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Australian public-service broadcaster the ABC has acquired rights for the Asian Football Confederation's 2015 Asian Cup national team tournament in a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven will acquire the rights to the Victorian and West Australian Aussie rules competitions, the VFL and WAFL, after public-service broadcaster the ABC dropped its regional coverage of the sport, according to The Australian newspaper.

US network ABC and cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting System have struck long-term media-rights extensions for the NBA basketball league, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.

The ABC International division of Australian public-service broadcaster ABC will increase the number of Australian Football League Aussie rules matches shown overseas from five to six matches per week for the remainder of the 2014 season.

Online streaming service Aereo has suspended its operations following last week’s ruling by the US Supreme Court that it breaches the copyright of major sports leagues and their broadcast partners.

The future of Aereo is in serious doubt after the US Supreme Court backed claims from major leagues and their broadcast partners that the online streaming service breaches copyright rules.

Australian public-service broadcaster ABC has acquired media rights for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic winter Games.

Fifa agreed to sell World Cup rights for 2010 and 2014 to Australian public-service broadcaster SBS for only two-thirds the amount it could have got.