Sports broadcasting contracts in Australia

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

Leagues

Australia:

  • A-League Men:
    • Paramount+ Sports (2021/22–2025/26): Live coverage of every game.[1]
    • Network 10 (2021/22–2025/26): One game every Saturday night and a Sunday afternoon match plus all finals and grand final live.
  • A-League Women:
    • Paramount+ Sports (2021/22–2025/26): Live coverage of every game.[2]
    • 10 Play (2021/22–2025/26): Every Game Live on 10 Play from starting season 2022/23 and grand final live on 10 Bold.

Asia:

Europe:

North America:

South America:

Domestic Cups

International Club Competitions/Tournaments

Club channel coverage
  • Arsenal TV: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • Barça TV: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • Celtic TV: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • Chelsea TV: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • Citytv: beIN Sports (2019–present)[10]
  • FCBtv: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • Inter Channel: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • Juventus Channel: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • LFC TV: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • Milan Channel: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • MUTV: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • Rangers TV: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • Real Madrid TV: beIN Sports (2019–present)
  • Spurs TV: beIN Sports (2019–present)

International Matches

International Tournaments

Other

Former Australian football show & broadcasting events
  • SBS shows a football fixture as part of their Sunday afternoon football show The World Game. This is often 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.
  • Channel 31 Melbourne VPL highlights program.
  • Fox Sports Australia A-League, FFA Cup and Australian International Matches

International Tournaments

International Club Competitions/Tournaments

Athletics

Australian rules football
  • Australian Football League:
    • Seven Network: (2017–2024)[13] 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 exclusively.
    • Fox Footy: (2017–2024)[14] 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 except the Grand Final.
    • Seven Network: (2025–2031) 3–4 matches per round live nationally. Thursday night, Friday night (1 match), Selected Saturday night (1 match) and Sunday afternoon (3.20pm eastern time zone slot match). Further 11 games on public holidays / eve. The first 15 rounds of Thursday night games and the last 8 rounds of Saturday 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 exclusively.
    • Fox Footy: (2025–2031) All 9 matches per round presented with Fox Footy's Own Commentary team live nationally. Super Saturday matches, live and exclusive for the first 15 rounds.
      • Finals Series: Every match live nationally except the Grand Final.
  • Australian Football League: Pre-season Community Series
    • Fox Footy: (2017–2024)[14]
      • Exclusive broadcast of all AAMI Community Series matches.
    • Fox Footy: (2025–2031)
  • AFL Women's:
    • Seven Network:(2019–2024) Three games a round plus the non-Victorian matches on Free to Air.
    • Fox Footy: (2019–2024) Every Match Live including the Grand Final.
    • Seven Network: (2025–2031) Three games a round plus the non-Victorian matches on Free to Air.
    • Fox Footy: (2025–2031) Every Match Live including the Grand Final.
  • Brownlow Medal:

State Leagues

Others

Baseball

Basketball
  • National Basketball League:
    • ESPN (2021/22–2023/24) All 140 regular season games, plus finals and the NBL Grand Final Series[16]
    • Kayo Sports (2021/22–2023/24) All regular season games, plus finals and NBL Grand Final Series streamed[16]
    • Kayo Freebies (2021/22–2023/24) Two games per week free-to-view, all NBL Grand Final Series games streamed free[16]
    • Network 10 (2021/22–2023/24) Two live games per week every Sunday, select finals and NBL Grand Final Series games (usually afternoon games) live and free-to-air on 10 Peach. Christmas Day game and select Grand Final Series (as NBL Sprint) games on 10.[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:
    • 9Now (2022/23–present) All remaining matches live every weekend.
    • ESPN (2022/23–present) 16 regular season games live and all finals
  • 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]
  • Women's National Basketball Association:

International

Other

Combat Sports

Cricket

International

Domestic/Club

Exhibition/Other

Cycling

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

Esports

Extreme Sports

Field Hockey

Gaelic Games

GAA.go (App)

Golf

Gridiron football

Handball

Horse-racing

Ice Hockey

Ironman (Surf lifesaving)

Lacrosse

Motorsports

Multi-discipline events

Netball

Poker

Rugby League

Rugby Union

Major Competitions

Minor and Foreign Competitions

Sailing

Swimming

Ten-pin bowling

Tennis

Ultimate Frisbee

Volleyball

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