Between 19, Fox Sports aired National Basketball League (NBL) games. When Foxtel launched its cable service later that year, PSN was included as part of the package.

PSN signed a deal with Network 10 to share the broadcast rights. Previously Australian cricket tours had been covered on the Nine Network on free-to-air, and Nine tried to stop the broadcast under Australia's anti-siphoning rules, which state that certain popular sporting events cannot be screened exclusively on pay television. The service was launched at 16:00 on 26 January 1995 in Sydney, and made a name for itself, securing the rights to Australia's cricket tour of the West Indies. Premier Sports' backers included American company Prime International, which later became part of Liberty Media. ( July 2018)įox Sports started life as the Premier Sports Network (later just Premier Sports) as the only fully operational local channel at the launch of Australia's first pay-television service, Galaxy. Quality standards, event notability guideline, or encyclopedic content policy. Please expand this article with properly sourced content to meet Wikipedia's This section reads like a press release or a news article and may be largely based on routine coverage. However News Corp which holds a 65% stake in Foxtel is Fox Corporation's sister company. Unlike Fox Sports (United States) the group is not owned directly by the Fox Corporation. The group's main competitors are beIN Sports, ESPN, Optus Sport and Stan Sport. Fox Sports channels are available via Foxtel or Kayo.

The group operates nine Fox Sports Channels as well as Fox Sports News, Fox Cricket, Fox League, Fox Footy, Watch AFL and Watch NRL. Premier Sports (prior to 19 February 1996)įox Sports Australia Pty Limited (formerly Premier Media Group Pty Limited) is the division of Foxtel that owns and operates the Fox Sports television networks and digital properties in Australia.

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