Premier Sports
Premier Sports lands LaLiga rights in deal that includes LaLiga TV
Premier Sports has acquired exclusive linear and digital rights in the UK and Ireland to Spanish football’s LaLiga for 2019-20 to 2021-22, in a deal that will see the league launch its dedicated channel, L…
Scotland’s STV signs carriage and ad sales deal with Premier Sports
Scottish commercial broadcaster STV has added FreeSports, the free-to-air sister channel of Premier Sports, to its OTT platform, allowing it show live games from the top-tier football leagues in Italy,…
Premier Sports picks up Wolves’ Europa League qualifiers in UK, Ireland
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has secured rights in the UK and Ireland to the second-round Uefa Europa League qualifying tie between English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers and…
LaLiga FTA constraints in UK, Ireland may stymie tender interest
Match-choice restrictions placed by Spain’s LaLiga on the free-to-air package in its UK and Ireland rights tenders for the 2019-22 cycle may limit interest from broadcasters, according to industry experts spoken to by SportBusiness Media.
Premier Sports to cover Arsenal pre-season matches
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired rights in the UK to all pre-season matches played by Premier League football club Arsenal this summer
Copa América to remain on Premier Sports in UK
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has retained rights in the UK to the Copa América national team football tournament.
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
ITV the latest LaLiga broadcaster in the UK
Commercial broadcaster ITV has announced it will broadcast free-to-air coverage of Spain’s LaLiga for the rest of the 2018-19 season in a new deal with the league.
Premier Sports adds LaLiga to football portfolio
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired non-exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to football’s Spanish LaLiga.
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
BBC Scotland and Premier Sports to share Scottish Cup rights
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports will replace rival Sky to broadcast the Scottish Cup alongside BBC Scotland for the next six seasons, from 2018-19 to 2023-24
Sunset+Vine bolsters rugby portfolio with Pro14 agreement
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports has appointed UK production company Sunset+Vine as its partner in delivering its new contract for the Pro14 cross-border rugby union league
Premier Sports, Sky Italia and DAZN net International Champions Cup rights
Rights deals for the 2018 edition of the International Champions Cup pre-season football tournament have been agreed in the UK and Ireland, Italy and Canada
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.
Pro14 set to double value of UK and Ireland media rights
The Pro14 cross-border rugby union league will almost double the value of its UK and Ireland media rights once it completes its remaining deals for 2018-19 onward.
Premier Sports lands International Champions Cup, Irish rugby rights
UK-pay television broadcaster Premier Sports has acquired rights to the International Champions Cup pre-season club football tournament and the Irish national rugby union team’s summer tour matches.
Premier Sports set for five-season NHL renewal in the UK
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports is close to renewing its deal for National Hockey League rights in the UK for which it will pay an increase of about 25 per cent, TV Sports Markets understands.
UFC on brink of UK renewal with BT Sport
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is set to complete a new deal in the UK and Ireland with incumbent broadcaster BT Sport which will more than double its current media-rights income.