Oceania

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven will launch a set of free mobile applications next month to show live coverage of a series of sporting events.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand is to increase the price of its sports package due to increases in rights fees for sports events and properties.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights for aquatic sport’s Fina World Championships.

A group of advertising agencies in Australia have criticised the “aggression” adopted in efforts by some of the country’s top domestic sports properties to drive increases in rights fees.

The Oceania Football Confederation has awarded media rights to Papua New Guinea media company Telikom PNG.

New Australian subscription video-on-­demand platform Stan has said it could bid with commercial broadcaster Nine for key sports rights.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has struck a deal to show live coverage of an Australian Football League-sanctioned women's exhibition Aussie rules match on August 16 between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs.

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten is preparing to launch a bid for rights to the NRL rugby league competition and Aussie rules football league the AFL.

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has awarded rights in Australia and Brazil for the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, England.

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten has confirmed it is considering an investment offer from pay-television operator Foxtel.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights for a friendly match between English Premier League club Chelsea and Australian A-League club Sydney on June 2.

The NRL, which operates the top division of rugby league in Australia, could sell rights to the State of Origin series between New South Wales and Queensland separately from its next cycle of rights for the top-tier Premiership, according to chief executive Dave Smith.

World football’s governing body Fifa has agreed a deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand for the broadcast rights to its 2015 Under-20 World Cup, which is being hosted in the country.

Russian state broadcaster Channel One and Fijian commercial and pay-television broadcaster Fiji TV have acquired rights to the world welterweight title fight between boxing’s pound-for-pound superstars Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

Australian rugby league competition the NRL will bring forward by one year the start of negotiations over its next broadcast rights deal, according to The Australian.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights to the inaugural edition of the European Games multi-sport event, which will take place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku this June.