United Kingdom

Boxing
Media

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has struck an agreement with sports streaming service DAZN and Matchroom Boxing to show a full re-run of last weekend’s historic boxing match between Katie Taylor a…
Multiple Sports
Media

Free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has offered details of its alternative plan to privatisation, including the sale of its London headquarters and doubling its number of staff working outside the UK capital
Rugby Union
Media

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has paid a drastically reduced amount for exclusive rights to rugby union properties sold by Sanzaar, the southern hemisphere rugby union alliance.
Golf
Media

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky renewed its agreement with the Augusta National Golf Club for rights to The Masters, paying a slight increase.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, recorded $622m (€591m) in adjusted Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) for the first quarter of 2022, a y…
Football
Media

Free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has won rights to England’s qualifying matches for the 2024 Uefa European Championship and Uefa Nations League matches, dislodging incumbent rights-holders ITV and Sky.
Snooker
Media

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended its broadcast deal with World Snooker Tour for another three years
Multiple Sports
Media

The UK government is pursuing alterations to the country’s listed events legislation to ensure that streaming rights are protected in future sports rights agreements.
Multiple Sports
Media

Live and on-demand video streaming platform Recast has unveiled new technology that it claims will make it easier for rights-holders to monetise their content
Football
Media

The UK government has added the Fifa Women's World Cup and the Uefa Women's European Championship to its listed events regime, ensuring the tournaments will remain on free-to-air television in the country
Mixed Martial Arts

Sources say that despite strong interest from DAZN and Sky, BT submitted the only concrete bid for UFC rights from 2023 onward.
Football
Media

Viaplay, the subscription streaming service operated by Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has made its most significant UK rights acquisition to date by landing rights to the 2026 Fifa World Cup and 2028…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

The launch of Viaplay in the Netherlands helped the streaming service add 778,000 new subscribers to its global total in the first quarter of this year
Football
Events

Liverpool is to play a friendly against fellow Premier League outfit Crystal Palace at the National Stadium in Singapore as part of its forthcoming pre-season tour of Southeast Asia
Motorsport
Media

The W Series has secured a three-year broadcast rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky that represents the women’s motor racing championship’s largest media rights deal to date.
Ice Hockey
Media

Viaplay, the subscription streaming service operated by Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has added the National Hockey League and Poland-based MMA promotion KSW to its offering in the UK
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

BT Sport is on the verge of striking a multi-year renewal to continue its coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the UK and Ireland, warding off interest from DAZN and Sky, SportBusiness understands
Esports
Events

The Global Esports Federation has appointed the IMG sports and entertainment agency as a commercial consultant ahead of the Commonwealth Esports Championships in Birmingham later this year