Australian Football League (AFL)
AFL revels in fierce competition to score hefty Foxtel, Seven renewals
Foxtel, Seven and Telstra will pay a sizeable increase to renew their domestic media rights to the Australian Football League in the face of intense competition from Paramount and Nine.
Streaming wars help revive Australian market as Nine and Ten launch new services
An outbreak of ‘streaming wars’ in Australia has injected life into a sports media rights market that this time last year looked threatened by a sharp decline.
AFL recovers renegotiation losses in Foxtel, Telstra extensions
The Australian Football League has clawed back losses it is suffering due to Covid-19-related renegotiations of its domestic media-rights deals in a two-year extension of its biggest deal, with pay-television operator Foxtel.
AFL retains rights value in extensions with Foxtel and Telstra
The Australian Football League has announced new agreements with domestic broadcasters Foxtel and Telstra which will extend their rights by two years across the 2023 and 2024 seasons
Australia’s top federations prioritise income security in renegotiated rights deals
Australia’s top domestic federations have accepted significant short-term rights-fee cuts in renegotiated deals with domestic broadcasters, prioritising income security in the aftermath of the Covid-19 shutdown.
Free-to-air clause ‘stymies’ Foxtel-AFL extension, FFA deal ‘terminated’
Pay-television operator Foxtel declined to extend its rights deal with Australian rules football league the AFL due to long-running concerns over a clause in the contract concerning free-to-air exposure,…
AFL rekindles US ties with ESPN, enjoys domestic ratings boost
Australian rules football league the AFL has returned to the screens of ESPN in the United States, with the sports broadcaster agreeing a deal to cover the remainder of its 2020 season
AFL agrees amended Seven, Foxtel rights deals as season resumes
Australian rules football league the AFL has marked its return to action today (Thursday) by revising and extending its rights contract with commercial broadcaster Seven, and is said to have amended its…
Broadcasters and AFL yet to confirm rights deal on shortened season
The Australian Football League does not yet have a broadcast deal in place for its reduced season which is due to resume on June 11
Foxtel lays off sports staff
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel yesterday announced it was laying off 200 staff and furloughing 140 more until the end of June, with chief executive Patrick Delany calling this week the "toughest…
AFL eyes extension of Seven deal – report
The AFL Aussie rules football competition is considering an extension of its long-running rights deal with commercial broadcaster Seven, according to The Age
Facebook seals partnership deals in Australia with NRL, AFL and Cricket body
Social media giant Facebook has sealed global content partnership agreements in Australia with rugby, Aussie Rules and cricket rights-holders, it said on Wednesday
AFLW nets rights fee through new Seven, Foxtel deal
The AFL Women’s Australian rules football competition has secured a rights fee for the first time in its history through a new four-year deal with commercial broadcaster Seven and pay-television operator F…
NRL’s bold choice pushes Foxtel to go large on AFL
Nine’s capture of additional National Rugby League free-to-air rights helped drive a record fee for the Aussie Rules Australian Football League, as both codes agreed new deals this month.
NRL timing switch will test budgets and priorities
The National Rugby League’s decision to accelerate its sales process means the two biggest sport properties in Australia will negotiate new deals simultaneously.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Golf, Aussie Rules, ice-hockey, football and more
Golf: The US PGA Tour signed new six-year deals with the CBS and NBC networks, from 2007 to 2012.
Aussie Rules deal could boomerang on winners
Analysts claim that Australian commercial broadcasters Seven and Ten overpaid for Australian Football League rights