Sports broadcasting contracts in Australia Rugby

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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.

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Association football

Leagues

• A-League:
  • Fox Sports (2017/18-2022/23): Live coverage of every game.
  • Network Ten (2017/18-2018/19): One live Saturday night game a week, plus all finals games live
• W-League: Fox Sports (2017/18-2022/23)
• English Premier League:
  • Optus Sport (2016/17-2018/19): Live coverage of every match
  • SBS (2016/17-2018/19): One live match on Saturday (first pick), one match during the week in the event of a mid-week round and one match on the final day.
  • Foxtel (2016/17-): Delayed coverage of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur's games
• English Football League Championship: beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)
• English Football League One:beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)
• English Football League Two: beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)
• Spanish La Liga: beIN Sports
• French Ligue 1: beIN Sports
• German Bundesliga : beIN Sports (2011/12-2019/20),
• Italian Serie A: Rai Italia, beIN Sports
• Major League Soccer: ESPN, beIN Sports (2015-2018)
• Argentine Primera División: beIN Sports
• Brazilian League and São Paulo Championship: beIN Sports
• Scottish Premier League: beIN Sports
• Superleague Greece: Antenna Pacific

Domestic Cups

• FFA Cup: Fox Sports (2017-2022) Live coverage of at least 10 matches from the Round of 32 onwards, including all Quarter Finals, both Semi Finals and the Final.
• English FA Cup: ESPN (2012/13-2017/18)
• English League Cup: beIN Sports (2017/18-2021/22)
• FA Community Shield: ESPN
• Copa del Rey: SBS (2016) Live coverage of the final.
• Coppa Italia: SBS (2016) Live coverage of the final.
• DFB-Pokal: beIN Sports
• DFL-Supercup: beIN Sports
• Trophée des Champions: beIN Sports
• Scottish Cup: beIN Sports
• Scottish League Cup: beIN Sports
• Greek Cup: Antenna Pacific
• Copa do Brasil: beIN Sports
• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: ESPN

International Club Competitions

• AFC Champions League: Fox Sports featuring All Australian teams only.
• Copa América Centenario: SBS (2016) Live coverage of the four quarter finals, two semi-finals, and final.
• UEFA Champions League:
  • SBS: (2015/16-2017/18) One live match on Wednesdays and a weekly one hour highlights show on Thursday nights.
  • beIN Sports: (2015/16-2017/18) All games live.
• UEFA Europa League:
  • beIN Sports (2015/16-2017/18)
• OFC Champions League: NITV
• CONMEBOL Libertadores:
• CONMEBOL Sudamericana:
• FIFA Club World Cup: Fox Sports

Club channel coverage

• Arsenal TV: - Fox Sports (Dedicated programming blocks only; 1 July 2016- )
• AVTV: Eurosport
• Barça TV: Eurosport
• Celtic TV: beIN Sports
• Chelsea TV: - Foxtel (1 July 2016- )
• Citytv: - Fox Sports (Dedicated programming blocks only; 1 July 2016- )
• FCB.tv: beIN Sports
• Inter Channel: Eurosport
• Juventus Channel: - beIN Sports
• LFC TV (Liverpool F.C. TV): - Foxtel (1 July 2016- )
• Milan Channel: beIN Sports
• MUTV: - Foxtel (1 July 2016- )
• Rangers TV: beIN Sports
• Real Madrid TV: FetchTV
• Spurs TV: Fox Sports (Dedicated programming blocks only; 1 July 2016- )

International Matches

• Australian National Men's Team (Socceroos) matches:
  • Nine Network: World Cup Qualifier
  • Fox Sports: (2017-2022) Live coverage of every Socceroos World Cup Qualifier and international fixture.
  • Network Ten: (2018-2019)
• Australian Youth: SBS
• Australian Women's National Teams:
  • Fox Sports: (2017-2022)
  • Seven Network Olympic Qualifiers
• FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA): ESPN
• FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF): beIN Sports
• FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF):
• FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL): beIN Sports and ESPN
• UEFA European Championship qualifying: ESPN
• English Home Internationals: beIN Sports
• Germany Home Internationals: beIN Sports
• Spain Home Internationals: SBS
• Brazil Internationals: ESPN
• Other International Matches: beIN Sports, ESPN, SBS
• A-League All Stars Game: Seven Network

International Tournaments

• AFC Asian Cup: TBA (2019)
• FIFA World Cup:
  • SBS (2018, 2022): 25 Matches Live including the first pick per matchday and all Socceroos' fixtures
  • Optus (2018): All Matches Live
• UEFA European Championship:
  • SBS (2016): 8 matches from the knockout rounds.
  • beIN Sports: All matches live
• FIFA Confederations Cup:
  • SBS (2017): 6 matches including all Socceroos' fixtures.
  • Optus (2017): All Matches Live
• Other FIFA Tournaments: SBS
• International Champions Cup: Nine Network (2016)
• African Cup of Nations: beIN Sports Eurosport (2015)
• Toulon Tournament: ESPN
• Joan Gamper Trophy: ESPN

Other

• National Premier Leagues Victoria: Channel 31 Melbourne
• SBS shows a football fixture as part of their Sunday afternoon football show The World Game. This is often from the UEFA Champions League, but is sometimes a game from one of a number of South American/European or Asian leagues.
• Aurora has a one-hour highlights program showing highlights from Australia's various amateur leagues each week, called the Australian Premier League Highlights Show.

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Athletics

• IAAF World Championships in Athletics: TBA (2017)
• IAAF Diamond League: Eurosport (-2015)
• CrossFit Games: ESPN (WatchESPN)
• Australian Athletics Tour: No announcement about 2015 onwards.

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Australian rules football

• Australian Football League:
  • Seven Network: (2017-2022) 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: (2017-2022) Every match per round, live nationally.
    • Finals Series: Every match live nationally except the Grand Final.
• Australian Football League: Pre-season NAB Challenge
  • Fox Footy: (2017-2022)
    • Exclusive broadcast of all NAB Challenge matches.
• AFL Women's:
  • Fox Footy: Every Match Live except the Grand Final
  • Seven Network: One Saturday Night Game Live and Grand Final Exclusively Live
• Brownlow Medal:
  • Seven Network: (2017-2022) Exclusive coverage.

State Leagues

• Victorian Football League: Seven Network (2017-TBA)
  • 1 live game each Saturday or Sunday afternoon, most finals and Grand Final live.
• South Australian National Football League: Seven Network (2017-2020)
• West Australian Football League: Seven Network (2015-2017)
• North East Australian Football League: NITV and Fox Footy
• Queensland Australian Football League: Fox Footy

Others

• E. J. Whitten Legends Game: Seven Network (2016-2020)

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Baseball

• Major League Baseball: ESPN
  • Postseason - ESPN (Live & delayed rights)
  • World Series: ESPN
• College baseball: ESPN
• Little League World Series: ESPN
• World Baseball Classic: ESPN
• Women's Baseball World Cup: ESPN
• World Cup of Softball: ESPN
• Australian Baseball League: Abl.tv, YouTube

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Basketball

• National Basketball League:
  • Fox Sports (2015/16-2019/20) All matches live including Semi Finals, and Grand Finals.
• Women's National Basketball League:
  • Fox Sports (2017/18-2019/20) One match live including Semi Finals, and Grand Finals.
  • WNBL.com.au (via YouTube)
• National Basketball Association: ESPN (2016/17) 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 the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge, State Farm All-Star Saturday Night and the NBA All-Star Game; and 20 NBA Summer League games.
• Women's National Basketball Association: ESPN (2016-2025)

International

• Australian Boomers matches: Fox Sports
• Australian Opals matches: Fox Sports
• FIBA Asia Cup: TBA (2017)
• FIBA Asia Women's Cup: TBA (2017)
• FIBA EuroBasket: Eurosport
• FIBA Basketball World Cup: TBA (2019)
• FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup: TBA (2018)

Other

• NCAA:
  • ESPN (until 2023/24)
  • Fox Sports: 21 Pac-12 games annually.
• NBA Summer League: ESPN
• NBA Development League: ESPN
• The Basketball Tournament: ESPN
• Euroleague Basketball: Eurosport

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Combat Sports

• Boxing: Fox Sports, ESPN, Eurosport, beIN Sports, Main Event
• Ultimate Fighting Championship: Fox Sports (Fight Night), Main Event (PPV)
• BRACE: Australasia's Mixed Martial Arts Event: UFC.TV (PPV)
• Bellator MMA: Spike

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Cricket

International

• Test Cricket in Australia: Nine Network (2013/14-2017/18), TBA (2018/19-2021/22)
• One-day International Cricket in Australia: Nine Network (2013/14-2017/18), TBA (2018/19-2021/22)
• Twenty20 International Cricket in Australia: Nine Network (2013/14-2017/18), TBA (2018/19-2021/22)
• Overseas Test cricket :
  • Fox Sports covers most international series, all that involve Australia, except the 2019 Ashes in England
  • Nine Network covering The Ashes in England (2019)
• Overseas One-day International Cricket:
  • Fox Sports covers most games, all that involve Australia.
  • Nine Network covering the Australian cricket team in England against England (2019)
• Cricket World Cup: TBA (2019)
• ICC World Twenty20: TBA (2020)
• ICC Women's World Twenty20: TBA
• ICC Champions Trophy: Fox Sports (2017)

Domestic/Club

• Sheffield Shield: Cricket Australia TV
• Matador BBQs One-Day Cup: Nine Network (2013-2017), TBA (2018-2022)
• Big Bash League: Network Ten (2013/14-2017/18), TBA (2018/19-2021/22), Optus Sport
• Women's Big Bash League: TBA (2018/19-2021/22)
• Indian Premier League: CricketGateway.com (2016)
• Regional Super50: ESPN (WatchESPN)
• Caribbean Premier League: Fox Sports

Exhibition/Other

• Allan Border Medal: 9Go!
• ICC Awards: Fox Sports

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Cycling

• Australian National Road Race Championships - SBS (Live)
• Tour Down Under - Nine Network (Every stage live)
• Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race - Seven Network (Men's and women's race live)
• Herald Sun Tour - SBS (Highlights of prologue and first three stages, Stage 4 live)
• Paris-Nice - SBS (Every stage live)
• Milan-San Remo - Eurosport (Live)
• Tour of Flanders - SBS (Live)
• Paris-Roubaix - SBS (Live), Eurosport (Live)
• Amstel Gold Race - SBS (Live), Eurosport (Live)
• Liège-Bastogne-Liège - SBS (Live), Eurosport (Live)
• Eschborn-Frankfurt - Rund um den Finanzplatz - SBS (Live)
• Giro d'Italia - Eurosport (Every stage live)
• Tour of California - SBS (Every stage live)
• Critérium du Dauphiné - SBS (Every stage live)
• Tour de France - SBS (until 2023)
• Vuelta a España - SBS (Every stage live), Eurosport (Every stage live)
• Giro di Lombardia - Eurosport (Live)
• UCI Road World Championships - SBS (Men's time trial and road race live)
• Cape Epic - SBS
• UCI Mountain Bike World Championships - SBS
• Australian National Track Championships - SBS

Extensive coverage of other tours available on Eurosport.

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eSports

• FIFA Ultimate Team Championship Series: ESPN
• FACEIT X Games Rocket League Invitational: ESPN (WatchESPN)
• EVO Street Fighter V World Championship: ESPN
• Injustice 2: ESPN

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Extreme Sports

• X Games: ESPN

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Field Hockey

• Hockey World Cup: TBA (2018)
• Hockey World League: TBA (2017)
• Australia Kookaburras matches: Fox Sports
• Australia Hockeyroos matches: Fox Sports

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Gaelic Games

• Gaelic Athletic Association:
  • 7mate: Live coverage of 45 matches from Football and Hurling Championships (2014, dropped in 2015)
  • beIN Sports: (As of 2016)
• International Rules Series in Australia: Seven Network (VIC, SA), 7mate (NSW, QLD, WA)
• International Rules Series in the Republic of Ireland: 7mate

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Golf

• Australian Masters: TBA (2017-2018)
• Australian Open: Seven Network
• Australian PGA Championship: Seven Network
• U.S. Masters: 7mate, Fox Sports (2014-2017)
• U.S. Open: Fox Sports (2015-2018)
• British Open: Fox Sports (until 2017)
• U.S. PGA Championship: Fox Sports (2015-2018)
• U.S. LPGA Championship: Fox Sports (2015-2018)
• PGA Tour: Fox Sports (2015-2018), ABC (Highlight)
• World Golf Championships: Fox Sports
• Ryder Cup: Fox Sports (2014, 2016, 2018)
• Presidents Cup: Fox Sports
• European Tour: Fox Sports (2015-2018)
• EurAsia Cup: Fox Sports (2016, 2018)
• OneAsia Tour: Fox Sports (2015-2018)
• Women's Australian Open: ABC

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Girdiron football

• National Football League:
  • ESPN: (until 2020/21) Up to three live games per week including Thursday, Sunday and Monday Night Football, NFL RedZone, and all playoffs.
  • Seven Network / 7mate: (2014/15-2018/19) Three live games per week includes Sunday Night Football and all playoffs.
• Pro Bowl: Seven Network (2015-2019), ESPN (until 2021)
• Super Bowl: Seven Network (2015-2019) ESPN (until 2021)
• NCAA:
  • ESPN Australia
  • Fox Sports: 13 Pac-12 games annually.
• Canadian Football League: ESPN

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Horse-racing

• Kentucky Derby: ESPN
• Preakness Stakes: ESPN
• Belmont Stakes: ESPN
• Melbourne Cup: Seven Network
• Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival: Seven Network
• Royal Ascot: Seven Network (2014-unknown)
• All metropolitan, country and international race meetings: Sky Racing
• All Victorians race meetings: Racing.com

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Ice Hockey

• World Cup of Hockey: ESPN
• National Hockey League: Fox Sports
• Australian Ice Hockey League: Fox Sports (Highlights)

Ironman(Surf lifesaving)

• Australian Club Championship: Seven Network
• Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ironman Series Nine Network (2014-2019)
• Coolangatta Gold
• Summer of Surf Series (Fox Sports)
• Ocean Thunder(Professional Surfboat Series)

Lacrosse

• National Lacrosse League: ESPN

Motorsports

• Virgin Australia Supercars Championship:
  • Network Ten (2015-2020) Six events live plus highlight packages of all remaining race weekends.
  • Fox Sports (2015-2020) All practice, qualifying, top ten shootout and races live.
• FIA Formula One:
  • Network Ten (2015-2019) Ten races live plus highlight packages of other Ten races, depending on how many races there are per season. Practice and qualifying highlights shown during RPM with full coverage (practice, qualifying and race) shown live of Australian GP. Ten is the official broadcaster of the Australian GP
  • Fox Sports (2015-2019) All practice, qualifying, and races live.
• Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP):
  • Network Ten (2017-2018) Main races live. Live coverage of Moto3, Moto2, qualifying and the race held at Phillip Island.
  • Fox Sports (2017-2018) Main races live including Moto2 & Moto3 categories and all practice, and qualifying practices.
• NASCAR:
  • NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Fox Sports
  • NASCAR Xfinity Series: Fox Sports
  • NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Fox Sports
• IndyCar Series: ESPN
• Indy Lights: ESPN (WatchESPN)
• AMA Motocross Championship: ESPN
• AMA Supercross Championship: ESPN
• FIA World Rally Championships: Fox Sports
• Australian Rally Championship: Nine Network (Highlights)
• Australian Superbike Championship: 7mate (Highlights)
• Superbike World Championship: Fox Sports (2017-2019), SBS (Highights)
• FIA Formula E Championship: Fox Sports
• FIA World Endurance Championship: Fox Sports, Eurosport (2017-2020)
• 24 Hours of Le Mans: Fox Sports, Eurosport (2017-2020)
• Bathurst 12 Hour: Seven Network / 7mate

Multi-discipline events

• Commonwealth Games: Seven Network (2018)
• Summer Olympics: Seven Network (2016, 2020), TBA (2024)
• Winter Olympics: Seven Network (2018), TBA (2022)
• Paralympic Games: Seven Network (2016, 2020), TBA (2024)
• European Games: TBA (2019)
• Pacific Games: TBA (2019)

Netball

• Suncorp Super Netball:
  • Nine Network (2017-2021): Two games live per round in prime-time and the other two games delayed.
• INF Netball World Cup: Nine Network (2019)
• Constellation Cup:
  • Nine Network (2017-2021)
• SANZEA Netball Quad Series:
  • Nine Network (2017-2021)
• Fast5 Netball World Series
  • Nine Network (2016-2020)

Poker

• World Series of Poker: ESPN

Rugby league

• National Rugby League:
  • Nine Network (2013-2017): Three games per round. Thursday night (1 match), Friday night (1 match) and Sunday afternoon (1 match). In 2017, one additional game per round on Saturday night for the last 5 rounds of the season.
  • Nine Network (2018-2022) Three games per round. Thursday night (1 match), Friday night (1 match) and Sunday afternoon (1 match). 1 additional game per round on Saturday night for the last 5 rounds of the season.
    • Finals series: Every game of the finals series including the Grand Final.
  • Fox Sports (2013-2017) Five games per round, live nationally. From 2016, all games live nationally, including all Finals Series games live except the Grand Final.
  • Fox League 502 (2017-2022) Every game per round, live nationally.
    • Finals Series: Every game live nationally except the Grand Final, which airs replay coverage.
• National Youth Competition:
  • Nine Network: (Grand Final Only)
  • Fox League: Two games per week live. In 2017 HOLDEN CUP On Friday afternoon game in round two 3:45pm, Friday afternoon in round 16 3:45pm, and Friday afternoon in round 19 3:45pm
• State of Origin:
  • Nine Network (2013-2017):
  • Nine Network (2018-2022):
  • Fox League: Replay coverage.
• Queensland Cup: Nine Network (2013-2017)
• New South Wales Cup: Fox League
• Super League: Fox League
• Challenge Cup: Fox League
• Rugby League World Cup: Seven Network (2017)
• Four Nations: Nine Network, Fox League
• Other Tests: Nine Network, Fox League

Rugby union

• Rugby World Cup: TBA (2019)
• The Rugby Championship:
  • Network Ten (2016-2020): Wallabies games
  • Fox Sports (2016-2020): Every game
• Bledisloe Cup:
  • Fox Sports (2016-2020)
  • Network Ten (2016-2020)
• Wallabies Rugby Internationals:
  • Network Ten (2016-2020): Home internationals
  • Fox Sports (2016-2020): Live nationally
• Wallabies Spring Tour:
  • SBS: Home internationals
  • beIN Sports: All Matches Exclusively Live
• All Blacks Internationals:
  • Fox Sports
  • beIN Sports: Spring Tour
• Super Rugby:
  • Fox Sports: Every match live (2016-2020)
  • Network Ten: One delayed match every Sunday morning, and delayed coverage of finals matches which involve Australian teams (2016-2020)
• National Rugby Championship: Fox Sports (2016-2020)
• Shute Shield: 7TWO (2015-)
• Currie Cup: Fox Sports (2016-2020)
• Heineken Cup: beIN Sports
• Mitre 10 Cup : Fox Sports (2016-2020)
• Six Nations Championship: beIN Sports (Live), ESPN (Delay)
• English Premiership: Fox Sports
• Top 12 de la URBA: ESPN (WatchESPN)
• Pro14: beIN Sports
• European Challenge Cup: beIN Sports
• Anglo-Welsh Cup: Fox Sports
• England home internationals: beIN Sports

Sailing

• Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: Seven Network (until 2021)
• America's Cup: Fox Sports (2017)

Swimming

• Australian Swimming Championships: Seven Network (2016-2025)
• FINA World Aquatics Championships: Seven Network (2015, 2017)

Ten-pin bowling

• World Tenpin Masters: Fox Sports
• PBA Tour: ESPN

Tennis

• Australian Open Series
  • Australian Open: Seven Network / 7TWO / 7mate (2015-2019)
  • Australian Open Junior Finals: ESPN (2017-2019)
  • Brisbane International: 7TWO (2015-2019)
  • Apia International: 7TWO (2015-2019)
  • Hobart International: ESPN (2017-2019), 7TWO (final highlights)
  • Hopman Cup: 7mate (2015-2019)
  • World Tennis Challenge: ESPN (2017-2019), 7TWO (highlights)
  • Kooyong Classic: 7TWO (2015-2019)
• French Open: Fox Sports (2014-2016)
• Wimbledon: Seven Network / 7TWO (2016-2017) Fox Sports
• U.S. Open: ESPN (2017-2021) / SBS (2017) Live coverage of quarter-finals night sessions, semi-finals and finals.
• Davis Cup: Seven Network (2015-2016) and beIN Sports
• Fed Cup: Seven Network (2015-2016) and beIN Sports
• ATP World Tour (except Australian Tournaments)
  • ATP World Tour Finals: ESPN (2016-2020)
  • ATP World Tour Masters 1000: ESPN (2016-2020)
  • ATP World Tour 500: ESPN (2016-2020)
  • ATP World Tour 250 series: Fox Sports, Eurosport, beIN Sports
• Laver Cup: ESPN
• WTA Tour (except Australian Tournaments)
  • WTA Tour Championships: beIN Sports (2017-2021)
  • WTA Premier tournaments: beIN Sports (2017-2021)
  • WTA International tournaments: beIN Sports (2017-2021)
• Mubadala World Tennis Championship: Fox Sports

Volleyball

• World Series of Beach Volleyball: ESPN

Wrestling

• WWE Series: Fox8

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