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Amazon’s Prime Video platform will broadcast the Australian Swimming Championships, in Adelaide next month, as part of a two-year deal with Swimming Australia. The company will use a roster of celebrity commentators to give a high profile to its continuing foray into the sports sector.

The deal with Swimming Australia is the first partnership Amazon has had in Australia for sports, other than sports documentaries.

The streaming giant has a patchwork of sportscasting in other territories – in India, for example it currently has a mixture women’s basketball and some cricket, having previously carried major tennis tournaments and English soccer. It finds itself in competition with incumbent free-tv channels, pay-tv operators for which live sports is a lifeblood, and a growing number of specialist sports streamers.

“Following the successful 2021 Australian Swimming broadcast, we’re excited to again partner with Swimming Australia to bring the 2022 Swimming Championships to sports fans...

Mark Stevens is joining Seven as chief football reporter.

The journalist calls time on 14 years as an Afl reporter at the Herald Sun to join the TV network, which yesterday announced the signing of Giaan Rooney as a weather presenter.

Stevens has also spent a time covering Afl on Triple M radio.

Director of Seven News Melbourne, Simon Pristel, said: “Mark is a great pick-up for the Seven News team. As a proven news-breaker with a wealth of experience and first-class contacts he will make a substantial contribution to our football coverage.

Stevens starts in his new role in the new year.

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Seven’s Melbourne station has hired Olympic swimmer Giaan Rooney to present the weather for Seven News over the festive period.

Rooney joins after a stint as a presenter on Nine, where among a variety of roles at the network she interviewed Australian swimmers poolside at the Olympics. She was also a holiday-period weather presenter for Nine’s Today show.

After presenting the weather over Christmas and New Year, she will front Seven’s Australian Open tennis coverage.

Rooney said in a press release: “The time is right to expand my horizons. Seven has so many great shows, it covers sport so well, there are so many opportunities. And what better way to start than the all-important weather reports during the festive season.”

Seven Melbourne’s MD Lewis Martin, said: “We’re thrilled to have Giaan on-board. She’s a natural in front of the camera, she’s versatile and...

Giaan Rooney has married Sam Levett. The 29-year-old Australian former Olympic swimmer, who got engaged to helicopter pilot Levett in February after a one year relationship, wore a custom-made Helen Manuell white gown to exchange vows with her husband-to-be at his family's farm in Euroa on Saturday (December 3). According to the Herald Sun, the couple's small group of family and friends then went on to a private reception at the Euroa Butter Factory, where Levett is said to have almost brought Rooney to tears with his speech. Rooney recently said that she wanted a "private" (more)...

Giaan Rooney has revealed that she is excited about getting married. The Australian former champion swimmer, who announced her engagement to helicopter pilot Sam Levett earlier this year, said that they want to have a private wedding ceremony at some point in the near future. Rooney told the Herald Sun: "I'm really, really looking forward to it. I'm hopefully only doing it once. We're escaping a little bit, trying to keep it quiet." She revealed that her wedding dress was designed by Helen Manuell and has built-in support, saying: "I'm lucky it's got some boning in there already." Rooney (more)...

Kelly Landry has announced that she is expecting her first child. The 31-year-old Australian television presenter, who is best known for her hosting role on travel show Getaway, pulled out of the Celebrity Grand Prix event earlier this week due to the pregnancy. Landry agreed to take part in the celeb event earlier this year, along with stars such as singer Brian McFadden, swimmer Giaan Rooney, Dannii Minogue's partner Kris Smith and model Jess Hart. The star's manager Martin Walsh confirmed the pregnancy and told the Herald (more)...

Brian McFadden has agreed to compete in a Formula One race. The former boyband singer, who currently lives in Australia with fiancée Delta Goodrem, will drive a new Lexus in the 2011 Formula One Qantas Australian Grand Prix celebrity race at Melbourne's Albert Park in March. According to Aap, former swimmer Giaan Rooney, TV star Kelly Landry and journalist Kate Waterhouse (more)...

Us actor Willem Dafoe, currently shooting The Hunter in Tasmania, will be one of the presenters at the Samsung Mobile AFI Awards this Saturday in Melbourne.

Other presenters include Catherine McClements, Sigrid Thornton, Asher Keddie, Vince Colosimo, Nick Giannopoulous, Stephen Curry, Julia Zemiro, Josh Lawson, Joel Edgerton, Alan Jones, Caitlin Stasey, Yvonne Strahovski, Alex Dimitriades, Fred Schepisi, Shaun Micallef, Adam Zwar, Poppy Lee Friary, Claudia Karvan, Lincoln Lewis and Nash Edgerton.

Both the Industry Awards (Dec 10) and the Awards Ceremony (Dec 11) will be hosted by Shane Jacobson. The broadcast on the Nine Network will include coverage of the red carpet arrivals, hosted by Giaan Rooney.

Celebrity guests include Ben Mendelsohn, Justine Clarke, Sacha Horler, Aaron Pederson, Deborah Mailman, Aden Young, Clayton Jacobson, The Hon. Simon Crean, Giaan Rooney, Damien Walshe-Howling, James Frecheville, Harrison Gilbertson, Morgana Davies, Laura Wheelwright, Cheree Cassidy, Ashleigh Cummings, Deniz Akdeniz, Phoebe Tonkin, Chris Pang, Nathan Phillips,...

Giaan Rooney has become an underwear model. The former world record-breaking Olympic swimmer, who currently presents a weekly travel show for Channel Nine, has reportedly said that she wants to be a positive role model as ambassador for the Jockey Women's underwear range. An industry insider told The Daily Telegraph: "She refuses to be seen as a model as (more)...

Giaan Rooney was rushed to hospital after falling over at a friend's wedding. The Australian Olympic swimmer, who was scheduled to appear on the catwalk for the first time at the Melbourne Fashion Festival today, had to pull out of the event after sustaining injuries from shattering a glass door in the fall. Rooney told The Daily Telegraph: "I had a very embarrassing tumble which resulted in my being very battered and bruised. "I have a big (more)...