Fox Sports (Australia)
Latest Features
IPL coverage returns in Australia as Fox agrees late deal with Star
The Indian Premier League T20 competition is being broadcast in Australia again after a six-season hiatus, via a deal with Fox Sports.
French Open value grows as the FFT agrees two Australian deals
Reduced exclusivity has not affected the value of Fox Sports’ new deal for French Open rights in Australia, agreed this month.
WSL on cusp of healthy increase in Australia with new Fox deal
The World Surf League is set to almost double the value of its media rights in Australia via a new deal with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports, TV Sports Markets has learned
Augusta retains free and pay coverage in new Australia deals
US Masters media rights in Australia will remain at a similar value in new free-to-air and pay-television deals with Nine and Fox Sports respectively.
NRL international value grows with OTT product set to launch
Australia’s National Rugby League increased the value of its international rights by 25 per cent in a multi-party deal that will lead to the creation of an international OTT platform.
Foxtel finalises new multi-year ECB rights deal
Mediapro secures five CEBL deals in APAC region ahead of finals weekend
Fox Sports secures A$10m fresh government funding for under-represented sports
Foxtel signs one-year Football Federation Australia deal ‘worth A$32m’
Features
Trouble at Ten leads to early renegotiation of Australian deal
Financial problems at its free-to-air partner Ten led Formula One Management to strike a new deal in Australia, handing much more exclusivity to pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports.
Fiba adds media-rights revenue in Australia with new Fox deal
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has secured a small fee from Fox Sports Australia for rights to its national-team competitions.
UFC works hard for increase in latest set of Australian deals
Ability to sell advertising allows Ten to beat ABC to FFA FTA rights
Public-service broadcaster ABC missed out on free-to-air rights to the Australian A-League and Australia national team matches as it cannot sell advertising, TV Sports Markets understands.
FFA secures ‘whopper’ deal with Fox, yet to sell free-to-air match
Nine buys free-to-air rights as Fox closes in on AFC renewal
Commercial broadcaster Nine will pay between A$3.5m (€2.4m/$2.7m) and A$4m for free-to-air rights to the Australian national team’s remaining 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
Premiership Rugby significantly grows global audience reach
Increasing the number of live Premiership Rugby matches broadcast had an “immediate and tangible” impact on its international distribution and income, according to the league’s commercial director Dominic Hayes.
Bernie secures latest fee increase with free/pay rights split
Formula One Management earned a significant increase in the value of its rights in Australia last month by allowing a pay-television broadcaster to acquire rights to the championship for the first time in the country.
Why didn’t Fifa go for more?
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.
Australia hopes for big boost from World Cup deals
Football’s governing body in Australia hopes to increase television-rights revenue for national team’s matches