A-Leagues organisers have signed a new broadcast deal just two hours before the first match in the competition’s weekend fixtures kicks off, after its existing television production partner went bust.
Organisers of the A-Leagues have signed a new broadcast deal just two hours before the first match in the competition’s weekend fixtures kicks off, after its existing television production partner went bust in another blow for the body behind Australia’s top football competition.
“We have been let down, and will be working with the administrators to recoup monies owing to APL,” an APL spokesperson said in a statement.“Through a lot of hard work by a new production company, Ten-Paramount, and our team, we are close to finalising an agreement and are confident all matches will be broadcast, starting tomorrow .
The announcement landed just hours before the Central Coast Mariners were scheduled to face Western United in the A-League Women at 7pm on Thursday. Earlier on Thursday, a Paramount spokesperson said the company was confident Global Advance’s administration would not affect its coverage of the A-Leagues.
It has been a tumultuous period for the APL, which split from Football Australia at the start of 2021 and has been beset by controversy ever since, with almost all the organisation’s key leaders having departed within the past six months.in a bid to stabilise the body amid financial woes, having spent almost all of a $140 million cash injection provided by private equity firm Silver Lake.
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