Oceania
Foxtel, Kayo extend Australian Baseball League backing with new deal
Australian pay-television operator Foxtel and its Kayo Sports OTT streaming platform have acquired rights to the 2020-21 edition of the Australian Baseball League
NZ watchdog: Sky’s OSB sale to NEP could cause sports rights market imbalance
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand’s proposed deal to sell sports production subsidiary Outside Broadcast (OSB) has taken a hit after the country’s Commerce Commission outlined its competition con…
Stats Perform solidifies cricket position in new NZC deal
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has retained one of its key cricket clients in a new agreement with the sport’s governing body in New Zealand.
PFL extends trio of international rights deals
Mixed martial arts promotion, the Professional Fighters League, has announced broadcast rights renewals for the 2021 season in Spain, Latin America, New Zealand and the Czech Republic
World Surf League extends Australian rights deal with Seven
The World Surf League has renewed its broadcast agreement with Australian free-to-air commercial broadcaster Seven through 2021
Nine recruits Shaw as head of rugby on back of landmark rights deal
Australian commercial broadcaster Nine Entertainment has recruited Murray Shaw, an experienced sports production executive in Australia, as its head of rugby
Foxtel ‘opens talks’ over AFL rights extension
Pay-television operator Foxtel has initiated early talks to extend its rights deal with Australian rules football league the AFL, it has been reported
Nine continues rights drive with 2023 Ashes deal
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine has acquired rights to the 2023 Ashes cricket series, which will take place in England
Sky NZ increases guidance after ‘positive start’ to financial year
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has raised its profit and revenue guidance for 2021 after what it described as a “positive start” to the financial year, higher than expected growth in its dir…
Nine acquires Wimbledon and Roland Garros rights
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine and its new subscription streaming service Stan Sport have secured three-year deals to broadcast the Wimbledon and French Open Grand Slam tennis tournaments from…
Nine to launch Stan Sports streaming service after Rugby Australia rights capture
Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment is launching a premium sports streaming service, Stan Sports, following its acquisition of Rugby Australia domestic media rights
Cricket Australia ensures exposure in Europe, Southeast Asia in LIVENow streaming deal
Cricket Australia has announced a new deal with streaming platform LIVENow to broadcast live coverage from all international matches on India’s tour of Australia as well as the KFC Big Bash League and s…
Ex-Tennis Australia director fined in Seven rights case
Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell has been fined A$90,000 (€54,721/$63,903), but cleared to continue acting as a company director, in a Federal Court ruling on his role in a contentious b…
Sky NZ’s sale of outside broadcast division raises competition concerns
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand’s efforts to cut costs by offloading sports production subsidiary Outside Broadcast (OSB) could be hit after the proposed sale raised competition concerns.
Basketball Australia strikes new deal with Foxtel and ABC
Basketball Australia’s new agreement with domestic broadcasters Foxtel, the pay-television operator, and ABC, the public broadcaster, will see all 60 games of the 2020 Chemist Warehouse WNBL season shown l…
HBA Media distributes Melbourne Cup rights in over 120 territories
Next week’s Melbourne Cup horse racing event will be aired in over 120 territories around the world, with first-time broadcasters to include Eurosport India and SuperSport, the sub-Saharan African pay-television o…
Autumn Nations Cup and EPCR rights secured by beIN in Australia
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in Australia to rugby union’s new Autumn Nations Cup and Europe’s Heineken Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup.
Spark to offer Sky NZ’s streaming service in bundled package
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed a short-term deal with telecoms operator Spark to create a bundled subscription offering