Oceania

Seven chief executive Tim Worner has said that some of the Australian commercial broadcaster’s sports-rights acquisitions will deliver a lower-than-expected return on investment.

Clare Curran, New Zealand’s Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media, has said that attempting to shift more sports coverage onto free-to-air television in the country is not a priority of the government.

Cricket

Cricket Hong Kong has entered into a partnership with professional services company Accenture and Cricket Australia that will result in the development of new digital media platforms for the revived Hong Kong World Sixes tournament and the Hong Kong T20 Blitz.

Football

The W-League, the top tier of women’s club football in Australia, has secured free-to-air exposure through a rights deal with public-service broadcaster SBS.

Greyhound Racing

UK racecourse owner and operator Arena Racing Company (ARC) has secured new rights deals with omni-channel content solutions provider Vermantia and Australian wagering company Tabcorp and has also extended a partnership with the Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service (BAGS).

Horse Racing

Social media platform Twitter has extended its deal with the Victoria Racing Club and Australian commercial broadcaster Seven to live stream the 2017 Melbourne Cup to a domestic and global audience.

Rugby League

The National Rugby League, the sport’s top division in Australia, has teamed up with domestic rights partner, pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports, to launch a new direct to consumer streaming product for the international market.

Rugby Union

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has teamed up with pay-television broadcaster Sky to live stream a number of upcoming national team matches online as pay-per-view events.

Tennis

Tennis Australia, organiser of the Australian Open, has extended and expanded its broadcast partnership with Chinese streaming platform iQiyi for the grand slam tournament.

Cricket

Mamamia, an Australian women’s lifestyle website, has sealed a deal to show the Women’s Big Bash League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Football

Coverage of the A-League will be available worldwide during the 2017-18 season after the IMG agency unveiled an expanded rights distribution footprint for the top tier of Australian football.

Motorsport

Financial problems at its free-to-air partner Ten led Formula One Management to strike a new deal in Australia, handing much more exclusivity to pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired exclusive Formula One rights as part of a new agreement with the motor-racing series.

Paralympics

New Zealand public-service broadcaster TVNZ, in partnership with production company Attitude Pictures, has renewed its deal for Paralympic Games rights for an increase of around 30 per cent.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a new five-season rights deal in Australia for competitions organised by the English Football League, which operates the three divisions below the top-tier Premier League.

Basketball

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has extended and expanded its rights deal with the National Basketball League domestic club competition.

Basketball

Sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in Australia to three upcoming friendly games between teams from the domestic National Basketball League and North America's NBA.

Ten’s creditors agreed earlier today (Tuesday) for the Australian commercial broadcaster to be acquired by the US network CBS for Aus$209.7m (€140m/$168m).