Northern Ireland
NIFL seals first commercial media deal for women’s league in DAZN tie-up
BBC Northern Ireland extends commitment to North West 200
Sky extends Northern Ireland Premiership rights to 2025
BBC builds on streaming of Northern Irish football with new five-year deal
United Rugby Championship adds to FTA coverage with BBC, S4C deals
Premier Sports, FreeSports land Pro14 rights
The Pro14 cross-border rugby union league has today (Monday) concluded rights deals in the UK and Northern Ireland with pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports and free-to-air digital television channel FreeSports, with the former set to launch a new channel to showcase its coverage.
Premier Sports scores rights to Northern Ireland friendlies
UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired exclusive rights to home friendly matches played by Northern Ireland’s national football team.
BBC Sport NI extends commitment to domestic football
The BBC Sport Northern Ireland division of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a four-season extension to its rights deal with the Irish Football Association.
BBC NI to follow Northern Ireland’s Euro 2016 preparations
The BBC Northern Ireland division of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired live rights to the national football team’s home friendly games ahead of its participation at the Uefa Euro 2016 tournament.
ITV to take control of UTV
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has struck a deal to acquire 100 per cent of Irish commercial broadcaster UTV, which owns the television assets of UTV Media, for a total cash consideration of £100m (€136.7m/$154.8m).
NI Football League signs live streaming agreement
The NI Football League, which operates Northern Irish football’s top tier Premiership, has agreed a long-term live streaming partnership with TrackChamp.
Channel 4 acquires motorcycle event rights
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired rights for the Armoy Road Races motorcycling event in Northern Ireland.
BBC Northern Ireland in saddle for Belfast’s Giro opener
The BBC Northern Ireland division of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights for the 2014 Giro d’Italia cycling race.
BBC Northern Ireland stays on board with North West 200
Public-service broadcaster BBC Northern Ireland has extended its rights deal to the North West 200 motorcycling event for a further five years.