Foxtel and Seven set to snatch cricket rights from Nine and Ten

Tim Burrowes

April 13, 2018 10:08

Cricket Australia will later today announce a landmark deal which sees test cricket and short form Big Bash cricket broadcast on the same free to air network for the first time.

The $1bn, six-year deal sees Nine lose its right to Australia’s international cricket, while Ten will lose its Big Bash League cricket. Instead, the game will move over to subscription TV platform Foxtel and the Seven Network.

While details are expected to emerge shortly, it is understood that Foxtel will pick up the biggest part of the bill, while Seven will pay a little under $80m a year, with much of the content a simulcast between the two broadcasters. Mumbrella understands that the digital rights have been picked up by Foxtel.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.