Sports broadcasting contracts in Australia

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This article refers to the sports broadcasting contracts in Australia. For a list of other country's broadcasting rights, see Sports television broadcast contracts.

Certain sporting events are protected by Australia's Anti-siphoning laws which means free-to-air television broadcasters have the chance to bid on protected events before pay television.

Association Football[]

Football[]

Leagues[]

Australia:

  • A-League:
    • Paramount+ Sports (2021/22–2025/26): Live coverage of every game.[1]
    • Network 10 (2021/22–2025/26): One game every Saturday night plus all finals and grand final live.
  • W-League:
    • Paramount+ Sports (2021/22–2025/26): Live coverage of every game.[2]
    • Network 10 (2021/22–2025/26): One game every Sunday afternoon plus all finals and grand final live.

Asia:

Europe:

  • English Premier League: Optus Sport (2016/17-2021/22): All matches live and exclusive[4]
  • English Football League Championship: beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)[5]
  • English Football League One:beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)[5]
  • English Football League Two: beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)[5]
  • English Women's Super League: Optus Sport (Up to 50 Games Per Season)
  • Spanish La Liga: beIN Sports
  • Spanish La Liga 2:
    • YouTube: regular season
    • beIN Sports: play-offs
  • French Ligue 1: beIN Sports Seven matches per round live and on demand, TV5Monde One match per round live.
  • French National Championship: FFF.tv
  • German Bundesliga: beIN Sports
  • Italian Serie A: beIN Sports, Rai Italia
  • Jupiler Pro League: ESPN (only on WatchESPN): Three matches per round live.
  • Scottish Premiership: beIN Sports[6]
  • Superleague Greece: Antenna Pacific

North America:

  • Major League Soccer: ESPN, beIN Sports,[7] Network 10 (two matches per week, inducting MLS CUP on 10 BOLD)

South America:

Domestic Cups[]

International Club Competitions/Tournaments[]

Club channel coverage[]

  • Arsenal TV: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • Barça TV: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • Celtic TV: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • Chelsea TV: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • Citytv: beIN Sports (2019- )[9]
  • FCBtv: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • Inter Channel: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • Juventus Channel: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • LFC TV: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • Milan Channel: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • MUTV: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • Rangers TV: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • Real Madrid TV: beIN Sports (2019- )
  • Spurs TV: beIN Sports (2019- )

International Matches[]

International Tournaments[]

Other[]

Futsal[]

International Tournaments[]

International Club Competitions/Tournaments[]

Athletics[]

Australian rules football[]

  • Australian Football League:
    • Seven Network: (2017–2024)[12] 3-4 matches per round live nationally. Friday night (1 match), Saturday night (1 match) and Sunday afternoon (3.20pm eastern time zone slot match). Further 11 games on public holidays / eve. Between 5-6 Thursday night games. Local teams replace broadcast into local markets every week of the season in SA, WA, QLD & NSW. 3 games each season in SA & WA featuring a local team broadcast on delayed basis.
      • Finals Series: Every match live nationally including the Grand Final.
    • Fox Footy: (2017–2024)[13] 6 matches per round, live nationally. They also simulcast the remaining 3 matches from Seven Network therefore broadcasting 9 matches per round, live nationally.
      • Finals Series: Every match live nationally not the Grand Final.
  • Australian Football League: Pre-season Community Series
    • Fox Footy: (2017–2024)[13]
      • Exclusive broadcast of all JLT Community Series matches.
  • AFL Women's:
    • Fox Footy: (2019-2022) Every Match Live including the Grand Final.
    • Seven Network:(2019-2022) Three games a round plus the non-Victorian matches on Free to Air.
  • Brownlow Medal:
    • Seven Network: (2017–2024)[12] Exclusive coverage.

State Leagues[]

Others[]

Badminton[]

Baseball[]

Basketball[]

  • National Basketball League:
    • ESPN (2021/22-2023/24) All 140 regular season games, plus finals[16]
    • Kayo Sports (2021/22-2023/24) All regular season games, plus finals streamed[16]
    • Kayo Freebies (2021/22-2023/24) Two games per week streamed for free[16]
    • 10 Peach (2021/22-2023/24) Two games per week[16]
  • NBL1:
    • Kayo Freebies (2021/22-2023/24) 10 games of the week plus national championship games streamed for free[16]
  • Women's National Basketball League:
    • ABC (2021/22–) 2 matches live every weekend including Semi Finals, and Grand Finals.
    • Fox Sports 60 regular season games live
  • National Basketball Association:
    • ESPN (2016/17–2024/25) Up to 188 regular-season games including five Boxing Day games back-to-back; up to 53 playoff games including the entirety of the Eastern and Western Conference Finals and every game of the NBA Finals; NBA All-Star, including Rising Stars Challenge, All-Star Saturday Night and the NBA All-Star Game; and NBA Summer League games.[17][18]
    • Kayo Freebies (2021/22–2024/25) Two matches live per week.
  • Women's National Basketball Association:

International[]

Other[]

Combat Sports[]

Cricket[]

International[]

Domestic/Club[]

Exhibition/Other[]

Cycling[]

Extensive coverage of other tours available on CGN+ and FloSports.

eSports[]

Extreme Sports[]

Field Hockey[]

Gaelic Games[]

Golf[]

Gridiron football[]

  • National Football League:
    • ESPN:[33] Five live games per week including Thursday (and all NFL Network games), two Sunday afternoon games, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, NFL RedZone,[33][34] and all playoffs.
    • Seven Network / 7mate:[35] two Sunday afternoon live games per week.
  • Pro Bowl: Seven Network, ESPN (until 2021)[36]
  • Super Bowl: Seven Network[35] ESPN (until 2021)[36]
  • NCAA:
  • Canadian Football League:

Handball[]

Horse-racing[]

  • Melbourne Cup Carnival: Network Ten (2019–2023)
  • Spring Racing Carnival: Seven Network
  • Autumn Racing Carnival: Seven Network
  • Queensland Winter Racing Carnival: Seven Network
  • All Sydney-based horse racings: Seven Network (2005-indefinite future)
  • All Victorian race meetings: Racing.com
  • All South Australian race meetings: Racing.com
  • Other metropolitan, country and international race meetings: Sky Racing
  • Dubai World Cup: Racing.com
  • English racing: Racing.com, Seven Network

Ice Hockey[]

Ironman (Surf lifesaving)[]

Lacrosse[]

Motorsports[]

Multi-discipline events[]

Netball[]

  • Suncorp Super Netball:
    • Fox Sports (2022-2026) Every game live on Fox Sports Ad-break free during play.
    • Kayo Sports (2022-2026) Every game live
    • Kayo Freebies (2022-2026) 2 games per round streamed for free
  • INF Netball World Cup: TBA (2023)
  • Constellation Cup:
    • Fox Sports (2022-2026) Every game live on Fox Sports Ad-break free during play.
    • Kayo Sports (2022-2026) Every game live
    • Kayo Freebies (2022-2026) 2 games per round streamed for free
  • SANZEA Netball Quad Series:
    • Fox Sports (2022-2026) Every game live on Fox Sports Ad-break free during play.
    • Kayo Sports (2022-2026) Every game live
    • Kayo Freebies (2022-2026) 2 games per round streamed for free
  • Australian Diamonds
    • Fox Sports (2022-2026) Every game live on Fox Sports Ad-break free during play.
    • Kayo Sports (2022-2026) Every game live
    • Kayo Freebies (2022-2026) 2 games per round streamed for free

Poker[]

  • World Series of Poker: ESPN

Pro-Wrestling[]

Rugby League[]

Rugby Union[]

Major Competitions[]

  • Rugby World Cup: TBA (2023)
  • The Rugby Championship:
    • Nine Network (2021-2023): Wallabies games and other selected games
    • Stan Sport (2021-2023): All Rugby Championship matches
  • Bledisloe Cup:
    • Nine Network (2021-2023): All matches live and free
    • Stan Sport (2021-2023): All matches live
  • Wallabies Rugby Internationals:
    • Nine Network (2021-2023): Home internationals
    • Stan Sport (2021-2023): Home internationals
  • Wallabies Spring Tour:
  • Super Rugby AU:
    • Nine Network (2021-2023): One live match each Saturday night; all finals live and free
    • Stan Sport (2021-2023): All matches live
  • Super Rugby Trans-Tasman
    • Nine Network (2021-2023): A selected match live each week; the grand final live and free
    • Stan Sport (2021-2023): All matches live
  • Super W:
    • Stan Sport (2021-2023): All matches live

Minor and Foreign Competitions[]

  • National Rugby Championship: Stan Sport (2021-2023): All matches live
  • Shute Shield:
    • Nine Network (2021-2023) Four matches per season
    • Stan Sport (2021-2023): All matches live
  • Hospital Cup:
    • Nine Network (2021-2023): Four matches per season
    • Stan Sport (2021-2023): All matches live
  • European Rugby Champions Cup: beIN Sports
  • Mitre 10 Cup: Stan Sport (2021-2023): All matches live
  • Currie Cup: Stan Sport (2021-2023): All matches live
  • Six Nations Championship: beIN Sports
  • English Premiership: beIN Sports
  • Pro14: beIN Sports
  • England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Italy and France home internationals: beIN Sports

Sailing[]

Swimming[]

Ten-pin bowling[]

Tennis[]

Ultimate Frisbee[]

  • American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL): ESPN (2020-)[58]

Volleyball[]

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