The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) has secured a record-breaking A$5.3 billion (€3.2bn) media rights agreement with Foxtel Group, Nine and Sky NZ, establishing the largest broadcast and media partnership in Australian sporting history. The seven-year agreement from 2028 delivers a substantial increase in annual revenue to the game, returns control of competition scheduling and […]
Nine and the National Hockey League (NHL) have announced a deal that will bring the US professional ice hockey league to Australian audiences free-to-air. Starting on October 18th, 9GO! will broadcast a live NHL game every Saturday morning throughout the 2025/26 regular season. The partnership will deliver 21 regular-season games. The action begins a match-up […]
WTFN has agreed a deal with partner Nine to drive new revenue streams from global FAST and VoD platforms, starting with the creation of a new channel called Real Emergency. WTFN’s broadcast distribution arm, Fred Media, will launch the Real Emergency FAST channel, which will prominently feature two of the 9Network’s long-running returning series Paramedics […]
NINE, Australia’s largest locally owned media company, has announced a strategic agreement with NPAW to integrate NPAW Suite, the video analytics platform, into its 9Now streaming service. “By integrating with NPAW’s video and ad analytics tools we have far greater visibility of the service quality we offer our audiences across the diverse platforms we support. […]
AE Live, a provider of data and broadcast solutions, has announced the extension of its long-standing partnership with Australian broadcaster, Channel Nine, for the delivery and coverage of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Nine Entertainment announced last year that it had won the rights to broadcast the Summer and Winter Olympics until 2032 – […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Nine Entertainment has been awarded the exclusive free and subscription audio-visual rights and non-exclusive audio rights to every Olympic Games from 2024 to 2032. Commencing in July 2024 with the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Nine will provide Australia with a front row seat to the next five […]
Sky News has received nine nominations at the 2023 RTS Television Journalism Awards, including the News Channel of the Year, which it has won consecutively for the last five years. John Ryley, Head of Sky News, said: “In what was a relentless year for newsrooms it’s fantastic to see Sky News’ compelling journalism rewarded with nine […]
Television executive, Jazz Gowans, is joining production company, Nine Lives Media, as Co-Creative Director alongside CEO Cat Lewis, and will be opening a new office in Birmingham for the indie. Earlier this year the award-winning journalist and executive producer joined the board of Create Central, the industry body promoting the creative content industries in her […]
Australians streamed 20 billion minutes of premium online video in January-September 2021, according to a report from Media Partners Asia (MPA) measuring the Australian streaming economy. SVoD platforms drove 70 per cent of premium video streaming, while BVoDs took 30 per cent. The report, titled Australia Online Video Consumer Insights & Analytics, leverages MPA’s proprietary […]