{"id":250295,"date":"2025-10-30T05:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/250295\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T05:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:58:10","slug":"television-details-for-2026-supercars-season-free-to-air-and-pay-tv-rounds-outlined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/250295\/","title":{"rendered":"Television details for 2026 Supercars season, free-to-air and pay TV rounds outlined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUPERCARS has confirmed a reduced free-to-air television offering for its 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>The Seven Network\u2019s number of live events will drop from six to five, with the Darwin Triple Crown the omission, despite the overall calendar growing from 13 rounds to 14.<\/p>\n<p>Seven\u2019s live coverage will be for the Sydney season-opener, Townsville 500, Bathurst 1000, Gold Coast 500, and Adelaide Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/superstore.v8sleuth.com.au\/products\/v8-sleuth-magazine-issue-1?utm_source=SRBuyButton&amp;utm_medium=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/V8Sleuth-Magazine-1_91f7f282-3ced-4ad8-9031-10de31dcd2de_1024x1024.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Network Ten\u2019s coverage of the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix (where the Melbourne SuperSprint will be run in support) makes for a bonus free-to-air round, taking the total to six.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/supercars-launches-14-round-2026-calendar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full 2026 Repco Supercars Championship calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At roughly 43 percent (i.e. six of 14 rounds), Supercars says its live free-to-air component still exceeds other sporting codes such as the NRL and AFL.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, there is inevitable pressure to deliver value for subscription TV partner Fox Sports\/Kayo given it accounts for roughly 84 percent of money in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/supercars-flaunts-record-breaking-tv-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the new broadcast deal which takes effect from 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/News-Patrick-Delany-James-Warburton-Foxtel-Group-Supercars-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-231935\"  \/>Foxtel Group CEO Patrick Delany with James Warburton. Pic: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt comes down to the streaming service needing exclusivity to drive subscriptions,\u201d Supercars CEO James Warburton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/the-free-to-air-complication-for-next-supercars-tv-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">explained in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a blend and I think we have got the best blend that we possibly can get and we have the key races (on FTA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only race on the anti-siphoning list is the Bathurst 1000. It\u2019s the best we can do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do understand that issue with the fans, but we virtually didn\u2019t have a sport in those early (2010s) years until we got the broadcast rights and some of that signed away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2026 Supercars free-to-air TV events<\/p>\n<p>Round 1: Sydney 500 \u2013 Seven<br \/>Round 2: Melbourne SuperSprint \u2013 Ten<br \/>Round 7: NTI Townsville 500 \u2013 Seven<br \/>Round 11: Repco Bathurst 1000 \u2013 Seven<br \/>Round 12: Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 \u2013 Seven<br \/>Round 14: bp Adelaide Grand Final \u2013 Seven<\/p>\n<p>2026 Supercars events exclusive to subscription TV<\/p>\n<p>Round 3: ITM Taup\u014d Super440<br \/>Round 4: Christchurch Super440<br \/>Round 5: Tasmania Super440<br \/>Round 6: Betr Darwin Triple Crown<br \/>Round 8: Perth Super440<br \/>Round 9: Century Batteries Ipswich Super440<br \/>Round 10: AirTouch 500 at The Bend<br \/>Round 13: Penrite Oil Sandown 500<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUPERCARS has confirmed a reduced free-to-air television offering for its 2026 season. 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