The Nine Entertainment Co has until 5pm today to lodge its final bid with CA and is expected to offer $400 million over five years to broadcast international cricket while Network Ten is likely to become the holder of rights to the Big Bash League for $100m.

That combined amount of $500m over five years is a sharp rise compared to the deal Nine had carved out over the previous seven years, from $45m to $80m a year.

Not AF but does that mean Fox is dropping 20/20 cricket from it's summer schedules? That's interesting.

For comparison The rugby TV rights are

A new five-year agreement is understood to have landed Australia, South Africa and New Zealand a 30 per cent boost in value for the broadcast rights for Test and Super rugby, ensuring a $450 million windfall for the SANZAR partners.

This represents an increase of more than $100 million from their previous TV deal - $346 million paid for the 2006-2010 period


I guess that is $450M /3 so $150 for Australian Rugby for 5 years 2011-2015 so $30M a year

It's called Australian Football. :-k

$100M for Big bash -- $20M a year your kidding...:oops:

I can see something in this, but I'd see it better in Extra Time, this is AF, it just aint cricket.

There is a cricket thread, also. :-"

I can move between forums but I can place a thread into another, but unless someone puts this article in the cricket thread I aint gonna lock it