(L-R) Cameron Murray (Paralympics Australia CEO); Ben Tudhope (Winter Paralympic Medalist); Andrew Parsons (President of Worldwide Paralympic Committee);
Ellie Cole (Paralympic Gold Medalist); Matt Stanton (9 CEO)
9 has secured the rights to the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Video games.
The cope with the Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 provides 9 unique rights to the free and paid audio-visual and non-exclusive audio rights.
It is going to broadcast throughout 9Network, 9Now and Stan Sport from March 6-15. As much as 665 Para-athletes from 50 nations are set to compete on the Video games, contesting 79 medal occasions throughout six sports activities.
Matt Stanton, 9 Chief Government Officer, stated: “We’re proud to proceed our relationship with the Paralympic Video games because the unique companion for Milano Cortina 2026. Utilizing 9’s unrivalled scale throughout streaming, broadcasting and publishing, Australian audiences will have the ability to immerse themselves, each time and wherever, in all of the motion and the unimaginable tales of those superb athletes.”
Andrea Varnier, Chief Government Officer of Milano Cortina 2026, stated: “We’re thrilled to welcome 9 because the official Australian broadcaster of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Video games. From 6 to fifteen March 2026, as Italy takes the worldwide highlight with occasions throughout Verona, Milano, Cortina and Val di Fiemme, Australian followers could have the prospect to comply with each second of this world celebration of high-performance winter sport and keenness. We sit up for partnering with 9 to deliver the joy of the Video games on to Australian audiences.“
Cameron Murray, Chief Government Officer of Paralympics Australia, stated: “Paralympic tales are immensely highly effective. They’re about ability, resilience and willpower. They strike on the coronary heart of the human situation in a approach that may encourage and empower all Australians. It’s why Paralympics Australia is thrilled to be working alongside 9, constructing on a partnership that began with 9’s distinctive protection of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games.
“We anticipate delivering an Australian Paralympic Staff to Milano Cortina 2026 that’s thrilling and able to persevering with our proud custom of punching above our weight in Winter Para-sports. To have 9’s good storytellers bringing the motion to Australians by its huge and various suite of media property is an excellent end result. Paralympics Australia congratulates Matt Stanton and his workforce at 9 and Andrea Varnier at Milano Cortina 2026 for reaching an settlement that can take protection of the Video games subsequent March to actually nice heights.”
Along with free-to-air and streaming protection, 9 will deliver unparalleled storytelling, imagery and sounds of the Winter Paralympic Video games to audiences throughout 9’s platforms, with key moments throughout its speak radio stations 2GB, 3AW, 6PR and 4BC, in addition to protection revealed throughout 9’s suite of print and on-line publishing platforms, together with The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Instances, WAtoday, The Australian Monetary Evaluate, 9.com.au and wwos.com.au.
