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).

Football

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.

Snooker

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

Rugby Union

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.

Rugby Union

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.

Rugby Union

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.

Paralympics

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

Boxing

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.

Football

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

Cycling

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

Cricket

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired rights for highlights of the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Boxing

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired live rights to IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton’s first title defence against Chris Avalos.

Cricket

UK political party Labour is considering plans to increase the number of sporting events included on the ‘crown jewels’ list reserved for broadcast on free-to-air television, according to the Independent.

The World Rally Championship has agreed new rights deals in the UK and Poland ahead of the start of the 2015 season of the motor racing series tomorrow (Thursday).

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
Football

UK commercial broadcaster ITV is preparing a bid to acquire domestic highlights for the English Premier League in the next rights cycle for the top division of football in the country, according to the Guardian newspaper.

Football

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has opened talks with commercial broadcaster ITV over sharing the exclusive live UK rights for the Uefa Champions League and Europa League club football competitions, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.