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Football

BSkyB will have a “real problem” if the company is unable to retain rights to live coverage of 116 English Premier League football matches per season in the next cycle, according to John Petter, the chief executive of the consumer division at BT, which operates rival pay-television service BT Sport.

Now TV, the internet streaming service operated by UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB, has launched a new weekly pass for Sky Sports channels.

London-based investment firm Odey Asset Management has rejected UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB’s offer to buy out its eight per cent stake in German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland, saying it undervalues the business.

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has confirmed deals to acquire media company 21st Century Fox’s 100 per cent stake in Sky Italia and 57.4 per cent interest in Sky Deutschland, bringing together the leading pay-television businesses in three of Europe’s four biggest markets.

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB is set to confirm deals to acquire sister companies Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia in Germany and Italy from media company 21st Century Fox tomorrow (Friday) morning.

Multi-sport

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has extended its wholesale agreement for its Sky Sports channels with telecommunications company TalkTalk, while its Sky Sports News channel will undergo a relaunch.

Golf

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB is to dedicate one of its Sky Sports channels to coverage of the 2014 Ryder Cup golf tournament.

Golf

Peter Dawson, the chief executive of the R&A, which operates the Open championship, has described reports that UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB could acquire exclusive media rights for the British golf event as “massively premature.”

Pay-television operator Virgin Media has launched the UK’s first sports television season ticket service.

Golf

The United States Golf Association was able to use the competition, or the threat of it, in the UK pay-television market to secure a strong increase in value of the rights to the US Open.

Football

Telecommunications company BT’s spending power in the auction for the next cycle of rights for football’s English Premier League could be restricted by proposals put forward by Ofcom, the UK media regulator.

Football

A-League football club Wellington Phoenix has agreed a rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand for its Football United Tour event.

Football

There were mixed results for broadcasters of the 2013-14 Uefa Champions League in Europe's big five markets, as Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence explains

Golf

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has extended its exclusive rights deal for the US Open golf tournament as part of a new agreement that also includes coverage of other women’s, senior and amateur golf events in the US.

Football

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has acquired media rights for the Eredivisie, the top division of football in the Netherlands, and will launch a new channel, Sky Sports 5, to exploit the rights as part of its European football coverage.

Football

Sky, BT and the BBC all posted positive viewing figures for the 2013-14 English Premier League season. For live coverage, pay-television broadcaster BSkyB recorded its second-best season ever, while telecommunications company BT posted figures well in excess of those achieved by previous Premier League broadcasters ESPN and Setanta ...

Football

Pay-television operator Virgin Media has extended a deal to carry BSkyB’s pay-television channels, including the Sky Sports channels.

Football

Domestic television audiences for the English Premier League have increased year-on-year across the league’s live and highlights coverage.