10 Sport

In 2002, Ten combined with the Nine Network to acquire free-to-air broadcast rights for the AFL, the elite Australian rules competition, displacing the Seven Network which had held the rights for more than 40 years. Ten broadcast Saturday afternoon and Saturday night games and had exclusive rights for all finals games. Along with the Seven Network, Ten placed a successful $780 million bid to jointly broadcast the game from 2007 to 2011.[1] Under this deal, Ten continued to broadcast the Saturday component of the competition. However, unlike the previous deal, Ten did not hold the exclusive rights to the finals series. Instead, the networks shared the broadcasting of the finals series and alternated the broadcast of the grand final. In the years when Ten did not televise the Grand Final (2008 and 2010), it telecast the Brownlow Medal presentation. Ten ended AFL broadcasting at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Ten Sport won a Logie Award for "Most Popular Sport Program" at the 2012 TV Week Logie Awards for its telecast of the 2011 AFL Grand Final.

In 1992, Network 10 also used to air the National Basketball League (NBL) during the middle of the basketball boom in Australia from 1992 to 1997, but after delegating games to extremely late night time slots the network eventually ended its broadcasting. In March 2010 however, it was announced that Network 10 and digital channel One would show NBL games for the next 5 years. Starting with 2 games per week, and raising to 5 per week in the 2014/15 season. The network also screened Boomers and Opals games.

In 2013, Ten paid $100 million for exclusive rights to broadcast the Big Bash League from 2013 to 2018, marking the channel's first foray in elite domestic cricket coverage.[2] Ten previously held the broadcast rights to the Indian Premier League.

Network 10 broadcast the Melbourne Cup between 1978 and 2001, and again since 2019.

Ten has been a long-standing broadcaster of motorsport events. It has produced the motoring show RPM to complement its coverage.

In 2003, Ten started broadcasting the Formula One World Championship after the Nine Network dropped the rights in 2002 after more than twenty years of coverage. Other series broadcast include the Supercars Championship and MotoGP.

Ten broadcast the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1983 until 1991. The network was experiencing severe financial problems in the early 1990s, and it was the New South Wales Rugby League that successfully applied to place the network in liquidation in 1991.[3]

Network 10 broadcast the 1995 and 2007 Rugby World Cups.[4] It has broadcast Wallabies test matches since 2013. It will also broadcast 10 matches of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Ten broadcast both the summer and winter Olympics in 1984 and 1988. Network 10 acquired broadcast rights to the 2014 Winter Olympics for $20 million after all three major commercial networks pulled out of bidding on rights to both the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games due to cost concerns. The Nine Network had lost $22 million on its joint coverage of the 2012 Games with Foxtel, and the Seven Network's bid was rejected for being lower than what Nine/Foxtel had previously paid.[5][6][7]

Network 10, in joint partnership with subscription television provider Foxtel, had broadcast rights for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[8] It also broadcast the 1994 and 2014 games.

10 Sport previously broadcast Australian Rules Football (2002–2011). The 10 Sport AFL commentary team, won the 2012 Silver Logie Award for "Most Outstanding Sport Program", for its telecast of the 2011 AFL Grand Final hosted by Stephen Quartermain.

The commentary team remained relatively unchanged over its 10-year telecast journey, notable mentions:

Note: Matches played in Tasmania, Canberra, Darwin or on the Gold Coast had either Mark Howard or Kelli Underwood as the boundary rider. Christi Malthouse would normally fill this role.

From Glasgow studio

• Mel McLaughlin (late evening host)
• Matthew White (early morning host)
• Ian Thorpe (late evening co-host)
• Steve Hooker (early morning co-host)
• Leisel Jones (early morning co-host)
• Mark Howard (triathlon commentator/overnight host (when swimming finished)/hockey finals host on One/poolside interviews/reporter)
• Tim Gossage (reporter)

From Melbourne (commentators lounge)

• Greg Rust (early evening host on One)
• Gordon Bray (opening/closing ceremonies, hockey & rugby 7s commentator)
• Nicole Livingstone (swimming commentator)
• Liz Ellis (netball commentator)

Various Ten programs including Toasted TV, Totally Wild, Puzzle Play, Huey's Kitchen, Neighbours, The 7PM Project, and Sports Tonight goes on hiatus during Ten's broadcast of the Commonwealth Games.

• Daryl Beattie (expert analysis, 2003–)
• Mark Howard (host, 2015–2018)
• Sam Charlwood (Host, 2019–)

• Matthew White (host, 2015–2020)
• Scott Mackinnon (2020—)
• Alan Jones (F1, 2015–)
• Daryl Beattie (MotoGP, 2015–)
• Aaron Noonan (Supercars, 2018–)

• Matthew White (host, 2014–2018)
• Roz Kelly (host, 2019–)
• Gordon Bray (commentator, 2013–)
• Matt Burke (commentator, 2013–)
• Nathan Sharpe (sideline commentator, 2015–)
• Scott Mackinnon (host/reporter, 2013–)

• Stirling Mortlock (sideline commentator, 2013–2014)
• Stephen Moore (expert analysis, 2014)

• Bill Woods (host)
• Ben Darwin
• Ben Tune

• Stephen Quartermain (host/commentator, Melbourne only, 1992–1997)
• Steve Carfino (host/commentator, 1992–1995, 2010–2014)
• Bill Woods (host/commentator, 1992–1997, 2014–2015)
• Andrew Gaze (commentator, Melbourne only, 2010–2015)
• Brett Maher (commentator, Adelaide only, 2010–2015)
• Tony Ronaldson (commentator, Perth only, 2010–2015)
• Tim Gossage (host/commentator, Perth Only, 1992–1997, 2014)
• Shane Heal (commentator, Sydney only, 2010–2014)

• Lachy Reid (host/commentator 2013–2015)
• Nicole Livingstone (commentator, 2009–2015)
• Mark Howard (poolside interviews, 2009–2014)
• Tim Gossage (poolside interviews, 2015)
• Mel McLaughlin (host, 2014–2015)
• Anthony Hudson (host/commentator, 2009–2011)
• Stephen Quartermain (host/commentator, 2012)
• Leisel Jones (co-host, 2014)

• Robbie Slater
• Tara Rushton
• Mark Bosnich
• Adam Peacock
• Archie Thompson
• Daniel McBreen