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Sky and the BBC renewed their rights to the Women’s Super League in five-year deals that ensure stable and impactful – if not spectacular – growth for English football’s top-tier women’s league.

Channel 4 has been identified as the winning bidder for free-to-air rights to the Women’s FA Cup from 2025-26 to 2027-28, SportBusiness understands.

The BBC has secured a wider package of Premier League radio rights after picking up exclusive rights to the Saturday 3pm matches for the new cycle, running from 2025-26 to 2028-29

The UK’s Netball Super League is relaunching in a new, professional format from March 2025. It is looking to its domestic deals with Sky and the BBC to drive stronger viewership, particularly through digital channels.

Sky and the BBC are to remain as the domestic homes of English football's Women’s Super League until 2030 after long-term five-year rights deals were announced today (Wednesday).

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has agreed a four-year deal with the Football Association to continue to show matches of the Lionesses, the England women’s team.

The European Broadcasting Union's new Tour de France deal will continue to ensure free-to-air coverage in 13 countries, but Warner Bros. Discovery is set to enjoy UK exclusivity as long-running coverage by EBU member ITV comes to an end.

Sky secured a deal for England’s three-Test tour of Pakistan at a reduced per-match fee on its previous agreements with the Pakistan Cricket Board.

IMG and British Cycling today (Thursday) announced a comprehensive commercial tie-up as the journey continues to revitalise the sport in the country after a period of upheaval

The singles finals at the Wimbledon Championships will start later in the afternoon in a bid to attract an even greater global audience, particularly by maximising eyeballs in the United States

The multi-pronged legal battle between the Premier League and Manchester City boiled over into a damaging media briefing war this week, as both sides attempt to shape the narrative around the outcome of City’s challenge to the league’s Associated Party Transaction rules.

With England's tour of Pakistan starting in just six days, pay-television broadcaster Sky is expected to secure media rights in the UK for the three-Test series, SportBusiness understands

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has signed an extension with Premiership Rugby to show live matches on linear television for the next two seasons.

DAZN has added Great Britain’s Super League Basketball and Italy’s Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) to its portfolio of basketball broadcast rights and properties streamed globally.

Live OTT services provider StreamAMG is looking for a new chief executive after incumbent Hugo Sharman stepped down from the role

Serie A’s rights fee with TNT Sports in the UK has been reduced by roughly half, but Italy’s top-tier league is looking to bridge the revenue gap as much as it can with a pay-per-view agreement with OneFootball.

England’s Football Association is looking to move swiftly to land a new domestic broadcast deal for England’s women’s international qualifiers and friendlies after issuing a tender, SportBusiness under…

Viaplay is streaming free YouTube coverage in the UK of the opening 2024-25 Uefa Nations League fixtures after failing to sell the rights on to a broadcaster