Australia

Multi-sport
Industry Moves

Media group Nine Entertainment has appointed Andrew Cann and Andrew Nicholls to senior roles in its sport commercial leadership team to help shape and monetise the broadcaster’s Olympic Games offering.
Australian Rules Football
Media

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that Kayo Sports, the streaming service operated by pay-television broadcaster Foxtel, breached gambling advertising rules during its…
Cricket

DAZN conducted a successful sales process of its IPL rights in Oceania, with Foxtel paying an uplift on its previous fee in a new five-year deal, although Sky NZ's deal for the 2023 season is a slight decrease.
Rugby Union
Licensing & Merchandising

The British & Irish Lions have opted to extend their approach to commercialising the team’s overseas tours by entering into a joint venture with Rugby Australia.
Cricket
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has renewed its exclusive rights in Australia to the Indian Premier League for five years, from 2023 to 2027
Cricket
Media

Commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired exclusive platform-neutral rights in Australia to the forthcoming World Test Championship final as part of a standalone deal with the International Cricket…
Football
Media

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has launched tenders in Australia for media rights to its club competitions for the three-season cycle covering the 2024-25 to 2026-27 seasons.
Multiple Sports
Media

The Australian government has extended the validity of the country’s current ‘anti-siphoning’ list – which dictates sporting events that should be shown on free-to-air television – for a further three yea…
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has secured exclusive rights to mixed martial arts organisation ONE Championship. The agreement marks ONE Championship's first broadcast deal in Australia
Multi-sport

Nine Entertainment secured exclusive rights in Australia to the Summer and Winter Olympic Games from 2024 to 2032 after evaluating that it could harness its broad media portfolio to successfully monetise the rights.
Football
Media

Australian telco Optus has secured a five-match deal for rights to the Women’s FA Cup. The telco will broadcast live coverage of the matches on its subscription streaming service Optus Sport.
Football
Media

Australian telco Optus has secured rights to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup play-off tournament, which begins in New Zealand on Saturday.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has hailed the end of “onerous contracts” after its latest set of financial results revealed a decrease in content costs and stable revenues in the first half of its accounting year.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Australian pay-TV broadcaster Foxtel has reported its earnings for the second quarter of the 2023 fiscal year, with streaming subscribers up 25 per cent year-on-year
Wrestling
Media

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands to the All Elite Wrestling promotion
Multi-sport
Media

Media group Nine Entertainment has secured exclusive broadcast rights in Australia to the summer and winter Olympic Games from 2024 to 2032
Cricket
Attendance

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

The new South African domestic T20 league, SA20, has secured a promising media rights return in its inaugural season, driven mostly by deals in its domestic market and in India.