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.

American Football (GRIDIRON)

  • National Football League:
    • Fox Sports: One live game every Monday night.
    • one HD: Two live games per week plus play-offs.
    • ESPN Australia
    • Super Bowl: Network Ten/one HD

Athletics

  • IAAF World Championships in Athletics: SBS

Australian Rules Football

  • Australian Football League: Premiership Season
    • Seven Network: Friday night (1 match) & Sunday afternoon (1 match).
      • Finals Series: 1 Qualifying Final Match, 1 Elimination Final Match, 1 Semi-Final Match and 1 Premliminary Final match.
      • Grand Final: 2008, 2010.
    • Network Ten: Saturday afternoon (1 match) & Saturday night (1 match).
      • Finals Series: 1 Qualifying Final Match, 1 Elimination Final Match, 1 Semi-Final Match and 1 Premliminary Final match.
      • Grand Final: 2007, 2009, 2011.
    • Fox Sports: Friday night (1 match, NSW, ACT, Qld only*), Saturday afternoon (1 match), Saturday night (1 match, occasionally 2 in NSW, ACT, Qld^), Sunday lunch (1 match) & Sunday twilight (1 match).
      • Replays of all games scheduled throughout the week. This includes replays of Finals Series matches and the Grand Final.
  • Australian Football League: Pre-season NAB Cup
    • Seven Network: Final 2007, 2009, 2011
    • Network Ten: Final 2008, 2010
    • Earlier round matches are divided between Seven Network, Network Ten and Fox Sports with Fox Sports usually having live coverage of games that would be shown on the other two networks delayed.
  • Brownlow Medal
    • Seven Network: 2007, 2009, 2011.
    • Network Ten: 2008, 2010.
  • Victorian Football League: ABC1
    • 1 live game each Saturday afternoon, All Finals and Grand Final live.
  • South Australian National Football League: ABC1
  • West Australian Football League: ABC1

* Matches are shown on channel 518, promoted as Fox Sports Plus.
^ Matches are shown occasionally on channel 518, depends on who is playing.

Baseball

  • Major League Baseball: Fox Sports, ESPN Australia, ONE HD

Basketball

  • National Basketball League:
    • Nine Network replays one game every Sunday Morning.
    • Fox Sports has rights to every game.
  • Women's National Basketball League:
    • ABC1 has 1 GAME every Saturday afternoon; live coverage of Major Semifinal, Preliminary Final, and Grand Final.
    • ABC2 has 1 live game every Friday Night, which is often replayed throughout the week; live coverage of Minor Semifinal.
  • National Basketball Association: ESPN Australia

Commonwealth Games

  • 2010 Commonwealth Games: Network Ten, Fox Sports

Cricket

International
  • Test Cricket in Australia: Nine Network (live coverage), Fox Sports (highlights)
  • One-day International Cricket in Australia: Nine Network (live coverage), Fox Sports (highlights)
  • Cricket World Cup:
    • Nine Network to show Eight Super 8 matches, One Semi-final and the Final.
    • Fox Sports to cover all matches.
  • ICC World Twenty20:
    • Nine Network to cover all games featuring Australia, Semi-finals and the Final.
    • Fox Sports to cover all matches.
  • Overseas Test cricket :
    • Fox Sports covers most games, all that involve Australia.
    • Setanta Sports covers tours of Bangladesh not involving Australia, and some tours of India and Pakistan.
  • Overseas One-day International Cricket:
    • Fox Sports covers most games, all that involve Australia.
    • Setanta Sports covers tours of Bangladesh not involving Australia, and some tours of India and Pakistan.
  • ICC Champions Trophy: Fox Sports
  • 2009 Ashes series: SBS / Fox Sports
Domestic/Club
  • Sheffield Shield: Fox Sports (final only)
  • Ford Ranger One Day Cup: Fox Sports
  • KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: Fox Sports
  • Indian Premier League: one HD

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  • Indian Cricket League: Fox Sports
  • Champions Twenty20 League:
    • Network Ten delayed coverage for most games
    • ONE HD live coverage for most games
Exhibition/Other
  • Allan Border Medal: Fox Sports (live coverage), Nine Network (delayed coverage)
  • XXXX Gold Beach Cricket: Network Ten
  • ICC Awards: Fox Sports

Cycling

  • Tour Down Under - SBS (highlights)
  • Giro d'Italia - Eurosport (live), SBS (highlights)
  • Tour de France - SBS/SBS Two (live), Fox Sports (highlights)
  • Tour of Spain - Eurosport (live), SBS (highlights)
  • Mountain Bike World Championships - Fuel TV Australia
  • UCI Road World Championships - Eurosport

There is also extensive coverage of other tours on Eurosport.

Football (Soccer)

Leagues
  • A-league: Fox Sports
  • W-League: ABC1
  • English Premier League: Fox Sports
  • English Football Championship: Fox Sports
  • English Conference: Setanta Sports
  • Spanish La Liga: ESPN Australia
  • French Ligue 1: Setanta Sports
  • German Bundesliga : Setanta Sports
  • Italian Serie A: ESPN Australia, Setanta Sports, RAI International
  • Scottish Premier League: Setanta Sports
  • Portuguese Liga: Setanta Sports
  • Eredivisie: Setanta Sports
  • Major League Soccer: ESPN Australia
  • Turkcell Süper Lig: Lig TV
  • J-league: Fox Sports
Domestic Cups
  • English FA Cup: Setanta Sports, SBS(final only)
  • English League Cup: Fox Sports
  • German DFB Cup: Setanta Sports
  • Scottish Cup: Setanta Sports
  • Scottish League Cup: Setanta Sports
  • Coppa Italia: ESPN Australia, SBS
  • French Cup: Setanta Sports
  • French League Cup: Setanta Sports
  • Dutch Cup: Setanta Sports
International Club Competitions
  • AFC Champions League: Fox Sports
  • UEFA Champions League: SBS, ESPN Australia
  • UEFA Cup: Setanta Sports, ESPN Australia, SBS, EuroSport
  • Copa Libertadores: Setanta Sports
  • Copa Sudamericana: Setanta Sports
  • FIFA Club World Cup: SBS
Club Channel Coverage
  • Chelsea TV, MUTV, Celtic TV, Rangers TV, Barca TV: Setanta Sports
International Matches
  • Australian National Mens Team (Socceroos) matches: Fox Sports
  • Australian Youth/Womens National Teams: SBS
  • English Home Internationals: Setanta Sports
  • European World Cup Qualifying: Setanta Sports, ESPN Australia
  • South American World Cup Qualifying: Setanta Sports
  • Other International Matches: Setanta Sports, ESPN Australia, SBS

International Tournaments

  • UEFA Euro 2008: Setanta Sports, SBS
  • AFC Asian Cup: Fox Sports
  • FIFA World Cup: SBS
  • Other FIFA Tournaments: SBS
  • 2008 African Cup of Nations: Eurosport
Other
  • Victorian Premier League: Channel 31 Melbourne
  • Hyundai Club Challenge: Sydney FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy: Aired by Network Ten in November 2007.
  • 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.

Golf

  • Australian Open: Seven Network
  • British Open: ESPN Australia
  • Ryder Cup: Fox SportsTen HD
  • PGA European Tour: ESPN Australia
  • PGA Tour: ESPN Australia
  • U.S. Open: ONE HD
  • U.S Masters: ONE HD
  • HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship : ONE HD
  • WGC Accenture MatchPlay Championship : ONE HD
  • WGC CA Championship : ONE HD
  • WCG Bridgestone Invitational : ONE HD
  • WGC Mission Hills World Cup : ONE HD
  • Women's Australian Open : ABC1

Horse-racing

  • Melbourne Cup: Seven Network
  • Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival: Nine Network
  • Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong and other major thoroughbred race meetings: TVN
  • All metropolitan, country and international race meetings: Sky Racing
  • Kentucky Derby: ESPN Australia

Ironman(Surf lifesaving)

  • Australian Club Championship: Nine Network

Lacrosse

  • National Lacrosse League: ESPN Australia

Motor Racing

  • FIA Formula One: ONE HD (live) Network Ten (delayed)
  • V8 Supercars: Seven Network (2007–12)
  • A1 Grand Prix: Fox Sports (live), Nine Network (highlights)
  • FIA World Rally Championships: SBS
  • Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP):
    • Fox Sports (live)
    • Network Ten (delayed/highlights, live for Australian MotoGP only)
  • NASCAR:
    • Fox Sports airs most races.
    • Ten HD Will air 39 races (approximately 170 hours, including the Daytona 500) on Sunday mornings through most of 2008 plus one-hour highlights packages each week.
  • Superbike World Championship: Fox Sports
  • IRL IndyCar Series: ESPN Australia

Netball

  • Netball World Championships: ABC
  • ANZ Championship: One HD & Network Ten

Olympics

  • 2008 Summer Olympics: Seven Network, SBS
  • 2010 Winter Olympics: Nine Network, Fox Sports
  • 2012 Summer Olympics: Nine Network, Fox Sports
  • Paralympic Games: ABC1, ABC2

Rugby League

  • National Rugby League:
    • Nine Network: Friday night (2 matches, 1 live, 1 delayed. NSW, ACT, Qld only*) &
      Sunday afternoon (1 match, delayed. NSW, ACT, Qld only*).
    • Fox Sports: Saturday afternoon (1 match, live), Saturday night (2 matches, live via viewers choice)
      Sunday Afternoon (1 match, live) & Monday night (1 match, live).
      • Replays of all games scheduled throughout the week.
  • National Youth Competition:
    • Nine Network: One game per round.
    • Fox Sports: Two games per week live.
  • State of Origin:
    • Nine Network: Live, except to WA which is on a 30 minute delay due to time zone adjustments.
    • Fox Sports: Replay coverage.
  • '''Queensland Cup
    • ABC
  • '''Jim Beam Cup
    • ABC
    • Fox Sports
  • European Super League:
    • Nine Network
  • Challenge Cup:
    • Nine Network
  • 2008 World Cup:
    • Nine Network:
    • Fox Sports:
  • Tri Nations:
    • Nine Network:
    • Fox Sports:
  • Other Tests:
    • Nine Network:
    • Fox Sports:

Rugby Union

  • Rugby World Cup: Nine Network, Fox Sports (2011 & 2015)
  • Tri-Nations:
    • Seven Network (live coverage for some games in NSW, ACT, Qld. Replayed in other states)
    • Fox Sports (live coverage nationwide for every game)
  • Wallabies Games:
    • Seven Network (live coverage in NSW, ACT, Qld only. Replayed in other states)
    • Fox Sports (live coverage nationwide)
  • Super 14: Fox Sports
  • Shute Shield: ABC
  • Currie Cup: Fox Sports
  • Heineken Cup: ESPN Australia
  • Air New Zealand Cup: Fox Sports
  • Six Nations Championship: Setanta Sports
  • Guinness Premiership: Setanta Sports
  • Magners League: Setanta Sports
  • EDF Energy Cup: Setanta Sports
  • England national rugby union team home internationals: Setanta Sports

Sailing

  • Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race: Seven Network

Swimming

  • Australian Swimming Championships: Nine Network
  • FINA World Aquatics Championships: Nine Network

Ten-pin bowling

  • World Tenpin Masters: Fox Sports
  • Professional Bowlers Association: ESPN Australia

Tennis

  • Australian Open Series
    • Australian Open: Seven Network, Fox Sports until 2014
    • Brisbane International: Seven Network
    • Moorilla Hobart International: Southern Cross Television (in Tasmania)
    • Hopman Cup: ABC1, ABC2, Fox Sports
    • AAMI Classic: Seven Network
    • Medibank International: Seven Network
  • French Open: Fox Sports
  • Wimbledon: Fox Sports, Nine Network
  • U.S. Open: Fox Sports, Nine Network
  • ATP World Tour Masters 1000: Fox Sports
  • Davis Cup: Fox Sports and Seven Network
  • Capitala World Tennis Championship: Fox Sports
  • JB Group Classic: Fox Sports
  • WTA Tour (except Australian Tournaments): Fox Sports
  • ATP World Tour (except Australian Tournaments): Fox Sports

Volley Ball

  • Beach Volley Ball: Ten Network