TELEVISION BROADCASTING OF SPORTS – AUSTRALIA

Stokes after gold on all mediums

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 & 18 : 6-Aug-14

Seven West Media has finalised a $A190m deal to be the Australian broadcaster of the summer and winter Olympic Games until 2020. The rights cover TV, radio, digital and mobile broadcasts, and includes an option for the Games in 2022 and 2024. Meanwhile, Seven West chairman Kerry Stokes has not ruled out buying a radio network by 2020, although under current media ownership laws it would not be allowed to buy a radio station in Perth

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SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ

SBS on a roll with Tour de France cycling and World Cup

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 42 : 7-Jul-14

The 2014 Tour de France cycling event is expected to generate good TV audience ratings for public broadcaster SBS in Australia. It has boosted the number of sponsors by one to five, and they are Skoda, QBE Insurance, Colonial First State, Optus TV/FetchTV and Scenic Tours. For the first of the three weeks, SBS will also still show live matches from the soccer World Cup in Brazil. In cycling news, major sponsor Orica has voiced its confidence in the Australian GreenEDGE team competing in the Tour de France, after rider Daryl Impey returned a positive drug test

CORPORATES
SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), ORICA LIMITED – ASX ORI, GREENEDGE CYCLING PTY LTD, SKODA AUTOMOBILOVA AS, QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED – ASX QBE, COLONIAL FIRST STATE GROUP LIMITED, COLONIAL HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED – ASX CNG, SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED – ASX SGT, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, FETCHTV PTY LTD, SCENIC TOURS PTY LTD