Australian media giant Nine Entertainment is pitching to buy all the NRL broadcast rights, in a high-stakes bid to bolster its streaming platform Stan and carve Foxtel out of the sport for the first time in three decades.
Nine chief executive Matt Stanton personally led the company’s presentation alongside broadcast and streaming boss Amanda Laing to Australian Rugby League Commission chair Peter V’landys and outgoing NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo on Tuesday, according to two sources with knowledge of the pitch.
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