Racing show on SABC at 17.00 hrs Monday

.....I take solace that Mary and Jessica will eventually see the light...

.....and on Woman's day a smoother production....and the tale of the high flying CEO....4Q may have the necessary personal equity.....but need to know that it is hard cold cash that drives the game....:dry:

......info overload.....the presenter's head spinning.....too many angles....what's the rush....got many months ahead....
.....will be interesting to see social media feedback....but this OG dont beep.... tweet or do disgrace book.....:S

.....and yesterday back to the girls.....this show lacks continuity and get the feeling that they are "winging it" ...just to do a box ticking exercise......again and again they are all over the shop....and if one was not a seasoned racing person ....one would be lost with head spinning and stay away from this complex confuddled game.....:S

SABC and 4Racing sign major horseracing broadcast deal for daily talk show and premier live race days

Johannesburg, 26 February 2022

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and 4Racing have signed a major agreement to ensure the sport of horseracing is again accessible and available to the broader South African public on free-to-air television.

The agreement will see 4Racing produce and broadcast a daily 30-minute horse racing talk show called ‘Racing Today’ on SABC Sport from Monday to Friday over a three-year period for 50 weeks a year.

It will also see 10 of the country’s top showpiece horse racing events being broadcast live in prime time on SABC 3.

‘Racing Today’ will from April 2022 be available on the 24-hour SABC Sports Channel on the SABC’s Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) service, on the Open View HD Channel 124 and on the TelkomONE streaming service.

“We are delighted to partner SABC in this multi-year deal to ensure the sport of horse racing returns as a regular addition to SABC’s premier sports programming. Having the country’s largest free-to-air broadcaster, with an audience reach of over 32 million across the country, helps us to fulfil our mandate to reach new audiences, grow participation in and knowledge of the sport, and make horse racing more accessible. Through the SABC’s coverage over the years of legendary South African horses like Wolf Power, Horse Chestnut, Jet Master, Sea Cottage and Pocket Power, and jockeys like Felix Coetzee, Michael ‘Muis’ Roberts, Pierre Strydom and Jeff Lloyd, horse racing became a premier sport and those horses and jockeys household names across the country. We’re looking to recreate that with the fantastic horses such as Kommetdieding, Jet Dark, Flying Carpet and Captain’s Ransom, and rock star jockeys such as S’manga Khumalo, Gavin Lerena, Muzi Yeni, Grant van Niekerk, Rachel Venniker, Craig Zackey and many others who are fantastic current participants in the exciting sport of horseracing, so the SABC partnership is a major and very important one for us,” says Fundi Sithebe, Chief Executive Officer of 4Racing.

The new daily talk show ‘Racing Today’ on SABC Sport will cover everything horse racing related, while live coverage of the best local and international races will deliver the exhilaration, drama and prestige that are synonymous with racing to SABC’s viewers.

Head of Sport for SABC, Gary Rathbone, said that “horse racing has long been a major part of the SABC Sport offering and after a long absence from our platforms, it’s great to have the sport of kings back on air on the Public Broadcaster”.

“Being able to feature South Africa’s best thoroughbreds and champions jockeys fighting it out in these iconic races on the annual calendar is something I’m sure will excite millions of South Africans who will now be able to access the best racing on offer live and free on the SABC,” Rathbone added.

Stephen Watson, Head of 4Racing TV and Executive Director of Discover Digital, said “this deal with SABC is a significant one for us at 4Racing and for all current and prospective punters and racegoers who love the sport”.

“We have been working with SABC over the last year and this partnership has already seen live coverage of major race days such as the World Sports Betting Cape Town Met and Summer Cup and the L’Ormarins Queens Plate, while we’ve also assisted Gold Circle to get one of the country’s biggest and most important race days, the Gold Cup, broadcast live on SABC 3. So we are excited with this long-term partnership with the SABC, which will add more value to punters, sponsors and stakeholders. The deal also bolsters our multi channel strategy through the SABC’s channel carriage deals with Open View HD and TelkomONE’s streaming service,” Watson added.

ENDS

.....and so this seems to have kicked off a bit later.....than April as detailed in bold above....so does this mean that they have lost 3months of the 3 year contract....what on earth are they going to stretch into 33 months after they have already tried to cram into the program in the last 2 weeks.....:whistle:

seems like another try at Racing It's A Rush - They will try to keep that dirty word "Betting" out of the picture and try to paint Racing as a Sport (not a betting medium)

......wonder who will fold 1st from this show.....as I initially thought that it was only for a year.....and thus the rush..... yet 30+ months may be a nice pledge to get some medium term moola for the producer .....while one looks for other opportunities and avenues....and also because this host seems to be a bit of a social media influencer moova and shaker.....but if offered a better gig ...just may be lured away...:ohmy: ..I cannot see this venture having the legs for the long haul ....as it will run out of ideas sooner than the racing game can generate more interest.... as it relies on things to happen soon....and the chances of that happening in the short term and at this time... simply aint gonna happen soon enough ....:whistle:

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.....and yesterday back to the girls.....this show lacks continuity and get the feeling that they are "winging it" ...just to do a box ticking exercise......again and again they are all over the shop....and if one was not a seasoned racing person ....one would be lost with head spinning and stay away from this complex confuddled game.....:S

.....yesterday sticking to the woman's month/day theme a recorded insert of a Rachel Venniker interview....poor sound and not as polished production.....somewhat surprised as the rest of the show seemed to be live....as The Good was saying how well Rachel rode on the day.....

.....seems that the show is not live after all.....as yesterday Nico and The Good were talking about the York racing festival and Baaeed's chances......and he had already won.....:blush:

......but these day to day racing happings..... need to happen daily so that they have the necessary content to fill the shows.....:S

......woman again....equine photography....although Bonski had to retell his Alimony tale to fill the 1st 10 min....the host was pretty rude in cutting the tom boy photographer off mid sentence to go to an ad....was this not a prerecording again....so very confusing....:S

......again another unpolished production......sound not synched to the picture....looks like watching a Bruce Lee movie dubbed into english.....very very poor....cringe.....:sick:

,,,,,,a better production better guests....no glitches.....lead up to Equus awards.....and may milk this subject to fill up the rest of the week....:dry: ....they will get some material for next week if they attend and cover the sales.....