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Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has posted an 11 per cent increase in its net profit for the year ending June 30, despite making a net loss on its coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Private investment group Coliseum Sports Media is interested in acquiring domestic rights for the New Zealand national rugby union team, the All Blacks, according to the Matheson Sports Media news agency.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has struck a deal to show matches featuring English Premier League club Manchester United on a delayed basis.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports and Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE have acquired rights to the forthcoming World Fly Fishing Championship.

The World Sport Group agency has signed a four-year extension to its contract to market the global broadcast rights to Australia’s A-League football competition, with the new deal running until the end of the 2016-17 season.

Australian public-service broadcaster the ABC has agreed a deal to broadcast all four games of Australia’s men’s and women’s basketball teams at the forthcoming 2013 Fiba Oceania Championships.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has struck a deal to show matches featuring four English Premier League football clubs on a delayed basis.

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has become the latest broadcaster to end its 3D offering due to a lack of viewing interest in the format.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired the domestic rights to the 2015 Cricket World Cup tournament, which is being co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia.

Premiership Rugby, the commercial rights-holder and organiser of the World Club 7s rugby union tournament, has agreed three additional broadcast deals, TV Sports Markets understands.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired the domestic rights, along with those across the Pacific Islands, to multi-sport event the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has agreed a 10-year deal for the exclusive rights to broadcast the Tour de France cycling event until 2023.

Tennis Australia vice-president Harold Mitchell has defended the governing body’s decision to sell the latest domestic media rights for the Australian Open to commercial broadcaster Seven without a tender.

Sky pays more for World Cup in New Zealand

Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten’s coverage of the British and Irish Lions rugby union tour of the country generated A$8m (€5.7m/$7.4m) in advertising revenue versus the A$2.5m the rights package cost to acquire, according to The Australian.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights for the inaugural World Club 7s rugby union sevens tournament next month.