The Australian has a similar report to the one in SMH and The Age today. The Australian says:
Seven and Nine are understood to have pitched only for the rights to Tests – each putting forward just north of about $50m per year for the five-day format, according to industry sources – while Ten/Paramount+ and Foxtel are believed to be interested in the “all of cricket” option, which would include rights to Tests, one-day and T20 internationals in Australia, as well as the domestic T20 competitions – the BBL and the WBBL.
CA’s urgency to strike a deal before Christmas is twofold - one, the governing body wants to capitalise on a market in which broadcast rights for live sports is running hot (both the AFL and Tennis Australia have secured big money in the past couple of months for multi-year TV deals); and two, cricket bosses have concerns that the BBL might continue its downward ratings trajectory, and thus be less appealing come next year.