No live coverage of WNBL on Nine’s channels, but 68 regular season games (all exclusive) and selected finals on 9Now. A mixed bag for basketball fans.
Nevertheless, it will be the first time Nine Entertainment is involved in WNBL coverage, replacing the ABC as FTA broadcaster.
According to online guides, Nine’s main channel will show live the last two hours of women’s elite road race of UCI Road World Championships this Saturday (September 24) from 3pm to 5pm AEST. The full race will be streamed live on Stan Sport.
EDIT:
On Sunday (September 25), the last two hours of men’s elite road race will be shown from 3pm AEST on either main channel or 9Gem depending on rugby league coverage. In Melbourne, the telecast will move from main channel to 9GO! at 5pm to make way for Nine News: First at Five.
Nine and 9Now will show the Australian Open and the Australian PGA Championship for the next two years.
The 2022 Australian PGA Championship will be held at Royal Queensland from November 24 to 27.
The 2022 Australian Open will take place at Melbourne’s Victoria Golf Club and Kingston Heath Golf Club from December 1-4. For the first time, the tournament will be held as a mixed-gender event.
Australia’s biggest golf tournaments join Nine’s Wide World Of Sports
Live and free on the 9Network and 9Now
Nine’s Wide World of Sports is teeing up with Golf Australia on a two-year broadcast deal to deliver golf fans Live and Free coverage of the biggest events on both the 9Network and 9Now.
The nation’s two biggest golf tournaments, the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship from Royal Queensland in November, and the ISPS HANDA Australian Open in December at Victoria Golf Club and Kingston Heath, will join Nine’s suite of live sport this summer as golf soars to new heights.
Australia’s top players will be leading the charge, including current world No.3 Cameron Smith, Minjee Lee, Adam Scott, Marc Leishman and Hannah Green.
Nine’s Director of Sport, Brent Williams, said: “The Australian Open and Australian PGA Championship are premium tournaments with a rich history and Wide World of Sports is proud to be a broadcast partner for the next two years. The quality of Australian golf is at an all-time high, and the players confirmed to take part in these revered events ensure there will be plenty of interest from golf fanatics and sports lovers on both the 9Network and 9Now.”
Director of 9Now and Programming, Hamish Turner, said: “9Now is the best free destination for large-scale sports events in Australia, with the top four highest streamed programs of 2022. We will provide viewers with the best local golfing experience in this new partnership, all for free and in full high definition.”
Golf Australia CEO, James Sutherland, said: “The 2022 ISPS HANDA Australian Open is shaping up as a brilliant celebration of Australian golf. The free-to-air broadcast on Nine and 9Now will further enhance the status of this world-first event and ensure it is accessible to all Australians.”
PGA Commercial Director of Australasia, Michael McDonald, said: “This announcement is a huge win for golf fans, and we’re delighted that the PGA Tour of Australasia’s two major events, the Fortinet Australian PGA Championship and the ISPS HANDA Australian Open, will be available to millions of golf fans free-to-air on the 9Network or 9Now.”
Tournament dates
Fortinet Australian PGA Championship
November 24-27
Royal Queensland
ISPS HANDA Australian Open
December 1-4
Victoria Golf Club and Kingston Heath
It will be the first time Nine broadcasts the Australian PGA Championship, although I have a feeling that the network may have shown the Australian Open many years ago before Seven picked up the rights.
You’re correct, back in the 1970s was tied into Jack Nicklaus’s redesign of the Australian Golf Club where Kerry Packer was a prominent member and included television rights.
ABC had the rights to the Open during the 1989s before Seven held them.
LIV Golf could find a home on Stan Sport with Nine airing the Australian tournament
Doubt it. They probably like controlling the broadcast themselves.
WNBL tips off on 9Now
Australian women’s basketball will step onto the court with 9Now when the Cygnett WNBL 2022/23 season is available Live, Free and On Demand to stream from Friday, November 4.
Hoops fans will receive 68 games in total exclusively on 9Now, the most free-to-air coverage in the competition’s history, as Australian basketball legend Lauren Jackson makes her return alongside seven other Australian Opals.
Across the 16-round season, 9Now will broadcast four games per week, beginning Friday night when the competition’s most successful club – Canberra’s UC Capitals, go up against the Bendigo Spirit with tip-off at 6.30pm AEDT.
9Now will make it easier than ever before to catch up on the latest with full match replays and highlights available On Demand only a few hours after each game.
Nine’s Director of Sport, Brent Williams, said: “Nine and the Wide World of Sports are thrilled to be partnering with one of the strongest, elite female basketball competitions in the world. 9Now will provide the perfect destination for new and emerging fans of the WNBL to engage with the sport they love, at any time and on any device they choose.”
WNBL on 9Now Round 1 fixture
You’d think you’d have someone who knows sport writing the supers on a sport show…
“Australia fail to reach T20 World Cup Semis”
Just saw an ad promoting the FINA World Championships “Coming soon to Nine”.
That is for the FINA World Short Course Championships, to be held at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre from December 13 to 18.
That’s correct. Surprised they didn’t mention the dates considering they know them, and it’s just over a month away.
9Gem will show the inaugural Speedseries Bathurst International live from Mount Panorama tomorrow (Saturday) from 3pm to 5pm AEDT. The entire two days of action, including TCR Australia, GT World Challenge Australia, Trans Am, Touring Car Masters and Porsche Sprint Challenge, will be streamed live on Stan Sport tomorrow and Sunday.
Nine coverage of the PGA as per schedules so far received:
Thursday 25 and Friday 25 November
Coverage is on 9Gem live all markets from 12:00 PM AEDT
Saturday 26 November
Coverage is on the main channel live from the start of play in all markets except Perth where it will start on 9Gem and switch to 9 at midday. .
12:00 PM AEDT - 5:00 PM (note Melbourne will have the final 30 minutes on 9Gem on election night)
Wide World of Sports presents The Fortinet Australian PGA Championship live from the Royal Queensland Golf Club, Brisbane. A stellar field of Australian and International players will compete for the Joe Kirkwood Cup and $2M in prizemoney, the richest prize on the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia. Live play from 12:00 AEDT.
The event was meant to be held in Russia before it was moved to Melbourne earlier this year