Nine to buy 2019 tennis rights from Seven for $48.5m
The hole in Nine’s upcoming summer broadcasting schedule has been filled, with the network agreeing to buy the rights to the tennis for 2019 from rival Seven for $48.5m.
Nine was potentially facing a summer without sport after it lost the cricket rights to Seven and Foxtel, and its hold on the tennis not commencing until 2020.
Nine will broadcast the Australian Open from 2019
Vivienne writes “The combination of Big Bash and Test Cricket, love and free …”.
Our Viv must be a cricket tragic!
Hi ex ABC,
Today I am indeed a bit tragic, but that is more due to the vast amounts of stories emerging in media land this morning, rather than my deep and unrivalled love of cricket.
Very unfortunate that I have misquoted Tim Worner as saying “love and free”, rather than “live and free”.
My apologies, thanks for flagging, and hopefully I bring you less errors during Seven’s summer of cricket.
Vivienne Cricket Fan Kelly – Mumbrella
Ex ABC…do you think it’s fair to say you wouldn’t give this article High Marks for checking for typos?
There’s an amazing The Room pun in there somewhere.