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V8 Supercars sign new six-year TV contract with Fox Sports

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The V8 Supercars organisation today announced a new six-year TV contract starting from 2015 with Foxtel, Fox Sports and Ten Network.
“This is a tremendous and significant deal for our sport. It is a great boost to our amazing race teams and fans and will lead to unprecedented coverage on multiple platforms for our sport, never before seen on such a scale,” said James Warburton, CEO of V8 Supercars.

The change, starting in 2015, ends an eight-year run for the current broadcasters Seven Network.
“I would also like to thank Seven and their commitment to the sport since 2007 and of course their continued support for 2014, the final year of our partnership,” said Warburton.

The new contract is reported to be worth 241 million AUD, a substantial increase compared to the current agreement.
“V8 Supercars have a proud history of innovation. We relish the opportunity to work with talented V8 Supercars race teams and the team at V8 Supercars TV to give the sport the FOX SPORTS treatment – every minute of practice, qualifying, support categories and the Championship races – all LIVE and in stunning HD,” said Patrick Delany, CEO of Fox Sports.

“We will be there for the fans and we will make no compromises in delivering them the finest coverage. We will focus on innovating coverage to take fans closer to the action, the heroes, the stars and the insights. There will be weekly entertainment shows to complement the LIVE race coverage and a massive promotional platform via not only our seven FOX SPORTS channels but the entire Foxtel platform.”