Foxtel

Rugby Union

Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment is launching a premium sports streaming service, Stan Sports, following its acquisition of Rugby Australia domestic media rights
Rugby Union

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has offered to place a handful of Super Rugby matches outside of its Kayo Sports sports streaming platform paywall as part of its pitch to win  Rugby Australia's …
Cricket

The Women’s Big Bash League will receive its biggest television footprint to date after Cricket Australia’s domestic broadcasters committed to wider coverage of the 2020 edition of the Twenty20 competition.
Rugby Union

Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine is reported to be in talks with Rugby Australia about a deal to take exclusive control of the organisation's domestic media rights
Rugby Union

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel is reported to have submitted an offer for rights to competitions organised by Rugby Australia as it seeks to extend its long-running association with the body
Cricket

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has made a A$10m ($7.1m/€6.1
Multi-sport

Foxtel chief executive Patrick Delany has said the Australian pay-television operator has hit record levels of sports subscribers as it recovers from the damage inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic
Cricket

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has announced a rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) ahead of Australia’s upcoming tour of England.
Motorsport

Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven West Media is finalising a media-rights deal for the Australian Supercars Championship motor-racing series
Multi-sport

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel will save A$180m ($129m/€109m) over the next three years in reduced fees negotiated for its sports media-rights deals.
Multi-sport

Australia’s federal government has granted pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports a further A$10m (€6.2m/$7.15m
Football

Greg O’Rourke, chief executive of Australia’s A-League, has admitted that audience ratings on pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports since the season’s resumption have been “disappointing”, with clubs set…
Motorsport

Australian motor-racing series Supercars is close to new domestic media-rights agreements with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel and free-to-air broadcaster Seven for 2021 onwards
Cricket

Cricket Australia has detailed enhanced coverage plans for the 2020-21 editions of the Big Bash League and Women’s Big Bash League after confirming the schedules for the Twenty20 competitions.
Multi-sport

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.
Football

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has reached an agreement with Football Federation Australia (FFA) to cover the remainder of the 2019-20 A-League season and the 2020-21 campaign in a deal worth…
Australian Rules Football

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,…
Motorsport

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel is said to be keen to sign a long-term extension to its rights deal for the Supercars Championship by the end of the month, with an agreement that would look to…