Sports broadcasting contracts in New Zealand

This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in New Zealand. For a list of other country's broadcasting rights, see Sports television broadcast contracts.

American football (Gridiron)

• National Football League:
  • Sky Sport: One live game every Monday night in HD (where available)
  • TVNZ: Thursday night day night game live (Friday in NZ). Three Sunday games live (Monday in NZ)
  • ESPN: Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football. Most play-off games.
  • Super Bowl: ESPN and TVNZ

Association Football (Soccer)

Leagues

• A-League: Sky Sport
• W-League: Sky Sport
• English Premier League: beIN Sports
• English Football Championship: beIN Sports
• English Football League One: beIN Sports
• English Football League Two: beIN Sports
• Major League Soccer: ESPN
• La Liga: Television New Zealand & beIN Sports
• Ligue 1: Television New Zealand & beIN Sports
• New Zealand Football Championship: Sky Sport (finals coverage only)
• Bundesliga: Television New Zealand & YouTube
• Liga NOS: beIN Sports
• Brazilian League and São Paulo Championship: beIN Sports
• J1 League: Sky Sport

Domestic Cups

• English FA Cup: ESPN
• Spanish Copa del Rey:
  • beIN Sports (except the final)
  • Prime & ESPN (final only)
• Copa do Brasil: beIN Sports
• Chatham Cup: Sky Sport (final only)

International Club Competitions

• UEFA Champions League: beIN Sports
• UEFA Europa League: beIN Sports
• UEFA Super Cup: beIN Sports
• FIFA Club World Cup: Sky Sport

International Matches

• World Cup Qualifying: Sky Sport, ESPN
• Other International Matches: Sky Sport, Prime, ESPN

International Tournaments

• UEFA Euro 2016: Sky Sport, Prime
• FIFA World Cup: Sky Sport, Television New Zealand

Athletics

• IAAF Golden League:
  • Sky Sport: Highlights, plus some live coverage.

Australian rules football

• Australian Football League
  • Sky Sport: One live game per week, plus weekly highlights.

Baseball

• Asia Series: ESPN
• Major League Baseball (Regular season, Playoffs and World Series): ESPN.
• Nippon Professional Baseball (Regular season, Climax Series and Japan Series): ESPN

Basketball

• National Basketball League: Sky Sport
• National Basketball League (Australia):
  • Sky Sport has one game every Thursday night; live coverage of Semifinal, and Grand Final.
• National Basketball Association: ESPN, Television New Zealand
• Euroleague: Eurosport

Cricket

• International Cricket:
  • Sky Sport: Shows All New Zealand Home and away matches also shows Australian Home International and most of English Home International fixtures
  • Prime Television: Highlights and selected live coverage. Free to air partner, showing what Sky allocates to it.
• Domestic Cricket:
  • Sky Sport: Live coverage of selected games, and highlights of some games.
  • Prime Television: Highlights and selected live coverage. Showed live free to air coverage State Shield and Twenty20 finals.

Cycling

• Tour de France - [Sky Sports]

Field Hockey

• Hockey World Cup: TBA (2018)
• Hockey World League: TBA (2017)
• New Zealand Black Sticks (Men) matches: Sky Sport
• New Zealand Black Sticks (Women) matches: Sky Sport

Gaelic Games

• Gaelic Athletic Association: beIN Sports
• International Rules Series in Australia: beIN Sports
• International Rules Series in the Republic of Ireland: beIN Sports

Golf

• Australian Open: Sky Sport
• The Open Championship: Sky Sport
• Ryder Cup: Sky Sport
• European Tour: ESPN, Sky Sport
• PGA Tour: ESPN, Sky Sport
• U.S. Open: Sky Sport
• U.S. Masters: Sky Sport
• New Zealand PGA Championship : TV3
• World Golf Championships : Sky Sport
• World Cup : Sky Sport
• New Zealand Open : Sky Sport
• LPGA Tour : SKY Sport (New Zealand)
• Evian Masters : Sky Sport (New Zealand)

Horse-racing

• Melbourne Cup: Trackside,prime TV
• Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival: Trackside
• All New Zealand domestic race meetings: Trackside
• All international race meetings: Trackside
• Selected thoroughbred and harness meets:prime TV
• Triple Crown Series: ESPN

Lacrosse

• National Lacrosse League: ESPN

Motor racing

• FIA Formula One: Sky Sport
• Formula E: TVNZ
• GP2: Sky Sport
• GP3: Sky Sport
• Virgin Australia Supercars Championship: Sky Sport (Includes support categories)
• DTM: TV3 (highlights)
• WTCC: TV3 (highlights)
• World Rally Championships: Sky Sport
• World Rallycross Championship: Sommet Sports
• MotoGP: Sky Sport
• Superbike World Championship: Sky Sport
• Speedway Grand Prix: Sky Sport (delayed coverage)
• NASCAR: Sky Sport
• IRL IndyCar Series: Sky Sport
• BTCC:Sky Sport (highlights)

Multi-discipline events

• Commonwealth Games: Television New Zealand
• Summer Olympics: Sky Television, Prime
• Winter Olympics: Sky Television, Prime
• Paralympics 2016: Television New Zealand

Netball

• ANZ Championship:
  • Sky Sport (live coverage of all games, conference finals, semi finals and final)
• INF Netball World Cup:
  • TBA (2019)
• International Netball:
  • Sky Sport (live coverage)
• Beko Netball League:
  • Sky Sport (live coverage of all games)

Rowing

• World Rowing Championships: Sky Sport
• Rowing World Cup: Sky Sport

Rugby league

• National Rugby League:
  • Sky Sport: Live coverage of all games sometimes only show one live game on Sunday and show the other delayed
  • Te Reo: Delayed coverage of one game per week in Māori language. Riiki NRL shows on Tuesday nights at 8:30pm
• Holden Cup:
  • Sky Sport: All Warriors home games live, plus any games available from Fox Sports
• New South Wales Cup:
  • Sky Sport: All Warriors home games live, plus any games available from Fox Sports
• State of Origin:
  • Sky Sport: Live Coverage
  • Prime: Delayed coverage
• European Super League:
  • Sky Sport
• Rugby League Challenge Cup:
  • Sky Sport
• Four Nations:
  • Sky Sport: Live Coverage
  • Prime: Delayed coverage of selected games

Rugby union

• Rugby World Cup: TBA (2019)
• The Rugby Championship:
  • Sky Sport/The Rugby Channel: Live coverage of all games
  • Prime: Delayed coverage of All Blacks tests
• Super Rugby:
  • Sky Sport/The Rugby Channel: live coverage of all games
  • Prime: Delayed coverage of two games per weekend on Friday night and Sunday Afternoon. They also show highlights of all games and one full game.
• Currie Cup: The Rugby Channel
• Heineken Cup: ESPN, The Rugby Channel
• ITM Cup:
  • Sky Sport/The Rugby Channel: Live coverage of all games
  • Prime: Delayed coverage of two games per weekend
• Six Nations Championship: The Rugby ChannelESPN Australia
• Aviva Premiership: The Rugby Channel
• Magners League: The Rugby Channel
• Anglo-Welsh Cup: The Rugby Channel

Swimming

• FINA World Aquatics Championships: Sky Sport

Ten-pin bowling

• PBA Tour: ESPN

Tennis

• ATP World Tour Masters 1000:ESPN Australia
• ATP World Tour 500 series:ESPN Australia
• Grand Slam series: Sky Sport
  • Wimbledon Championships: TVNZ^[1]
• ASB Classic: Sky Sport^[2]
• International Premier Tennis League: TVNZ & YouTube

References

1. ↑ Kreft, Brad. "Sky TV acquires rights to ASB Classic and Heineken Open". Throng. 
2. ↑ Kreft, Brad. "Sky TV acquires rights to ASB Classic and Heineken Open". Throng.