Australia

Australian rugby league competition the NRL will bring forward by one year the start of negotiations over its next broadcast rights deal, according to The Australian.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights to the inaugural edition of the European Games multi-sport event, which will take place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku this June.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has secured extensions to exclusive live rights deals covering a number of golf majors and tours.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights to UK horseracing showpiece Royal Ascot.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights for the 2016 summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The AFL Players Association, the players' union of the top division of Aussie rules football in Australia, has said it wants a seat at the table during the league’s negotiations over its next broadcast rights deal.

Australian horseracing organisation Racing Victoria has signed a non-exclusive digital streaming rights agreement with online bookmaker Sportsbet.

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten is interested in acquiring rights for the A-League after it was reported that public-service broadcaster SBS is looking to offload the final two years of its rights to the top division of football in the country, from 2015-16 to 2016-17.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has signalled its interest in acquiring broadcast rights for football in the country.

The International Cricket Council will make television umpire communication during the knockout stages of the ongoing World Cup national team tournament available to host broadcaster, pay-television broadcaster Star Sports.

Talks over the next rights deal for the AFL, the top division of Aussie rules football in Australia, will commence before the 2015 season begins on April 2, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

Formula One Management earned a significant increase in the value of its rights in Australia last month by allowing a pay-television broadcaster to acquire rights to the championship for the first time in the country.

Australian free-to-air channel NITV, which is operated by public-service broadcaster SBS, has acquired rights to the 2015 Pacific Games, with the multi-sport event set to be shown in the country for the first time.

Netball Australia has launched a mobile streaming service in collaboration with telecommunications company Telstra.

Gillon McLachlan, the chief executive of the Australian Football League Aussie rules league, has raised concerns about a proposed deal that would lead to opposing coaches holding joint press conferences after games.

Coaches from the Australian Football League Aussie rules competition have begun talks with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports over a deal that would lead to opposing coaches holding joint press conferences after games, according to Australian newspaper the Age.