Oceania

Football

Uefa positions itself nicely to cherry-pick top markets
Tennis

IMG Media helps US Open land 50 per cent increase in Asian rights
Cycling

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has acquired rights for the 2012 edition of cycling’s Giro d’Italia in a deal with Rai, the Italian host broadcaster and distributor of the worldwide media rig…
Rugby League

David Gallop, the chief executive of the Australian Rugby League Commission, which is responsible for brokering the next cycle of domestic rights for the country’s National Rugby League, said that last w…
Australian Rules Football

Australian telco Optus has been forced to suspend its TV Now mobile phone service, which allows subscribers to watch near-live sports programmes originally broadcast on free-to-air television, after Australia’s F…
Cricket

ESPN withdrawal leaves Murdoch well placed for drive into India and China; BCCI deal confirms ESS demise

Football

EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession
Football

CCTV keeps Sportfive on track

US network NBC, Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel have unveiled extensive, multi-channel coverage plans for the London 2012 Olympic Games
Basketball

The Australian National Basketball League, the country’s top-tier basketball league, has renegotiated its rights deal with commercial broadcaster the Ten Network in the wake of a fan backlash.

The UK government will in 2013 launch a fresh review into the list of sports events reserved for free-to-air television, David Davies, the chairman of the most recent review into the so-called “listed e…

The International Olympic Committee has joined other sports bodies in criticising the Australian government’s proposed new listed events, or ‘anti-siphoning’, laws.
Cricket

The Pitch International agency agreed an eight-year deal with New Zealand Cricket to distribute the international media rights to the home matches of the New Zealand national team from 2012-13 to 2019-20
Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed deals in a number of territories in Asia and Oceania for rights to this summer’s Euro 2012 tournament.
Rugby League

Australian commercial broadcaster Channel Nine and pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports have teamed up to launch a joint bid to retain their domestic rights for the National Rugby League, the country’s t…
Australian Rules Football

The Australian government has bowed to pressure from domestic sports leagues by saying it will review parts of the country’s copyright law that permit events to be re-broadcast on mobile devices.
Rugby League

The Australian government removed games in the National Rugby League, the domestic rugby league competition, from the country’s ‘anti-siphoning’ list, which reserves events for free-to-air broadcast, allow…
Cricket

World Cup should boost ESS ICC revenues in Australia; Sony, Zee and ESS in battle for BCCI's retendered world rights