Sky UK

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB could seal a deal this summer to gain control of sister pay-television broadcasters, Sky Italia in Italy and Sky Deutschland in Germany, in a move that would consolidate Rupert Murdoch’s European pay-television assets.

Football

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB will offer refunds to viewers who experienced problems in trying to access coverage of yesterday’s (Sunday’s) English Premier League football games on its Now TV internet streaming service.

Rugby Union

The UK rights to the Top 14, French rugby union’s top league, enjoyed a strong increase in value in last week’s deal with pay-television broadcaster BSkyB.

Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has said it expects the 2014 World Cup to be broadcast on television in over 80 countries, with negotiations still ongoing for rights deals in additional territories.

Rugby Union

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has acquired rights to the Top 14, France’s top-tier rugby union club competition.

UK media regulator Ofcom has said it will review regulations that mean pay-television broadcaster BSkyB must make its Sky Sports channels available through rival providers.

Gaelic Sports

The Gaelic Athletic Association has defended the decision to sell a rights package for its Gaelic football and hurling tournaments to pay-television broadcaster BSkyB - citing the prospect of reaching Irish expatriate audiences as a driving factor in the deal.

Cricket

The ICC’s ambitious income target for its next cycle of media rights sales

Rugby Union

UK pay-television broadcasters BT Sport and BSkyB have reached an agreement in principle on a four-year deal to share the rights to the new European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup club rugby union competitions.

Rugby Union

Clubs are real winners from BT-Sky sharing deal for European rugby

Golf

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB and public-service broadcaster the BBC have signed multi-year extensions to their rights deals for the US Masters golf tournament.

Gaelic Sports

The Gaelic Athletic Association is negotiating with pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports over the introduction of special discounted subscription deals for clubs, following on from Sky’s acquisition of GAA rights last week.

Badminton

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has acquired rights to the National Badminton League, a new competition launched today by the Badminton England governing body.

Cricket

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB has acquired live rights to the one-day international cricket match between Scotland and England which will take place on May 9 in Aberdeen.

Football

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB may have to pay a 40-per-cent increase in its fee for the next cycle of live rights to the English Premier League, the top division of football in the country, according to investment bank Morgan Stanley.

Gaelic Sports

Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ, pay-television broadcasters Sky Sports and Setanta Sports, and Irish-language free-to-air broadcaster TG4 have been awarded rights for the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland, while commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights in Australia.

Australian sports rights figurehead Ian Frykberg has passed away at the age of 68.

Motorsport

Formula One enjoys big rights fee increase in Latin America deal with Mediapro

Mediapro explains why F1 deal reflects the company’s DNA