WATER POLO AUSTRALIA PARTNERS WITH NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA IN NEW BROADCAST DEAL
Published Thu 18 Mar 2021
In an Australian first, News Corp Australia is teaming up with Water Polo Australia as part of a national live streaming and broadcast partnership.
The deal will see the Australian Waterpolo League (AWL) and Australian Youth Water Polo Championships (AYWPC) live streamed across the News Corp Australia mastheads, with delayed replays of the AWL finals and the Australia Green v Gold Exhibition Series shown on KAYO.
Across the two major events more than 140 water polo matches will be streamed.
Brisbane will host both events, with the Australian Waterpolo League to be held 31 March to 7 April and Australian Youth Water Polo Championships from 7-17 April 2021.
Water Polo Australia CEO Richard McInnes, said the deal with News Corp is the most comprehensive broadcast partnership in the sport’s history.
“We are excited to be partnering with News Corp for our marquee events to deliver more live water polo than ever before.
“Not only does News Corp offer a great platform for water polo fans, but it provides us with a unique opportunity to reach new fans as part of a fully integrated media solution.
“To have the ability to stream live more than 140 games with replays across leading dedicated sports broadcaster KAYO, gives us the chance to showcase the very best of our sport from the grassroots clubs competition through to our elite, including our Australian Olympic squad members,” he said.
News Corp's Executive Editor of Digital, Bryce Johns, said it was the first national streaming partnership the publishing division had done.
''Water polo is a progressive sport and streaming is a great innovation in the publishing world. It's a match made in heaven.''
The games will stream across The Courier-Mail, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Herald-Sun and Adelaide's The Advertiser, plus many of the company's regional websites.
News Corp Australia's announcement - click here
*You need to be a member to read the story, but once a member, you'll be able to watch all games. Matches will appear prominently on the homepage of the sites when team's from their state are involved, and in the sport bucket otherwise.
Sign up to News Limited before the 31st of March [click here] to take up the $1/month limited time offer so you can catch the water polo action from the Australian Waterpolo League & Australian Youth Water Polo Championships, with more than 140 games to be live streamed. Click here for more
