Australia
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…
Windies slow decline confirmed
New West Indies deal reflects changing world order in cricket
MP & Silva finds route to Fifa via the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands provide roundabout route to Zurich
SBS targets World Cup advertising boost
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS is preparing to ask advertisers for a rate increase due to a strong programming line-up in 2013 and new digital multi-channel strategies to cover the 2014 Fifa…
FFA set for A$160m domestic rights deal
Football Federation Australia, football’s governing body in Australia, is set to announce a four-year domestic rights deal, from 2013-14 to 2016-17, with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Australia a…
Nine and Fox renew with Athletics Austalia
National governing body Athletics Australia has renewed its deals with commercial television network Nine and pay-television operator Fox Sports for rights to the Australian Athletic Tour for the 2013…
Ten replaces Nine as Australia rugby union free-to-air broadcaster
Network Ten has taken over the domestic free-to-air rights for the Australian rugby union national team Test matches for three years, from 2013 to 2015, from rival commercial broadcaster Nine
NRL secures Nine payment after broadcaster staves off collapse
The National Rugby League, Australia’s top rugby league competition, will receive its first rights fee instalment of A$30 million (€24.2 million/$31.2 m
Australian tennis rights set to be put out to tender, report says
Tennis Australia, the governing body for the sport in the country, is expected to put out to tender its next cycle of free-to-air domestic rights for the Australian Open tournament, according to the Australian…
BT Vision brings UK market back to life
BT Vision ambitions shake up UK rights market
News Corp set to acquire Consolidated after rival Seven bid is blocked
Media conglomerate News Corporation’s hopes of acquiring Australian media investment company Consolidated Media Holdings have been boosted after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the c…