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btm
25th November 2009, 12:23 PM
V8 Supercars get US TV deal

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/motor/v8-supercars-get-us-tv-deal/story-e6frey5r-1225803671218

THE V8 Supercars will be broadcast to more than 79 million subscribers in America after the championship signed a deal with FOX Sports USA.

The three-year deal will see Australia's premier motorsport category broadcast on the SPEED network, the same cable channel which shows NASCAR, Formula One, MotoGP and several other series to a north American audience.

The deal will see the V8 Supercars televised in the States the weekend after each event. In the past, V8s have only been shown to an American audience as replays at the conclusion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series.

V8 Supercars Australia executive chairman Tony Cochrane said the deal is a big step in developing the sport's international brand. "This is a fantastic and exciting relationship for V8 Supercars,'' Cochrane said.

"There is no question that SPEED in North America is the foremost network with regards to motorsport coverage and is the pinnacle platform in our sport - to be held in such regard by this highly professional organisation is a great testament to the quality of our television coverage and our racing.''

The American coverage will begin with a broadcast of next month's season-ending Sydney 500.

coyotte
25th November 2009, 01:28 PM
Great news for the catagory. Lets just hope they don't over dub the commentary with American commentators. Have you ever heard NASCAR commentary ? lol

JMZ
25th November 2009, 01:55 PM
hahaha yeah

biggity biggity biggity, let's go racin' boys!!!

kabel
25th November 2009, 08:26 PM
This was on the cards V8SCA employed an international TV rights agent to market the category overseas.
Has been reported in both V8X and Auto Action recently.

Have to hand it to Tony Cochrane he is a driven man :D

Hoss
26th November 2009, 10:15 AM
A future race in the USA perhaps?

btm
26th November 2009, 10:20 AM
A future race in the USA perhaps?
around a two cornered track... i hope not

JMZ
26th November 2009, 01:43 PM
A future race in the USA perhaps?

Laguna Seca!!!!!!!!

Yew!

coyotte
28th November 2009, 12:26 PM
Even better, Marcos Ambrose is doing a documentary on V8's specifically for the US market whilst in Oz at the final race in Sydney next weekend.
Just hope we get to see it here...

cyclonic
28th November 2009, 02:20 PM
The SPEED broadcasts of V8 Supercars use the Australian domestic broadcast commentary, so they aren't overdubbed.