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European Professional Club Rugby increased the value of its media rights in France by about 50 per cent late last month from deals with beIN Sports and France Télévisions.

Uefa’s change in format and centralisation of all national team rights from 2018-19 onward has helped European football’s governing body increase the value of its rights in the UK by about 84 per cent.

ITV has acquired exclusive rights in the UK to the IBO World Super Middleweight boxing bout between Chris Eubank Jnr and Renold Quinlan on February 4, with the fight to be shown on the commercial broadcaster’s new pay-per-view channel.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has bought rights to the 2019 and 2023 Rugby World Cups, while deals have also been struck in Japan and sub-Saharan Africa, TV Sports Markets understands.

Channel 5 has become the new free-to-air rights-holder in the UK for the Formula E electric car-racing world championship, dislodging rival commercial broadcaster ITV.

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

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

UK commercial broadcaster ITV is close to extending a rights deal with World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby union, for its Rugby World Cup showpiece national team tournament, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has defended its viewing figures for the Uefa Champions League European club football tournament this season.

Concurrent auction processes for three UK media rights deals in recent weeks generated strong competition between free-to-air broadcasters, helping each rights-holder to a healthy fee increase.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s exclusive rights deal for British horse racing will provide the sport with an even greater audience reach according to Simon Bazalgette, chief executive of the Jockey Club.

UK public-service broadcaster BBC is considering ending its rights deal for the Formula One motor-racing championship three years early, with commercial broadcaster ITV poised to take over coverage of the series in the UK, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for media and data rights involving 34 of the UK’s premier racecourses, is to delay the announcement of its next cycle of domestic rights until the New Year, with rival commercial broadcasters ITV and Channel 4 going head-to-head, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has retained its exclusive rights for the British Touring Car Championship after agreeing a five-year extension to its deal with the motor racing series.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has said that additional advertising activities for its coverage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup rugby union national team tournament helped it to achieve year-on-year revenue growth over the nine months through to September 30.

After protracted negotiations over a UK deal for Euro 2016 and 2020, Uefa last week signed off on a valuable deal with long-term partners the BBC and ITV.