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The AFL secured a lucrative seven year television deal worth $4.5billion that will change viewing habits

How Fox Footy’s ‘Super Saturday’ deal will shape the AFL fixture

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.

  • Peter Ryan

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The AFL’s new radio deal came after protracted negotiations.

The radio war that dealt the AFL a big reality check

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.

  • Caroline Wilson
Michelle Heyman celebrates a goal for the Matildas.

Matildas, Socceroos to remain on Network 10 for next five years

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.

  • Vince Rugari and Calum Jaspan
BCCI boss Jay Shah hands the ICC T20 World Cup trophy to India’s captain Rohit Sharma alongside ICC chair Greg Barclay.

Indian boss to take over world cricket amid $4.5 billion TV rights fight

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.

  • Daniel Brettig
Mollie O’Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus at the world championships.

Golden girls O’Callaghan and Titmus the most-watched session of Nine’s Olympics success

Australia’s star swimmers Mollie O’Callaghan and Ariarne Titmus achieved the highest ratings in Nine’s coverage of the Paris Olympics.

  • Calum Jaspan
Nick Hockley, backed by Foxtel branding, at the SCG.

‘I share an impatience’: The cricket culture wars Nick Hockley couldn’t win

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.

  • Daniel Brettig
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The streaming rights for the State of Origin series could end up with a subscription service under new anti-siphoning laws.

NRL to test broadcast rights waters as streaming loophole appears

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.

  • Chris Barrett
Nearly one million Australians watched the Matildas’ World Cup Semi-Final loss to England in 2023.

Streaming trumps free-to-air TV in new live sports broadcast bill

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.

  • Calum Jaspan
Helen Housby shoots for goal.

Crowds are booming but Super Netball losses revealed in financial report

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.

  • Carla Jaeger
Pat Cummins poses with a replica Ashes urn after the final Test at the Oval.

Sport off free TV? Tell ’em they’re streaming

The free-to-air TV broadcast stations are in a battle with pay television companies for sporting rights.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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