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Football

Amazon has held talks with a range of internet service providers as it looks to ensure its debut coverage of football’s English Premier League does not meet any technical problems next week.
Multi-sport

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky’s head of sports-rights acquisitions, Richard Verow, has left the company. He decided to leave to pursue another opportunity, Sky told SportBusiness Media on Tuesday.
Horse Racing

At The Races, the digital arm of UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports Racing, has agreed a multi-year turnover-based streaming and data deal with bookmaker Betfred
Football

BT’s huge outlay for Uefa club competition rights in the 2021-24 cycle was driven by the UK telco's need to retain a viable sports broadcasting proposition.
Swimming

This weekend’s final regular-season event from the International Swimming League, the new franchise-based competition, is to be streamed live by the BBC, the UK public-service broadcaster.
Multi-sport

UK subscription broadcaster Premier Sports has widened its reach by agreeing a carriage deal with streaming service netgem.tv. The tie-up will allow netgem
Cricket

Labour has said the Cricket World Cup will be added to the UK’s ‘crown jewel’ list of sporting events reserved for broadcast on free-to-air television, if the party returns to power in next month’s general…
Football

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to this weekend’s final of the Copa Libertadores, the South American Football Confederation’s (Conmebol’s) leading club competition. T
Golf

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive live rights in the UK to the Masters after extending its deal with the US golf major’s organiser, Augusta National.
Football

The Scottish Professional Football League has secured a strong minimum guarantee from Infront for international rights to Scottish league football. The deal is robust by historical standards, given that betting streaming rights were not included.
Football

In October, DAZN executive chairman John Skipper described the UK as “a logical DAZN market”, pinpointing three potential avenues of entry: rights to the English Premier League, boxing, and tennis. But experts and insiders surveyed by SportBusiness say DAZN should treat the UK market with caution.
Football

UK telco BT is planning to raise the price of its sports channels after the renewal of broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions contract for the 2021-24 cycle, it has been reported
Football

UK telco BT has retained exclusive, multi-platform rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League for the 2021-24 cycle, it said Friday
Motorsport

UK public broadcaster the BBC has renewed its rights to the electric car racing series Formula E for the 2019-20 season
Rugby League

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC will show live coverage of the second test of England’s women’s rugby league team’s tour of Papua New Guinea this weekend. T
Football

Onefootball, the digital platform offering pay-per-view streaming of football, has added to its sales team with the recruitment of Edward Desbois in the role of head of UK sales
Rugby Union

Highlights from rugby union’s Pro14 will return to public-service television in the UK after the BBC struck a deal to show an hour-long programme on Sunday and Monday evenings.
Tennis

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a two-year deal with the International Tennis Federation for rights to the Davis Cup finals in six of its markets