United Kingdom

Football’s English Premier League has stepped up its efforts to prevent piracy of its content by partnering with digital platform security specialist Irdeto.

The Rugby Football League, the governing body for rugby league in England, has announced that the national team’s upcoming Test match against Samoa will be streamed live online, with fans required to pay £3.49 (€4.08/$4.34) to watch the match.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has agreed a deal to show coverage of the English Women’s Super League One Spring Series club football competition on its television and online platforms.

UK viewing audiences for the week between Monday 20th March  and Sunday 26th March, plus a round-up of 2017's most-watched live golf programmes so far.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky is set to revamp its sports offering this summer, with dedicated channels to be launched for football, cricket and golf, according to the Daily Mail.

A collective of major broadcasters and Europe’s leading football organisations have joined forces to call on the G7 group of industrial nations to take action to tackle internet piracy.

The England and Wales Cricket Board is seeking a threefold increase in the value of its domestic broadcast rights through the launch of its new Twenty20 competition, according to The Telegraph.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired rights to new basketball and netball competitions launched by sports promotional company Matchroom Sport.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired a majority stake in specialist horse racing channel At The Races.

The England and Wales Cricket Board has held talks with all major terrestrial and subscription broadcasters, along with new media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, as it seeks to draw up a rights strategy for its new Twenty20 tournament.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired exclusive rights in the country to Star Sixes, a new competition designed to showcase football legends.

UK telco BT told TV Sports Markets this week it is “well-placed” to monetise its huge investment in rights to Uefa’s Champions League and Europa League.

Fifa took advantage of the BBC’s failure to acquire women’s Euro 2017 rights to secure a big increase in the value of the women’s World Cup.

Interview with Andy Haworth, BT Consumer’s head of strategy, on the telco’s renewal of Uefa Champions League and Europa League rights from 2018-19 to 2020-21.

UK viewing audiences for the week between Monday 6th March  and Sunday 12th March, plus February's leading free-to-air audiences. Please note that viewing data for BT Sport 1 is currently unavailable.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired exclusive domestic live rights to Kell Brook’s IBF World Welterweight title defence against rising US boxing star Errol Spence, which it will exploit via its pay-per-view service Sky Sports Box Office.