Oceania

Cricket

The Cricket Australia governing body has confirmed a A$590m (€449.4m/$577.8m) deal with commercial broadcasters Nine and Ten for the domestic rights to Test matches, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 competition the Big Bash League.

Cricket

Nine and Ten have agreed a deal with Cricket Australia for the domestic rights to Test matches, one-day internationals and Twenty20 competition the Big Bash League, according to The Age newspaper

Australia’s commercial broadcasters have announced they will accept new regulations introduced by the country’s government concerning gambling advertising during live sports broadcasts.

Football

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network has acquired the broadcast rights to two football friendlies featuring English Premier League clubs that will take place in the country in July.

Basketball

Australian commercial broadcaster Ten Network is in talks to renegotiate a rights deal for the National Basketball League, the sport’s top division in Australia.

The South Australian Government has said it intends to introduce a ban on local advertising of live-odds betting on television during sports broadcasts.

Australian Rules Football

Network Ten buys rights to Sochi winter Games but its real target is Rio 2016

Rugby Union

Premiership Rugby: Why it’s the right time to launch an international club sevens tournament

Australian Rules Football

Top AFL club Collingwood is considering launching its own television channel within the next two years.

Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has confirmed the acquisition of Sochi 2014 winter Olympic Games rights.

John Wylie, chairman of the Australian Sports Commission, the government-funded agency that distributes funding for different national sports federations, has said that sports that struggle to attract…
Football

Broadcasters worried by Pitch and MP & Silva joint venture but rivals say it's business as usual

Cycling

ASO, IMG and Infront all have big cycling ambitions. That could be bad news for UK's SweetSpot

Cricket

Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten has entered a period of exclusive talks over a rights deal with the Cricket Australia national governing body, according to the Australian newspaper
Cricket

Telecommunications company Telstra has said that it will not bid for the next cycle of mobile and digital rights on offer from the Cricket Australia national governing body, according to the Australian…

The V8 Supercars motor-racing series has launched an online streaming service that will provide live coverage of every race
Rugby League

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights for the upcoming Australia v New Zealand rugby league international match on April 19, according to the Stuff.co.nz news website

Hamish McLennan, the chief executive of Network Ten, has said that the Australian commercial broadcaster is unlikely to bid for the next cycle of rights to the Olympic Games unless the asking price is…