Nine's Wide World of Sports

For other uses, see Wide World of Sports (disambiguation).

Nine's Wide World of Sports

The Nine Network's current Wide World of Sports logo. This edition of the logo was first aired in 2008.
Division of:	Nine Entertainment Co.
Major Broadcasting Contracts:	NRL Rugby League State of Origin Summer Olympics Winter Olympics E. J. Whitten Legends Game Test cricket Twenty20 Cricket Cricket World Cup British Open Australian Masters Presidents Cup Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival
Parent:	Nine Network
Sister networks:	GEM
Website:	Wide World of Sports
Australian television, aired on the Nine Network. All major sports, events and series covered by the network are broadcast under this brand, the flagship sports being rugby league (National Rugby League), cricket (Australian Summer of Cricket), spring and autumn horse racing, swimming and golf (British Open). Australian rules football was also aired until Nine lost the AFL free-to-air broadcast rights in 2006. History The Nine Network's current Wide World of Sports logo, long version. This edition of the logo was first aired in 2008 and is used for the sponsor billboard. Wide World of Sports (WWoS) is a long-used title for Nine's sport programming. All sports broadcasts on Nine aired under the WWoS brand until 1997. It was also the name of a popular sports magazine program that aired most Saturdays and Sundays. This program filled many of the summer daytime hours. The program premiered at 1:00 pm on Saturday 23 May 1981 and was initially hosted by Mike Gibson and Ian Chappell, before being hosted in the 1990s by Max Walker and Ken Sutcliffe. Ian Maurice was the regular anchor at the WWOS Update Desk. The show ended in 1998, due in large part to the rise of Fox Sports (which Nine's owner owned half of) and other subscription sport channels.[citation needed] From the late 1970s, the main sport aired nationally under the WWoS brand was cricket. Nine's majority owner Kerry Packer created World Series Cricket in part because he couldn't obtain the rights to the existing competitions through financial means. From this point until late 2006, Nine based its summer schedule around broadcasts of cricket. Its cricket broadcasts in that era revolutionised the way the sport was covered, featuring cameras placed at both ends of the field (after Packer famously complained about seeing "cricketer's bums" every second over), instant replays, and other innovations. World Series Cricket made many other changes to cricket, having a huge impact on the game. In 1984, Billy Birmingham (The Twelfth Man) released a hugely successful comedy album making fun of the cricket portion of the show. He went on to release a series of albums ridiculing all aspects of Wide World of Sports, calling the show "Wired World of Sports". From the first to the most recent (2006), all have reached number one on the Australian album chart. January 1995 saw the beginning of Premier Sports Network, the channel that was to become Fox Sports. It secured the rights to Australia's cricket tour of the West Indies, Nine's first challenge since winning its World Series war. Nine tried to stop the broadcast under Australia's 'anti-siphoning' rules, which exist to stop certain popular sporting events being screened exclusively on pay television. It failed when Premier Sports Network came to an agreement to broadcast the tour free to air on Network 10.[citation needed] WWoS's other main sport was and is rugby league. This was challenged in 1997 by the establishment of Super League, the repercussions of which led to Nine's parent company owning half of Fox Sports that year, and ultimately Nine's move away from popular live sport.[citation needed] This partial purchase of Fox Sports roughly coincided with the end of Nine's traditional Saturday and Sunday daytime schedule of sports programming. What had once filled it now filled subscription channels, mainly Fox Sports. Old movies and other low rating programs filled much of the space. Between the late 1970s and 1997, when Australians had wanted to watch continuous sport at home on a summer weekend, they had largely done so by tuning to Nine. Those in NSW, Queensland and the ACT did this all year round, due to rugby league's popularity in those areas. Now Fox Sports had that mantle, and gave viewers continuous sport all week long. In 2000, Nine acquired broadcast rights for Friday night and Sunday games in the Australian Football League, the elite Australian rules football competition, sharing the rights with the Seven Network and Foxtel's Fox Footy Channel in 2000 and 2001 and with Network Ten and Foxtel from 2002 through to 2006. (Nine's parent owned 25% of Foxtel). The deal assigned the rights for finals matches to Network Ten, a deal which reportedly flabbergasted Nine boss Kerry Packer. As it also had the rights for all major swimming competitions, Nine for the first time had the FTA rights to the highest competitions of Australia's four biggest spectator sports: rugby league, Australian rules (shared with Ten), cricket and swimming. While Nine no longer had the volume of sport it once had, during the 2000-2006 period it dominated non-Olympic sport broadcasting in Australia. Its lineup rivalled that of Fox Sports. In January 2006, the Seven Network and Network Ten exercised their "first and last" rights agreement with the AFL to trump the Nine Network's $780 million bid for broadcasting rights for the years 2007 to 2011. If Seven and Ten were unable to match the AFL's "quality of coverage" demands by May 5, 2006 (better coverage into regional areas, northern states and on pay television, as promised in the Nine bid) the AFL would have been allowed to award the broadcasting rights back to Nine. The Seven/Ten consortium, however, obtained the rights, with Nine broadcasting its last AFL match on a Sunday hosted by Tony Jones with a guest appearance from Nine's chief executive and former AFL commentator Eddie McGuire. From the beginning of the 2006-2007 cricket season, Nine no longer broadcast Australian domestic cricket, replacing the coverage with delayed National Basketball League matches. The domestic cricket matches, long a mainstay of Nine's summer programming, moved to Fox Sports. There are rumours circulating that Nine's Wide World of Sport is set to become Fox Sports on Nine, with strong ties between Foxtel and Nine possible.[citation needed] It was thought that the Seven Network would continue its tradition of airing the Olympic Games for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. However, the Nine Network, in joint partnership with Foxtel, has secured broadcasting rights which the network has described as the most comprehensive coverage of the Olympics. The partnership has also won the rights to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Return of Wide World of Sports After a ten year hiatus, it was announced that the 'Wide World of Sports' program would return to Nine on 16 March 2008.[1] This show is hosted by the previous host Ken Sutcliffe, with footy show star James Brayshaw as well as former Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist. In 2009, revolving co-hosts will include former swimmers Giaan Rooney, Nicole Livingstone and former cricketer Michael Slater. The show originally aired for 90 minutes but was recently extended to two hours. It airs on Sunday mornings at 9am till 11am. Wide World of Sports returned for another year in 2009. Michael Slater and Grant Hackett joined the team as co-hosts alongside Ken Sutcliffe and Giaan Rooney. Nicole Livinstone did not return to the program in 2009, as she joined ONE HD as a commentator. The show was nominated for the Most Popular Sports Program award at the 2009 and 2010 Logie Awards, being beaten by The NRL Footy Show on both occasions. The show is currently airing in 2011. Events Nine's Wide World of Sports holds broadcast rights to the following events: Current Sport Event Broadcast Partners Dates Notes Winter Olympics Albertville 1992, Lillehammer 1994, Vancover 2010 Foxtel 1992, 1994, 2010, Shared rights with Foxtel Summer Olympics Montreal 1976, London 2012 Foxtel 1976, 2012, Shared rights with Foxtel Australian rules football E. J. Whitten Legends Game Fox Footy Channel (Replay from 2002-2006), Fox Sports (Replay from 2007-2011), Fox Footy (Replay 2012) 1996- Live coverage from VIC Cricket Test cricket Fox Sports 1977- All Australian matches played in Australia Cricket Limited overs cricket Fox Sports 1970s- All Australian matches played at home, selected charity matches Cricket Twenty20 Cricket Fox Sports 2003- All Australian matches played at home Cricket World Cup Fox Sports 2011- All Australian Matches only Cycling Tour Down Under 2012 4 stages highlights package, last 2 stages live. Golf British Open Fox Sports 1980s- Highlights of Rounds 1-4 Golf Australian Masters Fox Sports 2009- Five Hours of Play on all 4 Days Golf Presidents Cup Fox Sports 2011- Melbourne 2011, all 4 Days Horse Racing Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival Sky Racing 2000s- Includes the Cox Plate, Caulfield Cup and other significant races Horse Racing Autumn Racing season 2000s- Includes the Golden Slipper Stakes race in Sydney, and other significant races Rugby League National Rugby League (NRL) Fox Sports 1988- 3 matches a week, one match live into NSW and QLD markets. Rest of Australia is shown after midnight Rugby League European Super League [2] 2009- NSW and QLD only Rugby League European Challenge Cup [2] 2009- NSW and QLD only Rugby League Rugby League State of Origin Fox Sports (Highlights) 1987- Rugby League ANZAC Test 1997- Australian matches only Rugby League Rugby League Four Nations Fox Sports 2000s- (Four Nations) shown NSW and QLD only Rugby League Rugby League World Cup Fox Sports 2008- Rugby Union Bledisloe Cup Fox Sports 2011- Rugby Union Tri Nations Fox Sports 2011- Rugby Union Rugby World Cup Fox Sports 2011, 2011 & 2015 Past Sport Event Broadcast Partners Dates Reason/Subsequent Broadcasters Australian rules football Australian Football League Network Ten, Fox Footy Channel 2002–2006 Outbid: Seven Network (2007-), Fox Sports (2007-2011), Fox Footy (2012-) Australian rules football International Rules Series 2005 Dropped: Seven Network (2008, 2010), Network Ten (2006, 2011) Basketball National Basketball League Fox Sports (1995-2010) 2007 Dropped: Network Ten Commonwealth Games Auckland 1990, Kuala Lumpur 1998, Melbourne 2006 Fox Sports (2006) 1990, 1998, 2006 Dropped: Network Ten Cricket 2007 ICC World Twenty20, 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Fox Sports 2007, 2009 Dropped: Fox Sports Cricket One Day Cup –2005/06 Dropped: Fox Sports Golf U.S. Masters –2006 Dropped: Network Ten Golf U.S. PGA Championship Dropped: Fox Sports Motor Racing A1 Grand Prix Fox Sports (2005-2009) 2009 Motor Racing Formula One 1980–2002 Dropped: Network Ten Motor Racing 500cc motorcycle Grand Prix 1987–1996 Dropped: Network Ten Motor Racing IndyCar World Series Fox Sports 1996-2000s Dropped Speed Soccer 2002 FIFA World Cup SBS 2002 Dropped: SBS Swimming Telstra Swimming Championships 1980s-2008 Dropped: Network Ten Tennis Wimbledon Fox Sports 1980s–2010 Dropped: Seven Network (2011) Tennis French Open Fox Sports 2003-2009 Highlights of the quarter finals, semi finals & finals Tennis US Open Fox Sports 1980s–2009 Dropped: Fox Sports exclusive. Yacht racing 18ft Skiff 1990s Programmes Nine's Wide World of Sports has presented the following recurring programmes. Sport (Event) Program Years All Wide World of Sports 1981-1998, 2008- Australian Rules Football The AFL Footy Show 1994- Australian Rules Football The AFL Sunday Footy Show 1993- Australian Rules Football Any Given Sunday 2005-2006 Cricket The Cricket Show 1997- Cricket Ashes to Ashes 2006 Rugby League The NRL Footy Show 1994- Rugby League The NRL Sunday Footy Show 1993- Rugby League Boots N' All 2001-2005 Rugby League The Sunday Roast (NRL) 2006- Commentators Nine's Wide World of Sports has quite a few hosts and commentators for a whole variety of sporting events. The following is a list of past and present personalities featured. Wide World of Sports (1980s through 1997 and 2008 to the present) Ian Chappell, host (1980s) Lisa Curry-Kenny, host (c.1990) Mike Gibson, host (1980s) Tony Greig, host (c.1990) Ian Maurice, Update host (1983-1987 & 1991-1998) Lou Richards Ken Sutcliffe, host (1990s) Max Walker Michael Slater Adam Gilchrist Any Given Sunday James Brayshaw (2005) Nicole Livingstone (2006) Garry Lyon (2005) Mick Molloy (2006) Sam Newman (2005) Other major event hosts Ken Sutcliffe Ray Martin Simon O'Donnell (1996-) Mark Nicholas NRL Ray Warren, chief caller (1992-) Ian Maurice (1983-1987) Darrell Eastlake (1983–1993) Matthew Johns (2003–2009) Steve "Blocker" Roach (1992–1998) Peter Sterling (1992-) Paul Vautin (1992-) Andrew Voss (1994-) Paul Harragon (2000–2008) Phil Gould (1994-) Ben Ikin (2006–2009) Andrew Johns (2007-) Laurie Daley (2008) Brad Fittler (2010-) Wally Lewis (2006-) Wendell Sailor (2010-) Tim Gilbert (2006-) Jason Taylor (2010-) Cricket Richie Benaud, host (1977-) Greg Chappell (1989–1995) Ian Chappell (1980-) Tony Cozier (1977–1978 and came to Australia to commentate on West Indies tours of 1979/80, 81/82, 83/84, 84/85, 86/87, 88/89 and 91/92) Tony Greig (1979-) Ian Healy (1999-) Bill Lawry (1977-) Rod Marsh (1986–1990) Mark Nicholas, host (2004–2005; 2005-06 to present) : Nicholas' contract expired in 2005 and it was reported that he was dropped from the Nine Network, but was later on reinstated for a three-year contract [1] Greg Ritchie (1995–96) Simon O'Donnell, cricket show host (1993–) Michael Slater (2006-) Keith Stackpole (1977–1986) Frank Tyson (1979–1986) Geoff Lawson (1989-1993) Doug Walters (1986–1988) Mike Whitney (1994) Mark Taylor (1999-) Max Walker (1986–1991) Shane Warne (2008-) Adam Gilchrist (2008-) Stephanie Brantz boundary interviews (2006–2007) Brett Lee(2010-) Tom Moody (2010-) Guest international commentators Michael Atherton (2002–2003) Geoff Boycott (1990/91) and (1994/95) ashes tours to Australia Ian Botham 1998/99 ashes tour to Australia Colin Croft (1996–97) Sunil Gavaskar David Gower Sir Richard Hadlee (1990/91) and (1993–1994) Michael Holding (1992–93 - 2004–2005) David Lloyd (2006–07) Ian Smith (1997–98; 2001–02; 2004–05; 2007–08) Michael Vaughan (2010/11 Ashes Tour) Domestic one-day cricket James Brayshaw Dennis Cometti Kerry O'Keeffe AFL Eddie McGuire, host of The Footy Show (1994–2005), AFL Commentator (2002–2005) James Brayshaw, host of The Footy Show (2006-), AFL Commentator (2002–2006) Garry Lyon, host of The Footy Show (2006-), AFL Commentator (2002–2006) Dermott Brereton (2002–2006) Dennis Cometti (2002–2006) Craig Hutchison (2007-) Tony Jones, boundary rider (2002–2006) Sam Newman Michael Roberts, boundary rider (2002–2006) Dwayne Russell (2002–2006) Brian Taylor (2002–2006) Matthew Lloyd, Footy Show Pannelist (2012-) Additional The Footy Show (Sunday edition) panellists Max Walker, Original Host Mal Brown Billy Brownless Doug Hawkins Sam Kekovich Simon O'Donnell (2000) Lou Richards (1993–2008) Ted Whitten (1993–1995) Swimming Duncan Armstrong Nicole Livingstone, resigned November 2008 Giaan Rooney, poolside interviews Ray Warren Horse racing Simon O'Donnell, host of coverage Cameron Williams, post-race interviews and main presenter of coverage Emma Freedman, presenter & interviewer Ken Callander, "tote" John Letts, post-race interviews John Tapp, race caller Andrew Voss Golf Eddie McGuire, host of coverage and commentator Ian Baker-Finch, special comments Jack Newton, special comments Mark Nicholas, commentator Ian Healy, roving reporter Nathan Thompson, roving reporter Motorsport Darrell Eastlake Alan Jones Barry Sheene See also ABC Sport Seven Sport Ten Sport SBS Sport List of Australian television series List of longest running Australian television series Sports broadcasting contracts in Australia References ^ Wilson, Chris (2008-03-01). "A 'Wide World' opens for Gilly". Daily Telegraph. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23305387-5001023,00.html.  ^ a b engage Super League (Press Release) (2008-11-15). "CHANNEL NINE TO SHOW ENGLISH SUPER LEAGUE AND CHALLENGE CUP". RLeague.com. http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=31935. Retrieved 2008-11-16.  External links Wide World of Sports home page. Wide World of Sports entry at IMDB. Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат? 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