Racing.com (stylised as RACING.COM) is an Australian

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digital television channel, owned and operated by the

Seven Network Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, ...

and Racing Victoria. The channel broadcasts live Victorian and South Australian horse racing, news, racing statistics and information, race replays, event calendars and other related media. The service officially launched on 29 August 2015, after a blackout of Victorian horse races by Sky Racing, and is available to viewers in metropolitan areas, as well as regional areas via

Southern Cross Television Seven is an Australian television network distributed by Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) in Tasmania, Darwin, the Spencer Gulf, Broken Hill, and remote eastern and central Australia. SCA's network is the primary affiliate of the Seven Network ...

, and nationally via

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History

Following a blackout of Victorian horse racing by Sky Racing on 16 June 2015,

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and Racing Victoria entered into talks and reached an agreement to broadcast an interim feed sourced from the Racing.com website's live stream starting 26 June 2015. Seven in regional areas began an interim broadcast on channel 68 on 28 July 2015. The channel was officially launched on 29 August 2015, with

commencing broadcasting on the same day. Foxtel began broadcasting the channel on 12 September 2015. Dubai World Cup Carnival 2016 announced that it will broadcast the final three meetings of the Dubai World Cup Carnival on Racing.com. On 1 August 2017, Racing.com began broadcasting South Australian Racing following the successful closing of a seven-year content deal with Thoroughbred Racing South Australia in June.

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