The 2020/21 Australian Baseball League season will be broadcast on Foxtel and streamed on Kayo Sports across Australia in a huge win for fans.
Kayo, Australia’s multi-sport streaming service, will show 48 regular-season games plus the playoffs while Foxtel’s FOX SPORTS channels will cover a special selection of key games.
Under the extended partnership, Foxtel and Kayo will show all games of the 2021 Women’s Showcase which was announced last week.
It will be the third-straight season Kayo has increased its commitment to the ABL.
“Kayo has been a significant supporter of the ABL, and more widely baseball in Australia, since launching,” Baseball Australia chief executive Cam Vale said.
“We’re thrilled to continue our partnership and put the ABL front-and-centre of Kayo’s audience yet again.
“But equally as exciting is our return to Foxtel and the fact our historic Women’s Showcase will be broadcast live on Fox Sports, reaching Australia’s largest audience of sports fans.”
Two of the Women’s Showcase games will be played at West Beach in Adelaide on January 17.
The location and dates of the remaining games of the Showcase, which is a key step towards a professional women’s league in Australia, will be announced shortly.
The partnership with the Foxtel Group is backed by the Federal Government’s support to under-represented sports like baseball that have often lacked broader mainstream free-to-air TV support.
“It is important to thank and acknowledge Federal Government Communications Minister Paul Fletcher and the support provided through his department to Baseball,” Vale said.
“The support has multiple benefits on top of having the ABL and the Women’s Showcase broadcast across Australia.Their assistance has made it possible for us to inspire female baseballers to a new pathway, allow for partnerships like we announced last week with the South Australian Government and showcase the ABL to the US and Asia.”
The new broadcast arrangements will see the ABL beamed into more Australian homes than ever before.
The Foxtel Group and baseball in Australia have enjoyed a strong relationship over recent years.
Since Kayo launched in late 2018 it has broadcast the ABL, Boral Team Australia’s Premier12 campaign and KBO Challenge games, as well as the 2019 Australian Little League Championship finals.
