Australia
SPFL terminates MP & Silva contract
ESPN+ adds more football leagues to portfolio
Fox Sports Australia retains Caribbean Premier League rights
Foxtel extends long-running WWE partnership
Optus scores Uefa club competition rights
Nine signs Fairfax merger deal
Optus pays up for Uefa rights despite World Cup ‘balls up’
SBS maintains live Premier League coverage
Nine lands rights for Melbourne golf showpiece
Australian commercial broadcaster Nine has acquired rights for the 2018 Melbourne World Cup of Golf.
SBS to show remainder of World Cup following new Optus agreement
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has struck a deal to continue to simulcast coverage of 2018 Fifa World Cup matches until the end of the tournament after extending an agreement with telco Optus.
Nine returns to the court for extended Australian Open deal
Nine has today (Monday) reached an agreement to commence its coverage of the Australian Open a year early, with the deal coming a week after it said it had exited talks with the rights-holder of the tennis grand slam, fellow commercial broadcaster Seven.
Racing Victoria extends Seven partnership
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has extended its rights deal with Racing Victoria, the governing body of horse racing in the state.
SBS, Optus extend World Cup coverage deal
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS will continue to simulcast coverage of 2018 Fifa World Cup matches through to the conclusion of the group stage on June 29 after extending an agreement with telco Optus.
Optus answers World Cup criticism with SBS agreement
Australian telco Optus has agreed that public-service broadcaster SBS will simulcast all Fifa World Cup matches for the next 48 hours after mounting complaints concerning its subscription streaming service.
Nine backs out of talks for early start to Australian Open coverage
Nine has exited talks with fellow commercial broadcaster Seven to make an early start to its domestic coverage of the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament, leaving it without a mainstream sports event this summer.
Oculus gives World Cup matches VR treatment
US technology company Oculus has said it will provide live streaming of select Fifa World Cup matches through Oculus Venues, its new app for social co-viewing.
Fox Sports commits to Extreme Sailing Series
Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed a rights deal to cover the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series.
Australian hockey granted wider exposure with Fox Sports deal
Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed a five-year extension to its rights partnership with the International Hockey Federation (FIH).