In a move that could have significant ramifications for the game,ARLC chairman Peter V’landys has opened the door for James Warburton to be the figurehead of the NRL’s next TV deal.
The industry will remember the departing Seven West Media boss as a great champion of free-to-air television.
Seven West Media CEO James Warburton will leave the company at the end of the financial year and be replaced by its finance chief,Jeff Howard.
The Kerry Stokes-controlled network is pitching its all-in approach to free-to-air television as an asset to advertisers.
The overnight metropolitan TV ratings,once the most reliable metric to determine the success of a show,no longer tells the full story.
Prime Media Group’s chief executive leaves as the newly combined group looks forward to a brighter new future.
Seven West Media boss James Warburton said there is always more room for more sport as he announced a deal to broadcast the Commonwealth Games.
Seven West Media has swung to a net profit of $318 million on the back of a better-than-expected advertising market.
The fight between Cricket Australia and Channel Seven has taken another twist,with the free-to-air network calling for a fresh process and the removal of the independent arbitrator.
Seven West Media and Cricket Australia remain at loggerheads,with Seven’s managing director James Warburton again taking aim at the sport’s governing body.
The prospective sale of a joint entity owned by rivals Nine and Seven has stalled after an extensive process.