TVN (Australian TV channel)

TVN
CountryAustralia
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i (SDTV 16:9)
Ownership
OwnerRacing Victoria
History
LaunchedMay 2005; 19 years ago (2005-05)
Closed15 March 2015; 9 years ago (2015-03-15)
Replaced byRacing.com (on Foxtel)

TVN (Thoroughbred Vision) was an Australian thoroughbred horse-racing TV channel. It was carried on Foxtel, Austar and Optus TV, as well as other subscription TV services. The channel was set up by the Victorian thoroughbred racing industry and Sydney metropolitan racing clubs as an alternative to Sky Racing and as an attempt by the racing clubs concerned "to capture the valuable assets of racing media rights and leverage them to the benefit of racing".[1]

TVN was 50% owned by Victorian racings organisations Melbourne Racing Club, Victoria Racing Club, Moonee Valley Racing Club and Country Racing Victoria; and 50% by the Sydney-based, Australian Turf Club. It launched in May 2005[1] and ceased almost 10 years later in March 2015.

  1. ^ a b [1] Sydney Turf Club. Retrieved 15 July 2007.