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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.
Video Sports broadcasting contracts in Australia
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.
Maps Sports broadcasting contracts in Australia
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.
- 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.
- Australian Football League: Pre-season NAB Challenge
- Fox Footy: (2017-2022)
- Exclusive broadcast of all NAB Challenge matches.
- Fox Footy: (2017-2022)
- 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.
- SBS (2016/17-2019/20) 2 matches live every Saturday night and Sunday Afternoon including Semifinal, and Grand Final.
- ABC (2017/18) 1 match replay every Friday night.
- 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: Fox Sports
- FIBA Asia Women's Cup: Fox Sports
- 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 G 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 (2019)
- 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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Gridiron 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) Live coverage of the Australian GP plus highlights of all other races.
- 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 Championship: Fox Sports, Nine Network
- 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 (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 League (2017-2022) Every game per round, live nationally.
- Finals Series: Every game live nationally except the Grand Final, which airs replay coverage.
- 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.
- National Youth Competition:
- Nine Network: (Grand Final Only)
- Fox League:
- State of Origin:
- Nine Network (2018-2022):
- Fox League: Replay coverage.
- Queensland Cup: TBA
- New South Wales Cup: Fox League
- Super League: Fox League
- Challenge Cup: Fox League
- Rugby League World Cup: TBA (2021)
- 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)
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)
SBS (2017/18): Two live games per week including Friday night and Sunday afternoon games (on Viceland)
- 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:
- Network Ten: (2018-2019)
- Fox Sports: (2017-2022) Live coverage of every Socceroos World Cup Qualifier and international fixture.
- Australian Youth: SBS
- Australian Women's National Teams:
- SBS
- Fox Sports: (2017-2022)
- 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.
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), SBS (2018)
- 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
- Next Generation ATP Finals: ESPN
- Laver Cup: ESPN, SBS (highlights)
- WTA Tour (except Australian Tournaments)
- WTA Tour Championships: beIN Sports (2017-2021)
- WTA Elite Trophy: Fox Sports (2017)
- WTA Premier tournaments: beIN Sports (2017-2021)
- WTA International tournaments: beIN Sports (2017-2021)
- WTA Linz: Eurosport (2017)
- Mubadala World Tennis Championship: Fox Sports
Volleyball
- World Series of Beach Volleyball: ESPN
Wrestling
- WWE Series: Fox8
References
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