United Kingdom

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 2nd and Sunday 8th October. This week we also include leading television audiences for matches played by the England cricket team for the year to date.
Rugby

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television broadcaster BT Sport have acquired live, non-exclusive rights to the Scotland national rugby union team’s 2017 autumn Test matches.

Horse Racing

UK pay-television broadcasters At The Races, Racing UK and Sky have all secured rights to this year’s edition of the Breeders’ Cup US horse racing event.

Football

The Premier League, the top division of English club football, could permit the simultaneous live broadcasting of games under its domestic rights tender for the three seasons spanning 2019-20 to 2021-22.

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 25th September and Sunday 1st October. Please note that data is currently not available for Sky Sports Cricket, BT Sport 1 and 2 and ESPN. W
Boxing

UK free-to-air digital channel FreeSports is to launch a new boxing series entitled FreeSports Fight Night.

Football

Social media company Facebook has refused to rule out a bid for the next cycle of rights to the Premier League, the top division of English club football, but has maintained that broadcasters should not feel threatened by its growing presence in the sports rights market.

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 18th September and Sunday 24th September. We also look at August's leading audiences on free-to-air television. Watching Brief Vol. 176
Football

A meeting scheduled to discuss a new media-rights distribution model for English Premier League football clubs was adjourned yesterday (Wednesday) without an agreement having been reached.

Multi-sport

Media technology provider Avid has agreed a partnership with Glasgow 2018 ahead of the staging of the inaugural edition of the European Championships multi-sport event.

Netball

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to the Netball Europe Open Championships, which get underway in the Welsh capital of Cardiff tomorrow (Thursday).

Boxing

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired rights to the rematch fight between British heavyweight boxing rivals Tony Bellew and David Haye.

Horse Racing

UK commercial broadcaster ITV this month extended its horse racing portfolio by acquiring rights to the 2017 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for a nominal fee.

Rugby Union

England’s Rugby Football Union has said it will provide live streaming of games from new women’s league the Premier 15s.

UK viewing data for the week between Monday 11th September and Sunday 17th September, featuring Match Day 1 from the Uefa Champions League. W
Football

Clubs in football’s English Premier League are said to be in disagreement over a proposed new model for the way revenue from the sale of overseas media rights is shared out between teams.

Boxing

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired rights to the upcoming world heavyweight boxing match between Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz.

Basketball

The British Basketball League has agreed a streaming partnership with UK-based online news and entertainment company Unilad.