Optus and Telstra up ante on sports streaming with soccer and AFL deals

July 16, 2018 9:46

Australia’s telcos are continuing their sports streaming push with Optus securing the UEFA European championship sports rights and Telstra rolling out faster mobile streaming services for its AFL Live app subscribers.

Despite Optus’ struggles with streaming the World Cup, which saw the telco ceding its exclusive rights back to SBS and issue a public apology, the company has bolstered its soccer offerings with a deal to stream the European championships, reports the AFR.

Telstra last week launched high speed streaming services for its AFL app

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Paul Wallbank

Paul Wallbank was news editor at Mumbrella between June 2017 and June 2019. Previously he's covered business and technology issues for outlets ranging from The Australian and Sydney Morning Herald to the ABC and Business Spectator.

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