Free-to-air TV channels have launched a major campaign against the Labor government’s plans to change how sports fans see big games on television or online, and how those lucrative broadcast deals are done.
The government says its changes will modernise old rules set before large streaming platforms began showing big games and competitions, to better account for changing habits in how people consume sport. But critics, including the major TV networks and the Greens, are concerned it may see those events locked behind internet paywalls or disadvantage people who don’t have an aerial installed at home.
