America’s Cup seals Australian, Polish rights deals

The 35th America’s Cup sailing event has secured broadcasting deals in Australia and Poland.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports will show the America’s Cup in Australia, while Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has also acquired rights.

Fox Sports and NC Plus will show all regattas from the America’s Cup, beginning with the opening America’s Cup World Series meeting, which takes place in Portsmouth, England over the weekend.

The concluding America’s Cup Match will be staged in Bermuda in 2017.

Australian sailors Jimmy Spithill and Tom Slingsby will compete for defending champion Oracle Team USA, while Glenn Ashby and Nathan Outteridge are sailing for Team New Zealand and Artemis Racing respectively.