United Kingdom

Athletics

IAAF goes back to EBU but says it was right to play the field; IEC anger at athletics loss
Tennis

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC confirmed reduced coverage plans for the 2012 Australian Open tennis tournament, which starts on Monday
Football

Internet streaming service Netflix is unlikely to bid for English Premier League rights when they become available even though the company is seeking to establish itself in the UK market, according to…
Cycling

UK commercial broadcaster ITV renewed its rights for the Tour de France cycle race from 2012 to 2015 in a deal with the Amaury Sport Organisation, the event’s commercial rights-holder.
Football

Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers, the two biggest football clubs in the Scottish Premier League, agreed deals to provide UK pay-television channel Premier Sports with content from their official channels
Tennis

The European Broadcasting Union, the consortium of European public-service broadcasters, retained the contract to provide the technical distribution of the global broadcast feed for the Wimbledon Tennis…
Football

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired the rights to the Africa Cup of Nations, which is taking place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea from January 21 to February 12
Football

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC warned the BBC Trust, the broadcaster’s independent governing body, that it may have to cut the length of some news bulletins due to coverage of the London 2012 O…
Football

Technology company Apple is considering a bid for English Premier League domestic rights and could face competition in the next tender from internet company Google, according to the Daily Mail
Football

UK pay-television operator BSkyB could be forced to spend up to 25 per cent more on its rights fees to hold off competition from fellow pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera and retain its packages in…
Horse Racing

Amalgamated Racing which operates Turf TV, the horse-racing channel for bookmaker shops in UK and Ireland, agreed media rights deals with three British horse racing courses, Exeter, Perth and Kelso, beginning…

Production company Sunset+Vine won the contract to handle television production for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, according to the Daily Mail

The International Olympic Committee’s talks for a media rights deal in the UK for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics remain deadlocked as public-service broadcaster the BBC, the favourite to acquire the rights, r…
Football

An all-Manchester final in the Uefa Europa League could generate an extra £10m (€11.7/$15.7m) for UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5, according to the Guardian.
Football

The English Football Association reopened negotiations with ITV in an effort to persuade the UK commercial broadcaster to expand a rights deal by showing at least two more England national team friendly…
Football

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB agreed a five-year extension to its deal with sports data company Opta through to the end of 2016

A controversial proposal to use the same commentary feed for the BBC’s radio and television Formula One motor-racing coverage from next year was rejected by the UK public-service broadcaster’s management. T
Golf

Golf: UK pay-television broadcaster ESPN acquired exclusive rights for the 2011 Australian PGA Championship and 2011 Australian Open in a deal with the World Sport Group agency