Sky New Zealand

Rugby

Sky New Zealand’s acquisition of RugbyPass will help the OTT service continue to focus on revenue and user growth in its target markets outside rugby union’s ‘Big Six’ territories, its founder and chief executive Tim Martin has told SportBusiness Media.
Football

Sky New Zealand has furthered its relationship with fellow pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports by agreeing a four-year deal to launch a co-branded football channel
Winter Sports

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has agreed a three-year deal to cover Winter Games NZ, New Zealand’s annual international winter sports event. Sky's deal covers the editions running from 2019 to 2021.
Rugby Union

New Zealand telco Spark has struck a deal with Sky to grant the latter’s commercial subscribers access to its coverage of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, but has said an agreement for the pay-television broadcaster’s hom…
Multi-sport

New Zealand pay-television broadcaster Sky has confirmed that it will launch a new streaming application in August to coincide with a revamp of its sports channel portfolio
Rugby

New Zealand pay-television broadcaster Sky will incorporate the standalone Rugby Channel into its regular offering from August 1
Motorsport

W Series, the women’s motor-racing championship, has signed media rights deals covering its inaugural season across 35 territories in Asia, Africa and Oceania, it said Tuesday.
Motorcycling

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights to the 2019 Netball World Cup, as well as extending deals for US motor-racing series IndyCar and motorcycling series the Superbike World Championship

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand is set to lose rights to Formula One but renew deals for fellow motor-racing series V8 Supercars and Nascar, according to the New Zealand Herald.
Rugby

The Pro14 and its international media rights distributor, the RDA agency, have secured deals with multiple broadcasters covering 30 territories.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has extended its rights deal for the Uefa Champions League and other club competitions organised by European football’s governing body.
Sailing

New Zealand public-service broadcaster TVNZ has said it will return to contend the rights to the next edition of the America’s Cup after having been outbid for the 35th edition of the sailing showpiece by pay-television broadcaster Sky

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has halted its daily and weekly ‘Fan Pass’ service, which allowed non-subscribers to access its sports channels online.
Rugby League

New Zealand’s uncompetitive media-rights market made life difficult for IMG’s sale of Rugby League World Cup rights.

Rugby League

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights to this year’s Rugby League World Cup, which the country will co-host alongside Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Rugby Union

Increasing the number of live Premiership Rugby matches broadcast had an “immediate and tangible” impact on its international distribution and income, according to the league’s commercial director Dominic Hayes.

Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights for the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Golf

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand this month stepped in to acquire PGA Tour golf rights after streaming service Coliseum negotiated the termination of its deal.