Australia
AFL seeks to serve global fanbase with Rightster partnership
The Australian Football League, the country’s top Aussie rules championship, has selected online video distribution and marketing company Rightster to launch a web television service for the league’s fan…
All ANZ Championship games to be covered in new Australia deal
The Netball New Zealand and Netball Australia national governing bodies, which organise the ANZ Championship, are in talks over a rights deal that would ensure every game of the club competition is shown…
Nine Network pulls out of Olympics rights race, report says
Australian commercial network Nine has pulled out of the race to acquire rights for the 2014 winter Olympic Games and 2016 summer Olympics, according to the Australian newspaper
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets
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V8 Supercars seals rights extension with Seven
Australian commercial broadcaster the Seven Network has extended a domestic rights deal for the V8 Supercars motor-racing series for two years, from 2013 to 2014
Seven sweeps up horse racing rights
Australian commercial broadcaster the Seven Network has acquired domestic rights for a series of horse racing events, including the Sydney Easter Racing and Melbourne Cup carnivals
V8 Supercars looking for ‘stopgap’ rights deal
The operators of the Australian V8 Supercars motor-racing series have scaled back their ambitions for a five-year rights deal, from 2013 to 2017, and have halted attempts to sell digital rights for the…
Sky sees off BT challenge with new Windies deal
BT pushes Sky on Windies deal
IMG and NRL to develop online channel
The IMG Media agency will work with the Australian National Rugby League to develop a new online digital channel as part of a new five-year international rights distribution deal, from 2013 to 2017
New digital division to support NRL’s Telstra rights deal
The National Rugby League, the top rugby league competition in Australia, will establish a new digital media production division as part of a new rights deal with telecommunications company Telstra
Telstra snaps up NRL digital rights
Australian telecommunications company Telstra has acquired domestic digital media rights for the National Rugby League, the country’s top rugby league competition, according to the Australian newspaper.
Fox and Nine plan free TV for Big Bash
Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will allow commercial network Nine to take on rights for the Australian Twenty20 Big Bash League if the two broadcasters are able to finalise a new domestic…
Digital ‘critical’ to FFA’s big increase
Digital 'critical' to federation deal
Telstra seeking to make big impression in sports rights market
Australian telecommunications company Telstra is targeting major investments in sports rights to drive its IPTV business, according to The Australian newspaper
Fox extends Premier League deal in Australia
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will remain the exclusive home of English Premier League football in Australia in the next rights cycle, after signing a three-year rights extension for the 2013-14…
Asia continues to deliver massive rights fee increases
Feeding frenzy for Premier League rights continues in Asia; IMG Media and MP & Silva battle it out for Asian rights
Fox and SBS pay big fees to help develop A-League
Fox and SBS 'investing in the future of Australian football'; How the new deal breaks down
FFA secures major increase in domestic rights value
Football Federation Australia, football’s governing body in Australia, has agreed domestic rights deals with pay-television broadcasters Fox Sports Australia and Foxtel, and public-service broadcaster S…