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Australian horseracing organisation Racing Victoria has signed a non-exclusive digital streaming rights agreement with online bookmaker Sportsbet.

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten is interested in acquiring rights for the A-League after it was reported that public-service broadcaster SBS is looking to offload the final two years of its rights to the top division of football in the country, from 2015-16 to 2016-17.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has signalled its interest in acquiring broadcast rights for football in the country.

The International Cricket Council will make television umpire communication during the knockout stages of the ongoing World Cup national team tournament available to host broadcaster, pay-television broadcaster Star Sports.

Talks over the next rights deal for the AFL, the top division of Aussie rules football in Australia, will commence before the 2015 season begins on April 2, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

Formula One Management earned a significant increase in the value of its rights in Australia last month by allowing a pay-television broadcaster to acquire rights to the championship for the first time in the country.

Australian free-to-air channel NITV, which is operated by public-service broadcaster SBS, has acquired rights to the 2015 Pacific Games, with the multi-sport event set to be shown in the country for the first time.

Netball Australia has launched a mobile streaming service in collaboration with telecommunications company Telstra.

Gillon McLachlan, the chief executive of the Australian Football League Aussie rules league, has raised concerns about a proposed deal that would lead to opposing coaches holding joint press conferences after games.

Coaches from the Australian Football League Aussie rules competition have begun talks with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports over a deal that would lead to opposing coaches holding joint press conferences after games, according to Australian newspaper the Age.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will take up the option of extending a media rights deal for the country’s National Rugby Championship.

The International Tennis Federation has signed new multi-year broadcast rights deals in Australia, Kazakhstan and the Czech Republic ahead of the start of the Davis Cup national team tournament’s World Group first round this weekend.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will “definitely have to keep” its broadcast rights to the AFL, the top division of Aussie rules in the country, when its next tender process begins, according to Bedi Singh, chief financial officer of News Corporation.

Satellite-television broadcaster Australia Plus has acquired rights for the Australian Football League Aussie rules tournament in a deal covering the Asia-Pacific region.

NRL chief executive Dave Smith has said the Australian rugby league competition is targeting a 15 per cent increase in annual value from its next broadcast rights deal.

The Australian Football League, the top division of Aussie rules in the country, will stream live coverage of six NAB Challenge pre-season games online after a backlash from clubs.