V’landys and NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo want the code’s broadcast fate to be decided later this year given the volatile worldwide sports rights market.
“They are genuine options,” V’landys said. “We hedged our bets by doing a long-term deal with Fox, who supplied two-thirds of our broadcast revenue.“The free-to-air channel is one-third of our revenue, but where they are important for us is the eyeballs. That’s where Nine is very good. It’s a powerhouse and we just hope we can come to some arrangement.
Nine forecast it would save $27.5 million in each of the 2021 and 2022 financial years under revised agreements, but the entire discount wasThere is still uncertainty about how much Foxtel paid to for its five-year extension from 2023, which was announced on the same night the NRL resumed after its COVID break last year.Asked about the lack of clarity over the NRL’s current and future TV income, V’landys said: “A lot of the figures [reported] are completely inaccurate.