England

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has retained the bulk of live domestic rights to the English Premier League, with the award of contracts signifying a reversal in the trend of sky-rocketing fees from recent tenders, albeit with two packages left on the table.

The BBC has struck a deal to show coverage of the All England Open Badminton Championships next month.

The Football Association, the sport’s governing body in England, has renewed its partnership with London-based production company Input Media.

The Premier League, the top division of English club football, has claimed its latest victory as part of its ongoing efforts to crack down on piracy of its broadcast rights through a Dutch court verdict against internet hosting provider Ecatel.

Media companies Singtel, StarHub, Fox Networks Group and football’s English Premier League have teamed up to bring a legal case against two Android television box-sellers in Singapore who have been accused of “wilfully infringing” copyright.

The Rugby Football Union is keen to maintain a balance in offering coverage of the England national rugby union team via free-to-air and pay-television platforms, according to chief executive Steve Brown.

The English Football Association has entered into a partnership with Cognizant, through which the professional services company will support the organisation’s new digital engagement programme.

English Premier League football club Manchester City has today (Thursday) signed a content partnership with internet company Amazon which will result in the production of a behind-the-scenes series for its Prime subscription service.

The All England Lawn Tennis Club, organiser of the Wimbledon grand slam championships, has settled its claims against LETV, operator of Chinese online streaming platform LeSports.

The English Football League, which operates the three divisions below the top-tier Premier League, has dismissed suggestions that clubs in the second-tier Championship are unhappy with the body’s recently-signed rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky, amid reports of a breakaway league being formed by dissatisfied teams.

Plans by the Premier League’s so-called ‘big six’ to drive through major reform to the way broadcast rights revenue is distributed have been shelved, with the top division of English football stating it had become clear that there is currently no consensus for change.

The Premier League, the top division of English club football, could permit the simultaneous live broadcasting of games under its domestic rights tender for the three seasons spanning 2019-20 to 2021-22.

England’s Rugby Football Union has said it will provide live streaming of games from new women’s league the Premier 15s.

Clubs in football’s English Premier League are said to be in disagreement over a proposed new model for the way revenue from the sale of overseas media rights is shared out between teams.

London Marathon Events has extended its global rights distribution agreement with the TCB Sport Media agency.

Representatives of the 20 football clubs in the English Premier League will meet this week to discuss the possibility of introducing a new 7.45pm kick-off time on Saturday evenings for the purpose of television coverage, according to multiple reports.