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NBC and Sky announce golf Players Championship collaboration
US network NBC and UK pay-television broadcaster Sky announced Monday that they will collaborate on coverage of golf’s Players Championship, the US PGA tour’s flagship event, which takes place this wee…
Quest seals late MotoGP free-to-air highlights deal in UK
UK digital channel Quest has acquired exclusive rights for free-to-air highlights of the MotoGP motorcycle-racing world championship
Sky in late deal for England’s West Indies T20 matches
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has reached a deal to show the final two matches of the England national cricket team’s tour of the West Indies, according to the Press Association news agency.
ITV set to retain racing rights – report
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is poised to extend its deal for exclusive coverage of top British horse racing, according to The Times
Sky grabs IndyCar media rights in UK from BT Sports
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired multi-year exclusive broadcast rights in the UK to the North American IndyCar series starting from 2019, taking over coverage from rival BT Sport
Sky’s reunion with US PGA Championship to stretch to 2023
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports’ new rights deal for the US PGA Championship is for the five-year period from 2019 to 2023, SportBusiness Media understands. This marks a rebuilding of the long-term partnership between rights-holder and broadcaster that ended in 2016 when Sky refused to meet rights distributor IMG’s valuation of the property.
FreeSports picks up Coupe de France rights
The Coupe de France club football competition will receive free-to-air exposure in the UK after digital television channel FreeSports acquired rights to the remainder of this season’s tournament.
ITV the latest LaLiga broadcaster in the UK
Commercial broadcaster ITV has announced it will broadcast free-to-air coverage of Spain’s LaLiga for the rest of the 2018-19 season in a new deal with the league.
Premier Sports adds LaLiga to football portfolio
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired non-exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to football’s Spanish LaLiga.
Premier League exec joins Pitch International in new role
The Pitch International agency has hired Sunil Kaikini, head of international broadcasting at the English Premier League, to the new position of managing director of football
Fury deal with Top Rank and Queensberry provides leverage, but few guarantees for ESPN
Tyson Fury’s co-promotional deal with Top Rank and Queensberry Promotions cannot guarantee all his next five fights appear on ESPN in the US, SportBusiness understands.
Ascot teams up with ATR, SIS for international betting rights
The UK’s Ascot Racecourse has agreed international rights deals for the betting market with pay-television broadcaster At The Races and SIS, a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting a…
Sky reclaims PGA Championship rights to complete major line-up
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has confirmed that it will broadcast all four of golf’s major championships in 2019.
BBC agrees late deal for badminton’s European Mixed Team Championships
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC will show the semi-final and final of badminton’s 2019 European Mixed Team Championships after agreeing a deal with its rights-holder, sports media and data provider S…
Bellator MMA given a fighting chance in the UK with Sky, Channel 5 deals
Bellator MMA has been waiting years for a consistent broadcast deal in the UK and Ireland. Now two have arrived at once
Sky acquires rights in UK & Ireland to Bellator MMA
MMA promotion Bellator’s US-based events will be shown on Sky in the UK, adding to a deal for Europe-based events with Channel 5.
BT and Sky to have access to 360° replays following Intel partnership with Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal
Intel’s production partnership with three of the Premier League leading clubs will deliver multi-angle replays and player-eye-view technology to the league’s domestic broadcasters to allay fears of can…
Eleven Sports picks up Copa del Rey rights
International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Poland to the semi-finals of this year’s Copa del Rey Spanish football competition.