United Kingdom
BBC steps up Scottish Women’s Premier League commitment in new rights deal
The Scottish Women’s Premier League, the top tier of domestic women’s club football, has signed a new and improved three-season rights deal with public-service broadcasters BBC Alba and BBC Scotland.
Sky and ECB marriage continues with marginally increased fee
Sky’s fees for the renewal – and in the current deal – are understood to also incorporate significant outlay on marketing and promotion.
Birmingham 2022 breaks BBC streaming record, TV figure down on Glasgow 2014
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games broke the event’s streaming record for the BBC with over 57 million streams, although the total television viewing figures were down from the 2014 Games in Glasgow.
English Premier League returns to CCTV in China
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV will show live English Premier League football this weekend for the first time since 2020
All-time viewing records broken in UK and Germany as England win Euro 2022
England’s historic win over Germany last night in the final of the Uefa Women’s Euro delivered record audiences for both the BBC and ARD.
World Padel Tour to receive UK coverage through BT Sport
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights in the UK and Ireland to the World Padel Tour (WPT)
Sky posts 13.8-per-cent Q2 revenue drop after sports rights ‘resets’
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, saw its second-quarter revenues drop by 13.8 per cent year-on-year to $4.5bn (€4.4
Goodwood Festival gains uplift in global broadcast coverage
Goodwood Racecourse is enjoying an increase in international broadcast coverage of the Goodwood Festival, which is taking place this week at the English venue
Brentford launches new online video service with StreamAMG
English Premier League club Brentford has chosen sports streaming and technology company StreamAMG to support its new online video service
England’s Euro 2022 semi-final nets 9.3m peak, Uefa hails ‘unprecedented’ figures
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Uefa Women’s Euro viewing figures continue upward trajectory
This week’s Uefa Women’s Euro quarter-final matches registered strong ratings in participating countries as the tournament continues to outshine the viewing figures at the last edition in 2017.
Amazon sheds ‘frugal’ tag with UK Champions League play
Amazon blew away the competition for rights to the Tuesday-night Champions League rights package in the UK, emerging victorious from what sources described as “the most competitive” process for Uefa club competition rights the market has ever produced.
Jensen: Viaplay won’t overstretch itself in UK during austere times for consumers
Viaplay will not “overinvest” in a UK arms race for sports rights after agreeing its £30m (€35.2m/$35.9m) ac
BT Sport, Eurosport joint venture signed off by UK regulator
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved a joint venture agreement between telecoms company BT and media group Warner Bros.
Viaplay seals Premier Sports takeover, appoints DAZN’s Breeze to lead UK operations
Viaplay Group has bolstered its presence in the UK ahead of its impending launch in the market later this year by agreeing a deal to acquire pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports, while the subscription…
NEP extends Wimbledon broadcast production deal
Outside broadcast and services provider NEP UK has agreed a four-year extension to its production deal for the Wimbledon Championships
Sky extends English Cricket Board rights to end of 2028
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has secured a four-year renewal of its England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rights in the UK and Ireland, covering 2025-28
Viaplay ‘in talks’ to acquire Premier Sports in UK push
Subscription streaming operator Viaplay is reported to be in talks to acquire pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports as it bids to ramp up its operations in the UK market