Australia

Multi-sport

The Australian federal government’s Communications Minister, Mitch Fifield, has revealed a broad package of media reforms, including a shortened anti-siphoning list of sporting events reserved for free-to-air television and tighter restrictions on gambling advertisements during sports coverage.
Rugby League

Former rugby league star Benny Elias has called on the Australian National Rugby League to consider acquiring struggling commercial broadcaster Channel Ten.
Cricket

Channel Ten is hoping to dislodge Australian commercial broadcast rival Nine as the rights-holder for Cricket Australia’s Test matches, one-day internationals and Twenty20 contests, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Basketball

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has sealed a rights deal for the Women’s National Basketball League.

Australian broadcasters are preparing fresh budgets ahead of a possible ban on gambling advertising during live sports coverage, according to ABC.
Cricket

Australian commercial broadcaster Nine has said it would be open to a partnership with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports in order to secure the next set of rights marketed by Cricket Australia.
Table Tennis

The Lagardère Sports agency has secured media-rights deals in various territories for the International Table Tennis Federation.
Australian Rules Football

Social media platform Snapchat has signed an extended partnership with Aussie rules football league the AFL.
Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in Australia to the Primera División, the top tier of club football in Argentina.
Horse Racing

Sky Racing World, a distributor of horse racing content to the Americas, has expanded its partnership with US pay-television racing broadcaster TVG.
Basketball

Australia’s Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) has teamed up with live sport and event broadcasting company Sportscast Australia to stream live coverage of its upcoming Grand Final Series via social media platform Facebook.

Australian motor-racing series the Supercars Championship has secured new international broadcast rights deals, and has launched a new mobile application, for its 2017 season.
Rugby League

Fox Sports has launched a channel dedicated to the top division of rugby league in Australia, the National Rugby League, exclusively on pay-television broadcaster Foxtel.
Surfing

Australian commercial broadcaster Nine has entered into a partnership with the Surfing Australia national governing body.
Multi-sport

Free TV, the industry body representing Australia’s commercial free-to-air television broadcasters, has hit out at a proposal to ban all advertising of betting services during live sporting events.
Australian Rules Football

Aussie rules football league the AFL has teamed up with domestic rights-holder, pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports, to launch a “groundbreaking” streaming service targeting international fans and Australians living or travelling overseas.
Boxing

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has said it will take action against at least two social media users who used the Facebook Live service to stream its pay-per-view coverage of the boxing match between Danny Green and Anthony Mundine on Friday.
Tennis

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has placed Tennis Australia under investigation over allegations the national governing body’s rights deal with commercial broadcaster Seven for the Australian Open may have broken the law, according to Fairfax Media.