Cricket

Seven-year pact with pay-TV network Foxtel and FTA broadcaster Seven to run until end of 2030/31 summer season.

That comes after Paramount’s offer for Australian Football League (AFL) rights was rejected in favour of the league [renewing with Foxtel, Seven and telecommunications firm Telstra](//www.sportspromedia.com/news/afl-tv-broadcast-rights-2025-2031-foxtel-seven-telstra-gillon-mclachlan/). The agreement is not only an increase on the current union, but also provides CA with some welcome financial stability for the rest of the decade. Men’s One Day International (ODI) and T20 internationals will continue to be shown on Foxtel and Kayo. Seven added that the new deal was a 13 per cent reduction on what it pays in cash in the current deal. According to Seven announced to the stock exchange that it will pay AUS$65 million (US$43.7 million) annually in the new deal, a figure that will rise by two per cent each year of the agreement. Last June, the network was looking to Now, CA asserts it has achieved that goal. [“trashed cricket”](https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-australia-bows-to-incumbents-foxtel-and-seven-in-new-seven-year-deal-20230102-p5c9yt.html) and saying the company has no plans to publicly talk down the game. The two broadcasters currently pay AUS$197 million (US$132 million) in cash and contra each year, of which AUS$75 million (US$50.4 million) is cash from Seven. However, Seven’s figures suggest Foxtel will pay approximately AUS$144 million (US$96.8 million) each year, made up of cash and contra, out of the total AUS$216 million (US$145 million) annual value of the new contract. Seven, which will also have streaming rights on its 7plus platform, will continue to broadcast all men’s Tests, all women’s international matches, a minimum of 23 Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) matches, and 33 of the 43 BBL matches.

Cricket Australia (CA) has extended its broadcast partnership with the Foxtel Group and Seven West Media for a further seven years in what is described as a ...

Our combined broadcast and digital rights for both cricket and the AFL means Seven and 7plus will be the home of sport all year round. “Our enhanced partnership with Cricket Australia will take Seven’s summer cricket coverage into a new era, reach new audiences across our digital channels, and bring fans all the exciting competition, exceptional entertainment and world-class talent they love.” “A comprehensive package of digital rights to the cricket for 7plus will ensure that for the first time, our viewers will be able to access cricket, live and free, in a way that suits them. Delanu continued: “The Foxtel Group is the home of cricket in Australia, and we’re proud of the role our investments over more than two decades have played in super charging the growth of the sport from the grassroots through to elite levels. “The breadth and quality of cricket to be played in Australia over the coming summers is extraordinary and we are looking forward to working with our partners to not only televise the games, but to promote and grow cricket by encouraging more kids to pick up a bat and ball. ]“We are delighted to be continuing our broadcast partnership with the Foxtel Group and Seven under an improved deal,” declared Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia CEO.

David Warner has reaffirmed his intention to play on for at least another 12 months while also beginning his commentary career.

“I’ve been around sports broadcasting a long time and believe David Warner is made for commentary the same he was made to open the batting.” Delany also confirmed Warner’s deal as a Fox Cricket commentator will run for “as long as he (Warner) wants”. After posting a double century against South Africa in the Boxing Day Test, which doubled as his 100th Test for Australia, Warner will look to keep the good times rolling as the Aussies and the Proteas face off in the Third Test at the SCG beginning on January 4. “And he’s the same in the twilight of his career as he was in the beginning — a swashbuckling, fearless individual. Given Warner’s status as a current player occupied with the Test team and then the Big Bash with the Sydney Thunder, Delany noted Warner isn’t able to fully throw himself into commentary life just yet. Fox Sports Executive Director Steve Crawley believes the excitement Warner has brought to the game as a player will undoubtedly carry over into the commentary booth. “For me it’s just about calling the situation as it is, analyse the game and try and bring my cricketing brain up to the commentary box,” Warner said. From the moment he stepped out on the patch, I remember in the Big Bash in 2011 when he first came to real dominance, we’re very glad that we’ve now signed him for now and the future. “If you had one shot though at a commentator of the current crop to replace those two, you’d probably have to say Dave Warner is the name. “I think it’s not possible to replace Shane (Warne) and Andrew (Symonds),” Delany told media at the SCG after the groundbreaking rights announcement. “Look people have already been talking about my retirement, but another 12 months to go and we’ll see how we go from there,” Warner told Fox Cricket ahead of day one at the SCG, suggesting away tours to India and England are firmly on his radar. The Aussie superstar has inked a deal to join the Fox Cricket commentary team, with the announcement coming fresh off the back of

Cricket Australia sealed a record A$1.5 billion (S$1.35 billion) extension of its domestic TV rights deal on Tuesday, calling it an important commercial ...

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When Seven West Media hosted a cocktail party to ring in the summer of cricket and no Cricket Australia execs were there, the broadcast rights looked like ...

[into the great unknown of privatisation](/link/follow-20170101-p5c8bg). As in 2018, the consequences of CA’s decision will not be fully known until the new deal has run far more of its course. It had done so at a bargain price of around $65 million cash a year over seven years, as opposed to $82 million a year in cash and contra as part of the existing $1.18 billion deal. Warburton, in an all-staff email, couched this as a decision to “liberate” the network from its long axis with the IOC. With the Nine pot committed elsewhere, and Paramount not only bullied off the ball but also on holidays, CA was left to make the only decision it could make, to keep its incumbents for an annual fee that, at $216 million versus $197 million, barely covers inflation. And without the genuine prospect of CA walking away from Foxtel, the only conversations left to be had were those at cross purposes. Ten and Paramount were courted by CA during 2022, leading to an opening offer of $1.5 billion for the chance to take everything from Foxtel and Seven. Neither Ten, nor Nine, were interested in playing the role of Seven alongside Foxtel. In addition to questions over Ten’s audience reach, negative user feedback about Paramount streaming, and the vagaries of dealing with US-based executives rather than homegrown chiefs, CA had enough reason to doubt. [as the 2018 terms were signed](/link/follow-20170101-p4zfaz). [Seven’s signing of Justin Langer](/link/follow-20170101-p5c2mf) after his acrimonious resignation as Australia’s head coach had made for a publicity splash. [something like warfare](/link/follow-20170101-p5ay27) between CA and its free-to-air broadcaster, cricket’s negotiators were actively looking elsewhere.