Australia
BHP extends with Perth Glory as club’s principal partner for 2021-22
Australian football club Perth Glory has extended its sponsorship deal with resource company BHP for the 2021-22 season
Organisers take ‘very difficult decision’ to postpone RLWC to 2022
This year's Rugby League World Cup in England has been postponed to 2022, following the earlier withdrawal of the Australia and New Zealand teams
Discovery announces leadership reshuffle for ANZ business
Media group Discovery has promoted Rebecca Kent, general manager of Australia and New Zealand, to the newly-created position of senior vice-president, transformation
Australia’s Bangladesh tour starts without TV coverage at home
The first match of an Australian cricket tour of Bangladesh took place yesterday without live television or streaming coverage in Australia, something that has happened only once or twice in recent decades
Macron adds Victory to A-League portfolio
Italian sportswear manufacturer Macron has further increased its presence in Australian football by agreeing a new deal with A-League club Melbourne Victory
Tennis Australia launches venture capital fund for sport tech start-ups
Tennis Australia has launched a venture capital fund, Wildcard Ventures, to invest in early-stage sports technology companies
Ten wants to be ‘home of football’, reaffirms sports comeback
Network Ten reaffirmed its return as a force in Australian sports broadcasting and said it wants to be the "home of football", in comments made around reporting of its financial results for 2020
Matildas’ Tokyo 2020 matches draw big audiences for Seven
The Australian women’s football team has been attracting record domestic television audiences for its matches at Tokyo 2020, on free-to-air broadcaster Seven.
Seven reported an audience of 2.2
TaylorMade strikes three-year sponsorship deal with PGA of Australia
Golf manufacturer TaylorMade has agreed a three-year sponsorship deal with the PGA of Australia as it seeks to build on the pandemic-inspired participation boom for the sport
Foxtel, Sky NZ to broadcast PTO’s Collins Cup
Pay-television broadcasters Foxtel, in Australia, and Sky New Zealand have become the latest rights-holders for the Professional Triathletes Organisation’s new Collins Cup competition.
10 ViacomCBS names FMA’s Bower as sport sales director
ViacomCBS, the owner of Australian broadcaster Network Ten, has appointed Nick Bower from the Football Marketing Asia agency as sport sales director
Octagon promotes Errey to managing director in Australia
Sports marketing agency Octagon has promoted Simone Errey to the position of managing director in Australia
NBL agrees landmark domestic rights deals with ESPN, Foxtel
Australia’s National Basketball League has hailed its new domestic media-rights deal with pay-television broadcaster ESPN as its most valuable ever and “a watershed moment”.
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Foxtel appoints Woods to run PPV business
Australian pay-television group Foxtel has appointed Conor Woods as head of its pay-per-view business, taking charge of the long-standing Main Event brand
Australia’s Kayo streaming free coverage of The Hundred
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel is broadcasting The Hundred, the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) new-limited overs competition, on its free streaming platform Kayo Freebies.
Australia’s SBS adds to cycling output with UCI Track Champions League
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has signed on as a broadcaster of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Track Champions League.
Australia, New Zealand pull out of Rugby League World Cup
Australia and New Zealand have today (Thursday) withdrawn from the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, citing player welfare and safety concerns amid the “stark differences” in how Covid-19 is being handled in …
WWE extends long-running rights deal with Foxtel
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has signed a multi-year extension to its rights agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment