United Kingdom

Rugby Union

The BBC Two Wales division of the UK public-service broadcaster has agreed a deal to show coverage of the domestic Principality Premiership rugby union tournament
Boccia

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed to stream live coverage of the 2018 World Boccia Championships, which will take place later this month in Liverpool
Football

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has today (Friday) revealed its pricing strategy as it prepares to launch in the UK and Ireland later this month
Horse Racing

Horse racing media consultancy HBA Media has appointed Will Oscroft as managing director under an overhaul of its senior management structure
Rugby

Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has appointed UK production company Sunset+Vine as its partner in delivering its new contract for the Pro14 cross-border rugby union league
Boxing

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has reached an agreement to cover Anthony Joshua’s fights for a further three years after the world heavyweight champion boxer signed a new deal with promoter Matchroom.
Horse Racing

Sky Sports Racing, which is set to become the new identity for pay-television channel At The Races, has agreed a long-term deal for exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to US horse racing’s Triple C…
Football

UK free-to-air DTT channel Quest has relaunched ahead of the start of its new rights deal with the English Football League, which operates the three divisions below the top-tier Premier League
Rugby Union

Welsh public-service channel S4C has sealed a three-season extension to its rights deal with the Pro14 cross-border rugby union competition
Football

The English Premier League has been granted an order by the UK’s High Court that will allow it to disrupt and block illegal streams of its football matches for the duration of the 2018-19 season.
Ice Hockey

The Elite Ice Hockey League, the sport’s top division in the UK, has sealed a rights deal with domestic free-to-air television channel FreeSports.
Football

English Premier League football club Manchester United has widened the reach of its in-house television channel, MUTV, by making it available on four new platforms
Golf

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights to the 2018 PGA Championship, with the US golf major to serve as its launch event in the UK and Ireland

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has extended its rights deal in the UK and Ireland with BT Sport, stating that the pay-television broadcaster’s coverage of the sport can act as an inspiration t…
Football

The success of Eleven Sports’ soon-to-launch UK and Ireland operation – in partnership with the IMG agency – will depend on the broadcaster’s ability to negotiate fruitful carriage deals with operators that did not bid aggressively for the properties Eleven will base its channels upon.
Wrestling

Fight Network, the multi-platform channel dedicated to combat sports, has launched on a free-to-air basis in the UK
Cricket

UK production company Sunset+Vine has signed a three-year extension to its host broadcast contract for the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition
Football

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has further bolstered its content portfolio ahead of its impending launch in the UK and Ireland by acquiring rights to three football leagues