Supercars Media and Gravity Media Australia today confirmed details for the Australian and global all-screens coverage of this year’s Repco Bathurst 12 Hour.
This is the 9th year for Gravity Media Australia’s broadcast facilities and technology collaboration with Supercars Media which produces the global and Australian television coverage of the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour.
Across more than 140 in-car cameras and 37 television cameras on and around the track, embedded in concrete kerbs and walls, and accessing state of the art high definition outside broadcast facilities, 24 kilometres of broadcast cable and a total production crew of more than 120, Gravity Media and Supercars Media will capture every moment on Fox Sports, Kayo, the Seven Network and 7plus.
In addition, coverage of this year’s race will be broadcast on Sky Sports NZ and around the world on YouTube through SRO’s “GT World” platform and other international streaming partners. Radio Show Ltd, the home of Radio Le Mans, will also carry the international video and audio feed coverage.
The field, representing world-class brands including Audi, Mercedes-AMG, Porsche, Lamborghini and McLaren, will tackle Australia’s internationally acknowledged endurance race at the iconic Mount Panorama across 16-18 February.
In addition to its undertaking for the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour, Gravity Media Australia has a long partnership with Supercars Media in the television production of the Repco Bathurst 1000 and each of the rounds in the Repco Supercars Championship, including Gravity Media Australia’s acknowledged speciality and in-car camera technologies.
Nathan Prendergast – Head of Broadcast, Supercars Media:
“We are very happy to continue our relationship with Gravity Media in producing broadcast coverage of the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour for the ninth consecutive year.
“The Bathurst 12 Hour is one of the most thrilling races in the world and features the best GT teams and drivers on Earth battling it out around our beloved Mount Panorama.
“It’s a fantastic way to kick off Australia’s motorsport season, and the race always delivers incredible drama like only the Mountain can.
“With domestic coverage on Fox Sports and Seven, and a passionate audience tuned in around the world, we look forward to presenting Australia’s international enduro, the Repco Bathurst 12 Hour, with the Gravity team.
Ben Madgwick – Director, Media Services and Facilities at Gravity Media:
“Gravity Media values its partnership with Supercars Media.
“We look forward to once again be working closely with Supercars Media in creating and delivering the Australian and global television coverage of the Bathurst 12 Hour.
“Gravity Media has a long and deep connection with the 12 Hour and the Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama. It is a significant broadcast and technology undertaking and we look forward to providing Gravity Media Australia’s internationally acknowledged specialised broadcast services and camera technologies that will take audiences even closer to the action across the event.”
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