Broadcast rights
Many fans are asking why the AFL has introduced wildcard round. The answer is in the TV rights
Aside from the added value of the two extra games now added to its season, the AFL needs to ensure there are more “games of consequence” in its home-and-away fixture to protect the value of its lucrative broadcast deal.
- Peter Ryan
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Channel Seven splashes $12 million for Rugby League World Cup
Channel Seven has signalled its intention to be at the NRL broadcast table by committing itself to the largest broadcast deal in international rugby league history.
- Michael Chammas
Wimbledon starts on Monday. Here’s what you need to know
Australia has 17 singles players in the Wimbledon main draw, including Alex de Minaur and Daria Kasatkina. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the tournament.
- Kayla Olaya
Nine’s goal to become home of soccer with English Premier League dream
The media giant will consider a bid for the A-League broadcast rights as it closes in on a deal to acquire the rights to televising the top competitions in England.
- Calum Jaspan
- Exclusive
- Australian cricket
US sports giant wins broadcast rights to Australia’s Caribbean cricket tour
Australia’s first Test tour of the Caribbean for a decade is set to be broadcast by ESPN, after the US sports giant outbid Seven.
- Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
NRL bosses dined with Seven chairman Kerry Stokes in Perth amid smear campaign
Stokes’ media empire has been at loggerheads with the V’landys and Abdo-run NRL due to conflicting interests over the past months.
- Michael Chammas
Piastri factor puts heat on Formula 1 TV rights race
Nine is planning a swoop on the F1 broadcast rights for its Stan Sport platform amid speculation it is also close to an EPL deal.
- Calum Jaspan
- Analysis
- NRL 2025
A Soviet-born businessman 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
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
- 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