Sky Racing

Sky Racing
Launched	1985
Owned by	Tabcorp
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 16:9
Country	Australia
Language	English
Formerly called	Sky Channel (1985-1998)
Sister channel(s)	Sky Racing 2 Sky Thoroughbred Central Sky International
Website	skyracing.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Foxtel	Sky Racing 1: Channel 526 Sky Racing 2: Channel 527 Sky Thoroughbred Central: Channel 528
Cable
Foxtel	Sky Racing 1: Channel 526 Sky Racing 2: Channel 527 Sky Thoroughbred Central: Channel 528
Neighbourhood Cable	Channel 19

Sky Racing (previously Sky Channel) is an Australian broadcaster primarily telecasting live thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing. It is owned by Tabcorp Holdings and operates a number of television channels and a radio service. Sky Racing launched on the Aussat A1 satellite in 1985.

The broadcaster generally telecasts all race meetings that are covered by the various Australian TABs. This includes both metropolitan and country meetings from all Australian states, as well as selected international races from New Zealand, England, Ireland, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, France, the United States and Japan.

Sky Racing currently operates four separate television channels and one radio channel.

Originally branded Sky Channel, it launched in 1985 as Australia's first nationwide racing channel. It was exclusively available to TAB outlets, sporting venues and clubs until 5 September 1998 when it expanded to direct-to-home subscription TV under the brand Sky Racing. Sky Channel operations were renamed Sky Racing in October 2009.

Sky Racing 2 launched on 30 March 2010. It was designed to remove scheduling congestion on Sky Racing and to allow for more local and international race meeting coverage.

Launched on 4 May 2010 as Sky Racing World, it was a channel featuring mostly international race meetings and magazine programmes. On 21 March 2015, Sky Racing World was replaced by Sky Throughbred Central, a channel which came at the result of acquiring the rights to broadcast race meetings previously held by TVN. On 1 April 2016, Sky Thoroughbred Central launched a HD simulcast.

This channel delivers select Australian race meetings to international locations including UK, US, New Zealand, Europe and Asia. Extended coverage can be seen on Sky International due to its unique schedule. Content from Sky International can be seen on other racing channels, such as At the Races. It is not available domestically.

Sky Racing also operates Sky Sports Radio, which is available in most parts of NSW and the ACT via AM and FM transmission. It is also available on digital radio in Sydney. It predominantly covers horse and greyhound racing, however it also has a number of general sporting talk programs.

Sky Racing no longer advertises these channel and are presumed defunct.

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