The new deal,starting in 2025,gives Fox Footy exclusive broadcast rights on Saturdays for the first eight rounds and will result in delayed coverage on free-to-air.
The AFL’s new radio rights agreement is a far cry from the $4.5 billion,seven-year broadcast deal,with the prospect of losing Triple M proving untenable for the league.
Football Australia has sealed a new five-year broadcast deal for the national teams with Paramount Australia - but most of the Matildas’ next two major tournaments will be put behind a paywall.
Jay Shah will take over as chair of the International Cricket Council after forcing the resignation of the incumbent Greg Barclay,amid a $US3 billion dispute with its major broadcast rights holder.
Australia’s star swimmers Mollie O’Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus achieved the highest ratings in Nine’s coverage of the Paris Olympics.
When Nick Hockley secretly agreed to take over as Cricket Australia CEO in June 2020,few expected him to last more than nine months. His decision to exit hinted at the culture war bubbling under an apparently smooth surface.
The code is set to go to market for its next TV deal this year,seizing on anti-siphoning laws that allow it to sell digital rights to global players such as Amazon.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the government is out of touch on the cost of living and young Australians after passing a bill on access to live sport.
A multimillion-dollar loss for Super Netball,buried in financial statements lodged with the corporate regulator,comes amid a changing of the guard at the top of the cash-strapped sport.
The free-to-air TV broadcast stations are in a battle with pay television companies for sporting rights.
Insiders say there is a “regulatory gap” that means broadcasts of major events could effectively disappear behind a digital paywall.