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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 Seven has entered into negotiations with the NFL American football league with a view to providing specific coverage of San Francisco 49ers games during the 2015 season.

Racing.com, the new free-to-air digital channel that will launch this Saturday with the backing of the Racing Victoria horseracing body and Australian commercial broadcaster Seven, will feature regular magazine programmes as well as live coverage.

The Australian Football League, the top division of Aussie rules football, has awarded its next cycle of domestic rights to commercial broadcaster Seven, pay-television operator Foxtel and telecommunications company Telstra.

Australian commercial broadcasters Seven and Ten, along with US technology giant Google, are all in contention for the free-to-air television rights to the NRL rugby league competition from 2018 following the conclusion of the first round of talks, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The thoroughbred racing clubs of Victoria eschewed an immediately lucrative offer for their rights from Sky Racing in favour of launching a new channel with commercial broadcaster Seven.

Victoria Racing Club horseracing events are set to return to television screens this week after the organisation formally agreed to a partnership with Australian commercial broadcaster Seven.

Australian commercial broadcaster Nine will make a “bold bid” for a package of rights to the Australian Football League Aussie rules competition, prompting a retaliatory move by rival Seven for the State of Origin rugby league series, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Sky Racing will cease coverage of horseracing in Victoria on June 15, according to parent company Tabcorp, a gambling operator in the country.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven is set to acquire rights for horseracing events staged by Racing Victoria, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven will broadcast the 2015 and 2017 World Championships run by Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports. Fina, and its marketing agent Dentsu, had failed to agree a deal covering the 2013 event in the country.

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

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven will launch a set of free mobile applications next month to show live coverage of a series of sporting events.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights for aquatic sport’s Fina World Championships.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has struck a deal to show live coverage of an Australian Football League-sanctioned women's exhibition Aussie rules match on August 16 between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs.

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has awarded rights in Australia and Brazil for the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, England.