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Seven Sport
Seven Sport is the brand and production department under which all sporting events on the Australian Seven Network#Sport, Seven Network are broadcast. It broadcasts some of Australia's most prominent sporting events, such as the Australian Football League, AFL and Cricket in Australia, cricket, as well as Thoroughbred racing in Australia, horse racing and motor racing. Seven Sport previously broadcast tennis (headlined by the Australian Open) and the Olympics & Paralympics for the best part of half a century, exclusively since the early 1970s and 1980 Summer Olympics, Moscow 1980 respectively. Seven lost the broadcast rights to both to arch-rival the Nine Network in 2018 (which commenced a year early in 2019) and 2022 respectively (having broadcast 2012 Summer Olympics, London 2012 in the past and re-commenced with 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris 2024). It caused the biggest ever 'shake-up' of Television in Australia, Australian television sports broadcasting with widespread media c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Docklands, Victoria
Docklands is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the Melbourne central business district, central business district. Docklands had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. Primarily a waterfront area centred on the banks of the Yarra River, it is bounded by Spencer Street, Wurundjeri Way and Montague Street to the east, the Yarra River and Moonee Ponds Creek to the west, Footscray Road and Dynon Road to the north and Lorimer Street, Boundary Road and the West Gate Freeway across the Yarra River to the south. The site of modern-day Docklands was originally swamp land that in the 1880s became a bustling dock area as part of the Port of Melbourne, with an extensive network of wharfs, heavy rail infrastructure and light industry. Following the containerisation of shipping traffic, Docklands fell into disuse and by the 1990s was virtually abandoned, making it the focal point of Melbourne's underground rave scene. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
