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Golf

The Ladies Golf Union and IMG agency have signed new five-year agreements with UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and public-service broadcaster the BBC for rights to the Women’s British Open.

Golf

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC “switched emphasis” when bidding for the domestic rights to Britain’s Open Championship to focus on highlights after the first round of offers for live coverage in the recent auction, according to Peter Dawson, the outgoing chief executive of the R&A, which operates the golf tournament.

Rugby Union

Gareth Davies, chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union, has urged UK public-service broadcaster the BBC to retain rights to the Six Nations national rugby union team tournament in order to stop coverage switching to UK pay-television channels.

Golf

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has agreed a deal with the R&A, which operates the Open championship, over the acquisition of rights for the British golf major, according to the Daily Mail.

Hockey

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has secured rights for the 2015 EuroHockey Championships.

Golf

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has reportedly held talks with the R&A, which operates the Open championship, over the potential acquisition of rights for the British golf event, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Even in a tournament in which the England national team disappointed, football matches from the Fifa World Cup dominated the top UK television audiences last year
Motorsport

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences across the big five markets for the recently concluded Formula One World Championship

Golf

The tender process for golf’s Open Championship in Britain is currently taking place, with UK public-service broadcaster the BBC in danger of losing its exclusive domestic rights to pay-television broadcaster Sky, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Tennis

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has held talks that could lead to its coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championships being shared with a pay-television broadcaster, according to multiple reports.

Football

The English Football League’s highlights rights contract is set to switch from public-service broadcaster the BBC to commercial broadcaster Channel 5, according to numerous reports.

Golf

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club (R&A) could be forced to sell at least some of the rights to the British Open to pay-television if it is to increase the media rights value of the competition.

Motorsport

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines live television audiences in Europe’s five largest markets for motorcycling’s MotoGP world championship

Snooker

The IMG agency has extended a deal with the BBC to continue producing the UK public-service broadcaster’s coverage of snooker.

Athletics

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in key European markets for last month’s European Athletics Championships

Football

The Scottish Professional Football League, which operates the top four divisions in Scotland, has awarded rights to the BBC Scotland division of the UK public-service broadcaster and commercial broadcaster STV.

Football

Mike Kiernan, Analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at television audiences in the major European markets and America for the 2014 Fifa World Cup

Golf

Peter Dawson, the chief executive of the R&A, which operates the Open championship, has described reports that UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB could acquire exclusive media rights for the British golf event as “massively premature.”