Editing Supercars Championship (section)

===Television===
The series is currently broadcast on [[Fox Sports Australia|Fox Sports]] and the [[Seven Network]].<ref name="SupercarsTV">{{cite news | url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sports/v8-supercars/v8-supercars-signs-241m-media-rights-deal-with-fox-sports-foxtel-and-ten-network-from-2015/story-fn2ms9um-1226785594801 | title=V8 Supercars signs $241m media rights deal with FOX SPORTS, Foxtel and Seven Network from 2015 | work=[[Fox Sports Australia|Fox Sports]] | date=18 December 2013 | access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref> Fox Sports shows all practice and qualifying sessions live along with the races. Seven shows only seven events live which are Adelaide, Melbourne, Townsville, Sandown, Bathurst, Gold Coast and Newcastle with the rest shown as a highlights package after the races have finished. The coverage is produced by Supercars Media, a specialist production company for Supercars Australia.<ref name="SupercarsTV" /> Supercars Media provides the commentary for each race, with former champion and Bathurst winner [[Mark Skaife]] as lead commentator, along with [[Neil Crompton]] as expert commentator. Both Fox Sports and Seven use their own commentary team for pre- and post-race coverage.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/championship/v8-supercars-commentary-team-revealed | title=V8 Supercars commentary team revealed | work=V8Supercars.com.au | date=6 February 2015 | access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> Supercars Media records the series in [[1080i]] [[high-definition television|high-definition]], with many cars carrying four or more onboard-cameras, though HD coverage is available only to subscribers of [[Foxtel HD]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Bartholomaeus | first = Stefan | url = http://www.speedcafe.com/2015/03/03/jury-out-on-v8-tv-deal-after-solid-start/ | title = Jury out on V8 Supercars TV deal after solid start | work = Speedcafe | date = 3 March 2015 | access-date = 28 March 2015 | archive-date = 3 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150403052744/http://www.speedcafe.com/2015/03/03/jury-out-on-v8-tv-deal-after-solid-start/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Prior to the 1984 Australian Touring Car Championship season (ATCC), the series did not have a common TV home, splitting between ABC and Channel 7, as the track owners controlled the TV rights for their specific round.

In 1984, CAMS intervened and prevented the track owners from obtaining their own TV rights and instead negotiated a contract with the ABC. The only race that was not shown in 1984 on the ABC was the Calder Park round, as Channel 7 already had a long term deal with Calder Park.

In 1985, the coverage moved full time to Channel 7. Due to reasons unknown, the first round was missed in certain regions and was shown as highlights at the second round. This was how it was until 1996 except for events were the ATCC was a support act (Australian GP F1 - Channel 9 and Indy Cars - Channel 9 / 10 on the Gold Coast) or non championship race (ie: ATCC Endurance Championship - Sandown 400/500 - ABC). Most races were same day delayed coverage to avoid the emptiness between ATCC and support races.

In [[1996 Australian Touring Car season|1996]], the season was brought forward and the time between events was shortened to avoid conflicting with that years Olympic Games in Atlanta (Channel 7 being the rights holder for the Olympics).

Meaning final round was in June instead of its traditional slot of August / September.

Due to the Olympics, Channel 10 broadcast the Sandown 500 for 1996.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ4vyuJ7M7g |title=1996 Sandown 500 - Full Race |date=2016-12-09 |last=Motorsport AU |access-date=2025-05-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref> This was considered a practice run for Channel 10.

The Bathurst 500 / 1000 was shown exclusively on Channel 7 from 1963 until 1996, and then from 1997 was packaged as part of the AVESCO TV Contract.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dale |first=Will |date=2020-09-26 |title=THE HISTORY OF THE BATHURST 1000’S TV BROADCASTERS |url=https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/the-history-of-the-bathurst-1000s-tv-broadcasters/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=V8 Sleuth |language=en-US}}</ref>

The V8 Supercars were broadcast on Network Ten and Fox Sports from 1997 as part of the AVESCO TV Contract.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Battle of Bathurst: V8s Vs Super Touring – The Race Torque |url=https://www.theracetorque.com/2024/04/the-battle-of-bathurst-v8s-vs-super-touring/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

This contract allowed simulcasting of the Channel 10 coverage on Fox Sports.

Select support events for the V8 Supercars were shown live, others were shown in Channel 10's Trackside series,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sunday 13 July 2003 — BRISBANE – Television.AU |url=https://televisionau.com/classic-tv-guides/tv130703 |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=televisionau.com}}</ref> which was broadcast either the following weekend or fortnight after the event.

In 2000, select races ([[2000 FAI 1000|FAI 1000]]) were produced and broadcast in widescreen (16:9).<ref>{{Cite web |title=05 Oct 2009 - TEN Network introducing `split screen' coverage of V8 Superc... - Archived Website |url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20091005103206/http://www.fastlane.com.au/Motor%20Sport/V8_Ten_Qld.htm |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=bxPbgsyWgNn-2o0M&t=1194&v=3GJaJXVxoCw&feature=youtu.be |title=Last Laps - 2000 Bathurst 1000 {{!}} 2024 Repco Supercars Championship |date=2024-09-24 |last=Supercars |access-date=2025-05-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref> However, the public was not able to see this feed until it was rebroadcast on Foxtel on their Bathurst channel<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-01 |title=TV guide: FOX SPORTS Bathurst Channel returns for 2018 on Foxtel channel 506 |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/motorsport/supercars/bathurst-1000/tv-guide-fox-sports-bathurst-channel-returns-for-2018-on-foxtel-channel-506/news-story/41f27b34a727fd289f3d63f6404c86bd |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Fox Sports |language=en}}</ref> and when it was released to [https://cmsmotorsport.com.au/shop/supercars-bathurst-2000-fai-1000/ DVD] in the 2020s.

In 2001, as [[Digital terrestrial television in Australia|Digital TV]] arrived in Australia, every race was produced and broadcast in native widescreen (16:9) on Channel 10 Digital.

For analogue TV viewers, they received a letterbox feed (excluding Round 1, which provided analogue viewers with their own feed, which was too demanding, so opted for a letterbox simulcast instead from Round 2 on-wards), while international and Fox Sports users were shown a 4:3 feed. For every Split screen (ie: going for an interview, showing pit stops, pit reporters, going onboard, etc while showing track cameras), the feeds shown were within the 4:3 frame but were in their native 16:9 widescreen format, giving analogue and international viewers a glimpse of what they were missing out on.

For 2001 Clipsal 500 and Bathurst 1000, an interactive feed was available,<ref>{{Cite web |title=23 Aug 2004 - Digital Broadcasting Australia - Archived Website |url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040823075516/http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?sectionID=74&newsID=304&display=news |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref> with the following being broadcast at the 2001 Clipsal 500:

* Digital 1 - Normal Ten Telecast (simulcast) 
* Digital 2 - Multiview Channel (Bill McDonald hosting, views in cars, iso cameras, pit interviews, aerials etc)
* Digital 3 - Leaderboards

And the following were broadcast at the 2001 Bathurst 1000:<ref>{{Cite web |title=DBA Information Bulletin October 2001 |url=http://www.dba.org.au/templates/files/DBA_Info_Bulletin_Oct2001.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011108075841/http://www.dba.org.au/templates/files/DBA_Info_Bulletin_Oct2001.pdf |archive-date=2001-11-08 |access-date=2001-11-10}}</ref>

* Digital 1 - Main telecast in 16:9 widescreen (simulcast) 
* Digital 2 - Alternate race view (onboards, helicopter camera, behind the leaders, leader cam (when other battles were being shown on Digital 1)
* Digital 3 - Top of the mountain camera 
* Digital 4 - Leader board

Due to low viewership, this was never repeated after season 2001.

From 2002, the V8 Supercars Greatest Hits Volume 2 (to Volume 4) DVDs and from the 2003 season, the V8 Supercars and Bathurst 1000 highlight DVDs, produced by Sony Music Video, were released in native widescreen (16:9).

At the 2002 Bathurst 1000, a ticker was used to show live positions. It was moved from beside the lap counter to the bottom of the screen in 2003.

In 2003, Bigpond became the exclusive Streaming provider for Bigpond Broadband Customers only.<ref>https://www.telstra.com.au/content/dam/tcom/about-us/investors/doc/tel_plaintext_ar03.docx</ref>

This included live practice, qualifying and top ten shootouts, ad free racing (delayed) as well as live onboard and telemetry from your selected driver.<ref>https://www.fordforums.com/threads/bigpond-join-v8-supercars-as-second-platform-sponsor.44405/</ref>

This also included exclusive interviews and highlight packages.

This ended in 2007 when Supercars Australia started to produce the coverage.<ref name="Cushnan">{{Cite web |last=Cushnan |first=David |date=2013-01-18 |title=V8 Supercars signs new domestic broadcast deal |url=https://www.sportspro.com/news/v8_supercars_finally_confirms_new_domestic_broadcast_deal/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=SportsPro |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 2004, [[Foxtel Digital]] was launched and by 2005 was showing races in widescreen.

At the [[Bathurst 1000]] in [[2004 Bob Jane T-Marts 1000|2004]], Sky Cam, which hovered above the pit lane, was introduced. The camera ran on a wire from the Pedestrian Overpass to Turn 1 and had 360 degree tilt and pan.

The camera would be used in other events after its successful run at Bathurst.

This initial contract with Channel 10 and Fox Sports ended at the conclusion of the 2006 season.

Channel 7 regained the rights from 2007 to 2012, then extended to 2014 (due to a lack of competitive tenders at the end of 2012 forcing Supercars Australia to default to Channel 7 for two more seasons).<ref name="Seven">{{cite news |last=Washbrook |first=Cyril |date=15 January 2013 |title=Seven extends V8 Supercars television deal |url=http://www.mediaspy.org/2013/01/15/seven-extends-v8-supercars-television-deal/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401204058/http://www.mediaspy.org/2013/01/15/seven-extends-v8-supercars-television-deal/ |archive-date=1 April 2013 |access-date=23 March 2013 |work=Media Spy}}</ref> During 2013 and 2014, Channel 7's deal did not cover their production costs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Emmet |first=James |date=2013-12-18 |title=V8 Supercars turns it round with $241m deal |url=https://www.sportspro.com/news/v8_supercars_turns_it_round_with_record_241m_deal/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=SportsPro |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hayes |first=Alex |date=2013-12-17 |title=Seven loses V8 Supercars broadcast rights to Ten and Fox Sports |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/seven-loses-v8-supercars-broadcast-rights-ten-fox-sports-197201 |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Mumbrella |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2007, Supercars Australia started to produce the coverage, rather than relying on the broadcasters.<ref name="Cushnan"/>

While Chanel 7 had the rights, Network Ten and Fox Sports continued to broadcast the series once a year for the [[Melbourne 400]] championship races, which are a support category at the Formula One Rolex Australian Grand Prix, which was broadcast by Ten and Fox Sports. All support category races were tied up with the Formula One Australian Grand Prix broadcast rights as a package.

Then the rights were returned to Network Ten and Fox Sports from 2015 to 2020.<ref name="C10" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=V8 Supercars signs six-year, $241m deal with Foxtel, Fox Sports, Ten Network |url=https://www.drive.com.au/news/v8-supercars-signs-six-year-241m-deal-with-foxtel-fox-sports-ten-network/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Drive |language=en}}</ref>

The deal included Channel 10 showing six events live and showing one hour highlight packages for the rest of the season.

Fox Sports would show all sessions live, ad free (during sessions only) and in HD.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 April 2025 |title=V8 Supercars negotiate a deal with racing legend Roger Penske that sees USA return in 2015 |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motorsport/supercars/v8-supercars-negotiate-a-deal-with-racing-legend-roger-penske-that-sees-usa-return-in-2015/news-story/3ecc7f6c8c389cf7470bdfa43a02c8c6 |website=herald sun}}</ref>

In 2020, [[Seven Network]] and [[Foxtel]] signed a five-year deal worth $200 million to televise the Repco Supercars Championship from 2021 to 2025. Seven Network broadcast six rounds live and showed highlights for the rest of the season. Foxtel's deal remains the same, it showed all races live and ad free on Fox Sports.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=Simon |date=2020-09-24 |title=Supercars signs $200 million TV deal with Foxtel, Seven |url=https://speedcafe.com/supercars-signs-200-million-tv-deal-with-foxtel-seven/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Speedcafe.com |language=en-AU}}</ref>

In 2025, the calendar changing to a NASCAR playoffs style series, meant the contract that Fox Sports and Channel 7 are currently under prevents Channel 7 from showing Friday Races live (Eastern Creek, Townsville and Adelaide having Friday races), even though Channel 7 has the rights to showing these events live.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bartholomaeus |first=Stefan |date=2025-04-25 |title=First Supercars Grand Final race won’t be on free-to-air TV |url=https://speedcafe.com/first-supercars-grand-final-race-not-on-free-to-air-tv/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Speedcafe.com |language=en-AU}}</ref>

The rights for the series beyond 2025 have yet to be announced.

Ten's television series ''[[RPM (TV series)|RPM]]'', which has aired from 1997 to 2008, in 2011 and from 2015 - 2020, has covered Supercars, alongside other motorsports. From 2007 to 2014, Seven broadcast a weekly 25-minute show titled ''[[V8Xtra]]'' on non-racing weekends. The dedicated Supercars program covered news and feature items relating to the series. Since 2015, Fox Sports has broadcast a similar show, ''[[Inside Supercars]]'', a weekly one-hour long program featuring a panel led by Rust and Mark Skaife.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/championship/inside-supercars-debuts-this-evening | title=Inside Supercars debuts this evening | work=V8Supercars.com.au | date=3 March 2015 | access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> In the same year, Fox Sports also launched an observational show ''[[Supercars Life]]'', featuring behind the scenes footage from race weekends and features on drivers' lives away from the track. In 2018, ''Inside Supercars'' was superseded by a new show on Fox Sports, ''[[Supercars Trackside]]''. Instead of being filmed in a studio midweek, the show is filmed on the Thursday before and the Sunday after each race meeting at the circuit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/03/01/fox-sports-enhances-supercars-tv-experience/|title=Fox Sports enhances Supercars TV experience|last=Howard|first=Tom|date=1 March 2018|work=Speedcafe|access-date=4 March 2018|archive-date=5 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305052653/https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/03/01/fox-sports-enhances-supercars-tv-experience/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The television broadcast of the Bathurst 1000 has won a [[Logie Award]] for the Most Outstanding Sports Coverage seven times ('''Note:''' year won is for the prior years coverage and are shown in '''Bold'''): '''1979''', '''1985''', 1998 (nominated), '''2000''', 2001 (nominated), 2002 (nominated), '''2006''', 2007 (nominated), '''2008''', 2009 (nominated), '''2010''', 2012 (nominated), 2015 (nominated), 2017 (nominated), and most recently won in '''2018''' for the [[2017 Bathurst 1000]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/bathurst-coverage-takes-out-logie-award/|title=Bathurst coverage takes out Logie Award|last=Bartholomaeus|first=Stefan|date=1 July 2018|publisher=Supercars.com|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref>

Foxtel broadcast the [[2018 Bathurst 1000]] in [[4K resolution]], the first such broadcast in Australian sport.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/09/19/bathurst-to-be-broadcast-in-4k-and-ad-break-free/|title=Bathurst to be broadcast in 4K and ad-break free|last=Howard|first=Tom|date=19 September 2018|work=Speedcafe|access-date=10 October 2018|archive-date=21 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821141127/https://www.speedcafe.com/2018/09/19/bathurst-to-be-broadcast-in-4k-and-ad-break-free/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Current TV broadcasters====
Supercars races are broadcast on the following channels:
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
|-
! Country
! TV network
! Free/pay
! Coverage
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Australia]]'''
| '''[[Seven Network]]'''
| align="center"| '''Free'''
| align="center"| '''Live/Highlights'''
| '''Seven events shown live with all others shown in highlight packages.'''
|-
| [[Fox Sports (Australia)|'''Fox Sports''']]
| align="center"| '''Pay'''
| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''Live'''
| rowspan="2" | '''Includes live coverage of practice, qualifying sessions and top ten shootouts.'''
|-
| '''[[New Zealand]]'''
|[[Sky Sport (New Zealand)|'''Sky Sport''']]
| align="center" | '''Pay'''
|-
| [[Asia]]
| [[SPOTV]]
| align="center" | Pay
| align="center" | Live/Delayed
| Only races are shown.
|-
| [[Catalonia]]
| Esport3 (TVC)
| align="center"| Free
| align="center"| Live/Delayed
| Live online (in English), Delayed on TV (in Catalan)
|-
| [[Germany]]
| [[Sport1 (Germany)|Sport1+]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=World RX, FIM Speedway GP, Australia Supercars Championship LIVE auf SPORT1 |url=https://www.sport1.de/news/motorsport/wrx/2020/02/world-rx-fim-speedway-gp-australia-supercars-championship-live-auf-sport1 |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=SPORT1 |date=5 March 2020 |language=de}}</ref>
| align="center"| Pay
| align="center"| Live/Delayed
| Only races shown. Highlights also on Motorvision.TV. 
|-
| [[Indonesia]] 
| [[BTV (Indonesian TV channel)|BTV]] 
| align="center"| Free
| align="center"| Delayed
| Only races shown
|-
|[[Ireland]]
| rowspan="2" |[[TNT Sports (United Kingdom)|TNT Sports]]
| align="center" rowspan="2" |Pay
| align="center" rowspan="2" |Live
| rowspan="2" |Only races shown.
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
|-
| [[Netherlands]]
| [[Ziggo Sport]]
| align="center"| Pay
| align="center"| Live/Delayed
|
|-
| [[Norway]]
|[[V Sport (Norway)|V Sport]]
| align="center" | Pay
| align="center" | Live
|
|-
|[[United States]]
| Speed Sport 1
| align="center"| Free
| rowspan="1" align="center" | Live and on Demand
| rowspan="1" | Includes live coverage of races 
|-
|Worldwide outside Australia and New Zealand
| [[YouTube]] via SuperView
| align="center"| Pay
| rowspan="1" align="center" | Live and on Demand
| rowspan="1" | Includes live coverage of practice, qualifying sessions, and supporting races.
|}