The Seven Network has signalled intentions to retain the Bathurst 12 Hour next year after trumpeting its rating success over the V8 Supercars on Sunday.

Seven’s coverage was a landmark moment for the GT event, with the free-to-air coverage signalling the first time the race had been broadcast in its entirety.

The race was split across Seven and 7mate throughout the day, with the latter showing the opening hours in all markets and the final hour in both Melbourne and Sydney.

The Seven portion of the telecast recorded a five-metro average audience of 238,000 and a peak of 368,000, with an average of 98,000 and peak of 229,000 on 7mate.

The combined result ensured the overall average for the 12 hours was line-ball with the average that tuned into the final threeChristenson’s progress report came at the behest of councilors frustrated by a seeming lack of advancement of the project, proposed in 2011 and originally estimated to be finished by 2014.

At a Dec. 13 Malden City Council meeting, Mayor Gary Christenson said Pat O’Conner, president of Minor League Baseball, has allowed the Malden Field of Dreams project developers to seek a team with a Major League affiliation.

The groundbreaking in a long-running project to build a minor league baseball stadium in Malden is now targeted for summer, with the first pitch at the ballpark thrown in 2019.

“The benefits of having an affiliated team rather than an independent league team, which was the original proposal when this process began, are many,” Christenson told the council, noting that affiliated teams get financial