Victorian racing back on Sky

Friday 7 August 2015, 6:13pm

The blackout of Victorian thoroughbred racing on Sky channel is over with the TAB-owned station to show Saturday's Aurie's Star meeting.

The agreement between Sky and Racing Victoria ended when they could not come to terms after RV assigned their media rights to Seven West Media in June.

Until Friday, Victorian racing could only be seen via digital channel 78 or racing.com.

RV and Tabcorp have agreed on a five-year commercial deal that incorporates domestic and international broadcast rights.

Victorian thoroughbred racing will be on Sky's wall-to-wall Foxtel channel 519 and 520 but not on Sky's showcase 521.

The split began late last year when the Australian Turf Club signed with Sky bringing about the demise of the industry-owned TVN.

Victoria went on its own to form the new alliance with Seven.

– AAP

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