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Free-To-Air Rights Deal Complicates De-Merger of National Basketball League From BA05 / 21 / 13The proposed de-merger of the National Basketball League from under Basketball Australia's umbrella "has hit a major sticking point over free-to-air television rights with Network 10," according to Boti Nagy of THE ADVERTISER. The deal Ten has with BA to televise NBL games extends for a further... |
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ATP Chief To Step Down With Illness
ATP World Tour Exec Chair & President Brad Drewett shockingly announced that he would soon resign because he has been diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease). Drewett, who has been in his role for more than a year, but with the ATP for 35 years in some for ...
Seven Gives V8 Supercars 'Major Haircut'
Seven West Media has secured free-to-air broadcast rights for V8 Supercars at a lower price than the last deal, "representing a possible watershed moment in Australian sports rights," according to Davidson & White of THE AUSTRALIAN. The two-year deal represented a "major haircut" for the sport. ...
Clark Wants Review Of Cricket NSW
Former Test seamer and departing Sydney Sixers GM Stuart Clark "has ruled himself out of the running" to be Cricket New South Wales' next CEO but "has launched a stinging critique of the game in the state, saying a review was 'essential,'" according to Andrew Wu of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Clark a ...
Aussie Open Targeted To Chinese Fans
The Australian Open is making an "unprecedented push into the sport's new frontier and doing it via a handful of digital platforms" in order to "capitalise on a booming interest in tennis in China," according to Adam Cooper of THE AGE. Tennis Australia staff "will publish news stories, updates, phot ...
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Channel 7 Signs Horse Racing Rights Deal
Channel 7's "free-to-air coverage of racing in Sydney and Melbourne starts in less than a month, taking over from Channel 9 as part of a new five-year deal to give the sport greater exposure," according to Brent Zerafa of the Sydney DAILY TELEGRAPH. A total of 27 meetings -- 18 in Sydney -- "will be ...
Billabong Receives $555M Takeover Bid
Australian surfwear company Billabong received a A$526.8M ($555.1M) "takeover offer from a group including U.S. clothing maker VF Corp., setting the stage for a bidding contest," according to Gavin Lower of the WALL STREET JOURNAL. Billabong said that the offer of A$1.10 a share from VF and Altamont ...
Review Urges More Drug Testing For CA
An independent review of cycling in Australia recommended that officials "extend drug testing and establish an ethics panel in the wake of the doping scandal surrounding U.S. rider Lance Armstrong," according to the AFP. It calls for "extending drug testing, on a random and targeted basis, to events ...
Adidas Unveils New Tennis Apparel Line
U.K. tennis player Laura Robson was "offered an unusual distraction" when she appeared on the world's first mirror tennis court created by adidas to promote its first collection of tennis attire by English fashion designer Stella McCartney, according to Liv Lee of the London DAILY MAIL. Robson was j ...
Sugarpova Set To Double Investment
Maria Sharapova spent $500,000 to set up Sugarpova, her own candy brand, and the 25-year-old from Russia "may more than double her money" in just the first year, according to Danielle Rossingh of BLOOMBERG. She introduced it Thursday in Australia, where she'll be seeded second when the tennis season ...
Interim Captain Fires Back At Channel 9
Interim Australian cricket team captain George Bailey "has accused Channel 9 of intentionally denigrating Australia's one-day team to force down the price of the next broadcast rights deal," according to Mark Hayes of the HERALD SUN. Negotiations "are under way between Nine and Cricket Australia ove ...
