Big Bash returns to Ten

The KFC T20 Big Bash League (BBL) returns to Network Ten on Thursday night with the opening match of the fourth season of the T20 tournament. The 2014-15 season will be broadcast LIVE and exclusive on Network Ten and will run from 18 December 2014 to 28 January 2015. Network Ten will broadcast all 35… Continue reading Big Bash returns to Ten

Seven secures VFL rights

The Victorian Football League has a new free-to-air broadcast partner with Seven Melbourne securing the 2015 and 2016 broadcast rights to Victoria’s premier Australian Rules Football competition.  Seven will take over the broadcast rights from ABC TV. Under the new agreement with AFL Victoria, Seven will show the VFL “Match of the Round” live on… Continue reading Seven secures VFL rights

Seven to broadcast Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

With the summer of cycling just around the corner, the Seven Network has confirmed that it will broadcast the latest addition to the Australian cycling calendar, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Seven will broadcast the event LIVE and exclusive across Australia on Sunday, February 1, 2015, prior to its coverage of the Australian… Continue reading Seven to broadcast Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

CLT20 without an Australian TV broadcaster

The Champions League Twenty20 tournament began in India overnight with qualifying matches taking place to decide the last spots in the main draw. The T20 tournament pits the best T20 teams from around the world against each other with the tournament proper beginning on Thursday. Australian teams have previously won the tournament on two occasions. A… Continue reading CLT20 without an Australian TV broadcaster

Gold Coast Comm. Games coming to Seven

Seven is back as Australia’s Commonwealth Games broadcaster, with the free-to-air television network announcing that it has secured all-rights in Australia to the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Queensland’s Gold Coast.  This announcement follows Seven’s recent securing of Olympic broadcast rights in Australia until 2020 (with an option to broadcast the Olympics games to be held in… Continue reading Gold Coast Comm. Games coming to Seven

Seven reunites with the Olympic family

The Olympics are returning home to Seven. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded its Australian media rights for around the next decade to the Seven Network. Under the unprecedented new agreement, Seven will broadcast: the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro in 2016; the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang in 2018; and the… Continue reading Seven reunites with the Olympic family

Nibali wins TDF, SBS sees its multiplatform coverage grow

Vincenzo Nibali was crowned the 2014 winner of the Tour de France on Sunday in Paris as SBS finished its coverage of the world’s most famous cycling race for another year (don’t worry SBS has TDF rights until at least 2023). While many have suggested that this year’s TDF lacked competitive tension (and therefore viewer… Continue reading Nibali wins TDF, SBS sees its multiplatform coverage grow

Matt White heading to Glasgow, as Ten confirms Comm Games broadcast schedule

Former Seven Network star Matt White is certainly making the most of his return to Network Ten.  After co-hosting The Project last week, Ten as announced that the former Sports Tonight presenter and Today Tonight host will be joining Ten’s commentary team for its LIVE and exclusive coverage of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Ten’s… Continue reading Matt White heading to Glasgow, as Ten confirms Comm Games broadcast schedule

Seven regains Olympic broadcast rights?

News Corp Australia on Wednesday reported that Australia’s Seven Network will announce shortly that it has secured exclusive broadcast rights to the next three Olympic Games in Rio (2016), Pyeongchang (2018) and Tokyo (2020).  If reports are correct it will see the Olympics return home to Australia’s traditional Olympic broadcaster, after the last three games were… Continue reading Seven regains Olympic broadcast rights?

Fans go online for World Cup coverage

SBS has received strong viewer numbers for its broadcast coverage of the 2014 World Cup from Brazil. Coverage of the tournament on ESPN and ABC in the United States has seen record numbers for that market. However the real growth story is the number of users going online to follow the action from Brazil. According to… Continue reading Fans go online for World Cup coverage