Australia
Fox Sports acquires rights to revamped Hockey Australia league
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has partnered with Hockey Australia to support the launch of its new elite domestic league
Nine lands Netball World Cup rights in Australia
Commercial broadcaster Nine has secured exclusive rights in Australia to the 2019 Netball World Cup
ESPN nets FA Cup rights deal in LatAm, Caribbean, Australia
International sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a multi-year deal for exclusive linear and digital rights to the English FA Cup across Spanish-speaking Latin America, the Caribbean and Australia
FFA seeks free-to-air uplift for A-League through Ten talks
Football Federation Australia has confirmed it is in talks with commercial broadcaster Ten over a deal that could give the A-League significantly more exposure via free-to-air television
Australia’s OVO Mobile adds BWF to badminton rights portfolio
Australian telco OVO Mobile has signed an exclusive four-year media-rights deal with the Badminton World Federation, the sport’s global governing body.
Cooler market, audience slump hit Rugby World Cup rights in Australia
The value of Rugby World Cup rights in Australia has declined sharply after a big increase at their last sale, hit by a strong downturn in interest in rugby union in the territory.
Fox Sports retains IPL rights in Australia
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has renewed a rights deal in Australia for the 2019 season of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament
Australian viewers lose live IndyCar coverage in Fox Sports deal
Fox Sports has acquired rights in Australia for the 2019 season of the IndyCar North American motor-racing series
Fox Sports, Ten set to clinch Rugby World Cup rights – report
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports and commercial broadcaster Ten are set to secure rights in Australia to the 2019 Rugby World Cup, according to the Sydney Morning Herald
ATP to launch tender on 4 March for new tennis national team competition
Men’s tennis body the Association of Tennis Professionals will launch a tender process next Monday (March 4) for the sale of international media rights to the inaugural ATP Cup, which will take place i…
Optus takes Uefa competition coverage to Twitter, YouTube
Telco Optus will trial the live streaming of Uefa Champions League and Europa League via social media platform Twitter and video-sharing website YouTube in what it claims is a first for football coverage…
Domestic ratings flat year-on-year for Australian Open; focus switches to international rights
This month’s Australian Open, which concluded on Sunday night, marked the beginning of a new era in Australian sports broadcasting.
ESPN pays up for UFC rights in Australia and NZ; UFC hoping for pay-per-view boom
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has secured a good increase for its media rights across Australia and New Zealand, in a new five-year deal with ESPN
BeIN announces international Conmebol club rights deal
BeIN Media Group has confirmed a four-year deal for rights to the South American Football Confederation’s (Conmebol’s) club tournaments across a host of markets in which it operates.
Tennis Australia taps Grabyo for digital video distribution
Tennis Australia has partnered with Grabyo to power its digital video output during 2019
Supercars Championship gears up for rights talks
Australian motor-racing series the Supercars Championship has said it will commence talks in earnest this year over its next set of domestic and international rights agreements
AFLW nets rights fee through new Seven, Foxtel deal
The AFL Women’s Australian rules football competition has secured a rights fee for the first time in its history through a new four-year deal with commercial broadcaster Seven and pay-television operator F…
Mitchell resigns from Free TV Australia following ASIC allegations
Harold Mitchell has resigned from his role as chairman of Free TV Australia amid a court case filed against him by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) relating to the awarding of…