United Kingdom

Boxing

Premier Boxing Champions, the series of events operated and managed by Al Haymon, has struck a three-year deal with UK commercial broadcaster ITV that spreads 15 events per year across its platforms

Sport media-rights could become relatively less valuable in the UK if Britain’s gambling firms follow through with proposals to stop advertising during live sports coverage.
Football

London-based production company Input Media has furthered its relationship with UK public-service broadcaster the BBC by securing the contract to produce its coverage of the 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Horse Racing

Pay-television channel Racing UK has revealed it will rebrand to Racing TV as it prepares to welcome horse racing from all 26 Irish racecourses on January 1
Motorsport

The Formula E racing series will increase its free-to-air presence in the UK as commercial channel Quest will broadcast four live races from the 2018-19 season
Netball

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and public-service broadcaster the BBC have acquired rights to the 2019 Netball World Cup, which will take place in the English city of Liverpool from July 12-21
Football

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has defended its extended rights deal with the English Football League in the face of opposition from a number of leading Championship clubs, claiming no other media company…
Football

Eleven Sports will show this weekend’s match between Bayern Munich and Fortuna Dusseldorf live on Facebook in Portugal. It is the first time a Bundesliga match will be shown on the platform in Portugal.
Football

Sky’s renewal of the exclusive live rights to the English Football League and the stronger grip it has taken on the rights to the Scottish Professional Football League – to add to its dominance of Pre…
Football

The value of the English Premier League’s short-form content has rallied a little since the last sales cycle but still remains well down on its peak value over a decade ago.
Football

The English Football League’s decision to sign off on a five-season, £595m (€669m/$765m) deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky has caused deep divisions within its membership. A n
Football

There will be no Scottish football on UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport from the 2020-21 season, as the Scottish Professional Football League completes its domestic media-rights sales
Motorsport

Live motorsport has returned to the BBC with the UK public-service broadcaster acquiring rights to the 2018-19 season of electric car racing series Formula E
Football

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has added near-live extended and mobile clip rights to its coverage of the English Premier League, in a new three-season deal, from 2019-20 to 2021-22
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports will replace rival Sky to broadcast the Scottish Cup alongside BBC Scotland for the next six seasons, from 2018-19 to 2023-24

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television broadcaster Sky have urged the European Commission to take formal action against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over pirate channel beoutQ
Motorsport

Pilgrim Media Group has joined forces with Digital Circus to provide coverage of next year’s edition of the Isle of Man TT motorcycle-racing event.

Sky and BT have extended and expanded an agreement through which the rival UK pay-television broadcasters share content across each other’s platforms.