Oceania
ESS adds more cricket rights
ESS adds Sri Lanka Premier League to boost reach of Star Cricket channel
UFC broadens coverage in Australia with Fox deal
Mixed martial arts promoter the Ultimate Fighting Championship will get improved coverage in Australia under a new two-year multi-channel rights agreement covering 2012 and 2013 with News Corporation-owned…
NRL pushing for more free-to-air coverage, and could add two teams
The Australian National Rugby League is pushing for a fourth weekly match to be shown on free-to-air television, and is considering expanding its competition by two teams, as it speaks to broadcasters…
ESPN set to deliver increase for Uefa Down Under
ESPN set to sign Champions League deal in Oceania
Sport1 deal confirms WTA strategy switch
WTA drops Eurosport to go market by market
Nine heading for loss on London 2012 coverage
Australian commercial broadcaster Channel Nine is set to make a loss of A$30 million (€24.5 million/$30.9 million) on its coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games, according to newspaper The Australian.
Oceania Football Confederation explores launch of television channel
The Oceania Football Confederation, football’s governing body in Oceania, is in talks with New Zealand free-to-air television service Freeview about launching its own sports channel.
Sport1 agrees deal for Women’s Tennis Association rights
Dutch pay-television channel Sport1 has acquired rights for the Women’s Tennis Association’s Premier Tournaments in a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016, with the IEC in Sports agency.
Champions League and Europa League deals agreed in Oceania
Uefa, European football’s governing body, has agreed deals in Oceania with commercial broadcaster SBS and pay-television broadcaster Setanta, for the Champions League and Europa League from 2012-13 to 2…
Frykberg installed as Fox Sports acquisitions chief
Jarrod Frykberg has been appointed as the new director of acquisitions at Australian pay-television sports broadcaster Fox Sports
ICC goes from free to pay in the Caribbean
ESS sells ICC rights to ESPN
News could take full control of Fox Sports Australia as it bids for Consolidated Media
Australian media conglomerate News Limited has made a takeover offer for Consolidated Media Holdings, which has a 50-per-cent stake in Australian pay-television sports broadcaster Fox Sports
Australian horse racing channel TVN lands major rights deal
Australian pay-television horse racing channel TVN has acquired the rights to all thoroughbred racing held in the south-eastern states of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia’s two largest horse racing m…
Channel Ten ends Australian Open coverage
The Australian Open golf tournament is searching for a new domestic free-to-air broadcast partner after Channel Ten confirmed it would not cover this year’s event in December.
Sky New Zealand agrees late deal for Nations Cup
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights for the New Zealand national team’s remaining matches in the ongoing Oceania Football Confederation Nations Cup.
NRL rights talks under control despite Gallop exit, Grant says
John Grant, chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission, which is responsible for brokering the National Rugby League’s domestic media rights, said that talks over the next cycle were “under con…
Fans flock to social networks
Sports fans increasingly turn to social networks for content
ECB agrees seven-year deal with ESS at healthy increase
ECB enjoys healthy rights-fee increase in new ESS deal