Oceania

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has sealed a rights deal for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, which the country will co-host alongside New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights for the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand this month stepped in to acquire PGA Tour golf rights after streaming service Coliseum negotiated the termination of its deal.

A new digital application that will provide simultaneous live coverage of every game from football’s English Premier League will be launched by Australian telecommunications company Optus in early July.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed a carriage deal with beIN Media Group that will result in club football competition the English Premier League returning to television screens in the country in time for the 2016-17 season.

Australian telecommunications company Optus has reached an agreement with commercial broadcaster Nine to air a number of live games from the 2016 International Champions Cup pre-season football tournament.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has signed rights deals with the men’s US PGA Tour and the Ladies Professional Golf Association, and has reportedly agreed a contract for club football’s English Premier League.

Talks between Australian commercial broadcaster Ten and pay-television operator Foxtel over a sublicensing deal for coverage of the Australian Football League Aussie rules competition have stalled, according to the Fairfax Media news service.

Telco Vodafone NZ has agreed a deal to merge with Sky, a major pay-television sports broadcaster in New Zealand.

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten has enhanced its coverage of the Women’s Big Bash League under a new deal for the second season of the Twenty20 cricket competition.

Australian free-to-air digital channel Racing.com has entered into a rights partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN has extended and expanded a deal in Australia and New Zealand for the North American NBA basketball league.

Deals for Australia’s new top-tier netball competition signify a strong commitment from broadcasters to women’s sport and could signal a step-change in revenue earned by Netball Australia.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed a four-year rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Optus chief executive Allan Lew has confirmed that the Australian telecommunications company is interested in acquiring rights for A-League domestic top-tier football matches and Australia national team football contests.

Football Federation Australia will separate the sale of its rights to the top-tier A-League and the national team World Cup qualifiers in the next cycle, according to the Herald Sun newspaper.