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Football

Modern Times Group, the multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has extended its rights partnership with the Premier League in Sweden and Denmark, as well as adding rights in Finland for the first time, while Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has also extended its contract with the top division of English football.

Football

UK pay-television operator Virgin Media has continued its campaign against the means by which rights are sold for the English Premier League, by stating the model for the top division of domestic football is an “anathema” to real markets.

Football

Football’s English Premier League confirmed today (Tuesday) a rights deal in Hong Kong with Chinese IPTV operator LeTV.

Football

The English Premier League has entered into a partnership with content and platform security provider Friend MTS in an effort to protect live broadcasts of the club football competition in regions around the world.

Football

The English Football League has said it is considering introducing pay-per-view live streaming of its games for international fans.

Football

North American pay-television broadcaster One World Sports has signed a multi-year extension to its licensing agreement with English Premier League football club Arsenal.

Rugby Union

The Pitch International agency has agreed a deal with UK pay-television broadcaster Sky under which the two companies will market the English national rugby union team’s international rights.

Rugby Union

Premiership Rugby, the organising body for the top division of club rugby union in England, has signed a new international rights deal with the RDA TV agency and multinational telco Altice.

Rugby Union

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has reached a five-year agreement with the Rugby Football Union to show highlights from all of England’s autumn international Test matches.

Tennis

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has banned spectators attending this year’s Wimbledon tennis championships from using mobile devices to stream live video coverage of the London tournament.

Football

Telecommunications company EE trialled an instant replay service via 4G mobile technology during Saturday’s FA Cup final between Arsenal and Aston Villa.

Cricket

Tom Harrison, the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has labelled terrestrial television as “less relevant every year,” suggesting that the body’s focus will remain on pay-television platforms in the future.

Football

UK pay-television operator BT will maintain its investment in England’s Football Conference, the tier below the Football League.

Rugby Union

Live television audiences for rugby union’s Six Nations championship in 2015 were up year-on year in the tournament’s largest market, the UK, where public-service broadcaster the BBC recorded an average of …
Football

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has opted to extend its partnership with the Football Conference, which comprises the three divisions below the English Football League.

Rowing

UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has struck a deal to stream live coverage of all five days of the 2015 Henley Royal Regatta rowing event on the River Thames in England.

Football

The English Premier League has pledged to distribute at least £1bn (€1.4bn/$1.48bn) from the next cycle of its UK media-rights income outside the top division of football in the country.

Football

London-based digital media company Copa90 has agreed a strategic partnership with the Pitch International agency.