Seven Sport
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| Seven Sport | |
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| Genre | Sport |
| Starring | Bruce McAvaney, Sandy Roberts, Johanna Griggs, Matt White |
| Country of origin | Australia |
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| Running time | varies |
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| 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. Before 2001, Seven telecasted all matches of the Australian Football League. However, after the 2001 season 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 nabbed the rights to televise games.
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 Ten and Foxtel.
[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) with SBS
[edit] Annual/Recurring
- AFL Premiership Season with Network Ten and Fox Sports 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
- Mt Buller World Aerials
- The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
- The Gold Coast Hard Court Championships
- Tri-Nations Rugby
- V8 Supercars- Presented by Matt White, Grant Denyer and Neil Crompton
- Bathurst 1000- Presented by Matt White, Grant Denyer and Neil Crompton
[edit] Shows
- Sportsworld - Weekly talk based show featuring sport news updates.
- V8 Extra - Hosted by Mark Baretta and takes viewers behind the scenes of the V8 Supercars.
[edit] Past
- National Basketball League (until 1991)
- Super 12 rugby union (now Super 14) (until 2004)
[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
- Matt White
- Gordon Bray
- Michael Felgate
- Basil Zempilas
- Simon Marshall
- John Alexander
- Grant Denyer
[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
