Oceania

Australian public-service broadcaster the ABC has agreed a deal with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) for the rights to the 2014 World Cup and World Championship for Women.

Pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports, which operates in the Indian subcontinent, has acquired rights to Australia’s A-League and FFA Cup club football competitions for the next three seasons.

Commercial broadcaster Seven is the only Australian broadcaster to have lodged an expression of interest in acquiring a package of rights covering the next three editions of the Olympic Games, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten and pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports have agreed two-year extensions to their rights deals for the MotoGP motorcycling championship.

Ten chief executive Hamish McLennan has said the commercial broadcaster is keen to regain rights to the Australian Football League, the top division of Aussie rules in Australia.

The ICC’s ambitious income target for its next cycle of media rights sales

The Oceania Football Confederation has said negotiations are ongoing with broadcasters in Samoa, American Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand for broadcast rights to its OFC Champions League club competition.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has secured the rights to the Australian PGA Championship golf tournament under a multi-year deal commencing with the 2014 event.

Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ, pay-television broadcasters Sky Sports and Setanta Sports, and Irish-language free-to-air broadcaster TG4 have been awarded rights for the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland, while commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights in Australia.

The Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (Astra) pay-television body has submitted a new anti-siphoning proposal to the federal government in an effort to wrest control of sporting rights in the country from free-to-air broadcasters, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

Australian sports rights figurehead Ian Frykberg has passed away at the age of 68.

Digital free-to-air channel Sommet Sports will launch a channel on pay-television operator Sky New Zealand and digital-television service Freeview in April.

Cypriot pay-television broadcaster Lumiere Television and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, CyTA, are to collaborate on establishing a new sports channel, according to the Cyprus Mail newspaper.

Australian free-to-air channel NITV, which is operated by public-service broadcaster SBS, has acquired rights for the ANZ Championship, the top netball division in Australia and New Zealand.

Eurosport deal helps international table tennis federation in push beyond Asian heartland

Australian public-service broadcaster ABC has acquired media rights for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games.