England

The English Football League has criticised the Premier League’s decision to broadcast live games on Friday nights from the 2016-17 season, with the slot having been traditionally reserved for lower-league football matches.

LFCTV, the official pay-television channel of Liverpool, the English top-tier football club, has returned to the Virgin Media pay-television platform today (Wednesday).

US pay-television channel GolTV has signed rights deals with Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica and English Premier League club Everton.

Ofcom will be fighting a lonely battle in trying to convince the Premier League to make all of its matches available for live broadcast in the UK.

The English Premier League top-tier club football competition could begin scheduling matches on Friday nights as part of a move to generate additional revenue through rights deals, according to UK newspaper the Sunday Mirror.

English Premier League football club Liverpool has launched LFC Xtra – a new international website for English-speaking supporters.

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has partnered with electronics company Samsung to provide near-live video clips of England’s autumn international rugby union matches on social networking site Twitter.

The Premier League has a “moral obligation” to provide greater funding for grassroots football from the proceeds of its domestic media-rights sales, the UK’s Labour party said this week.

Manchester City has become the first English Premier League football team to launch a dedicated matchday second screen service through its CityMatchDay app.

English Premier League football club Liverpool will alter its in-house television channel LFCTV from a free-to-air to subscription-based model when it relaunches next month.

The England & Wales Cricket Board’s member counties are applying pressure on the governing body to ensure domestic cricket appears on terrestrial television in the UK when the current rights deal with pay-television broadcaster BSkyB is renegotiated.

British Eurosport, the UK arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, has expanded the reach of its British Eurosport 2 channel by agreeing a carriage deal with pay-television broadcaster BSkyB to feature on its Sky Go mobile television service.

The English Premier League is considering shifting more games from the traditional Saturday 3pm kick-off slot in the next cycle of rights, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.

BSkyB’s proposal to acquire pay-television broadcasters Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia has been overwhelmingly approved by the UK pay-television broadcaster’s shareholders.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights to matches involving England’s various football development teams.

Marine motorsport promoter Powerboat P1 has signed a broadcast deal with the Fox Sports International division of media company 21st Century Fox.