Oceania
Premier League launches Australia media rights tender
The English Premier League last week launched a media rights tender in Australia for its upcoming rights cycle, 2022-23 to 2024-25, with first-round bids due by November 15
Seven retains Commonwealth Games rights in exclusive deal
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired exclusive media rights to the XXII Commonwealth Games, which will take place in Birmingham next year from July 28 to August 8
Foxtel, ABC renew Women’s NBL rights
Australia's Women's National Basketball League has renewed domestic media-rights deals with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel and public-service broadcaster ABC for the 2021-22 season
Foxtel to broadcast all WBBL matches for first time
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel will show all 59 matches of the Women's Big Bash League for the first time
Nine pays increase for US Open to secure grand slam in Australia
Nine Entertainment’s deal for exclusive US Open rights has completed its set of grand slam tennis tournaments in Australia.
Australian Open secures strong increase from 10-year Discovery renewal
Discovery paid a significant fee increase to renew its Australian Open rights in Europe, with both sides seeing benefits in a 10-year term.
Foxtel renews US Masters rights
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has renewed its rights for the US Masters golf tournament in a multi-year deal beginning with the 2022 event
Seven takes reins of Racing NSW rights until 2027
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven West Media is reported to have secured a deal to broadcast all major Racing New South Wales events, including the Everest and the Golden Slipper, until 2027
Rugby union returns to Spark Sport with URC deal
Rugby union will return to the schedules of New Zealand streaming service Spark Sport after it acquired rights to club competition the United Rugby Championship
Premiership Rugby outlines Pitch-aided international distribution, including Stan Sport deal
Stan Sport, the streaming service of Australian media group Nine Entertainment, has acquired rights to the English Premiership rugby union club competition
Optus lands rights to Uefa Women’s World Cup qualifiers
Telco Optus has acquired exclusive rights in Australia to select European qualification matches for the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Nine completes Grand Slam collection with US Open deal
Australian media group Nine Entertainment has completed its set of Grand Slam tennis tournaments by acquiring rights to the US Open
Foxtel extends Open Championship deal, warned over AFL betting ad breach
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has secured a new multi-year agreement for exclusive free-to-air and pay-television rights to golf's Open Championship
Stan Sport adds Laver Cup to tennis offering
Stan Sport, the streaming service of Australian media group Nine Entertainment, has broadened its tennis portfolio by agreeing a multi-year deal for rights to the Laver Cup
Discovery inks decade-long agreement for Tennis Australia rights
Discovery has landed a long-term agreement with Tennis Australia which will keep the Australian Open under the Eurosport umbrella and on Discovery broadcast platforms for another decade
Sports Flick goes offline, founder is ‘subject of police investigation’
Australian streaming platform Sports Flick is now offline and its founder Dylan Azzopardi is being investigated by police over allegations of fraud, according to The Sydney Morning Herald
Streaming wars help revive Australian market as Nine and Ten launch new services
An outbreak of ‘streaming wars’ in Australia has injected life into a sports media rights market that this time last year looked threatened by a sharp decline.
Foxtel cements motorsport supremacy with MotoGP, WorldSBK deals
Foxtel’s deals for exclusive rights to MotoGP and the Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) motorcycling series demonstrate its eagerness to be seen as the home of motorsport in Australia.