Foxtel will bid against Nine Entertainment for the NRL’s entire suite of broadcast rights, and is prepared to use Nine’s free-to-air rivals to do so.

Foxtel will bid against Nine Entertainment for the NRL’s entire suite of broadcast rights, and is prepared to use Nine’s free-to-air rivals to do so.

After a year of hyping up the interest of global streaming platforms in the NRL, the commission chairman has secured a firm bid from Amazon Prime Video.