The Nine and Ten television networks, along with pay TV provider Foxtel, jointly won the television rights.
On January 5, 2006 the Australian Football League accepted a bid from Seven and Ten to broadcast AFL games from 2007 - 2011 at a cost of AU$780 million, an AU$280 million increase on the Nine/Ten/Foxtel 2002-2006 joint broadcast venture. Under the deal, the networks will alternate the Brownlow Medal ceremonies and the AFL Grand Final[1]. The Seven Network will broadcast all Friday night Premiership season matches, while sharing the other 7 weekly AFL matches between Network 10, and possibly a third broadcaster such as News Limited/Foxtel or the SBS Australian television network. Industry analysts expect up to 4 of these games to be on sold by Seven and Ten to help pay costs associated with the record breaking broadcast rights. [2]
[edit] Theme
Seven Sport has always used Fanfare for the Common Man as its theme. In recent years it has used a remixed version of the tune.
[edit] Events
Seven Sport holds with broadcast rights to the following events:
[edit] Future
- Beijing Olympics (2008)
[edit] Annual/Recurring
- AFL Premiership Season with Network Ten 2007-2011
- The Australian Open (Golf)- Presented by Sandy Roberts and Jack Newton
- The Australian Open (Tennis)
- Bledisloe Cup Rugby- Commentary from Gordon Bray Dan Crowley and Tim Horan
- Kooyong Classic
- The Melbourne Cup Carnival- Hosted By Bruce McAvaney and Simon Marshall
- The Spring Racing Carnival
- Mt Buller World Aerials
- The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
- The Gold Coast Hard Court Championships
- Tri-Nations Rugby
- V8 Supercars
- Bathurst 1000
- Perth Cup
[edit] Programs
- Sportsworld
- Go Perth Racing
[edit] Anchors
Seven Sport has several anchors who are used on a wide array of sporting events. Most of these anchors are household names and very well known.
- Bruce McAvaney
- Dennis Cometti
- Sandy Roberts
- Johanna Griggs
- Matthew White
- Gordon Bray
- Michael Felgate
- Basil Zempilas (AFL Caller - Perth Games)
- Simon Marshall
- John Alexander
- Chris Mainwaring (AFL Special Comments - Perth Games)
- Chris McDermott (AFL Special Comments - Adelaide Games)
- David Schwarz (AFL Special Comments - Friday Night Football)
- Tim Watson (AFL Special Comments - Friday Night Football)
- Chris Dittmar (AFL Caller - Adelaide Games)
- Richard Freedman
- Peter Donegan
[edit] Tennis Commentators
- John Barrett
- Allan Stone
- John Fitzgerald
- Kerryn Pratt
- John Alexander
- Todd Woodbridge
- Darren Cahill
- Tracy Austin
- Jim Courier
[edit] Reporters
Seven Sport also use several reporters to report on sporting events during broadcasts, these reports are usually based on competitors and are often humorous. Reporters for Seven Sport include:
- Kylie Gillies
- Adam Peacock
- Neil Kearney
- Shelley Craft
[edit] Awards
They won the 2006 Olympic Golden Rings Gold award in the The Best Olympic Programme category - recognising best overall coverage of the XX Olympic Winter Games in Torino earlier this year. They also received a silver award in the category: The Best Olympic Feature and a Bronze in the Best Olympic Sports Coverage category for their work as host broadcaster for the freestyle skiing and aerials. In 2004 they also won the golden rings in the The Best Olympic Programme category.
[edit] External links
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