Ireland

Rugby Union
France

The first matches of this year’s Six Nations Championship attracted strong audiences on public-service broadcasters in both France and Ireland. An average of 5.8
Multiple Sports
United Kingdom

Media group Discovery is now in exclusive talks to form a sports joint venture with BT with the proposed takeover of the UK telco’s sports arm by DAZN Group having collapsed.
Football
United Kingdom

Spain's LaLiga has issued an invitation to tender for media rights in the UK and Ireland for up to five years, from 2022-23 to 2026-27
Golf
United Kingdom

Golf’s European Tour has extended its rights deal in the UK and Ireland with pay-television broadcaster Sky, an agreement that covers both the Tour itself and the Ryder Cup.
Football
Spain

Broadcasters have been handed deadlines to bid for packages of Uefa national team broadcast rights in Spain, the UK and Ireland
Rugby Union
Ireland

Public-service broadcaster RTÉ and Virgin Media Television, the commercial and pay-television broadcaster, have signed off on their deal to show rugby union’s Six Nations Championship in Ireland.
Horse Racing
United Kingdom

Racecourse Media Group, the media and data rights holding company for 34 British racecourses, has agreed a three-year deal for the HBA Media agency to market and distribute its portfolio of British and…
Football
Ireland

Irish-language public broadcaster TG4 has landed a deal to broadcast live games from Ireland’s Women’s National League for the first time in the league’s history since its establishment in 2011. T
Multiple Sports
United Kingdom

DAZN has increased its subscription price point to £7.99 in the UK, and €7.99
Rugby Union
United Kingdom

Online retail giant Amazon has doubled down on its commitment to broadcasting rugby union in the UK in a deal to show the ‘Autumn Nations Series’.
Rugby Union
Ireland

The United Rugby Championship will increase its annual media rights income by about 30 per cent in its new four-season media rights cycle, despite a dramatic shift toward free-to-air broadcasters in key markets.
Football
United Kingdom

Germany-based digital platform OneFootball has continued its live coverage in the UK and Ireland of German club football competition the DFB-Pokal
Football
United Kingdom

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive rights to broadcast the top-tier German Bundesliga in the UK and Ireland for four seasons, from 2021-22 to 2024-25
Football
Ireland

Virgin Media, the Irish telecoms and commercial and pay-television broadcaster, has secured rights to show one Uefa Champions League fixture per matchweek along with all Europa League and Europa Conference…
Multi-sport
Ireland

US media giant Liberty Global is said to have begun the process of selling its Irish telco and television subsidiary Virgin Media
Horse Racing
United Kingdom

Racecourse Media Group, the media and data rights holding company for 34 British racecourses, has agreed a three-year extension to its distribution and transmission deal with Sports Information Services,…
Horse Racing
United Kingdom

Pay-television broadcasters Sky Sports Racing and Racing TV, along with free-to-air commercial broadcaster ITV, have agreed deals to televise US horse racing showpiece the Breeders’ Cup.
Rugby Union
United Kingdom

Subscription broadcaster Premier Sports has retained rights in the UK to the United Rugby Championship, the rebranded tournament previously known as the Pro14, and expanded its agreement with the league…