Sky New Zealand

Basketball
New Zealand

New Zealand’s National Basketball League (NBL) has claimed what it believes is a world-first, with a weekly match to be streamed live globally on social media platform TikTok during the 2024 season.
Multiple Sports
New Zealand

Sky New Zealand is considering an increased role for free-to-air coverage of sports events it acquires rights to, with the exclusivity balance to be “part of the conversation” during rugby rights negotiations lat…
Rugby Union
France

France's thrilling Rugby World Cup quarter-final defeat to South Africa drew the best audience of the year for commercial broadcaster TF1, but it was not enough to set a new all-time tournament viewership…
Rugby Union
New Zealand

Sky New Zealand has announced that 12 matches from the 2023 Rugby World Cup will be simulcast on news platform Stuff, with the pay-television operator appearing to favour the tie-up plus coverage on its…
Cricket
Global

Major League Cricket has announced a domestic media rights deal with subscription broadcaster Willow TV and a series of international media rights agreements ahead of its inaugural season
Rugby Union
New Zealand

New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) has acquired audio broadcasting rights for this year’s Rugby World Cup, which will take place in France.
Football
New Zealand

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has teamed up with news media website Stuff to share content from this year’s Fifa Women’s World Cup, which New Zealand will co-host alongside Australia.
Rugby Union
New Zealand

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand will broadcast 12 matches from this year’s Rugby World Cup on its free-to-air channel Prime.
Cricket
New Zealand

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has secured rights to the Indian Premier League after striking a late deal with media group DAZN
Multiple Sports
New Zealand

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has seen its half-year profit fall despite revenue rising, as it broke through the one million subscriber barrier
Multiple Sports
New Zealand

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand is raising the cost of its Sky Sport package by NZ$3 ($1.92/€1.77) per month and its streaming service Sky Sport Now by NZ$5 per month.
Tennis
New Zealand

Tennis Australia is also understood to have secured significantly improved digital rights for its own social media channels within New Zealand.
Multiple Sports
New Zealand

New Zealand telco Spark is closing its Spark Sport subscription streaming service, with public-service broadcaster TVNZ expected to acquire the majority of its sports rights portfolio
Netball
New Zealand

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand acquired rights to the 2023 Netball World Cup, paying the same fee as it did for the 2019 edition.
Rugby Union
New Zealand

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed a multi-year deal with European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) for rights to the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup competitions
Rugby Union
New Zealand

It is understood that World Rugby, aware that Sky NZ were determined to acquire the rights, initiated direct talks with the broadcaster without a tender.
Netball
New Zealand

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights to the 2023 Netball World Cup, which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa
Rugby Union
New Zealand

World Rugby has acquired the RugbyPass digital media platform as part of a seven-year media rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand