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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.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has struck a deal to acquire 100 per cent of Irish commercial broadcaster UTV, which owns the television assets of UTV Media, for a total cash consideration of £100m (€136.7m/$154.8m).

Public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV have acquired rights in the UK to the next two editions of the Uefa European Championship national team football tournament.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has renewed a rights deal for the Formula E electric car-racing championship.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired rights for the Snooker Shoot-Out event.

The Six Nations Committee bucked the trend when awarding its UK rights earlier this month, opting for wide coverage from free-to-air broadcasters and leaving pay-television money on the table.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV have agreed a new six-year deal under which they will share rights to the Six Nations from next year’s edition of the national team rugby union tournament.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has teamed up with commercial broadcaster ITV to submit a joint bid for the rights to the Six Nations rugby union national team tournament.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has secured rights to the inaugural World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge, which takes place in London later this year.

Belfast fighter Carl Frampton’s International Boxing Federation world super bantamweight title defence against Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. will be shown by commercial broadcasters ITV and UTV in the UK and Ireland, respectively.

Joseph Rivers, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence examines free-to-air television audiences in the big five European markets for the 2014-15 Uefa Europa League

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired rights to the inaugural edition of cycling’s Tour de Yorkshire, which takes place from May 1-3.