United Kingdom
Sky and ITV set to pick up England internationals, report says
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB and commercial broadcaster ITV are set to acquire the next cycle of domestic rights to the England national football team’s qualifying games for the Fifa World Cup a…
Diamond League’s ‘perfect world’ is gone, yet rights fees increase
The Diamond League is working but organisers are realistic about live coverage on major channels
ARD and ZDF wind back decade-old inflation
Latest ARD/ZDF athletics deal confirms market correction
Fox moves away from football for second channel
Fox is expanding in Brazil and won't be relying on football
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets
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News International and BSkyB acquire Premier League rights
News International, the UK news publishing division of media conglomerate News Corporation, and UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB have acquired packages for the next cycle of rights to the English Premier…
Manchester United acquires Sky’s stake in MUTV
Manchester United has acquired UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB’s minority stake in MUTV to become the 100-per-cent owner of the English Premier League football club’s pay-television channel.
Pitch wins contract to promote BT sports channels
BT has signed up the Pitch PR agency to promote the UK telecommunications company’s new sports channels, which are due to launch this summer, according to the PR Week magazine.
Hearn looks no further than the BBC
Why Barry Hearn loves the BBC
IEC makes breakthrough WTA deals in Europe
IEC makes breakthrough in the UK and Nordics
Fox plans to do for baseball what BSkyB did for English football
Former BSkyB boss Dovey behind Fox plans to revolutionise baseball coverage in Japan
Digital windfall expected as market heats up
Emergence of BT and maturing digital market bode well for Premier League but YouTube looks set to miss out on clips
New promoter to revamp WRC media product
Sportsman and Red Bull think they have what it takes to make a success of rally championship
FA joins other top football properties on the subs’ bench
Broadcasters find they can live without the FA Cup in hard times
ESPN could curtail Scottish football coverage, report says
Club executives in the Scottish Premier League, football’s top division in the country, fear that UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN could activate a clause to curtail its rights deal for coverage of t…
Watching Brief (Vol.47) Special Focus: UK TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Golden year for British sport delivers record-breaking television audiences in the UK
BT broadens appeal with women’s tennis deal
UK telecommunications company BT has acquired broadcast rights for 21 events operated by the Women’s Tennis Association professional tour.
BBC pockets snooker rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has retained rights to three major snooker championships operated by the World Snooker governing body