United Kingdom

Wrestling

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has renewed its deal for UK & Ireland rights to Impact Wrestling's flagship weekly show. The deal starts from April 26
Motorcycling

Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has extended its rights deal in the UK and Ireland to the Speedway World Championships
Wrestling

Digital terrestrial television broadcaster FreeSports has signed a deal with US-based Major League Wrestling to broadcast in the UK and Ireland its weekly MLW Fusion programme as well as special events
Football

The FA has opened the market for FA Cup domestic rights to new competition with the inclusion of a ‘non-linear package’ – expected to attract interest from internet giant Amazon – in the tender for the 2021-22 to 2024-25 cycle, SportBusiness Media understands.
Football

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed deals to cover Scotland’s women’s national football team’s friendlies matches ahead of the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup and the opening event of the 201…
Football

UK public-broadcaster the BBC and commercial radio station Talksport have extended their Premier League rights audio-rights deals for three seasons until the end of the 2021-22
Cricket

Media company Star India’s plans to use the Indian Premier League to develop its Hotstar OTT platform in the UK drove pay-television broadcaster Sky’s loss of the property, SportBusiness Media understands.
Horse Racing

Racecourse Media Group has appointed Jim Mullen and Britt Boeskov as independent non-executive directors, it said today (Wednesday)
Rugby Union

English rugby union club Harlequins has agreed a content sharing partnership with ESPN
Horse Racing

SIS, a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting and broadcast industries, has extended its rights deal with Singapore Pools
Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights to the FIA World Rallycross Championship in the UK and Ireland from 2019 in a multi-year deal
Cricket

BT Sport is set to show cricket’s Indian Premier League after Sky Sports opted not to broadcast the 2019 edition of the Twenty20 tournament.
Football

US media company Amazon said on Thursday it will turn to BT Sport and its production partner Sunset+Vine to produce its package of 20 live English Premier League games per season acquired for UK broadcast…
Football

The English Premier League has claimed a victory in its ongoing campaign against piracy after three men were jailed for a total of 17 years for conspiracy to defraud
Football

The BBC has agreed a new four-season domestic broadcast deal with the English Football Association for the FA Cup
Cricket

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky confirmed on Tuesday that it will not broadcast the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament
Boxing

BT Sport has agreed a deal to televise new boxing format Ultimate Boxxer across its pay-television, YouTube and BoxNation channels
Football

Spain’s LaLiga is poised to return to the UK market in May or June with a media rights tender for the three-seasons running from 2019-20 to 2021-22, SportBusiness Media understands.