Probably in Melbourne??
Interesting. Thought I’d ask because the styling around those screens look very much like the NBN/Sydney studios, except in a bigger space
Probably something to do with JamTV as they’re the WNBL’s production partner.
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It’s green screen surely?
9NETWORK TO BROADCAST ICF SLALOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, SYDNEY 2025
Paddle Australia together with the International Canoe Federation (ICF) is proud to announce Nine as the official broadcast partner for the highly anticipated 2025 ICF Slalom World Championships, to be held at Penrith Whitewater Stadium from 29 September to 4 October 2025.
More Aussie fans will be given the opportunity to experience a home World Championships down under thanks to the 9Network’s broadcast that will feature more than 30 hours of live and free on Channel 9 or to stream 9Now.
It will be an action packed six days of racing, with medals to be raced for and awarded on every day of competition and available for fans to watch on the 9Network.
It has been 25 years since the Penrith Whitewater Stadium first opened its doors to host the Olympic Games, with the legacy venue to welcome world’s best athletes back down under.
Olympic gold medalist Jessica Fox OAM said: “It’s super exciting to have Nine’s Wide World of Sports confirmed, supporting our sport and promoting our sport, showcasing all our amazing Aussie athletes and the international athletes that are going to come out.
“Nine did an amazing job during the Paris Olympics, so it’s great to have that continuity and to keep that relationship going. I’m really looking forward to it!”
Nine Wide World of Sports Head of Sports Partnerships and Strategy, Simon Fordham, said: “We’re excited to bring the ICF Slalom World Championships to the Wide World of Sports. Jess and Noemie Fox captured the hearts of all Australians winning Gold in Paris and for them to headline this home event with the best paddlers in the world will be enormous for all sports fans.
“Within NRL Grand Final week we will broadcast 31 hours of live and free coverage on Channel 9 and 9Now of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. This is an exciting acquisition for our platforms and one of the first steps on the road to the LA Olympics in 2028.”
Paddle Australia CEO, Kim Crane, said: “We are thrilled to partner with the 9Network to be able to provide more Australians the opportunity to experience the best our sport has to offer as well as reach new fans.
“We saw the incredible work the Wide World of Sports did during the Paris Olympic Games broadcast to provide fans with unparalleled access and we look forward to building on that great success for the ICF Slalom World Championships, Sydney 2025.
“Our goal is to showcase the world’s best competing downunder, as well as inspire a new generation to get involved in paddle sports,” she said.
ICF President Thomas Konietzko said: “On the 9Network broadcast partnership for the Australian market: “To have one of the top networks in Australia - Channel 9 and 9Now - broadcast the 2025 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships is great news.
“It shows the popularity of our sport Down Under after the incredible Paris 2024 Olympic Games. With the best athletes set to compete in Penrith, we hope more fans, especially youngsters, get a taste of our superb sport.”
The ICF Slalom World Championships will attract the world’s top canoe athletes as they battle it out for supremacy in what is set to be an unforgettable sporting spectacle.
Event Details:
- Dates: 29 September – 4 October 2025
- Location: Penrith Whitewater Stadium, Sydney, Australia
- Broadcast: 31 hours of live and free coverage across Nine’s FTA channels and BVOD platform 9Now.
For more information about the ICF Slalom World Championships visit www.sydney2025.com
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Another Olympic sport outside the Olympics picked up by Australia’s Olympic Broadcaster. Swimming is on Nine for the forseeable future.
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Gather Round in the Barossa
Tuesday 8 April 7:30 PM 2 hours Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth.
Join host Eddie McGuire, Rory Sloane, James Hird and a lineup of the biggest names in AFL for an epic celebration of the game as the Gather Round gets set to debut in the iconic Barossa Valley.
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Gather Round in the Barossa will take place at Barossa Valley Estate Winery and Cellar Door at Marananga. It will be a delayed broadcast (filming takes place from 4.30pm to 8.30pm SA time). Registrations for tickets had closed.
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Where was it advertised? I’ve been looking everywhere to get a ticket for this for weeks, but no word anywhere! 
The Barossa event had a low key promotion. Tickets were only available via Eventbrite website. Last year’s event at Adelaide was promoted through News Corp and local media websites, with tickets sold via Ticketek.
Ahh yes. Gather Round
Or as Peter V’Landys said on Triple M NRL the other day:
“What are they gathering? Sticks and stones?”
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How was the event promoted?
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BOOMERS AND OPALS IN TRANS-TASMAN THROWDOWN V NEW ZEALAND ON THE 9NETWORK AND 9NOW
Get ready for a classic Trans-Tasman Throwdown when Australia and New Zealand clash on court in three basketball internationals live and free on the 9Network or to stream on 9Now from May 7 to 11.
The Aussie Boomers, Seven Consulting Opals, New Zealand’s Tall Blacks and 2Degrees Tall Ferns will clash in back-to-back fixtures across a three game series played in Adelaide (May 7), Sunshine Coast (May 9) and Hamilton (May 11).
On top of a guaranteed re-ignition of a historic rivalry, intensity will be heightened as Australia and New Zealand prepare for the FIBA Asia Cup tournaments later this year.
Nine Wide World of Sports Head of Partnerships and Strategy, Simon Fordham, said: “The Boomers and Opals always provide box office viewing for Aussie sports fans and the Trans-Tasman Throwdown series against New Zealand should be no different.
“As the home of the Olympics all the way through to Brisbane 2032 we’re proud to further showcase the Boomers and Opals when the best basketballers from Australia and New Zealand are live and free for all to see here on the 9Network.”
Matt Scriven, Chief Executive Officer – Basketball Australia, said: “The Trans-Tasman rivalry series is back and were excited to have every game live and free on the 9Network for fans in Australia. The level of interest for basketball is at an all-time and there’s massive support for our national teams. We appreciate this partnership with Nine, which will see the Boomers and Opals broadcasted across the country in May.
All nine games of the Trans-Tasman Throwdown will be available live and free on 9Go! or to stream anywhere, anytime for free on 9Now. In commentary for Nine’s Wide World of Sports is Olympics basketball commentator Brenton Speed.
Full schedule and broadcast guide below:
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Interesting it went to 9, although the previous WNBL connect adds up.
They should go for the NBL rights with 9/Stan being the home of Australian basketball given they air Boomers/Opals during the Olympics and have a home Olympic Games in 2032.
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AUSTRALIAN AGE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS FREE ON 9NOW
APRIL 10-18 LIVE AND FREE ON 9NOW
Australia’s best up and coming swimmers will go on show when the 2025 Australian Age and Multi Class Swimming Championships are live and free from tomorrow - Thursday, April 10 to stream on 9Now.
Our aspiring Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Olympians and Paralympians will compete amongst 2500 swimmers, including 50 international visitors, aged 12-18 years old as the Aussie Dolphins of the future get their chance to make a name for themselves.
Amongst them is Josh Conias, who missed out by just 0.02 on claiming Kyle Chalmers’ national age record in the 16 years 50m freestyle. The 17-year-old is apprentice to Paris 2024 50m freestyle gold medalist Cam McEvoy, with both training under Tim Lane.
Every heats and finals session at Brisbane Aquatic Centre is available to watch anywhere, anytime on Nine’s free streaming service, 9Now.
At the conclusion of this meet, a Junior Dolphins team will be selected for the 2025 World Junior Championships in Romania.
The Australian Age Championships is the first of the major swimming tournaments on the 9Network in 2025 with Australia’s best swimmers back in the pool for the World Swimming Championship Trials in Adelaide from June 9-14.
AUSTRALIAN AGE AND MULTI CLASS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
STREAM LIVE AND FREE ON 9NOW, APRIL 10-18
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Does anyone know why Nine did not broadcast the US Masters Golf on fta this year? They have done it every year for ages from the US fta feed (in recent years on 9Gem). I was shocked to find out last week it was exclusively on Foxtel this time. Did Nine not want it? What a rip!
Apparently, it was due to cost-cutting.
Foxtel decided not to on-sell the FTA rights?