United Kingdom

Football

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has reached a new agreement with the Scottish Professional Football League so that clubs can also live stream matches to their season ticket holders next season
Tennis

Video streaming platform TikTok will provide live coverage of a sports event in the UK for the first time after agreeing a deal with the Lawn Tennis Association to cover this weekend’s Billie Jean King C…
Football

The Women’s Super League, the top tier of women’s club football in England, still needs to go through a number of media-rights cycles before it is able to become self-sustainable, according to director of …
Multi-sport

Tinopolis Group, the international TV production and distribution group, has undertaken a major financial restructure after what it describes as “significant” damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Football

The Football Association’s desire for strong free-to-air coverage means the BBC will pay substantially less per match than pay-television partner Sky in the latest domestic cycle of England’s Women’s Super League.
Cricket

The England and Wales Cricket Board will stream live coverage of this year's entire LV= Insurance County Championship for the first time
Multi-sport

Recast, the new UK-based direct-to-consumer video platform, has appointed James Cook as its commercial director
Rugby Union

Telco BT has secured domestic rights to the climax of this season’s top-tier English women’s Premier 15s rugby union competition, SportBusiness understands.
Motorsport

Telco BT will pay a slightly lower fee in its three-year renewal of MotoGP rights in the UK and Ireland as it will share live coverage of two Grands Prix – including the UK race – with a free-to-air broadcaster.
Football

Commercial broadcaster ITV is close to agreeing a deal for the UK rights to England women’s football matches from next season, SportBusiness understands.
Cricket

Media group Discovery is in contention for Cricket Australia’s ongoing UK broadcast rights tender, with the company reported to be specifically interested in the next edition of the Ashes series between A…
Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union has said that ensuring Wales’ Six Nations matches remain live on free-to-air television in the Welsh language is a “red line” in ongoing discussions over the UK broadcast rights from …
Cricket

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has reportedly discussed giving Indian Premier League teams a 25 per-cent stake in The Hundred franchises and offering the Indian cricket board a share of the…
Football

The German Football Federation (DFB), Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and Premier League outfit Tottenham Hotspur have become the latest shareholders in football media platform OneFootball
Greyhound Racing

Sports betting and gaming operator Entain and UK racecourse operator Arena Racing Company have sealed a long-term horse racing media rights deal and also established a joint venture for greyhound racing
Motorsport

UK free-to-air network ITV has become the latest broadcaster to agree a rights deal for Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series
Football

England’s Football Association has announced that its top-tier Women’s Super League will “bring in more revenue than any women’s domestic league in the world” after it secured lucrative domestic media rig…
Motorsport

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is the latest company to have penned a deal to broadcast races from motorsport series Extreme E