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Golf

The BBC has held on to its Masters golf rights, confounding speculation it was going to be displaced by an aggressive Sky bid for exclusive rights. Sky must now decide whether it makes sense to continue sharing the event with the BBC and, if so, at what price.

Football

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.
Football

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.
Golf

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed rights to US golf major, the Masters.
Football

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to the 2019 edition of football’s Fifa Women’s World Cup, which will be staged in France.
Rugby League

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed rights to two properties in the last month as it seeks to protect its sports-rights portfolio well into the future.
Tennis

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC moved early to renew its Wimbledon grand slam media rights last month, ahead of the renewal of its royal charter.
Tennis

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended a rights deal for the ATP World Tour Finals, the season-ending tournament of the ATP World Tour men’s tennis series.

Olympic Games

David Svenson, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Basketball

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended a rights deal with the British Basketball League and Women’s British Basketball League domestic club competitions.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC is gathering a portfolio of content in preparation for the launch of a 4K ultra high definition channel, according to the Advanced Television website.

Darts

A series of recently-agreed and impending deals could see the Professional Darts Corporation's global income rise 50 per cent in 2017.

Tennis

UK media regulator Ofcom is analysing a proposed deal that would result in international sports broadcaster Eurosport becoming the first commercial entity to televise live coverage in the UK of the Wimbledon tennis grand slam.

Snooker

Stronger ratings, new events and the offer of exclusivity helped World Snooker agree a contract extension with Eurosport last month at a significantly increased fee.

UK satellite platform Freesat will be able to offer pay-television sports channels via broadband connections, it has been confirmed.

Football

The Scottish Professional Football League has agreed a four-season extension to its rights deal with the BBC Scotland division of the UK public-service broadcaster.

Equestrian

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed a rights agreement for the Badminton Horse Trials equestrian event.

Football

The BBC’s desire to renew its FA Cup rights before its charter is renewed helped the English Football Association increase the value of domestic FA Cup media rights by more than 27 per cent.