United Kingdom

Football

The Football Association is looking to recruit a head of broadcast and international media rights representing the governing body’s portfolio of properties.
Motorsport

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed a rights agreement with Formula E ahead of the electric car-racing series’ 2021 season.
Football

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has said the proposed ‘Super League’ competition would be “destructive to the value” of European football, adding that potential reform of the Uefa Champio…
Football

The English Premier League will continue to make all its matches in the 2020-21 season available for broadcast in the UK until supporters are permitted back into stadiums
Horse Racing

UK free-to-air commercial broadcaster ITV will offer expanded coverage of this year’s edition of horse racing’s Cheltenham Festival under a one-off agreement with rights-holder, Racecourse Media Group.
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to US-based mixed martial arts promotion Bellator until the end of the year
Football

Amazon Prime, the OTT platform of internet retail giant Amazon, has struck a deal to carry LaLigaTV on its UK arm in an exposure boost to the Spanish league
Rugby Union

Premiership Rugby Limited and UK telco BT’s agreement in December on a three-season renewal marked the end of a saga that saw its fair share of twists and turns. But while the rights-holder will see a drop in annual rights revenue compared with the final season of the current deal, it is thought to view a direct-to-consumer strategy as a viable means of addressing the shortfall.
Rugby Union

The Rugby Football Union is actively seeking a domestic broadcaster for the top-tier women’s Premier 15s league.
Rugby Union

Scotland’s win over defending champions England during the opening weekend of rugby union’s 2021 Six Nations was watched by a peak audience of 8.7 m
Rugby Union

Premiership Rugby’s plan to halt relegation and grow its league to 13 clubs next season has been put on hold due to opposition from pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, its domestic broadcast rights-holder.
Cricket

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has signed a five-year deal for exclusive rights to all of the West Indies cricket team’s home matches, along with an agreement to show all men’s and women’s domes…
Cricket

Commercial broadcaster Channel 4’s deal for UK rights to England’s four-Test series against India went down to the wire, as Star remained open to a late bids from pay-television broadcasters Sky and BT Sport.
Football

English Premier League football club Chelsea has teamed up with digital inventory management company Horizm to identify new digital revenue streams
Football

LaLiga, the governing body of the top two divisions of Spanish football, has signed a deal with global sports update and results provider LiveScore which will see matches from the remainder of 2020-21…
Football

Online retail giant Amazon has announced that German and European champions Bayern Munich will become the latest football club to be the subject of a behind-the-scenes documentary aired on its Amazon Prime…
Cycling

The Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour, the UK’s leading cycling races, have agreed five-year global broadcast rights deals with international sports broadcaster Eurosport and digital platform Global Cyc…
Cricket

UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 has completed a deal for non-exclusive rights to England's tour of India, bringing live test cricket to UK free-to-air television for the first time since 2005