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The National Rugby League’s decision to accelerate its sales process means the two biggest sport properties in Australia will negotiate new deals simultaneously.

New Australian subscription video-on-­demand platform Stan has said it could bid with commercial broadcaster Nine for key sports rights.

Australian rugby league competition the NRL will bring forward by one year the start of negotiations over its next broadcast rights deal, according to The Australian.

Cycling Australia has announced a two-year partnership with commercial broadcaster Nine and pay-television operator Fox Sports.

A new television channel offering coverage of Australian sports properties, and targeted at the Asian market, will launch on November 1.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven is paying a high price in its deal for the Olympic Games of 2016, 2018 and 2020, local media-rights experts say, but the broadcaster will view the deal as a good investment for a number of reasons.

Ten chief executive Hamish McLennan has said the commercial broadcaster is keen to regain rights to the Australian Football League, the top division of Aussie rules in Australia.

Australian sports rights figurehead Ian Frykberg has passed away at the age of 68.

Australian commercial broadcaster Nine has acquired media rights for the US Major League Baseball season-opening games in Australia between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Australian commercial broadcaster Channel Nine and pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports have announced that they would consider supporting a summer rugby league ‘nines’ competition, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

Analysts claim that Australian commercial broadcasters Seven and Ten overpaid for Australian Football League rights

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.