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Premiership Rugby lines up D2C offer to boost income after BT renewal
Premier League waits for sun to shine on chilly UK media market
English National League sees fee uplift in BT renewal
Premiership Rugby seen in tricky spot after apparent rejection of BT offer
BT’s short-term Turkish Süper Lig deal is taster for longer-term contract
River Media nets BT Sport deal for tennis’ UK Pro League
Cricket Australia tests UK rights market with flexible tender
BT Sport’s Green: European football faces TV rights ‘correction’
All Premier League matches to be televised in UK until fans return
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BT looks to secure sports future with huge Champions League renewal
UK, France may drive global Champions League revenue downturn
BT benefits from incumbent Sky’s OTT concerns in WWE grab
English FA spurns higher pay-TV revenue for free-to-air Cup reach
Speedway GP maintains UK income despite lack of competition in BT renewal
FA Cup ‘non-linear’ rights package opens door to Amazon
Star India’s OTT strategy in UK drives Sky IPL rights loss
Sky’s dominance of domestic football rights will help with customer retention
Low value of Premier League short-form content raises questions for league and clubs
Eleven Sports’ ‘3pm blackout’ challenge could see rule scrapped
IMG-backed Eleven takes UFC rights in UK and Ireland
Difficult sales process helps the Premier League in Ofcom battle
The Premier League’s 20 clubs are unconcerned about the small drop in the value of their domestic live rights in the next cycle, following deals this month with BT and Amazon that brought the protracted sales process to a close.
TV3 aggression in Ireland boosts Uefa club competition income
Strong competition in Ireland has helped Uefa seal a big increase for its club competition rights, as commercial broadcaster TV3 fell just short in its attempt to acquire all the rights on offer.
BT pays big increase to maintain loyal MotoGP subscriber base
Telco BT will pay an increase of about 140 per cent to keep hold of exclusive MotoGP media rights in the UK and Ireland.
End of BT/Sky pay-TV war halts trend of Premier League growth
After successive 70-per-cent rises in the last two cycles there were only two sets of circumstances in which the Premier League was likely to secure another increase in the value of its domestic live rights.
Sky’s EFL streaming concession creates Premier League dilemma
Media commentators will debate whether the 36-per-cent increase the English Football League secured for its rights from Sky is a great result, a disappointment, or something in between.