Monday, 1 March 2010: The first of Sky Racing¡¦s new channels, Sky Racing2, will go live on Tuesday 30
March as the first stage in Sky¡¦s racing vision revolution.
Sky Racing2 will feature more than 80 thoroughbred, harness and greyhound meetings each week.
Of these, 35 will be new race meetings and more than half of those will be Australian.
Sky Racing is creating a new world of racing vision in 2010 with the introduction of two new channels, to complement the existing Sky Racing channel. The three channels are:
„h Sky Racing1 (Channel 519, FOXTEL and AUSTAR): Existing Sky Racing channel, which will continue to give viewers comprehensive Australian thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing coverage.
„h Sky Racing2 (Channel 520, FOXTEL and AUSTAR): Will offer viewers expanded coverage and choice of national and international thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing.
Along with Sky Racing1, it will provide vision of all TAB races.
„h Sky Racing World (Channel 521, FOXTEL and AUSTAR): A superior thoroughbred racing channel, capturing the best racing action from Australia and around the world.
The launch of Sky Racing World will take place in early May, as part of the second stage in the rollout of the new Sky Racing channels.
Sky Racing Chief Operating Officer Brendan Parnell said: ¡§It¡¦s the start of a new era in race boadcasting in Australia.
¡§The launch of Sky Racing2 will give Australian punters watching racing more choice than ever before. As expected, we have had significant interest from race clubs wanting to be part of Sky Racing¡¦s channel expansion.¡¨
The launch of the new Sky Racing channels is part of Tabcorp¡¦s long-term strategy to expand racing choice for its customers and to provide superior showcasing of racing.
The culmination of the strategy has been made possible through FOXTEL and AUSTAR¡¦s new generation channel expansion.
FOXTEL and AUSTAR will announce pricing for Sky Racing2 and Sky Racing World this month.
Sky Racing1 will remain on the base package.
To accommodate the launch of Sky Racing2, new retail displays are currently being installed in hotels, clubs and TAB agencies around Australia.
The vast majority of NSW and Victorian pubs, clubs and TAB agencies will have Sky Racing2 available at launch date.
The roll out in other states and territories is progressing well, with many venues preparing to make Sky Racing2 available to their patrons.
