A record £10 million was raised from sales of broadcasting rights.
Sources say that the network paid between $17 million and just under $20 million for the broadcasting rights.
Then, it would form a new company and bid for the network's broadcasting rights.
They had only a few months to organize ticket sales, advertising, marketing, and broadcasting rights.
ABC lost the broadcasting rights to the series in 2006.
The Nine Network had paid $5,000 for the broadcasting rights.
Besides, any competition in broadcasting rights has to be a good thing.
For a list of broadcasting rights in other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts.
Fox Portugal have also confirmed the broadcasting rights of the series.
Another important question was the collective sale of broadcasting rights for television programmes.