Former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell denies assisting Seven West Media win the rights to broadcast the Australian Open for five years.
New documents lodged by ASIC show former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell allegedly made dozens of unauthorised calls to Seven executives.
ASIC must file a full set of allegations against Harold Mitchell and Steve Healy,after lawyers argued the current case was too vague and imprecise.
It was the bombshell allegations drawing in legendary adman,a high-flying lawyer and one of the most coveted sports broadcast rights in the country that took front and centre last week.
In a 2012 board meeting,Tennis Australia were briefly told about a second bidder for television rights. But nobody seemed to take further action.
Commercial negotiations are almost always tough;and few commercial negotiations capture the attention of the Australian public as much as TV broadcast rights deals
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Prominent businessman Harold Mitchell allegedly supplied confidential information to the Seven Network to help it win the rights for the Australian Open while he was on the board of Tennis Australia,ASIC has alleged.