Oceania

Esports

International subscription sports broadcaster beIN Media Group has commissioned a new esports series that will offer a simulation of the final six rounds from Spanish football’s 2019-20 season.
Football

Korean football's K League will stream the first match of its restarted 2020 season this Friday for free to a global audience on YouTube and Twitter
Multi-sport

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has said it is “confident” it will meet the conditions necessary to secure the latest tranche of a federal government grant designed to support the broadcast of …
Multi-sport

Covid-19 has made an ambitious, sport-focused business turnaround at Sky New Zealand an even tougher task.
Rugby League

Australian broadcasters Foxtel and Nine are seeking reductions in their rights fees for the NRL this year of between 16 per cent and 24 per cent, according to the Sydney Morning Herald
Rugby Union

Super Rugby is set for major and permanent change, sparked by the Covid-19 shutdown, according to stakeholders within Sanzaar, the grouping of Southern Hemisphere rugby unions
Cricket

Cricket Australia is facing crunch talks with media rights partners who are tackling financial crises, according to reports in Australian media
Horse Racing

Australian gambling entertainment group Tabcorp has said it is close to a deal to provide coverage from its pay-television horse racing broadcaster, Sky Racing, on a free-to-air basis until the easing…
Rugby League

Australia's National Rugby League is close to a renegotiation and extension of its domestic media-rights deals with pay-television operator Foxtel and commercial free-to-air broadcaster Nine, according…
Football

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has failed to make its final rights fee instalment for this season’s A-League, the top-tier men’s football league in Australia, it has been reported.
Rugby League

Seven has reportedly reached out to the National Rugby League about potentially picking up rights to the Australian club competition, but fellow commercial broadcaster Ten is said to have declined to become…
Rugby League

Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) chair Peter V’landys has been encouraged by a “constructive and cooperative” meeting with Hugh Marks, chief executive of free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nine,…
Horse Racing

Horse racing in Sydney has seen a huge growth in television viewing figures, as it continues behind closed doors while most other sports are shut down completely
Multi-sport

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel yesterday announced it was laying off 200 staff and furloughing 140 more until the end of June, with chief executive Patrick Delany calling this week the "toughest…
Rugby League

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) has today (Thursday) said it will hold talks with aggrieved rights-holder, free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nine, after laying out a plan for the Premiership t…
Multi-sport

Radio Sport, New Zealand's only dedicated sports radio station, has been shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Motorsport

Australian motor-racing series the Supercars Championship has suspended talks over a new broadcast rights deal as it seeks to focus on getting back on the track amid the ongoing effects of the Covid-19…
Multi-sport

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has made moves to retain subscribers during the sporting season’s enforced shutdown by providing subscribers with a wider range of entertainment content in the w…