Oceania

Football Federation Australia is closing in on a new rights deal for top-tier domestic competition the A-League with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports set to extend its contract, according to multiple reports.

MP & Silva has struggled to refinance its investment in English Premier League rights across Asia-Pacific, outside Japan, TV Sports Markets understands.

Australian telecommunications company Optus has secured rights to the domestic Women’s Big Bash League cricket competition.

Commercial broadcaster Seven, rights partner of the Australian Open in its home country, has unveiled plans for a “pioneering freemium” OTT service to enhance its coverage of the 2017 edition of the grand slam tennis tournament.

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel and commercial broadcaster Seven have acquired rights for the newly-formed AFL Women’s Aussie rules football competition.

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has elected not to sublicense any of its AFL Aussie rules football league games for the 2017 season to a free-to-air broadcaster, according to the league’s official website.

Football Federation Australia has asked bidders in the auction for the next cycle of domestic rights to state their preferred expansion franchise locations in the top-tier A-League.

Australian Women’s National Basketball League team Perth Lynx has announced that two of its upcoming games will be shown live on commercial broadcaster Seven.

Social media website Twitter has confirmed it is entering the running to acquire rights for Australian football’s A-League.

Football Federation Australia has this week issued tender documents for the next set of broadcast rights to the A-League, the top tier of domestic club football.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has agreed a rights deal for domestic cycling event the Deakin Elite Women’s Road Race.

Sky has filed a lawsuit in New Zealand’s High Court against media companies Fairfax, NZME and TVNZ, claiming that they breached copyright regulations in posting clips of the pay-television broadcaster’s rugby coverage on their websites.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has renewed a rights deal with the South Australian National Football League Aussie rules competition.

The IMG agency has renewed a media rights distribution partnership with Australian motor racing series V8 Supercars.

Cricket Australia has said it will live stream all 47 non-television matches of the 2016-17 Women’s Big Bash League for free to fans in the country, providing complete coverage of the second season of the Twenty20 franchise competition.

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has secured exclusive free-to-air rights to two of Australia’s matches in the 2016 Autumn Internationals rugby union series.