Australia

Talks between Australian commercial broadcaster Ten and pay-television operator Foxtel over a sublicensing deal for coverage of the Australian Football League Aussie rules competition have stalled, according to the Fairfax Media news service.

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten has enhanced its coverage of the Women’s Big Bash League under a new deal for the second season of the Twenty20 cricket competition.

Australian free-to-air digital channel Racing.com has entered into a rights partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN has extended and expanded a deal in Australia and New Zealand for the North American NBA basketball league.

Deals for Australia’s new top-tier netball competition signify a strong commitment from broadcasters to women’s sport and could signal a step-change in revenue earned by Netball Australia.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed a four-year rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Optus chief executive Allan Lew has confirmed that the Australian telecommunications company is interested in acquiring rights for A-League domestic top-tier football matches and Australia national team football contests.

Football Federation Australia will separate the sale of its rights to the top-tier A-League and the national team World Cup qualifiers in the next cycle, according to the Herald Sun newspaper.

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has struck agreements with six English Premier League football clubs and will add three new channels to its Sports Pack offering at no extra charge.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed a five-season extension to its rights deal with Australian rugby league competition the NRL, with the contract also including national team Test matches.

Cricket Australia has opened a tender process for rights to a number of the country’s national team and domestic league properties in the US, Canada and the Caribbean for the five-year period covering the 2016-17 to 2020-21 seasons.

Australian telecommunications company Optus has been hit with criticism from consumers after unveiling the pricing strategy for its exclusive coverage of football’s English Premier League.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven earlier this month maintained its hold on Rugby League World Cup rights at a significantly increased fee.

John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences in selected key cricket markets for the recent ICC World Twenty20 tournament

Australian pay-television broadcaster Sky Racing has agreed a rights deal with Tasracing, the governing body of horseracing in the state of Tasmania.

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has acquired free-to-air rights in the country to this summer’s Copa América Centenario national team football tournament, which will be staged in the United States.