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Commercial broadcaster Nine has secured exclusive rights in Australia to the 2019 Netball World Cup

This month’s Australian Open, which concluded on Sunday night, marked the beginning of a new era in Australian sports broadcasting.

Australia’s National Basketball League has secured a three-season rights partnership with commercial broadcaster Nine.

Nine Entertainment has struck a deal to merge with rival Australian media company Fairfax Media. Nine, a major sports broadcaster, will acquire a 51.1-per-cent stake in the combined business

Tennis Australia told TV Sports Markets its commitment to an open tender for its domestic rights allowed commercial broadcaster Nine to acquire them in a surprise deal.

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.

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.

Australian telecommunications company Optus has reached an agreement with commercial broadcaster Nine to air a number of live games from the 2016 International Champions Cup pre-season football tournament.

Deals for Australia’s new top-tier netball competition signify a strong commitment from broadcasters to women’s sport and could signal a step-change in revenue earned by Netball Australia.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports and commercial broadcaster Nine have sealed late rights deals for the upcoming World Twenty20 cricket tournament in India.

The Tennis Australia national governing body has held talks with domestic commercial broadcasters Seven and Nine over the potential staging of a new ‘Fast 4’ team tournament in Sydney.

Australia’s National Rugby League this week said its unprecedented decision to strike a deal for free-to-air rights ahead of negotiating pay-television rights had contributed to its record total media-rights income.

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.

Australian commercial broadcaster Nine holds wholesale free-to-air broadcast rights through its new deal with club rugby league competition the NRL, under which it may seek to trade content with rights partners of Aussie rules football league the AFL, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

Australian commercial broadcaster Nine has retained domestic rights for the National Rugby League in a deal that will double the value of its free-to-air rights fee for the club rugby league tournament.