Discovery Sports has reached an agreement with Tennis Australia to broadcast the Australian Open live and exclusively on a pan-European basis through to 2031. The long-term agreement, commencing in 2022, includes all linear and digital rights and will extend Eurosport’s association with the first Grand Slam on the tennis calendar to more than 25 years […]
The Foxtel Group has announced an expanded multi-year partnership with A+E Networks that will see content from Crime & Investigation, The History Channel, A&E and Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) available on Foxtel and streaming service BINGE. The expanded deal brings a number of premiering LMN movie titles and popular A+E Networks series such as Pawn […]
BT Sport is reportedly set to announce that is has acquired the live broadcast rights for this winter’s Ashes cricket series having outbid its main rival Sky Sports. BT Sport paid £80 million (€94m) to acquire all Cricket Australia’s UK rights for 2016 to 2021, and are close to extending that deal, according to a […]
Lakeside Studio and Penrith Lakes Development Corporation have announced a commercial agreement to develop a purpose-built film studio and production training facility in Western Sydney to service the growth in demand for new content and Australia’s creative industry. The new Lakeside Studio complex, incorporating next-generation technology to produce motion pictures and television series will be […]
YouTube has suspended Sky News Australia’s account for breaching rules on spreading Covid-19 misinformation. YouTube has issued a ‘strike’ under its three-strike policy, preventing Sky News Australia from uploading any new content for a week. A third strike results in permanent removal. YouTube did not highlight specific items but said it opposed material that “could […]
Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS) is expanding on its investments in the dynamic European market with the opening of the new Telstra UK Broadcast Operations Centre (BOC), situated in London’s Docklands. Located in Telstra’s London Hosting Centre, the BOC will host a Master Control Room, office space, and lab/workshop area designed to facilitate tests and builds. […]
The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and the Foxtel Group have agreed a partnership, arranged by IMG, that will see The Collins Cup screened live across Australia on Foxtel and Kayo Sports. The Collins Cup is the PTO’s inaugural flagship event taking place on 28th August in Šamorín, near Bratislava, Slovakia and is a new race […]
Beyond Rights’ lifestyle format Love It or List It continues its expansion with new versions now underway in Finland and France. In addition, close to 1000 hours from the long-running franchise have been placed with broadcasters worldwide in the past few months. In Finland, Beyond Rights has licensed the format to Rabbit Films (Who Wants […]
Gravity Media, a global provider of complex live broadcast facilities and production services to content owners, creators and distributors, has acquired Telstra Broadcast Services’ DSNG (Digital Satellite) fleet, its speciality Globecam miniature camera business and associated Radio Frequency Links. Gravity Media currently operates in Australia from Sydney and Melbourne, providing Outside Broadcast trucks, studios, production […]
Australian media company, the Seven Network, has confirmed it will broadcast innovative electric race series, Extreme E, on its free-to-air network and VoD platform, 7plus. Seven, which is part of Seven West Media, will air Extreme E’s one-hour highlights programmes throughout its capital cities including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, and regional Queensland. Produced […]