Channel Nine and FoxSports have retained the broadcast rights for rugby league, with details of the $1 billion, five-year deal to be announced later today.
FoxSports confirmed in a statement this morning that it had retained the rights and would make a full statement, releasing details at 11am AEST.
ARL Commission chairman John Grant will hold a press conference at 11.30am to announce the new deal.
As revealed yesterday by the
Herald, the ARL Commission received formal bids from all the major networks on Friday and the negotiating committee led by chairman John Grant has been meeting since.
Sources have confirmed that the Ten and Seven networks were informed this morning that they had missed out.
The
Herald was told that FoxSports would pay $100 million a year, with Nine to pay $80 million.
With the New Zealand television rights also being negotiated, it is understood the deal will be worth more than $1 billion.
Under the deal 13 Sunday-night games would be broadcast.
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