Australian Government unveils TV sport shake-up 26/11/2010 |
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The Australian Government has announced a shake-up of televised sport that will see more events shown live on new free-to-air digital channels.
Communications minister Stephen Conroy revealed that televised sports will be split into two tiers –“nationally iconic games” (A) and “regular games” (B) – as part of new anti-siphoning rules.
Tier A sports will include events such as the Melbourne Cup, Bathurst 1000 and finals of major Australian tournaments like the NRL and the AFL Premiership.
Conroy said free-to-air broadcasters would be required to broadcast these events live and in full, using their main channels, with “limited exceptions”.
Tier B will include four regular games of the AFL Premierships season, and three of the NRL Premiership season, and non-finals games of the Australian Open tennis.
These can be shown on secondary digital channels, but must be shown within four hours.
“Australian sports fans are at the centre of these reforms that I’m announcing today,” Conroy added.
The anti-siphoning list has also been updated, with popular and emerging sports such as Twenty20 cricket matches involving Australia also added to the list.
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