Oceania
Australian tennis rights set to be put out to tender, report says
Tennis Australia, the governing body for the sport in the country, is expected to put out to tender its next cycle of free-to-air domestic rights for the Australian Open tournament, according to the Australian…
BT Vision brings UK market back to life
BT Vision ambitions shake up UK rights market
News Corp set to acquire Consolidated after rival Seven bid is blocked
Media conglomerate News Corporation’s hopes of acquiring Australian media investment company Consolidated Media Holdings have been boosted after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the c…
Seven tees up Australian Open coverage
Australian network Seven has acquired rights for the 2012 Australian Open golf event in Sydney.
Seven will broadcast 20 hours of live coverage across the four days of the tournament, on December 6-9
NRL plays it cool as broadcast partner Nine comes under scrutiny
The National Rugby League, Australia’s top rugby league competition, said it is “comfortable” with its broadcast rights partnership with Nine, as the commercial television network awaits the outcome of ta…
NBL scores first multi-year rights deal in New Zealand
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights for Australia’s National Basketball League, the country’s top basketball division.
ESS makes $100m profit on ICC
Deal in Australia takes ESS over $100m profit threshold for global ICC rights sales
Seven vows to allay regulator fears over Consolidated takeover bid
Australian network Seven said it would attempt to convince the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the country’s competition watchdog, that acquiring media investment company Consolidated M…
SBS in deal for delayed coverage of Australian World Cup qualifier
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has acquired delayed rights to the national football team’s away World Cup qualifying match against Jordan this afternoon, Wednesday, September 11.
Optus TV Now service set to close
Australian telecommunications company Optus will shut its TV Now mobile television service after being denied leave to appeal its case against two Australian sports bodies and rival telco Telstra in the…
Sky New Zealand renews rights deal with New Zealand Cricket
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has renewed its rights agreement with New Zealand Cricket, the governing body for the sport in the country, for a further two years, for rights to all home internationals…
Fox and Nine renew ICC rights
Australian pay-television operator Fox Sports and the Nine commercial television network jointly acquired rights for national team events operated by the International Cricket Council, the sport’s global g…
Perform tips off ‘landmark’ deal for Australian NBL
Perform has agreed a partnership with the Basketball Australia governing body that will allow the digital media company to provide live coverage of all games from the National Basketball League, the top…
NRL rights deal offers end to debt struggles, clubs say
The new domestic broadcast rights deal for the National Rugby League, Australia’s top rugby league competition, will enable clubs to erase their debts, according to the NRL Club Council.
Nine and Fox retain Australian NRL rights in A$1.025bn deal
Australian pay-television operator Fox Sports and the Nine commercial television network have retained domestic rights for the National Rugby League, the country’s top rugby league competition.
NRL is sustainable if deal is not reached by November 1, commission says
The Australian Rugby League Commission, the body which runs the National Rugby League, said it has contingency plans to cater for the possibility that a new domestic media rights deal is not agreed by…
BBC deal takes IOC through the $1bn barrier
This week’s BBC deal for the rights to four editions of the Olympic Games has taken the International Olympic Committee to $1.0
ESS adds more cricket rights
ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel