Australian Rules Football
AFL seeks to serve global fanbase with Rightster partnership
The Australian Football League, the country’s top Aussie rules championship, has selected online video distribution and marketing company Rightster to launch a web television service for the league’s fan…
Fox and SBS pay big fees to help develop A-League
Fox and SBS 'investing in the future of Australian football'; How the new deal breaks down
Optus to take fight over TV Now service to High Court
Australian telecommunications company Optus said it would appeal to the country’s High Court over a Federal Court ruling against its TV Now mobile phone service, which allows subscribers to watch near-live s…
Leagues and Telstra win appeal over Optus TV Now ruling
Australian telco Optus has been forced to suspend its TV Now mobile phone service, which allows subscribers to watch near-live sports programmes originally broadcast on free-to-air television, after Australia’s F…
ESPN acquires international Aussie rules broadcast rights
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired exclusive rights in the UK, Ireland, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa for the Australian Football League, the country’s top Aussie rules championship, in a three y…
Optus case prompts Australian government review of copyright law
The Australian government has bowed to pressure from domestic sports leagues by saying it will review parts of the country’s copyright law that permit events to be re-broadcast on mobile devices.
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Football:Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed a deal with internet platform YouTube for its archive rights.
Fox Soccer adds Aussie rules and English rugby league rights
US pay-television channel Fox Soccer Plus agreed three-year rights deals, from 2012 to 2014, with the Australian Football League and the English Rugby Football League
AFL tells Optus customers to switch to Telstra
Andrew Demetriou, the chief executive of the Australian Football League, the country’s top Australian rules league, urged fans to stop using the Optus telecommunications service.
Telstra outlines AFL pricing plan for online coverage
Australian telecommunications company Telstra released pricing details of its live streaming service for the Australian Football League, the country’s top Aussie rules league, in its latest attempt to c…
AFL vows to fight Optus judgment
Andrew Demetriou, chief executive of the Australian Football League, the country’s top Australian rules league, vowed to fight a Federal Court judgment that telco Optus did not breach copyright laws b…
Optus judgment a blow for Telstra
The Australian Federal Court found that Australian telco Optus did not breach copyright laws by allowing subscribers of its TV Now service to access sports games that were originally broadcast on free-to-air…
Australia hopes to cash in on digital-savvy fans
Australian football federation outlines future rights strategy
ABC still in talks with SANFL
Justin Holdforth, the head of sport at Australian public-service broadcaster the ABC, said that talks were ongoing over a new broadcast deal for the Australian rules football South Australian National…
One, but not the same: two sides to a tale of failure
Divided opinions on why digital sports channel One HD failed
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Athletics: Australian public-service broadcaster SBS acquired the rights for the 2011 IAAF World Championships in a deal with the Dentsu agency
Packer on board in time for major industry transition
Jury out on whether Packer's return will be good or bad for competition in the rights market.