Big Bash League
Big Bash League bounces back, final draws record audiences on Foxtel
The 2022-23 season of Australian cricket's Big Bash League is being hailed as a return to form for a competition that had slumped in popularity in recent years
Cricket Australia strikes A$1.5bn extensions with Foxtel and Seven, legal action withdrawn
Cricket Australia has extended its domestic media rights agreements with pay-television operator Foxtel and commercial broadcaster Seven in deals worth a total of A$1.5bn ($1bn/€954.4m) over seven seasons, from 2024-25 to 2030-31.
Nine ‘agrees Tennis Australia domestic rights renewal’
Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment is reported to have renewed its domestic media rights for the Australian Open tennis Grand Slam in a deal with Tennis Australia
Cricket Australia attributes A$5.1m loss to ‘challenging’ UK media rights market
Cricket Australia recorded a A$5.1m ($3.2m/€3.3
Seven seeks permission from court to terminate Cricket Australia rights deal
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven has begun legal action to terminate its media rights agreement with Cricket Australia due to alleged “multiple quality and standard breaches” of the contract by …
Eleven lands women’s Serie B rights, LIVENow to show Big Bash League
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired worldwide rights to the Serie B Femminile, the second division of women’s football in Italy.
Seven seeks Cricket Australia emails as rights row continues
Australian broadcaster Seven West Media has filed court papers seeking access to correspondence between Cricket Australia, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Foxtel and other parties as part of…
New Big Bash League season to receive enhanced broadcast coverage
Cricket Australia has detailed enhanced coverage plans for the 2020-21 editions of the Big Bash League and Women’s Big Bash League after confirming the schedules for the Twenty20 competitions.