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SIS extends rights partnership for Singapore racing
SIS, a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting and broadcast industries, has extended its rights deal with Singapore Pools
BT Sport to broadcast Ultimate Boxxer series
BT Sport has agreed a deal to televise new boxing format Ultimate Boxxer across its pay-television, YouTube and BoxNation channels
Sky agrees Premier Sports carriage deal in Ireland
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has struck an exclusive carriage deal with Premier Sports in Ireland, allowing the former to show every English Premier League game slated for live broadcast from next season
Premier Sports adds LaLiga to football portfolio
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired non-exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to football’s Spanish LaLiga.
Eleven Sports picks up Copa del Rey rights
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Poland to the semi-finals of this year’s Copa del Rey Spanish football competition.
Eleven Sports loses Serie A, Eredivisie rights in UK
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has announced its coverage of football’s Italian Serie A and Dutch Eredivisie in the UK and Ireland will cease at the end of February.
RTÉ boosts GAA coverage with Eir Sport pact
RTÉ has enhanced its coverage of hurling and football under a new agreement struck between the Irish public-service broadcaster, the Gaelic Athletic Association and pay-television broadcaster Eir Sport.
Racing TV to create ‘Netflix of racing’
Pay-television channel Racing UK has revealed it will rebrand to Racing TV as it prepares to welcome horse racing from all 26 Irish racecourses on January 1
RTÉ signs RWC rights deal with eir Sport
Irish sports broadcaster eir Sport and public-service broadcaster RTÉ have reached an agreement for rights to next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan.
Cricket Ireland hails TSM rights deal
The Cricket Ireland governing body has secured its first multi-year media rights deal through an agreement with the Total Sports Marketing agency
NBA more than doubles its money via Sky deal in the UK and Ireland
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has paid an increase of more than 130 per cent to claim NBA rights in the UK and Ireland.
Sky has struck a four-season deal, from 2018-19 to 2021-22, worth about $3
Virgin Media Television picks up Formula E rights in Ireland
Newly-branded Irish broadcaster Virgin Media Television has acquired rights to the fifth season of the Formula E electric car-racing series
European Tour strikes new Sky deals as wide-ranging Discovery agreement draws near
The European Tour agreed new deals with Sky in the UK and Ireland as well as in Germany, Austria and Switzerland last month, as a multi-territory agreement with Discovery nears completion.
IMG-backed Eleven takes UFC rights in UK and Ireland
Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the UK and Ireland for the next three years, paying a lower minimum guarantee than its predecessor BT
Eleven replaces BT as UFC broadcaster in UK and Ireland
Eleven Sports has acquired rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the UK and Ireland from 2019.
Sky Sports Racing secures rights to French events
Sky Sports Racing, which is set to become the new identity for pay-television channel At The Races, has acquired exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to a host of French horse-racing properties
Uefa and CAA Eleven complete raft of late deals
Uefa and its sales agent, CAA Eleven, have finalised multiple deals for national-team media rights around the world with the Nations League to begin this evening (September 6), TV Sports Markets understands.
Eleven to launch in UK, Ireland with PGA Championship rights
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights to the 2018 PGA Championship, with the US golf major to serve as its launch event in the UK and Ireland