Broadcast rights
- Analysis
- NRL 2025
A Soviet oligarch will decide the future of the NRL
The sale of Foxtel will have a massive impact on the next TV deal Peter V’landys signs.
- Neil Breen
Latest
Foxtel owner’s French crisis on NRL’s radar as it kicks off broadcast bidding war
UK-based sports streamer DAZN, which took control of Foxtel this month, is locked in a dispute with France’s top-flight football league, and the NRL is watching.
- Calum Jaspan
Big Seven AFL launch planned, but one huge footy personality is missing
The AFL season kicks off on March 6. When will Seven start mentioning one particular star member of its commentary line-up?
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
- Exclusive
- Streaming
Sports streaming wars erupt as Disney+ gets serious
The media giant is adding major sporting chops to its streaming platform Disney+ in a move that could reshape the future of rights negotiations in Australia.
- Calum Jaspan
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
- Analysis
- AFL 2024
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
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
- Exclusive
- India
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
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
- Analysis
- Australian cricket
‘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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