BBC

Bowls
Host Broadcast & Production

The BBC’s World Bowls coverage could follow the UK public broadcaster's World Snooker output and have a new host broadcast company with an invitation to tender currently live, SportBusiness understands.
Football
Media

German fans tuned in in their millions to watch the hosts thrash Scotland in the Euro 2024 curtain-raiser, which drew a 10-year audience high in the UK for a tournament-opener
Football
Media

Premier Sports and BBC Scotland have retained Scottish Cup rights after striking new five-year deals that afford the pay-TV broadcaster a slight increase in match picks.
Football

Uefa secured an excellent uplift for rights to Euro 2024 and Euro 2028 in the UK, capitalising on record audiences and the promise of a UK-hosted tournament in 2028. 
Football

England’s Football Association is understood to have secured an important uplift for domestic FA Cup rights in its new deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, but has sacrificed exposure for income at a time when finances are more important than ever to the governing body.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Alex Kay-Jelski, a UK football journalist and editor, has today (Thursday) been named director of sport at the BBC, an appointment likely to be viewed as a surprise choice given his lack of sports media rights buying experience.
Football
Media

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and public broadcaster the BBC have finalised their short-term domestic rights extension for the Women's Super League, covering the 2024-25 season only
Football
Media

Domestic broadcast coverage of England’s Women’s Super League is set to remain on pay-television broadcaster Sky and public broadcaster the BBC in one-season extensions.
Football
Media

Fifa has launched invitations to tender for UK media rights to the 2026 and 2030 World Cups, with significantly more matches set to be broadcast as the tournament expands to 48 teams.
Football
Media

The BBC has reached a preliminary agreement with TNT Sports for sublicensed free-to-air rights to the FA Cup from 2025-26 to 2028-29.
Football
Media

England’s FA Cup is returning to pay television after the Football Association awarded a range of rights to TNT Sports from 2025-26 to 2028-29 with a “selected” number of matches to remain on free-to-air television.
Netball
Media

The UK’s Netball Super League (NSL) has landed a visibility boost in new rights deals with incumbent rights-holder Sky and public-service broadcaster the BBC.
Athletics
Media

UK Athletics has agreed a domestic media rights deal with public-service broadcaster the BBC for its 2024 major events series, providing much-needed exposure for the governing body as it seeks new investment from sponsors.
Rugby League
Media

Super League, the top tier of rugby league in the UK, will receive live coverage on the BBC for the first time after the public-service broadcaster struck a new three-year deal with Rugby League Commercial, the league’s commercial rights-holder.
Football
Media

The Football Association has issued its domestic media rights invitation to tender, inviting broadcasters to submit offers for four seasons, from 2025-26 to 2028-29, SportBusiness understands
Snooker
Host Broadcast & Production

IMG is expected to lose its long-running production contract with the BBC for host broadcast coverage of the World Snooker Championship, UK Masters and UK Championship, SportBusiness understands
Football

The English Premier League’s first domestic media rights auction for almost six years has produced an overall uplift of just over three per cent, prompting sighs of relief across offices in Paddington, Isleworth and Chiswick.
Football
Media

The English Premier League has struck a new £6.7bn (€7.8bn/$8.5bn), four-year domestic media rights deal with incumbents Sky, TNT Sports and the BBC, with online retail giant Amazon dropping out of the picture from 2025-26.