Media Notes: Victorian Racing Television Blackout To End On Friday

The blackout on Victorian racing will, "as expected, be lifted on Friday when Seven West Network begins showing a live feed of the state's race meetings on Channel 78." However, there is "still no end in sight to the stalemate with former racing carrier Sky Channel." Seven will receive the feed from racing.com from midday on Friday after Racing Victoria paid A$12M ($9.3M) to the network and agreed to "share the advertising spoils" (THE AGE, 6/25). ... The Int'l Paralympic Committee has awarded NHK the exclusive broadcast and exhibition rights in Japan for the Paralympic Games through '24. It is the biggest agreement in Paralympic broadcasting history. NHK, Japan's only public broadcaster, has acquired the rights for TV, radio, Internet, mobile and all other media platforms for the PyeongChang 2018, Tokyo 2020, 2022 and 2024 Paralympic Games (IPC).