United Kingdom
Sky lands NBA rights
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has acquired rights for basketball’s NBA, the sport’s top competition in North America.
BBC hits the target with darts extension
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended a rights deal for the British Darts Organisation’s (BDO) World Championships.
The extension will run for three years, from 2014 to 2016.
Upsolut to sell British Triathlon rights
British Triathlon has signed up the Upsolut Sport UK agency to assist the sport’s national governing body in selling its media rights.
The length of the deal, which starts immediately, was not disclosed.
ECJ changes ‘not likely’ to force down European rights fee values
Scandinavian precedent shows that the Premier League's limit on 3pm broadcasts will not necessarily affect rights prices
Sport and TV: a digital revolution
Industry leaders highlight digital as the biggest game-changer in the last 15 years
Medge targets Premier League for new platform; NC Plus closes in on speedway league
Medge looks for premier League bridge into Polish TV market; NC Plus closes in on speedway
Sky sees off BT challenge with new Windies deal
BT pushes Sky on Windies deal
Fifa/Uefa look to policy shift as ECJ opinion bodes ill
Fifa and Uefa will lobby for policy shift as ECJ defeat looms
Discovery diversifies and targets men
Discovery explains how Eurosport deal fits its strategy
Euroleague signs UK rights deal
UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights to the remainder of the 2012-13 Euroleague basketball season
BT appoints production partner for sports coverage
BT has appointed production company Sunset+Vine to produce the telecommunications company’s coverage of the English Premier League, the top division of football in the country, and English club rugby u…
Racing UK takes Ascot rights from rival
Racecourse Media Group, the parent company of UK horse racing pay-television channel Racing UK, will distribute Ascot Racecourse’s media rights in the UK and overseas from June 12, 2014.
BBC snaps up women’s Euro rights
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights for all games involving the England women’s national football team at next year’s European Women’s Championships in Sweden.
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Sky agrees deal for international cricket from the West Indies
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has acquired the media rights for four England cricket tours of the West Indies as part of an eight-year deal, from 2013 to 2020, with global rights-holder Asian pay-television…
Channel 4 sets out racing plans
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 will schedule feature horse races at 3
Loaded TV picks up boxing
UK free-to-air digital channel Loaded TV has acquired rights for the British light-middleweight fight between Brian Rose and Sam Webb this Friday, December 14
ECJ adviser’s opinion on listed events deals setback to Fifa, Uefa
The UK and Belgium should be allowed to reserve top national team events staged by Fifa and Uefa, football’s global and European governing bodies, for free-to-air television if the tournaments are deemed t…
One final hurdle for BBC IAAF deal
Last hurdle for BBC athletics deal