United Kingdom

Rugby Union

Pro12 renewing

Football

ARD/ZDF could yet join EBU qualifiers deal
Football

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired rights for the Montenegro v England Fifa World Cup qualifying football match on Tuesday, March 26 in a one-game deal with the Sportfive agency, according to the…

Formula One’s switch to a combination of pay-television and free-to-air coverage in Italy from this season has reaped immediate rewards, with a big increase in overall viewing for the season-opening A…
Boxing

UK pay-television broadcaster BoxNation has acquired rights for the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Junior v Robert Guerrero and Amir Khan v Julio Diaz boxing bouts, according to the Bad Left Hook news website

British Eurosport, the UK arm of pan-regional broadcaster Eurosport, has acquired exclusive live rights in the UK and Ireland for the Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup motorcycling series

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired rights for the World Rally Championship series, which is operated by Fédération Internationale d’Automobile, motor-racing’s global governing body. The
Football

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines viewing for English football’s League Cup in first year of new television and title sponsorship deal U
Cricket

BT has got a good deal with the ESPN buy-out but still faces an uphill struggle in battle with Sky

Cycling

Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad
Football

Silva finds radical solution to impasse in Indonesian market
Darts

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has renewed its rights with the Professional Darts Corporation for a further five years. The new contract will begin in December with the 2013 World Championship

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has pledged to show about 40 extra hours of Formula One coverage on its main channels during the upcoming 2013 season after announcing plans to show practice sessions…
Rugby League

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired rights for the National Rugby League, the top rugby league competition in Australia. The rights will run for five years, from 2013 to 2017
Cycling

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB is in talks about becoming a part-owner in a new global cycling championship, according to the Bloomberg news agency

TV Sports Markets, in collaboration with Eurosport and Charles Russell, is pleased to announce the five leading industry figures who will be keynote speakers for the TVSM Live 2013 event on Friday, May…

TV Sports Markets is pleased to announce that pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport and law firm Charles Russell will be the partners for the TVSM Live 2013 event on Friday, May 24

UK telecommunications company BT has reached a deal to acquire the ESPN and ESPN America pay-television channels in the UK and Ireland