NASCAR
and FOX Sports Media Group Reach Expansive Multi-Year, Multi-Platform Rights
Agreement
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
(Oct. 15, 2012) – With two full
seasons left on their current television contract, NASCAR and FOX Sports Media
Group (FSMG) announced today an extensive new eight-year, multiplatform media
rights agreement that ensures FSMG’s broadcast of NASCAR racing through
2022.
Under terms of the
new agreement, FSMG also significantly increases its digital rights to include
“TV Everywhere” live race streaming of its portion of the season for the first
time ever beginning in 2013.
“NASCAR has been in
very good hands and has enjoyed tremendous success the last 12 years in large
part because of our fantastic partnership with FOX and FOX Sports Media Group,”
said NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France. “We are thrilled to be able to extend
our relationship in such a significant way for our track partners, race teams,
and most importantly, our millions of loyal and passionate fans. This extension
with FOX Sports Media Group helps position the sport for future growth as NASCAR
continues to be an anchor with one of the world’s largest and most influential
media companies.”
As part of the new
agreement, which takes effect in 2015, FSMG retains the television rights to 13
consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races beginning each year with the
prestigious Daytona 500. In addition, FSMG retains the rights to the NASCAR
Sprint All-Star Race, the Daytona Shootout, the Duel at Daytona, the entire
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and practice and qualifying for both
the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races
that FSMG broadcasts.
FOX also remains the
exclusive home of The Great American Race through 2022, a title it has proudly
held for the last six years and nine of the last 12.
“We’re extremely
happy to have worked closely with Brian and his team at NASCAR over the last few
months to expand and extend our relationship for what is without question the
most popular motorsport in the country,” said FSMG Co-Presidents and CEOs Eric
Shanks and Randy Freer. “NASCAR has been a staple at FOX for more than a decade
and we consider it one of the signature sports we cover. With our commitment
renewed, we look forward to presenting NASCAR thoroughly, professionally and
creatively for many years to come.”
On the digital front,
FSMG gains “TV Everywhere” rights starting next season to live stream all FSMG
races, along with pre- and post-race coverage, race highlights and in-progress
race highlights to events it televises. This portion of the deal was made
possible by NASCAR’s reacquisition of operational, business and editorial
control of its digital platform, a move that takes effect on Jan. 1,
2013.
“NASCAR fans’ demand
and desire for NASCAR content stretches across all platforms and distribution
channels,” France said. “As we’ve done with this FSMG extension, we will
continue to take the appropriate measures to ensure our fans have access to the
sport wherever they are and through all available devices. NASCAR is one of the
most accessible sports in the world and this new deal builds upon that in a very
significant way.”
FSMG’s
new and expanded television and digital media rights agreement with NASCAR
includes, but is not limited to:
-
An eight-year term from 2015 to 2022. The current FSMG/NASCAR rights
agreement began in 2006 and runs through 2014
-
Thirteen (13) consecutive points races beginning with the Daytona 500
on FOX- The Daytona Shootout; Duel at Daytona; NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race; and Daytona 500 Qualifying
- Full NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season
- Right to televise all practice and qualifying sessions for FSMG races
- Ability to re-telecast races on a FOX network and via video-on-demand (VOD) for 24 hours
- Right to ancillary programming including, but not limited to, a nightly NASCAR news and information show as well as weekend at-track shows
- Right to NASCAR branded pre- and post-race shows
- Extensive digital rights beginning in 2013, including:
-TV Everywhere – live digital distribution of all races FSMG has rights to broadcast
- Pre- and post-race coverage
- Race highlights
- In-progress race highlights
- Replays of FOX-televised races
Today’s announcement
comes less than two months after NASCAR and FOX announced they are teaming up to
provide the sport’s most expansive Spanish-language broadcast offering ever with
FOX Deportes’ coverage of 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races starting in 2013. Of
the 15 race broadcasts, FOX Deportes, the No. 1 U.S. Latino Sports network, will
carry six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races live, including, for the first time
ever, a Spanish-language broadcast of the Daytona 500 (Sunday, Feb. 24).
