Sky wins rugby league rights
The pay-TV broadcaster will screen this Friday's test match.
Sky TV [NZX: SKT] has won the rights to screen transtasman rugby league matches and tests and has extended its existing NRL deal.
In an announcement to the NZX this morning, Sky revealed it has signed a five-year deal from 2018 to screen all league games.
The rights to some New Zealand matches have been secured for seven years from 2017.
Sky TV spokeswoman Kirsty Way says the broadcaster’s NRL deal ends at the end of next year’s season.
“Our new deal is until 2022 and, importantly, includes test matches. There is some more detail around women’s matches that will be announced later today,” she says.
It was reported yesterday Sky was yet to announce whether it had secured the rights, with subscribers becoming anxious about where they could watch the Kiwis v Kangaroos test tomorrow.
Ms Way confirms today’s deal includes the rights to screen tomorrow’s test.
Across the ditch
In November last year a huge NRL deal was struck between the Australian Rugby League Commission, Nine Network, News Corp, Fox Sports and Telstra.
The deal was reported to be worth $1.8 billion to the NRL, 70% higher than the current rights deal.
It was expected the sale of international rights would boost the worth of the deal to more than $1.9 billion.
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Chelsea Armitage
Thu, 05 May 2016
Thu, 05 May 2016
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Sky wins rugby league rights
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