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Amazon partners with BT Sport, Sunset+Vine for EPL match production
US media company Amazon said on Thursday it will turn to BT Sport and its production partner Sunset+Vine to produce its package of 20 live English Premier League games per season acquired for UK broadcast…
BT Sport to broadcast Ultimate Boxxer series
BT Sport has agreed a deal to televise new boxing format Ultimate Boxxer across its pay-television, YouTube and BoxNation channels
Sky agrees Premier Sports carriage deal in Ireland
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has struck an exclusive carriage deal with Premier Sports in Ireland, allowing the former to show every English Premier League game slated for live broadcast from next season
Sky grabs IndyCar media rights in UK from BT Sports
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired multi-year exclusive broadcast rights in the UK to the North American IndyCar series starting from 2019, taking over coverage from rival BT Sport
BT Sport to increase coverage of WRC in new deal
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has renewed rights to the FIA World Rally Championship and has committed to significantly increasing its coverage of the motor racing series
BT the latest UK broadcaster to show Formula E
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has announced that it will broadcast live races, qualifying sessions and highlights from the 2018-19 Formula E season
UFC’s UK deal with Eleven collapses as rights head back to BT
The Ultimate Fighting Championship has triggered an exit clause in its contract with Eleven Sports in the UK and will return to BT Sport from 2019, SportBusiness Media understands.
Sky’s dominance of domestic football rights will help with customer retention
Sky’s renewal of the exclusive live rights to the English Football League and the stronger grip it has taken on the rights to the Scottish Professional Football League – to add to its dominance of Pre…
Low value of Premier League short-form content raises questions for league and clubs
The value of the English Premier League’s short-form content has rallied a little since the last sales cycle but still remains well down on its peak value over a decade ago.
BT Sport to lose Scottish football from 2020-21
There will be no Scottish football on UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport from the 2020-21 season, as the Scottish Professional Football League completes its domestic media-rights sales
Sky, BT extend cross-supply arrangement
Sky and BT have extended and expanded an agreement through which the rival UK pay-television broadcasters share content across each other’s platforms.
Eleven Sports’ ‘3pm blackout’ challenge could see rule scrapped
Eleven Sports’ decision to break one of the golden rules of UK sports broadcasting – the ‘3pm blackout’ – has created a legal quandary that could result in it being scrapped altogether.
Eleve
Sky acquires exclusive NBA rights
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has announced the acquisition of exclusive rights to the National Basketball Association for the next four seasons, from 2018-19 to 2021-22.
IMG-backed Eleven takes UFC rights in UK and Ireland
Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the UK and Ireland for the next three years, paying a lower minimum guarantee than its predecessor BT
BT Sport retains Ligue 1 in football portfolio
Pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has confirmed it has extended its rights in the UK and Ireland to Ligue 1, the top division of French club football
BT Sport set to give up NBA, UFC rights
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is set to lose its rights to North American basketball league the NBA and mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship
FIH extends with key partner BT Sport
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has extended its rights deal in the UK and Ireland with BT Sport, stating that the pay-television broadcaster’s coverage of the sport can act as an inspiration t…
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.