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Summer's heat brings shows,
On 7plus they will flow,
Sports and drama grow.
7plus gears up for summer with exclusive content and sports galore
The Seven Network's on-demand and streaming platform, 7plus, is gearing up for a content-rich summer, with an array of exclusive overseas series, blockbuster movies, a new Home and Away FAST channel, and a diverse range of sports from Australia and around the world.
The summer line-up includes US series 'Startup', anthology horror series 'Monsterland', new seasons of 'The Voice UK' and 'Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins', and US reality series 'Frogger'. Other shows making their way to 7plus include US detective comedy-drama series 'Psych', British drama 'Jamestown', US science fiction-thriller series 'The Event', police procedural drama 'Gone', and British thriller 'Midnight Man'.
In a nod to Australian drama, the first season of Seven's popular series 'Home and Away' has been added to the 7plus FAST channels. Over 30 of Seven's 50 FAST channels are exclusive to 7plus and feature a curated schedule of premium, Australian programs including Better Homes and Gardens, Border Security and Home and Away.
The platform is also set to host a range of new movies over the summer period, including 'Men In Black International', 'Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse', 'Spiderman: Far From Home', '1917', 'Zombieland', 'Hotel Transylvannia', 'Peter Rabbit' and 'The Smurfs'.
Sports enthusiasts will be catered for with a diverse range of events to be streamed on 7plus, including the AFLW Grand Final, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the Santos Tour Down Under, Magic Millions, Night Thunder Sprintcars, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race, the WSL Championship Tour Stop 1 from Hawaii, LIV Golf and MMA.
7plus has seen significant growth this year, streaming 14.2 billion minutes and increasing its audience by 21% year-on-year in BVOD and 22% in live streaming.
Brook Hall, Seven's Director of Content Scheduling, expressed excitement about the upcoming summer line-up. "It's going to be an exciting summer on 7plus, with great new and exclusive drama and reality series and an incredible and diverse line-up of sport," he said.
Hall also highlighted more than 70% of the content on 7plus is exclusive to it and almost 60% of all viewing coming from non-broadcast programming - with all content accessible to Australians for free.
Rachel Page, Seven's Network Digital Sales Director, also expected 7plus' live streaming to soar next year, with full digital rights to the AFL kicking in from September next year.
"The following month cricket arrives on 7plus, making it the first time Australia's biggest winter and summer sports have been made available to stream for free to Australians," she added.