Oceania
New Zealand rugby league chief confident of late rights deal for Australia game
Phil Holden, the chief executive of the New Zealand Rugby League, has said that the governing body of rugby league in the country is still in talks over a late deal to sell domestic rights for the upcoming…
Seven pulls out of Olympics rights bidding, report says
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has withdrawn from the bidding process for the next cycle of rights to the Olympic Games, according to the Australian newspaper
Seven has bid to extend Australian Open rights rejected
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has had an offer to extend a rights deal for the Australian Open tennis tournament rejected by the Tennis Australia national governing body, according to the Australian…
New ANZ Championship deals confirmed
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS and pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports have acquired rights for the ANZ Championship, the top netball division in Australia and New Zealand
SBS and Fox Sports to secure netball rights
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS and pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will acquire rights for the ANZ Championship, the top netball division in Australia and New Zealand, according to the…
Ten and Seven submit bids for Cricket Australia rights
Australian commercial broadcasters Ten and Seven have submitted bids for Cricket Australia’s next cycle of free-to-air media rights, according to the Australian newspaper.
Newcomer Sommet Sports joins Sky NZ as AFL rights-holder
Sommet Sports, a new digital free-to-air channel that will launch in New Zealand next month, has acquired rights for the Australian Football League, the top Aussie rules championship in Australia, alongside…
Neo beats Sony and Taj to New Zealand rights
Neo explains why it bid big for New Zealand cricket rights
Sky NZ secures last-gasp extension with NRL
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed an extension to its rights deal with the National Rugby League, the top rugby league competition in Australia
Sky New Zealand secures V8 Supercars broadcast deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights in the country for the V8 Supercars motor-racing series
New Ten chief confirms bidding intentions
Incoming Ten Network chief executive Hamish McLennan has said that the commercial broadcaster will bid for the next cycle of domestic rights to Australian cricket and the Australian Open tennis grand slam…
ABU left to pick up the scraps as IOC carves out even more markets
IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU
Australian broadcasters believe IOC could delay rights auction, report says
Australian broadcasters believe the International Olympic Committee may postpone the sales process for domestic rights to the next two editions of the Olympic Games due to the lack of interest shown by…
ECB upbeat about North American rights
ECB bullish about growth in North America
AFL seeks to serve global fanbase with Rightster partnership
The Australian Football League, the country’s top Aussie rules championship, has selected online video distribution and marketing company Rightster to launch a web television service for the league’s fan…
All ANZ Championship games to be covered in new Australia deal
The Netball New Zealand and Netball Australia national governing bodies, which organise the ANZ Championship, are in talks over a rights deal that would ensure every game of the club competition is shown…
Nine Network pulls out of Olympics rights race, report says
Australian commercial network Nine has pulled out of the race to acquire rights for the 2014 winter Olympic Games and 2016 summer Olympics, according to the Australian newspaper
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets
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