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The English Football League’s new deal with Sky has produced an excellent result for the league and a significant increase in its guaranteed media rights income, but SportBusiness Media understands the real-terms uplift is well below the level publicly claimed by the league.

The gripping first match of the 2023 Men’s Ashes series was the most-watched home Test in the UK since Sky took England’s home fixtures behind its paywall in 2006.

Welsh public-service broadcaster S4C has agreed a deal with subscription streaming service Viaplay to show Wales’ qualifiers for the 2026 Fifa World Cup and Uefa Euro 2028, as well as the Uefa Nations L…

The BBC, the UK's public-service broadcaster, has renewed its long-running live audio rights deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) until 2028

Fifa has extended its media rights agreement for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the European Broadcasting Union, ensuring the tournament will be screened in the major markets of France, Germany, Italy, S…

Peter Nørrelund has returned to the role of Viaplay’s chief sports officer just two and a half months after resigning from the position.

The BBC is “absolutely committed” to securing a rights deal for the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup, the UK public-service broadcaster’s chief content officer has said. Fif

Sky Sports agreed a three-year extension with the USGA, along with its agency Pitch International, for rights to the US Open after the parties came to a late agreement over the fee.

Women's Sports Group (WSG) has hired BT Sport's experienced broadcast rights executive Rachel Knight as co-managing director

Pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky will team up with Formula 1 to co-produce a children’s broadcast for this year’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

Five individuals behind three pirate streaming organisations offering illegal coverage of Premier League football matches have been jailed for a total of 30 years and seven months

The BBC, the UK's public-service broadcaster, has acquired exclusive audio rights to this year's Rugby World Cup in France

The Hundred has a “long and successful future” ahead, the chair of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has insisted, despite reports suggesting the controversial competition could be scrapped.

Greenlight Television is to provide a live host broadcast of the Isle of Man TT for a second consecutive year after a move to remote production and government funding helped to alleviate the financial…