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Sky Sports retains exclusive Masters rights in UK
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has renewed its agreement with Augusta National Golf Club for exclusive rights to The Masters
Sky to offer free coverage of Women’s Cricket World Cup final
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky will offer free coverage of this weekend’s Women’s Cricket World Cup final between England and Australia.
Sky picks up UK rights to Australia’s Super Netball
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has acquired rights to Australia’s Super Netball club competition.
F1 director of strategy Gangakumaran to return to Sky Sports
Yath Gangakumaran is to leave his role as director of strategy and business development at Formula 1 to return to UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports in the role of commercial director
HBA Media secures string of Melbourne Cup rights deals
HBA Media, the horse racing media rights agency, has agreed deals with a number of broadcasters for the Melbourne Cup, Australia's most prominent horse racing event
United-Liverpool, India-Pakistan drive Sky’s 4.5m viewing peak
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports recorded its highest-ever day of viewing on Sunday as fans tuned into watch Premier League football, Formula 1’s US Grand Prix and cricket’s Men’s T20 World Cup.
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Francis to replace Fry as IMG’s production chief
Barney Francis, the former managing director of Sky Sports, has been recruited as executive vice-president, global production at the IMG agency
Sky nets exclusive Bundesliga rights to 2025, ending BT era
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has secured exclusive rights to broadcast the top-tier German Bundesliga in the UK and Ireland for four seasons, from 2021-22 to 2024-25
Cricket South Africa limits the damage with international renewals in Australia, UK, India
Cricket South Africa has secured long-term deals in its key international markets of Australia, the UK and India at reduced fees, reflective of a global downturn in cricket media rights values.
W Series passes up rights fee from Sky to renew with Channel 4
W Series, the all-female motorsport competition, turned down a significant rights fee from UK pay-television broadcaster Sky to renew with commercial broadcaster Channel 4 as it continues to prioritise exposure, SportBusiness Media understands.
Premier League votes to roll over domestic rights deals after government green light
The English Premier League has voted to roll over its existing domestic broadcast deals into the 2022-25 cycle after receiving approval in principle from the UK government to sidestep its usual tender…
Sky finalises Lions rights deal for South Africa Tour
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to the 2021 British and Irish Lions' three-Test rugby union series against South Africa as well as the Lions’ five warm-up m…
Free-to-air Merseyside derby breaks UK viewing record for Sky
Over 5.5 million viewers tuned in to watch Sunday’s Merseyside derby in the English Premier League, breaking the UK audience record for the competition on Sky Sports.
Sky follows BT in distancing itself from Joshua-Fury negotiations
Sky has joined fellow UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport in distancing itself from talks over the proposed fight deal between British world heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury
McIlroy to headline made-for-TV charity golf match for Covid-19 relief
Rory McIlroy will headline a made-for-TV golf event on May 17 that will attempt to raise $4m for Covid-19 relief efforts
Culture secretary: Premier League considering free-to-air matches
Football’s English Premier League is considering providing matches on a free-to-air basis if its 2019-20 season resumes, according to UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden.
Lions won’t move tour dates after Olympics postponement, Sky ‘retains TV rights’
The British and Irish Lions rugby union team will not move the dates of their tour of South Africa next summer, despite its dates clashing with the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
Sky incorporates BT Sport into UK subscription offer
UK pay-television Sky has incorporated the BT Sport channels into two new subscription packages, allowing customers to access the latter’s content without a separate contract with the telco.