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AFL ‘meets with broadcasters’ ahead of domestic rights auction
A string of broadcasters have made pitches to Australian Football League (AFL) executives in recent weeks as the league continues to meet with prospective bidders for the next media rights cycle, it has…
Australian free-to-air broadcasters pick up Fina, World Para Swimming rights
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine has acquired rights for the Fina World Aquatics Championships taking place June 18-July 3 in Budapest
Sports media rights enter ‘greatest period of disruption in their history’
Speaking at SportNXT, a three-day thought leadership summit in Melbourne, leading media executives urged a more symbiotic relationship between broadcasters and rights-holders to avoid being surpassed by…
Stan bolsters rugby offering with new Six Nations deal
Australian subscription streaming platform Stan Sport’s deal for the Six Nations has rounded out its offering of rugby union to its subscribers.
NRL secures positive renewals following pandemic reductions
The National Rugby League and its commercial rights-holder, the Australian Rugby League Commission, will achieve a satisfactory return for the league’s global media rights from 2023 to 2027.
Stan Sport ‘set to show’ Sonny Bill Williams bout on new PPV service
Stan Sport, the streaming service of Australian media group Nine Entertainment, is set to broadcast New Zealand rugby player-turned-boxer Sonny Bill Williams’ upcoming return to the ring against former A…
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.
Australian free-to-air broadcasters ‘prepare to challenge’ Nine for NRL
All three of the main Australian television networks are expected to be allowed to bid for free-to-air rights to the National Rugby League, with the Australian Rugby League Commission said to be looking…
ViacomCBS’s Network Ten targets A-League rights for Paramount+
ViacomCBS-owned Australian broadcaster Network Ten is targeting domestic A-League football rights to help launch new streaming platform Paramount+ in the market, The Sydney Morning Herald has reported
Foxtel’s five-year netball rights deal prompts fiery response from incumbent Nine
Netball Australia has signed a new five-year domestic rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel
Nine pitches Stan Sport at A$10 per month as streaming battle heats up
Australian media group Nine Entertainment has announced further details of its move into sports streaming with its new service Stan Sport, set to launch in early February
Nine, Foxtel close in on ‘record-breaking’ Super Netball deals
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine and pay-television operator Foxtel are close to agreeing new rights deals for the domestic Super Netball club competition
Nine recruits Shaw as head of rugby on back of landmark rights deal
Australian commercial broadcaster Nine Entertainment has recruited Murray Shaw, an experienced sports production executive in Australia, as its head of rugby
Nine continues rights drive with 2023 Ashes deal
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine has acquired rights to the 2023 Ashes cricket series, which will take place in England
Nine acquires Wimbledon and Roland Garros rights
Australian free-to-air broadcaster Nine and its new subscription streaming service Stan Sport have secured three-year deals to broadcast the Wimbledon and French Open Grand Slam tennis tournaments from…
Nine to launch Stan Sports streaming service after Rugby Australia rights capture
Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment is launching a premium sports streaming service, Stan Sports, following its acquisition of Rugby Australia domestic media rights
Nine ‘in talks’ with Rugby Australia over media rights
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