Oceania
Digital ‘critical’ to FFA’s big increase
Digital 'critical' to federation deal
Full steam ahead for Team and CAA Eleven as Uefa strategy takes shape
Team renews with Uefa as CAA Eleven continues headhunt; Big increases across the globe for Uefa club competitions
Skynet pays high price to maintain dominant position
Skynet pays a high price to keep Forever at arm's length
Sky NZ acquires Club World Cup rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights to this year’s Fifa Club World Cup tournament in a sublicensing agreement with the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).
Telstra seeking to make big impression in sports rights market
Australian telecommunications company Telstra is targeting major investments in sports rights to drive its IPTV business, according to The Australian newspaper
Fox extends Premier League deal in Australia
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will remain the exclusive home of English Premier League football in Australia in the next rights cycle, after signing a three-year rights extension for the 2013-14…
Asia continues to deliver massive rights fee increases
Feeding frenzy for Premier League rights continues in Asia; IMG Media and MP & Silva battle it out for Asian rights
Fox and SBS pay big fees to help develop A-League
Fox and SBS 'investing in the future of Australian football'; How the new deal breaks down
FFA secures major increase in domestic rights value
Football Federation Australia, football’s governing body in Australia, has agreed domestic rights deals with pay-television broadcasters Fox Sports Australia and Foxtel, and public-service broadcaster S…
Sky New Zealand buys Italy v All Blacks
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired live rights to the New Zealand national rugby union team’s away Test match against Italy on November 18.
Windies slow decline confirmed
New West Indies deal reflects changing world order in cricket
MP & Silva finds route to Fifa via the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands provide roundabout route to Zurich
IMG to distribute Winter Games NZ rights
The IMG Media agency has struck a deal with the organisers of the 2013 Winter Games NZ to distribute broadcast and internet coverage of the New Zealand winter sports event
SBS targets World Cup advertising boost
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS is preparing to ask advertisers for a rate increase due to a strong programming line-up in 2013 and new digital multi-channel strategies to cover the 2014 Fifa…
FFA set for A$160m domestic rights deal
Football Federation Australia, football’s governing body in Australia, is set to announce a four-year domestic rights deal, from 2013-14 to 2016-17, with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Australia a…
Nine and Fox renew with Athletics Austalia
National governing body Athletics Australia has renewed its deals with commercial television network Nine and pay-television operator Fox Sports for rights to the Australian Athletic Tour for the 2013…
Competition drives 2015 World Cup fees in France
TF1 pays big increase to hang on to Rugby World Cup
Ten replaces Nine as Australia rugby union free-to-air broadcaster
Network Ten has taken over the domestic free-to-air rights for the Australian rugby union national team Test matches for three years, from 2013 to 2015, from rival commercial broadcaster Nine