New Zealand

Digital free-to-air channel Sommet Sports will launch a channel on pay-television operator Sky New Zealand and digital-television service Freeview in April.

Australian free-to-air channel NITV, which is operated by public-service broadcaster SBS, has acquired rights for the ANZ Championship, the top netball division in Australia and New Zealand.

Free-to-air broadcaster Maori TV has acquired rights for the 2014 ANZ Championship, the top-tier netball tournament in Australia and New Zealand.

Production company Attitude Pictures has acquired media rights in New Zealand for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games.

Digital sports media company Perform has struck a deal with the NBA to launch a new online service dedicated to fans of the North American basketball league in New Zealand.

The New Zealand Cricket governing body has secured the largest broadcast revenue ever paid out to a national sporting organisation from India’s ongoing tour of the country, according to the Fairfax Media news agency.

Digital free-to-air channel Sommet Sports and pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand have acquired rights in the country for the Australian Football League (AFL), the top division of Aussie rules in Australia.

New Zealand’s monopoly totalisator organisation the TAB, which is operated by the New Zealand Racing Board, has announced that it will make its racing channels Trackside and TAB TV solely available through pay-television operator Sky New Zealand from April 14.

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired rights for the inaugural National Rugby League Auckland Nines competition.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts organisation has launched a new digital subscription service which plans to offer a minimum of 10 exclusive live events per year.

Sky poised to land all 2015 Rugby World Cup rights in New Zealand, experts say

EBU deal with US ski federation will increase exposure for ski events in the country

Digital free-to-air channel Sommet Sports has acquired the rights to the 2013 Fifa Club World Cup football tournament in New Zealand.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand’s national free-to-air channel Prime has agreed a rights deal with horse racing’s NZ Racing Board.

Sky picks up Olympics at a discount in New Zealand

The New Zealand Rugby Union has declared itself satisfied with the broadcast of Saturday’s Test match between the All Blacks and Australia on video-sharing website YouTube, despite only 22,000 viewers tuning into the live stream.