Australia

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has bolstered its coverage of the 2015-16 NFL American football league season in the wake of the interest generated by Australian Jarryd Hayne making the final cut for the San Francisco 49ers’ squad.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has sealed a domestic rights deal with the Australian National Basketball League.

The German Bundesliga rounded off its international sales cycle this month, with deals in Australia and New Zealand.

Nine’s capture of additional National Rugby League free-to-air rights helped drive a record fee for the Aussie Rules Australian Football League, as both codes agreed new deals this month.

Australian sports fans are set to be granted more access to high-definition coverage of top leagues and competitions due to a change in broadcasting regulations.

BeIN Media Group is considering a bid for the rights to the Australian National Rugby League, the top division of rugby league in the country, according to multiple reports.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has entered into negotiations with the NFL American football league with a view to providing specific coverage of San Francisco 49ers games during the 2015 season.

Astra, the Australian group of pay-television broadcasters, has renewed calls to reform the country’s anti-siphoning rules in the wake of UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport’s acquisition of Cricket Australia rights.

Racing.com, the new free-to-air digital channel that will launch this Saturday with the backing of the Racing Victoria horseracing body and Australian commercial broadcaster Seven, will feature regular magazine programmes as well as live coverage.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will demand that club rugby league competition the NRL reverses its decision to remove its top-rating Saturday evening game from its new deal with commercial broadcaster Nine if it is to commit to a new contract of its own, according to The Australian newspaper.

The Australian Football League, the top division of Aussie rules football, has awarded its next cycle of domestic rights to commercial broadcaster Seven, pay-television operator Foxtel and telecommunications company Telstra.

Australian commercial broadcaster Nine holds wholesale free-to-air broadcast rights through its new deal with club rugby league competition the NRL, under which it may seek to trade content with rights partners of Aussie rules football league the AFL, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will show live coverage of all 39 games of the 2015 National Rugby Championship, the third-tier club rugby union tournament in the country.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights in Australia for coverage of LaLiga, the top division of Spanish football.

The beIN Media Group has confirmed a wide-ranging rights deal with the German Football League (DFL) taking in the Middle East and North Africa region, along with France and Australia.

The Australian Rugby Union is close to unveiling a new long-term rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports and commercial broadcaster Ten that will give the sport a bigger free-to-air presence in the country, according to The Australian.