United Kingdom

Tennis

Both deals were completed in private negotiations without extensive discussions with other broadcasters in the respective territories.
Cricket

Alliance Advertising & Marketing, the media buying and advertising agency, has secured exclusive linear broadcast rights in the UK to Sri Lanka Cricket events until the end of the Future Tours Programme…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has secured rights to the 2021-22 edition of German football’s DFB-Pokal in a deal covering the UK and Ireland.
Motorsport

WRC Promoter, the commercial rights-holder of the FIA World Rally Championship, has extended its agreement for exclusive live media rights in the UK with pay-television broadcaster BT Sport for three years,…
Motorsport

The Formula E electric car-racing series has agreed a deal for UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 to cover its upcoming London E-Prix
Football

James Ralley, head of marketing, commercial and hospitality at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (AELTC), has been recruited as the new head of broadcast and media rights at the English Football…
Football

Public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV pulled in the largest television audience in the UK since the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997 as England lost the Uefa Euro 2020 final…
Tennis

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), organiser and commercial rights-holder of the Wimbledon grand slam, has extended its agreement for media rights to the tournament with UK public-service…
Football

A peak audience of 27
Horse Racing

Newbury Racecourse has agreed a five-year rights deal with Sky Sports, through which the UK pay-television broadcaster will show all of the venue’s 29 annual races from January 2024 onwards.
Football

England’s run at Uefa Euro 2020 continues to break viewing records, with the national football team’s 4-0 win over Ukraine in the quarter-finals on Saturday pulling in a peak television audience of 20.9 m
Football

Telco BT has kept its outlay flat in its latest renewal of French Ligue 1 football rights in the UK and Ireland.
Football

UK-based direct-to-consumer video platform Recast has added English Championship football club Queens Park Rangers to its portfolio of clients
Football

Video-sharing platform TikTok has announced two new partnerships within UK football, agreeing deals to become the title sponsor of Wrexham AFC and a live-streaming and content-creation partner of Burnley…
Football

The BBC’s live coverage of England’s 2-0 victory over Germany at the Uefa European Championship yesterday (Tuesday) attracted a peak television audience of 20.6 million.
Horse Racing

Racecourse Media Group, the media and data rights holding company for 34 British racecourses, has agreed a three-year extension to its distribution and transmission deal with Sports Information Services,…
Boxing

DAZN’s expanded global media rights deal with Matchroom Boxing will see the multi-platform broadcaster take greater control over how and where Matchroom spends its budget.
Cricket

Cricket South Africa has secured long-term deals in its key international markets of Australia, the UK and India at reduced fees, reflective of a global downturn in cricket media rights values.